I just finished some DIY DD and DTS signs for my theater. Printed the pics on glossy photo paper and used $10.00 certificate frames from Wal-Mart.

I am VERY pleased!:D

BTW: The graphics and letters are very sharp and clear (crappy digital camera).

Looks great!
WHere did you get the images from?

Here are some vector graphics. You should be able to scale them to any size you want without and resolution loss.
http://home.comcast.net/~achilles97206/logos.htm

Originally posted by bob_vdi
Looks great!
WHere did you get the images from?

Right here! Take your pick.


http://home.comcast.net/~timkrug/signs.html

all of that is nice...can't wait to i can get a dedicated room to put all these great info and ideas to work.

brickie

BRAVO!

Stickman .. that particular Comcast link is dead. :(

The one Jahwan posted works fine .. but could change. Suggest those who want these grab them now. THX is fussy about non-authorized use of its logo.

Ron Yost

Originally posted by Ron Yost
Stickman .. that particular Comcast link is dead. :(

The one Jahwan posted works fine .. but could change. Suggest those who want these grab them now. THX is fussy about non-authorized use of its logo.

Ron Yost
I downloaded them all at work. Will try to put them on a yahoo or picture sharing pages when I get a chance!
I used the comcast logo's for my entrance logos. See link below.

I didn't even know my little signs made it over here! The link shouldn't change now that I have it on my personal web space. And I doubt THX is going to tell people they can't print a sign and put it in their own home. Its not like anyone is making money on free printouts.

-Tim

Good point, krooooog. :)
Ron

Yea, but I'm sure its copyrighted, and in this day and age companies will sue even the little guy over a stupid little copyright dispute if they find out you are infringing.

Fair use is starting to not exist. Of course, here, you are redistributing their copyrighted material, and that is the entire reason copyright exists...

Originally posted by krooooog
I didn't even know my little signs made it over here! The link shouldn't change now that I have it on my personal web space. And I doubt THX is going to tell people they can't print a sign and put it in their own home. Its not like anyone is making money on free printouts.

-Tim

[edit] I was composing this message at the same time spearce was sending his. Sorry for being redundant.


*no flames please*

Tim

Having worked with THX on the logo issues in the past, I think the bigger issue is posting unauthorized logos for the public to download. I guess it's kinda like the whole music sharing thing... but with logos. Most companies are very picky about accurate representation of their logos and frown upon deviations from logo designs as specified in their Corporate Standards Manuals (these are books that corporations pay big bucks for which dictate any and every usage of the Corporate Identity).

Please don't read me wrong here, I'm not trying to be a "bad guy". I am all about DIY and I encourage everyone to be creative in the process of creating and decorating your theater room. As far as I know, THX has never gone after anyone for this (not that they would even know if someone was doing this for their own personal theater room), but I personally would never publish a logo for public assess without permission from the copyright holder.

Adam

[edit] Added later:

This is what scares the hell out of me:
http://www.thx.com/mod/company/terms.html
Section 2. Ownership says it all.

Hello.

Just wanted to say thanks for the links to the images. I was looking for something to spice up the entrance/staies to my theater room...and framing these images certainly did the trick. 3 frames @ the Dollar Store=$3. Best bang for the bang accessory I've purchased.
Thanks again.



Ryan.
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Tim

One more thing... (again, I'm writing this message discourage, but to advise). This is a hard topic to write about and not come off as being a jerk.

While I was looking at your page, I noticed your text at the bottom which reads something like,

"All images and text are the property of Tim Krug. (c) 2003 Tim Krug."

Ouch! This is what could really get you in trouble. I'm sure you spent allot of time creating the artwork, but it's really owned by someone else. My suggestion (humble as it is), is to replace that message with something like,

"All logos are property of the respective copyright holder."

This is not to say that you would be 100% immune from litigation, but it would surely beat the consequences of claiming to own that artwork.

I am not a lawyer (and I don't play one on TV), but I spent many years in the Advertising/Graphic Design/Public Relations Firm industries and I know that these issues can get very ugly.

I'm not trying to cause problems, I'm trying to prevent them for you. I hope you (and everyone else) understand that I'm not trying to attack you here.

Adam

Ryan,

Love your candy counter, view from the steps, etc.

the copyright stuff is just remnants from some old pages I used. I don't even know why its still there...and now its gone. As for the logos, I'm not keeping them up forever...I don't have the space. So they will be gone soon anyway.

Hey thanks for the URL to the pictures. They look great. Ryan love that intro to the basement. :D

Thanks this is great stuff, after spending a bundle on DTS & DD'S framed. I dont have a printer. What I need is a cool dude to print a high quality glossy pref. 4 1/4" by 12" silver THX and mail it to me:)...I am asking for too much, I know (greedy monkey) :D


f

I'll do it for you...PM me your address...

I made some similar after another forum member posted his photos. Mine are in the triple frames and the images end up being about 4x6. I think I have the THX in silver...

You are the Best! Thank you

f

Originally posted by Jay Wilson
I'll do it for you...PM me your address...

I made some similar after another forum member posted his photos. Mine are in the triple frames and the images end up being about 4x6. I think I have the THX in silver...

Originally posted by Jay Wilson
I'll do it for you...PM me your address...

I made some similar after another forum member posted his photos. Mine are in the triple frames and the images end up being about 4x6. I think I have the THX in silver...

Did you snag my idea from the similar tread and my gallery? COOL!

Yep Bob...Sure did. Sorry, but I thought they were cool enough to do on the wall entering my theatre. I did two of them, with one each of the signs for Dolby, THX, and DTS. Then I did a screen captire from my intor disc that says "The WIlson Private Cinema" and stuck it in the very 1st space.

Ok... I printed them out on my inkjet printer on photo paper, and was not too pleased with the result. I tried to trim off the white borders that is left on the paper... didn't look so hot. Trying to cut the ink-jet printed pictures resulted in smudging, etc.

So.... I took the images, dumped them down onto a CD, and took them to Wal-Mart's photo center. I had them developed by their photo lab in an 8 x 10 size. The results are absolutely beautiful. I then walked over to Wal-Mart's frame section, and picked up a couple of 8x10 picture frames to mount them in - as was suggested earlier. I am attaching a photo of how they look.

Also - this is a GREAT Christmas idea. I made one of each for my friend that has an HT. The total cost (depending on how nice of a frame you choose) is less than $4.50 per sign, including frame!

Excellent! An HT accessory that didn't require me to break out the Visa!

I just printed them out in 8x10 using XP's photo printing wizard and mounted them in some $2 Wal Mart frames that I already had (Sorry, Grandma, I'll get you a new frame, I promise).

Didn't cost me a dime and only took about 15-20 minutes of my time. Very cool suggestion!

p.milnes, those look absolutely GREAT!

so you noticed a BIG difference in the quality between home inkjet and photo printing at walmart?

i'll have to do that...

great thread by the way!

Originally posted by slateef
p.milnes, those look absolutely GREAT!

so you noticed a BIG difference in the quality between home inkjet and photo printing at walmart?

i'll have to do that...

great thread by the way!

Yes, there was a difference. The blacks look so much darker, and the photos from WalMart did NOT smudge or smear at all.

Definitely worth $2.48 per pic!

Paul

so basically you just copied them onto a cd-r and took it in to walmart? they can access the .bmp files? or do i need to convert them to .jpg format?

FYI, another option is to consider Shutterfly. They will print it at 5x7 and it looks super for only about $1.00/print (plus shipping). That is almost what your ink and glossy paper costs might be...

Originally posted by slateef
so basically you just copied them onto a cd-r and took it in to walmart? they can access the .bmp files? or do i need to convert them to .jpg format?

Yup. Just put them on a CD, and go to Wal-Mart and ask them to print them as 8x10's. They will have them ready in less than an hour, and it will cost you only $2.48 per print. Wal-Mart can accept .bmp, .jpg, and TIF files.

I'm not a huge Wal-Mart fan, but they do seem to have this down cold.

Let me know how they turn out!

Paul

I LIKE IT! :D

p.s. I appreciate the copywrite warnings but they could be paying for the free advertising of their product instead of threatening a lawsuit. Especially since every DVD I buy has one if not all three on the case. I already paid for the picture.

Originally posted by stickman
Here are some vector graphics. You should be able to scale them to any size you want without and resolution loss.
http://home.comcast.net/~achilles97206/logos.htm


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NEW LINK?????

I am hosting these now. I have most of them uploaded and should have the rest done by tomorrow evening.
Had some friends over for the weekend and no time to work on the web site.
HTPC Downloads (http://downloads.mygahanna.org)
Link to the logos:
HTPC Graphics (http://downloads.mygahanna.org/downloads/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=6)

Thanks

This may sound odd but does anyone have a really good bitmap of the DVD video logo. Yes I know its on all of my DVD's but I have yet to be able to scan one in and blow it up to size that I can emboss on my Glass cabinet door. If anyone can help....Thanks

Cheers,

Requis

Requis -

It doesn't sound odd at all, but you might want to post a new thread asking that question in the title.

This thread has been going on for a month or two, and so the only people that will probably read it are people that subscribe to it - a handful at best. I know that I don't often re-visit threads that I have read before unless I have a great intrest in that particular topic.

Your best bet is to start another thread that will be read by everyone - so you are not limiting your audience on this new question.

Good luck!

Paul

Thanks for the heads up Paul,

Love your signature! :)

Cheers,

requis

Thanks so much for the images/logos, Simonduz, can't wait to print and mount them.

Originally posted by Requis
This may sound odd but does anyone have a really good bitmap of the DVD video logo. Yes I know its on all of my DVD's but I have yet to be able to scan one in and blow it up to size that I can emboss on my Glass cabinet door. If anyone can help....Thanks

Cheers,

Requis

What size and which one do you need?

http://www.theamax.homestead.com/holding/DVD.jpg
http://www.theamax.homestead.com/holding/DVD_Digital_Video_Disc.jpg
http://www.theamax.homestead.com/holding/DVD_Video_-Below_Disc-.jpg
http://www.theamax.homestead.com/holding/DVD_Video_-In_Disc-.jpg

Nice Images Lawdawg!!

Where were you a week ago!! Thanks so much for responding. I used other drawings that I pulled off of google. As I had to get them in to the glass guys to etch them in the door. I just found out I get my Door next week. And that they were able to not only etch the glass, but also were able to put in colors.

I'll post pics when its done!

Thanks again!

Cheers,

Requis

Lawdawg, My vote is for the one that says "digital video disc" Let us know when they're ready!! Wooo Hooo!! :p :p :p

Sorry I was to late Requis. I'm looking forward to seeing your glass door.

HTJunkie1, It looks like the ones on simonduz's site are 792 x 612 pixels. I could scale them up to around that size. I acutally found these somewhere on the web, with a collection of some very nice eps files. Can't remember where, but I'm sure I found the link at AVS.

The other files include lots of other good stuff. Movie studio logos, Anamorphic widescreen logos, Closed caption, more dolby digital, dts, THX, movie ratings (r, pg, etc.) about 170 all told. Perhaps simonduz would just like to post the zip file containing them? If you have a program that can open EPS files you can use them. In Photoshop for example, you can scale them to any size without loss of clarity.

some where recently a dvd logo font was posted... I think it was in the etched glass logo topic...

Lawdawg,So all we have to do is download them and print them like the other DD and DTS signs?:confused:

Well, It's not quite that simple. But you can create logos that look like the ones on simonduz site within less than a minute, with photoshop.

Tell you what I'll do. I'll create jpgs of all of these files, I prefer other formats (png, psd) but by having them in jpgs everyone should be able to use them. I'll do jpg over bitmap, because the file size will be much smaller, but the quality will not suffer (we are talking basic two and three color images here.)

I'd also create them at a larger size than the 792x612 that the other DD ones are at. Probably 1500x1200, so those who wish to resize, use them on screen, etc. can have a better quality resize. Then I'll zip them all up, create an image with thumbnail previews of them all, and see if simonduz will host it. Much like the DTS/DD images that simonduz is hosting, I will create about 4 basic color schemes (red, blue, yellow, white) where appropriate.

Wow that sounds like allot of work ;) Might take me a little while, but if there is interest, I'll do it.

Let me know what you guys think.

I finally found all the ORIGINAL sound logos that I had download. Most of these are now hosted eleswhere, but here are all the variations I have.

Note: Since these are BMPs the colors can easily be changed via MS Paint.

Here is the disc maker font that includes various DVD logos in TTF format.
Enjoy!

Where did the logos go? I went to the attachment but there where pulled or no longer at the site. anyone know where I can look now?

i've been asking the same thing with little response..............

there is a great site at Home Theater Forum post# 2162640. lots to choose from

Logo are WITHIN this post listed below (if the attachment still works)

see this post and download the wall logos.zip file
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?postid=3295408#post3295408
Post 35
Enjoy

FYI I did'nt realize the copy/paste in PM was incomplete...

hmmm attachment seem screwy...
download it rename the file wall.zip
If that don't work I'll attempt to find it and reupload...
1 folder and 16 bmps included.
Enjoy

Enjoy

How do we put our name in the picture or what program do we use?

Since these are .bmp files, the simplest way would be to use Microsofts Paint (built into Windows). Use the Text tool. (It might take a few tries to get it right).

Does anyone know where I can find a high quality DLP logo to make a sign out of?

Try this one.

http://web.brandsoftheworld.com/search/?query_id=5581837&page=1&brand_id=15604

Thanks for the link. That is a great site.

Here is a picture of the plaques I made. The pic does not do it justice, the actual photo print outs are of a very high quality. I used Photoshop to make mine. Page layout was set to 8x10" and a resolution of 300. The high resolution guaranteed me a high quality print out. I printed them out at Wal-mart and bought the frames at Target. I'm going to redo the DTS logo b/c I made the red a little dark then the original logo. I'm going to change it back to the slightly lighter red and make the words "extended surround" thicker. Other then that I am very excited about the results, especially with the DLP logo. This was definitely easier to do then searching the web for somewhere to buy them.

Nice!

does any one now how to edit the wording in the sign using photo shop, i would like to put my name in where it says this theater?

Just use the "text tool" and creat your own text and paste it over the old text. You could start from scratch with just the logos and add anything you want too. Just go to the website mention a few post up (post #54). That is where I got all the logos that I used and then I created the rest of the sign, all in Photoshop.

I wonder how they would look if they were mounted using this process:

http://store.yahoo.com/hollywoodgallery/plakmounting1.html

It looks like it would cost about $11.50 per sign (11X14) to have them done. Not much more than a frame.



Stew

Hi,
I know this is an old thread I'm fairly new to this forum
can somebody email me the Jpgs for the logos (dts,THX, Dolby) would love to get these printed up.

Thanks
Bill -

I really love this idea !!! the logos look great :) thanks to whomever posted the files !!

I've done something similar, and made some mini movie posters by download movie wallpaper files from various free sites, and I gotta say they look stunning !

I download the file with the best resolution I can get usually 1024 x 768 or
1080 x 1024 and print them on good quality photo paper 8 1/2 x 11 with my inkjet ....sorry I don't have any photo's to post, but give it a try I'm sure you'll like them.

Just do a google search for movie wallpaper, and you'll have no problem finding some good ones.

Hey,
I found these on ebay, check his other items.
Looks quite good.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=778&item=7528030916&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Bill,
I'm not sure if you've seen the site below. Here is the THX logo (in EPS, which you can then convert?) but the others are there as well. The earlier bitmaps are also listed in other places. Let me know if you still can't find them.

http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/?query_id=1409757&page=1&brand_id=39202

Thanks ADAMF!!
got it bookmarked!

great signs I might have to do one!!!

Here are my small ones, next to equipment closet . . .

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f245/bartmanpdx/IMG_0621.jpg

Does anyone have the link to the Vector art logos still? I pulled the THX logo in EPS, but I am still trying to find the rest. I can't download any of the zip files posted.

If you go back to the brandsoftheworld.com website, toward the bottom of the page you can type in a search for whatever logo you want. They have plenty of the DD and DTS logo's on there to choose from.

cool thanks

what size pixels is best to get a good image for the signs?

Here is a picture of the plaques I made. The pic does not do it justice, the actual photo print outs are of a very high quality. I used Photoshop to make mine. Page layout was set to 8x10" and a resolution of 300. The high resolution guaranteed me a high quality print out. I printed them out at Wal-mart and bought the frames at Target. I'm going to redo the DTS logo b/c I made the red a little dark then the original logo. I'm going to change it back to the slightly lighter red and make the words "extended surround" thicker. Other then that I am very excited about the results, especially with the DLP logo. This was definitely easier to do then searching the web for somewhere to buy them.

The higher the resolution the better. 72 dpi images are optimized for the internet, 300 dpi images and vector art files are used for printing. Pull the vector art (eps files) from brandsoftheworld.com and print them at a minimum of 300 dpi.

Vector art is based in mathematics, so you can adjust the dimensions and resolution yet still keep the original integrity of the graphic. Something like a gif or jpg can't be made bigger with out pixelation which degrades the image.

Yup. Just put them on a CD, and go to Wal-Mart and ask them to print them as 8x10's. They will have them ready in less than an hour, and it will cost you only $2.48 per print. Wal-Mart can accept .bmp, .jpg, and TIF files.

I'm not a huge Wal-Mart fan, but they do seem to have this down cold.

Let me know how they turn out!

Paul

I just tried this today at my local Wal-Mart and the women behind the counter would not give me the pictures. She said there was a copyright issue. Has anybody tried a service like Shutterfly and had no problem with copyrights?

i went to walgreens and they did it for me no problems...

I just tried this today at my local Wal-Mart and the women behind the counter would not give me the pictures. She said there was a copyright issue. Has anybody tried a service like Shutterfly and had no problem with copyrights?

I just tried this today at my local Wal-Mart and the women behind the counter would not give me the pictures. She said there was a copyright issue. Has anybody tried a service like Shutterfly and had no problem with copyrights?
Plenty of other stores that do printing. Just go to a different one.

Thanks for the .zip with all of the images. I may just have to print these and frame them, even though my theater is a little small at the moment, every little thing helps.

I had the same problem the first time I went to Wal-Mart to have these images printed. I just ended up going to another Wal-Mart and had no problem.

I can understand that they are trained to keep an eye out for copy protected material to prevent any law suits against Wal-Mart and to protect their own job, but it is not like I was asking them to mass produce these images for me. I just wanted one copy of each.

Don

I used Wal-Mart's online service. I just uploaded the images to them (after converting to an acceptable pixel count), then picked up the prints at the store a few days later. Cost for three 5x7 prints: $1.83. Cost for 3 frames: $3.18. (The cheap frames actually looked better than the more expensive frames.) Unfortunately, I went over my budget of $5.

I don't think anyone at the store ever looked at the prints.

Same signs in gold...

http://public.fotki.com/jeffbaker24/bar__home_theater/img_2759.html

Could somebody email me a eps or high quality gold dolby digital image. That is the only image i cannot find on brandsoftheworld site. Thanks!

mls15000 @ gmail . com

I would appreciate it, if someone could post a link to the Dolby Gold image. Ican't find it on the brandsoftheworld site. Also where can I find the .zip files mentioned in the previous posts?

how bout this.....

I would appreciate it, if someone could post a link to the Dolby Gold image. Ican't find it on the brandsoftheworld site. Also where can I find the .zip files mentioned in the previous posts?

Thanks!

THANKS sosatyme72

Fantastic thanks a lot. Can anyone post any of the other cool thx liquid or gold images.

Thanks again.

They look great.

Here is one I made for Tivo / Slingplayer

doesn anyone still have that zip file? i need to put these up in my theatre

Does anyone have a link to those images anymore?

let me make a search, and then I'll give you some link(if they're still active :boh:)


walk on
sasadf

I am looking for an HDTV logo no brand just the "standard" one like this that i can put out as 5x7 pic:

http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/graphics/billTV/HDTV_logo.gif

darthsrg

You can find a hi-res tif image of the hdtv logo here (http://www.rca.com/media/images/1,2644,,00.html?STATE=DISPLAY&p=image&imageID=700222)

darthsrg

You can find a hi-res tif image of the hdtv logo here (http://www.rca.com/media/images/1,2644,,00.html?STATE=DISPLAY&p=image&imageID=700222)
Thanks Tom, you are wicked cool and "1337".

The THX Files of THX ltd. were used according the dictates at this Link:
http://www.thx.com/mod/company/terms.html

"All logos are property of the respective copyright holder."
The Files were used only for private and not commercial use-



Triptych Certifications
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6205/tritticocertification4pi.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tritticocertification4pi.jpg)
From The Other Side
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3904/tritticocertification24qf.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tritticocertification24qf.jpg)

Dolby Digial Certification
http://www.hostfiles.org/miniature/20060321121749_dolby_digital_720p.jpg (http://www.hostfiles.org/image.php?id=397265)
Dts Certification
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/8027/dtscert7sh.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dtscert7sh.jpg)
THX Certification
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7951/thx12808tq.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thx12808tq.jpg)

The Special Ones
http://www.hostfiles.org/files/20060329121502_3.jpg

Special Place take this one:
THE STAR WARS SAGA
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8959/targona2ux.jpg


Some HOT images(TIff Compressed) are available Here:
http://www.thx-trailer.com/2/covers.htm

walk on
sasadf

Does anyone know where to pick up those older Dolby Digital posters (i.e. the ones with the water ripple effects, the one with isometric view of the front of the DD theater circa 1996, and one other I can't remember)??? I've been looking for them online new, but have only been able to find a few used ones in "good" condition...

If anyone has any leads to finding professionally-made DD, DTS, THX posters/signs that are at least14x11, I'd really appreciate some info. Thanks.

SasaDF, What size did you print the logos? Are they photo prints or card stock?

Cheers,
Jeff

Hey fellas! Im new and have been lurking for a few days. I found this collection of logos HTH some.
~jaimee
since im new it wont let me post a link but, you can go to videohelp(com)/tools?tool=VCD%2C_DVD%2C_DD%2C_DTS%2C_THX_logos obviously take out the brackets and its the typical . with extension :)

SasaDF, What size did you print the logos? Are they photo prints or card stock?

Cheers,
Jeff


They are photo print, made with an epson R800( :rolleyes: : otherwise I used an Epson R240) with special card silver or mirrored.

The size is from an A4size to various more little dimensions...

The star wars saga is wider than 1m :cool: (sorry but living in Italy, I use the metric system of measurements :o )

Hi all,

I went to brandsoftheworld.com and cannot find any of the dolby logos any more. Does anyone have the full set of dolby logos (surround, digital, pro logic, etc) in .eps or another vector art form?

Thanks,
Dave

I have two .bmp logos from the .zip file that is available on page 2 that I would like to print at Wal-mart in 8x10 size. How should I go about doing this? These are .bmp files, not vector images. Will these work?

They should work. I'm probably going to attempt this at walmart of some where soon. Many have said they had issues with photo printing places not printing them because they are copyrighted images. You just have to keep hunting till you find someone that will or print them on photo paper yourself.

These are my frames. I used the actual plaques and posters from Dolby and dts and had the picture framing company I work at give them a bit more heft to them. I desgined the dolby to have an insert to place a fullsize dvd case and you probably don't notice it, the golf dts plaque is "floating" within the frame. Way too expensive to make in the end, unfortunately.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid204/p87b08e655e9cc91cb80ed3ee518f798e/ef6a3512.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid204/p3c96291df534906b7d25ca88245017b4/ef6a3504.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid204/p39c17359d887ea1f3d9aff0755aa5fb9/ef6a34c3.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid204/p878785b26d328bd1aa8847a0c6f707de/ef6a0e49.jpg

Victor

We just picked some frames up at Walmart on Clearance that have a clear around around where the pic will go. Where hoping that provides a cool effect with the red from our wall showing through the clear areas.

I made this today, its not great, but it works.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7716/signtoshibahd0fs.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=signtoshibahd0fs.jpg)

I'm going to attempt to get some of the logo's printed today if possible. What's the best place to go that will give me the least hassle about printing?

Or should I just use an inkjet and do it on glossy photopaper?

UPDATE: I went ahead and tried using walmart online to upload the pics and it worked fine. I went there and the girl at the counter said you must have a home theater and said she though they were really neat.

They all came out great. The Fox Type Logo Reaper does came out ok. It was a little grainy. Wasn't sure why since it was much larger than the others.

If you use the online they only accept jpg and tiff files. You can use paint to save them as jpg files though.

They came out great.

I'm going to attempt to get some of the logo's printed today if possible. What's the best place to go that will give me the least hassle about printing?

Or should I just use an inkjet and do it on glossy photopaper?

UPDATE: I went ahead and tried using walmart online to upload the pics and it worked fine. I went there and the girl at the counter said you must have a home theater and said she though they were really neat.

They all came out great. The Fox Type Logo Reaper does came out ok. It was a little grainy. Wasn't sure why since it was much larger than the others.

If you use the online they only accept jpg and tiff files. You can use paint to save them as jpg files though.

They came out great.

What logos did you use? What size did they print out? What was the picture(s)' resolution? Also, how much did Wal-Mart cost to print out per picture?

All I did was use a few of the .bmp files that are in the wall logo.zip file. All silver for the three logo's.

All I did was open the .bmp files in Paint and then saved them as JPG files. I then uploaded them to walmart.com and told it to print them out. For 4 8x10 pics it was about 12.00. It'd be a lot cheaper if you didn't do 1 hour but I wanted them quick and 12 isn't much.

They came out great. Crisp and Shiny:)

They do look at them though becuase the girl commented on how cool they looked so depending on what walmart and who you get, you might have to argue them. I had no troubles though.

Using a good inkjet printer, you'll achieve the same results....in your home...

did you see my works? :cool: ...

I've used an Epson R800, and eventually sometimes also an Epson r240

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sasadf

If already have everything yes it should do fine. We had one but would had to of bought ink and the photo paper. Walmart was the cheapest option for us.

Speaking of logos, it's a bit geeky but if you like Star Trek stuff, every logo you've ever seen (and a lot you haven't) can be found here (http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~tweimann/pages/frames/frame_logos.htm) in insanely high resolution. Kind cool, might print some out for the theater doors or something.

I can't find that liquid-silver Lucasfilm THX logo in high-res. Anyone have that?

Equusz

You can contact me;)

thanks for the link of star trek

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sasadf

Does anyone know where the highest resolution logos for Dolby & DTS can be found to download? I am looking for them to print and would also like them in the "metallic" look if possible. I want to print them in 5X7 - do they come out clean & crisp in that size?
Can anyone PM me the files?

Thanks.

try this ones....


http://www.thx-trailer.com/2/covers.htm


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sasadf

Those are great. I noticed that the DTS image has some border around it that fades out, especially at the top left corner, will that show when it is printed in 8X10 or 5X7?
Do these logos that are 5300 X 3800 in size still come out crisp & clear when printed in 8X10 or even 5X7?

Thanks.

I think they cold be printed also in 8x10.....

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sasadf

Those Ones are made in A3+

(PHOTOS TAKEN FROM AVMAGAZINE.IT)

GHERSON THEATER(BOLOGNA)
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1979/ghersonhtback51xz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img321.imageshack.us/img321/5223/ghersonhtfront0tr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

THX elegance A3
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2521/img08056ok.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5997/img08092cd.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8710/img08114ub.jpg

DTS THEATER BLU A3
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4009/img08107zy.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7369/img08084hr.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6949/img08126yt.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7928/img08065cp.jpg


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sasadf

Wow, Sasa. That theater is gorgeous. Very Italian, very chic. Totally in tune with my personal taste in style. I'd love to do something like that in our home in the future. For now, ours is more of a gray cave that "gets the job done" rather than is something that is well put together.

Thanks for the great pics and sharing those files.

Regs,
Jeff

Thanks Sasa, the wall logo looks great - I hadn't thought of making any that big but I might now.
I agree - that theater is beautiful, what a layout & look, it is certainly a different feel from the theaters we are used to seeing.

Jason.

nice room :)

some other logos
http://www.actuacine.net/Logos_US.htm
http://axelfaber.tripod.com/logos/
http://webcd.fr/home_cinema/fondecra.htm
http://www.dts-phile.com/dtshd.jpg

A little question: are you curious to see some of the plaques I've made for some friend o f mine here in Italy?
I have about 250 plaques made for those friends: of each one of those plaques, I have the photo of the plaque, and then where and How was installed in their Home Theaters.

Do you find interesting a topic with the description and a Photographic report of all this italian Theaters?

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sasadf

Sasa,

Personally I'd love to see a thread dedicated to your signs and their use in Italian home theaters.

Thanks,
Jeff

Yes, Please post.

(Do you find interesting a topic with the description and a Photographic report of all this italian Theaters?)

Here is what I have and I can e-mail them to someone if they want. They are very good quality ones. I have had them for about 3 years:

1) Lucas Film
THX
The Audience is Listening

2) This Theater Features THX Certified Products


3) "THX" The Audience is Listening
The best sound, the best picture, the best film experience

4) Dolby Digital Sound System installed in this Home Theater

Shoot me an e-mail and I can send the full size to you. You can easily have prints made of these.

Does anyone have a server I ould upload these 4 or 5 photos to so you guys can get them? I have tried to e-mail them but they are to big of files. I do not want to reduce the size and lose quality? Any ideas???? Thanks

SurfHB,

Just sent you a PM about acquiring these images.

Sasa,

That would be great, I would like to see them as well.

SurfHB, sbarrier , I will PM you as well, I would like those images.

Thanks.
Jason.

Then, following your requests, tOnight (in Italy), I'll make a Mega Thread...

I would ask for it first at a moderator of AVS, did anyone knows who's the one for these kind of topics?

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sasadf

I have sent you guys the e-mails with the signs and sent them to myself as well to make sure it worked. It worked on my end so I hope you all received them OK. If you sent me a PM or an e-mail requesting the signs, then I replied to it. I had to compress them to a .zip file. Let me know if you have any problems.

Shane

SurfHB, the files all worked great, thanks for taking the time.

SasaDF, I don't know who the moderator would be.

Jason.

no problem...I have some more to send out today when I get a minute. So if anyone sent a request, I will get on it ASAP.

PS) Jawhn, please send me an e-mail address to send them to that is large enough in space to hold them.

I've got a 3 picture frame with the DLP, DD-EX, and DTS-ES logos hanging in my theater entrance. Got the images here...thanks BTW. They all have the black backgrounds. I was curious if anyone had the same-type quality images of Dolby True HD and DTS-HD yet? I know its pretty early, but I'd like them in the same type setup with black background. I'm not sure what the 3rd pic would be in that frame though...maybe just HDTV logo or HD-DVD logo...any thoughts? Not THX b/c I don't have any "certified" products except some DVDs...I think that would be cheating a little...:) And definitely not BD...but don't want to bring that up here anyway.

For less than $15 I got all of my signs made and framed, thanks to everyone on this board. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/mwastella/IMG_1389.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/mwastella/IMG_1386.jpg

Similar story for me... found 8x10 frames on sale at Meijer for $1.40 each, wound up with 3 framed logos for $12. Thanks to SurfHB... these look fantastic.

SurfHB, how large are the files? I have a server, could make this easier.

These are my frames. I used the actual plaques and posters from Dolby and dts and had the picture framing company I work at give them a bit more heft to them. I desgined the dolby to have an insert to place a fullsize dvd case and you probably don't notice it, the golf dts plaque is "floating" within the frame. Way too expensive to make in the end, unfortunately.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid204/p3c96291df534906b7d25ca88245017b4/ef6a3504.jpg



Anyone have any ideas on where I could get something that big printed high quality for a reasonable price? Like does Kinko's, or somewhere similar, print pictures that big?

I love how that looks and would look great in my theatre.

Green with envy,
-Bobby

Anyone have any ideas on where I could get something that big printed high quality for a reasonable price? Like does Kinko's, or somewhere similar, print pictures that big?

I love how that looks and would look great in my theatre.

Green with envy,
-Bobby

Theres plenty of places that will print large pictures. Personally I use www.winkflash.com and have had great sucess with them. I got some of my wedding pictures done in poster sizer for around $8 plus shipping ($2 i think). You will need a high quality image to get a large end product.

Anyone have any ideas on where I could get something that big printed high quality for a reasonable price? Like does Kinko's, or somewhere similar, print pictures that big?

I love how that looks and would look great in my theatre.

Green with envy,
-Bobby

That is actually a dts 27x40 poster, trimmed down to make my frame. Looking at the dts website, their newest poster is this:

http://www.dts.com/media/ent/product_images/DTS-Sparks2-final1%20200.jpg

It could also work, just trim down appropriately.

Victor

That is actually a dts 27x40 poster, trimmed down to make my frame. Looking at the dts website, their newest poster is this:

http://www.dts.com/media/ent/product_images/DTS-Sparks2-final1%20200.jpg

It could also work, just trim down appropriately.

Victor

Yeah I figured an original would be harder (much) to get a hold of. I have quite a few high res dts/dolby images that I figured I could just get printed instead of trying to track down an original in good condition.

Another Time from The Italian Lord of the plaques

>>>Take a look Here<<< (http://sasadfworld.forumfree.net/?t=11893089)

This time this ones are for a big big friend of mine!! :D

:cool:

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sasadf

Where can I find the sign that says "This Theater Features DLP Technology" or something like that?

Simon2150, i have an image that you may be able to use for a dlp logo. Unfortunately the image is too large to upload. Send me a PM with an email add and I can email it to you

Got my signs done! Thanks to all who contributed and helped me out!
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9518/lucas1stbirthday006smaluz4.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9279/lucas1stbirthday010smalke7.jpg

My theme for my home theater is Superman and I have named it my "Fortress of Solitude"

Some great logos there guys, just need a few frames now tnx. :D

Another Time from The Italian Lord of the plaques

>>>Take a look Here<<< (http://sasadfworld.forumfree.net/?t=11893089)

This time this ones are for a big big friend of mine!! :D

:cool:

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sasadf


Those are great, can I ask where you found the frames?

The frames was made by an artisan in my city: if you intend the file, I founded in Internet, via google images ;)

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sasadf

Are there any of the graphics floating around that have some of the newer technologies?

Currently I have about four of these "This theater features....XXXXX" they are simple, cheap and look nice.

But I was hoping to add a couple more signs with "This theater features":

Blu-Ray
HD
DLP

That type. Any high resolution images floating around? I know some of the Dolby and THX ones you could modify in Paint which was also very cool and I change the "this theater" to the name of my theater.

Are there any of the graphics floating around that have some of the newer technologies?

Currently I have about four of these "This theater features....XXXXX" they are simple, cheap and look nice.

But I was hoping to add a couple more signs with "This theater features":

Blu-Ray
HD
DLP

That type. Any high resolution images floating around? I know some of the Dolby and THX ones you could modify in Paint which was also very cool and I change the "this theater" to the name of my theater.

Don't know if you are still looking for logos, but you can try here:
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/?action=search&text=blu+ray
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/search/?action=search&text=dlp
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/catalogue/H/129607.html

They are the blu ray, dlp and hd-dvd logos in eps format.

Adam

Check out this thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=719689&page=2

Headroom went to great lengths to help us out. Click on his sig where it says Tinstudio and you will see a ton of signs in a few different styles.

can someone send me a PM or post a link on where I can get a hi-res THX logo?

If someone is still interested in my homeworks,

you can go here ;) (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1111639)

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SasaDF