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Just a reminder.. don't over complicate stuff.

HolsterSlotTemplates.pdf

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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Thanks. I try to follow the KISS principle.

 

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Anybody using PS or IL to make patterns?  Other software using .psd files?

 

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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6 hours ago, JLSleather said:

Anybody using PS or IL to make patterns?  Other software using .psd files?

 

Using Illustrator. Staying away from PS.

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Depends on what you want to do with your.psd files..gimp ( freeware, cross platform, open .psd, edit .psd, save to .psd..if you don't need to work with layers ). Latest version is much more powerful than previous ones.

https://www.gimp.org/features/

inkscape for vectors ( like illustrator )

https://inkscape.org/

HTH :)

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"Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )

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So nobody actually using those to make HOLSTER PATTERNS then... just me 'n' Bruce I guess.

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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Anybody using PS or IL to make patterns?  Other software using .psd files?

Ah..to make Holster Patterns ..a word was missing earlier, should ha' guessed I suppose ;).. Gimp and inkscape would work for those too, don't get a lot of call for Holster patterns, or leather holsters where I am, not "my market"..there is a "western dress up" market here though. I just never bothered with it..you really don't want to hear country music songs in French*..Nor rock*, nor Reggae*, nor Hip-Hop*..nor Pop* ( part from a few exceptions, one of whom died and got a state funeral )  Uniformed forces here tend to use Kydex ( and similar holsters ) , others buy theirs ( leather holsters ) when they are in the USA.

*It is even worse when you can understand all the lyrics, and how they bust a gut because it must always rhyme, even if that makes the words sound ridiculous.."uh" gets added to the end of many words at the end of lines, to make them rhyme with the word that had "uh" added to the end word of the line, one or two lines before..

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"Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )

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14 hours ago, mikesc said:

a word was missing earlier, should ha' guessed I suppose

Well, we are in the holster pattern thread :whistle: I got it covered within these walls - I'm good ta go.  Just thought maybe if some you boys 'n' gals was using PS or IL, might want a copy of this digital graph paper I use.  No matter... it's very basic (but useful) stuff that anybody could do (and maybe already did).

 

JLS  "Observation is 9/10 of the law."

IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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I just need a simple slimjim pattern for an 1860 army.

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For that particular gun, I would download the How to Make Holsters book from Tandy and make my own pattern.  Western style patterns for revolvers are a great starting point and some of the easiest to make  yourself.

Todd

 

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