Silhouette Pixscan Mat Tutorial

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.

Silhouette pixscan mat tutorial.

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. Cardstock or white stick paper. If you haven t calibrated your pixscan mat for your camera here s how.

Part 1 of 2 thursday september 11 2014. The silhouette pixscan mat is used for two main purposes. Canning mason jar labels download the set i created here step one. Use the standard photo size not square.

Print the labels and trim down to about an 8 10 size. Place on your pixscan mat and take a photo with your phone or camera. Silhouette pixscan tutorial for beginners. It s fairly easy and if you have a lot to cut it can be a huge timesaver.

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. 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. 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.