Applying Vehicle Graphics: Measuring Tips

Video Transcript

"In this clip, we'll be covering how to apply video graphics. I would like to show you a little bit about measurements. For example, the customer of this vehicle wanted a badge placed in this area. When you first get the vehicle and decide what you want, you need to measure that area. We measure this area. This area is about 10 inches by 14 inches. We went back to the sign company and found out what they wanted. They said they wanted the badge put there, so we had the badge custom made to fit that particular area. Let's say that you decide that you want on your doors. All you would need to do is go and take that tape measure, measure the door, which is 44 inches by about 16 inches. You would call a local sign company and say hey my door is 44 by 16 and I would like to put vinyl graphics in that area. You give them the maximum area that you have and that would create something for you to put in that area. When you want to put that in there center, you want to find that center mark. If it's 44, you want to take that mark at 22. You can take the grease pencil, make a simple mark on the area that you know that's going to be your center. When you get your center area, you want to find your level mark. Therefore, you can take your bottom baseline. You would want to measure up from your baseline and find a center mark. Once you find the center mark on this side, go to the same side on the other and find another center mark. When you find that center mark, you can have an area that you can layer your graphics on and measure up and know that it's centered. Nothing is worse than having a vehicle graphics that are turned sideways. It's not very good image for your company. "