[SML] Making antique oats box- unroll picture of old box to print?

Jon Lagerquist jon at lagerquist.com
Mon Mar 11 23:24:09 UTC 2019


That would have been Herb Camburn. Unfortunately Herb is no longer with
us. I do not know what the status the prop paperwork he was doing is.

Jon

On 3/11/2019 3:16 PM, sdwheaton via Stagecraft wrote:
> There was someone at USITT in Cinci a few years back that was selling
> CD'S with packaging, just print and fold it into a box.   They had lots
> of vintage stuff.  
> 
> If somebody saved the booth  map you ought to be able to figure out who
> it was...
> 
> Stuart
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> From: Kate Stack via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Date: 3/11/2019 11:41 AM (GMT-05:00)
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> Cc: Kate Stack <k8stack at gmail.com>, Joe Dunfee <joe at dunfee.com>
> Subject: Re: [SML] Making antique oats box- unroll picture of old box to
> print?
> 
> I haven't found a good way to stretch cylindrical labels back into a
> printable form. What I usually do is grab the imagery from the labels
> and stretch that as best I can, and then retype all the text in
> Photoshop (or your preferred paint program). Then I blur/grunge/feather
> the layers together so they read as one object. If you're lucky, you can
> find an Ebay seller who's taken a ton of photos, which makes it a lot
> easier to rebuild. It usually ends up being such a pain that building
> from near scratch is the solution, though. 
> 
> I've had some luck in the past searching on Google and Flickr for
> "flattened X box" but a quick search today didn't turn up any oatmeal. 
> 
> I've also been known to purchase the real vintage object and take it
> apart to scan it. 
> 
> But I'd love it if someone knew a simpler way. 
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