The Contour Cutting Wizard will guide you through the Contour Cutting process which will vary depending on which equipment you have. SignMaster comes with specialist Contour Cutting tools and features including a Contour Cut Module for creating contour cutlines and a Contour Cutting Wizard for super accurate Contour Cutting. The Cutline is then cut out to create laminated artwork. The artwork (but not the Cutline) is then printed and later laminated. The outline can be set at any distance from the edge of the object or objects and cut out from a separate vinyl cutter or with a supported printer-cutter.¹ Print, Laminate & CutĪnother application of Contour Cutting is to create a Cutline around an artwork’s perimeter. So use Vectorizing for converting picture or images (Jpg, Png, Tiff files etc.) into cuttable artwork, and Contour Cutting for printing pictures and images in full color and then cutting around the edge of those pictures and images. Vectorizing (tracing or digitizing) creates a vector path (curve) around each color of the artwork (picture or image) whereas Contour Cutting places an outline around all of the artwork. After the artwork has been printed the media is loaded into a vinyl cutter which can either automatically scan the special Registration Marks (for ARMS and CCD cutters) or manually locate each mark (for laser-pointer cutters) which then cuts the outline to produce decals (stickers).¹ What’s the difference between Contour Cutting and Vectorizing?

The Object(s) are printed onto the media but the outline is not printed. Involves placing an outline around an Object or Objects in SignMaster. *Please note that SignMaster Cut (Basic edition) does not support ARMS and CCD cutters.

Making decals and stickers like the one above is easy using SignMaster* and no matter which cutter you have, you’ll find Contour Cutting using the Contour Cutting Wizard will quickly guide you through the whole process for the most accurate of Contour Cutting possible!

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