What Is A Pixscan Cutting Mat

Setting up silhouette pixscan mat with cameo 4.

What is a pixscan cutting mat.

Move hand prints only off of the cutting mat make sure your printer and card stock are ready. 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. All you need to buy is a pixscan mat which retails for 14 99usd the same prices as a standard cameo mat. Steps 2 through 7 above excluding 5.

No matter how you plan to use the pixscan the first few steps are the same. You will not want to use pixscan mats exclusively though because the cutting area is smaller than a standard mat. Put the printed card stock on the pixscan mat. Press down so that your image is stuck securely to the 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. 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. 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. Now that the software is set up let s work on the mat.

Place the photo or image you want to cut out on your pixscan mat. Photograph it transfer the photo download it and upload into studio. The mat is quite nice a little bit thicker than the regular cutting mat which i kind of like. Silhouette pixscan cutting mat.

From the file menu click print check settings and click print. Pixscan is perfect for digitizing a stamp collection or turning a hand drawn sketch into a cut job. Getting started with the pixscan mat. Take a picture using your smartphone or scan in your pixscan mat.