What Is A Pixscan Cutting Mat
Silhouette pixscan cutting mat for use with cameo 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 scanner.
What is a pixscan cutting mat. Photograph it transfer the photo download it and upload into studio. Pixscan is perfect for digitizing a stamp collection or turning a hand drawn sketch into a cut job. Now that the software is set up let s work on the mat. The pixscan mat has a cover sheet and a sticky surface just like the regular cutting mats.
Take a picture using your smartphone or scan in your pixscan mat. Pixscan is perfect for digitizing a stamp collection or turning a hand drawn sketch into a cut job. Place the photo or image you want to cut out on your pixscan mat. Steps 2 through 7 above excluding 5.
The silhouette pixscan mat is a cutting and scanning mat that keeps the object or material on the mat in its exact proportions when brought into silhouette studio. You will not want to use pixscan mats exclusively though because the cutting area is smaller than a standard mat. Getting started with the pixscan mat. All you need to buy is a pixscan mat which retails for 14 99usd the same prices as a standard cameo mat.
The pixscan mat will not even appear as an option in the cutting mat drop down unless you are using a relatively old version of the software. 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 scanner. Setting up silhouette pixscan mat with cameo 4. Using this mat allow you to cut out a pre printed design that you may or may not have digitally.
Put the printed card stock on the pixscan mat. Press down so that your image is stuck securely to the mat. No matter how you plan to use the pixscan the first few steps are the same. Move hand prints only off of the cutting mat make sure your printer and card stock are ready.