Post
by Francis » Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:44 pm
Thanks Mark.
I use an A4 flatbed scanner to copy typical spruce / cedar soundboards which I can drop into the mock-up as a base layer. Then overlay things like bridge, rosette, fretboard etc. I tend also to work images at full scale 300 dpi. It means file sizes get quite large but I can go into the image to make small alterations without the image pixelating.
Once particular sections are agreed on I make a second copy and flatten the copy to make files easier to handle, but retail the layered file just in case something changes down the line.
If I'm working from a published plan (like the ones from 'the Books') I use the scanner making a number of smaller sections then knit these together to form the guitar overal outlines. It's easy enough then to make modifications to the original scans to add cutaways etc.
It takes a little while to bring it all together but give me the confidence that the design has been agreed before hand so there should be no nasty suprises later.