Silhouette Pixscan Mat Tutorial

The pixscan mat comes with its own registration marks which allows it to use the silhouette s optical scanner to find the right place to cut.

Silhouette pixscan mat tutorial.

Pixscan technology allows you to cut precisely around any printed image or position cut lines in a specific location on your material using a camera or scan. Canning mason jar labels download the set i created here step one. Print the labels and trim down to about an 8 10 size. The silhouette pixscan mat is used for two main purposes.

To accurately and preciously cut pre printed materials like a print and cut for pre printed materials and also to sketch etch or cut with extreme accuracy on very small craft blanks or vinyl scraps. If you haven t calibrated your pixscan mat for your camera here s how. Use the standard photo size not square. Now that the software is set up let s work on the mat.

Silhouette pixscan tutorial fussycutting images hi everyone. Place on your pixscan mat and take a photo with your phone or camera. Any material placed on the mat can be imported into silhouette studio via scanner or camera and then have cut lines assigned through tracing drawing tools or opening designs. It s fairly easy and if you have a lot to cut it can be a huge timesaver.

Part 1 of 2 thursday september 11 2014. The pixscan mat has a cover sheet and a sticky surface just. Silhouette pixscan tutorial for beginners.