Another try at labels w/pics….

[Lou in DE]

I pretty much gave up trying to get the Festool "blanko" file to work on my Mac - could never get the image part to work. Over the holiday weekend I worked up some of my own labels using Photoshop elements and printed on glossy photo paper - I think that they came out pretty nice - here are a couple of samples - what do you think? It takes about 5 minutes to create a new label with graphics and print on a 4x5 sheet of paper, then trimmed down.

This one under the frosted protector thing:

 

[neeleman]

You should get rid of the Festool logo and colour. It interferes with the other brands.
Try making labels with specific colours and logos from the specific brands only.
So Bosch with blue & red, Milwaukee red & black, Makita red and bluegreen.
Here are some examples I made for other FOG members.

 

[Lou in DE]

neeleman….

Thanks for your suggestions - after seeing your professional results, I gave it another try - much better:

 

[pettyconstruction]

I agree,
I find that different color latches or systainers are easier to find those tools.
I have a black 3 for finish nail guns,and orange for my supercut.
Stands out in a stack.
Charlie

 

[Pugster10]

Any chance you could post up a pic Pettyconstruction. Would love to see that. Thanks.

 

[neeleman]

neeleman….

Thanks for your suggestions - after seeing your professional results, I gave it another try - much better:

Very nice!
Now we're talkin'

 

[Cheese]

Over the holiday weekend I worked up some of my own labels using Photoshop elements and printed on glossy photo paper

I like the labels, they're nice and vibrant/bright and don't fade out when they're covered with the Festool clear window. Up to now I've been using the different colored Festool T-locs.

I have Photoshop on my Mac, can that program be used to print these labels or is it only PS Elements?

 

[bkharman]

You should be fine. Elements was their attempt at making a more "user friendly" version of ps with all the major "elements" you may need. For 90+% of us, Elements is where it's at.

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[Cheese]

Thanks [member=21412]bkharman[/member]

 

[Billy stray]

Neelmans labels are legen.....dary .......!!!
I'm still trying to work out how to put these together , but mostly I just steal them from old threads
In fact if anyone's feeling generous,  I can't be the only person looking for a Dewalt  dck287d2  , impact and drill 20v max kit    [wink]

 

[neeleman]

[member=53986]Billy stray[/member]
Thank you for your kind words.
In return I made the requested DeWalt label for you.

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[Billy stray]

Neelman....you're the greatest [thumbs up] [thanks],
I have the plain light grey tanos attic Sys2 with the yellow tloc and everything,  but it just isn't cool without a label
thanks again

 

[jt073]

Good topic, this.

This is on my New Year to do list - I tried adapting the Festool labels for other stuff but failed.  I will have another go using Photoshop Elements - I am a bit of a dunce with that, but will try anyway.

Neeleman, do you start by importing the Festool template image in to Photoshop?

Any other idiot guide pointers would be much appreciated.

Cheers

 

[neeleman]

Hi Scholar,

Yes I did use it a few years ago.
Now I have made so many labels for different brands that I simply do a "Save As" and then change the text, colours and pictures.
Nowadays I use Photo Pos Pro which is dtp freeware and much easier to use then Photoshop.
If you want to see some examples please let me know.
I now have over 150 different T-Loc labels for all kind of brands.

 

[Lou in DE]

Good topic, this.
This is on my New Year to do list - I tried adapting the Festool labels for other stuff but failed.  I will have another go using Photoshop Elements - I am a bit of a dunce with that, but will try anyway.

Scholar - this screen shot of my Photoshop Elements set-up might give you a starting point - basically shows the sizes and layers that you need to start - after printing, trim the labels at the green lines to size properly:

Lou

 

[WelshWood]

Nice Idea!

I copied someone else's idea and put my business cards in one side!

~WW

 

[tricksel]

Small tip; to get the best possible prints, use vector images (if available) instead of bitmaps, and use software like Illustrator or Indesign instead of Photoshop. EPS images (which is a vector format) of most logo's are available at brandsoftheworld.com.

 

[neeleman]

The logos on the labels are when printed so small that it doesn't matter using bitmaps or vector images.
When printed on regular paper there's another minor factor.
And bitmaps are easier to use in simple DTP software and easier to find.

 

[tricksel]

When at a high enough resolution, I agree, you won't see the difference.
However, I beg to differ, on images with for instance 72 dpi (like the above). I think the printing won't do the nice work justice.

 

[Staniam]

Here's a couple pics of some labels @neeleman made for me recently. He also made some for my sanders but I haven't put them on yet.