LFP - Large-Format-Printing
Roland Unveils New Design Software For All Brands of Window Tint Film
Thursday 24. January 2008 - Roland Advanced Solutions Division (ASD) has introduced Film Designs Pro - a full-featured design software package that further opens up the window film market to everyone from auto dealerships to restyling professionals.
Compatible with all brands of window tint film, Film Designs Pro for Roland comes loaded with powerful design features. The software makes it possible to add designs, logos and text to window film patterns. With several unique editing tools, this powerful design software can even create signs, banners and decals. It imports both AI and EPS files and can save changes directly to a local computer.
Film Designs Pro is revolutionary, as most film manufacturers restrict customers to using only their film and/or offer limited design capability. The software provides unlimited use of more than 2,000 different window film pattern kits that cover more than 1,000 different vehicles. An optional upgrade package offers access to an equally vast database of urethane paint protection kits. The patterns can be re-used over and over without the per-cut fee associated with other programs on the market.
“Mated with a Roland digital cutter, Film Designs Pro makes it easy to run a successful window tinting business,” said Gerald Hiller, Roland ASD managing director. “It offers a flexible business solution with outstanding graphics editing features and access to nearly every window film pattern for cars dating back to the early 1990s.”
Film Designs Pro for Roland
* Works with all brands of window film
* Powerful design tools for editing patterns and designs
* Creates signs, banners, decals, lettering, etc.
* Unidirectional cutting and Resize Tool (industry first)
Developed by Film Designs LLC, Film Designs Pro for Roland has a list price of $1495 with an annual license fee of $1200. Film Designs Pro with the urethane upgrade package is an extra $300 per year. Film Designs Basic for Roland has a list price of $995 with an annual license fee of $295. The Basic version provides customers with the first 10 pattern kits with their purchase, and when more kits are needed, they can purchase them for $300 per group of 10 kits.
FilmCAD
Window tinters and urethane installers all use their computers to custom cut jobs to meet their customers exact needs. In addition to film, they use everything from graphics programs to window template databases to digital cutters. Roland has trademarked the term FilmCAD to describe all of these important film industry technologies.
FilmCAD solutions are used for automotive window tinting and urethane protection, as well as commercial and residential applications. Roland has provided the first bundled FilmCAD Solution with its GX Pro digital cutter and Film Designs Basic software. Roland University training classes are also available to help jobbers achieve perfect installation.
“With Film Designs Basic, we have raised the bar on what to expect in a FilmCAD tinting solution,” said Hiller. “And it comes at the best value in the industry.”