What Is A Pixscan Mat

First download the pixscan mobile app on your device.

What is a pixscan mat. Using the silhouette pixscan mat. Pixscan is perfect for digitizing a stamp collection or turning a hand drawn sketch into a cut job. Learn how to use the silhouette pixscan mat with this tutorial. It is simple and easy to use and the possibilities are endless as to what kinds of creations you can make using the pixscan mat.

Use the standard photo size not square. Canning mason jar labels download the set i created here step one. Step 3 import your image into the silhouette studio and add cut lines. Pixscan is perfect for digitizing a stamp collection or turning a hand drawn sketch into a cut job.

Step 1 place your material onto the pixscan mat. What does this mean. Print the labels and trim down to about an 8 10 size. To do this you need a specially marked pixscan mat and a software module that is built into silhouette studio v3 1 and higher.

It will open with a brief tutorial. Pixscan mats are great for precision. Take a picture using your smartphone or scan in your pixscan mat. 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.

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. Use any graphic any image or even your and load it to your silhouette studio software. Cardstock or white stick paper. Place on your pixscan mat and take a photo with your phone or camera.

You place your material card stock in this example on the mat take a photo of it and. The silhouette pixscan mat is used for two main purposes. When you use pixscan mobile you can take a picture of an image on the pixscan mat trace it and edit it in the app and cut it out. 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 takes a photo or scanned image of a physical mat and places it on the virtual mat in exactly the right size orientation and position. Step 2 capture an image of the material using a scanner or a digital camera. Pixscan mats are used with silhouette cameos to hold your vinyl htv card stock or other material in place while being cut by the cameo after you have used a photograph to know exact placement of material and designs.