What is "PixScan™ technology?

  • "PixScan™ technology allows you lot to cut precisely effectually any printed prototype or position cut lines in a specific location on your material using a photographic camera or scanner."The PixScan™ feature cuts according to an image'south bodily size, whether it exist to provide a contour cut around the epitome, to nest images into an oddly shaped material precisely, or to replicate a pattern at its original size.
  • The PixScan™ mat comes with its own registration marks, which allows it to use the Silhouette'south optical scanner to find the right place to cut.
  • Any material placed on the mat can be imported into Silhouette Studio® via scanner or camera, and and then take cut lines assigned through tracing, drawing tools, or opening designs.
  • You need the correct size of PixScan™ mat for each machine (CAMEO, Portrait, or Curio).

What tin can it do?

Information technology has a multifariousness of uses to add to the "toolbox" of each Silhouette machine.

  • Cutting from scraps of newspaper with exact placement of cut designs on those scraps
  • Cut out images that are already printed, such every bit pattern paper, photos, cloth, or commercial cards
  • Cut out stamped images or digitize your collection of stamps into cut files
  • Cut around original artwork or digitize hand-lettered or mitt-fatigued items
  • Cut to the full border of viii.5 in. ten 11 in. pages without the margin required with Print & Cut
  • Cut images you print from other programs on your reckoner
  • Sketch on pre-printed tags and shapes

Today nosotros're going to show y'all just how easy information technology is to make any custom cut you want.

Supplies Needed:

  • Silhouette CAMEO® or Silhouette Portrait® or Silhouette Curio™
  • Silhouette PixScan™ Cutting Mat
  • Silhouette Cut Blade

How-to: PixScan™

ane. Place the photo or epitome you lot want to cut out on your PixScan™ mat. Press down then that your image is stuck deeply to the mat. Take a picture show using your smartphone or browse in your PixScan™ mat. For optimal results, when photographing or scanning the PixScan™ mat, ensure that no zoom is used, your lighting is even, the entire mat is clearly visible in the image, the PixScan™ mat is flat, and the cut media is contained within the black cut border.

Notation: If you are using either PixScan™ mat for the Silhouette Curio™, you'll discover there is no black line outlining the workspace. However, you can see in that location there is the outside space, which is a white/foam color, and an adhesive space, which is a bright-white colour. The adhesive space is the workspace that your material must be within in order for the PixScan™ technology to work.

2. Click on the PixScan™ icon in the Silhouette Studio®. Select "Import from File" or "Import from Scanner." A window will pop up for you to navigate. Select your prototype and click "Open up."

Tip: If you see a message that says you need a scale profile, click "Show Calibration Examination Bill of fare," choose your printer size, and print the page. Have a picture of the printed scale page from a bird'south-heart view and ensure that the scale dots fill the entire image. Practice not put the folio onto the PixScan™ mat. The epitome should include merely the dots. Save your prototype to your computer. Click the plus (+) icon under the Camera Calibration section of the PixScan™ console. A window will pop up. Select your calibration prototype and click "Open." Afterward that, PixScan™ is calibrated for your camera. Yous merely have to practise this in one case per photographic camera.

iii. Once yous have your PixScan™ image loaded, you lot are ready to create or place your cutting lines. Trace your epitome or manually add together cut lines where yous want your machine to cut. Delete whatever excess cutting lines that you practice not need. You lot likewise can add an offset line to your blueprint.

4. Choose your cut settings according to the material on your mat.

5. Ship your project to your Silhouette machine and sentry the magic happen.

And that's it! It's super easy to cut whatever you want with the PixScan™ feature. Utilise it to cutting photos, drawings, cardstock, or whatever else you lot can think of!