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Old 12-12-2011
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Originally Posted by eyeayen View Post
Photoshop is no good it works with pixels you need to use a program that generates VECTORS, so illustrator, corel draw or Inkscape, the latter beign completely free as it's an open source program.

You need to be able to draw neat paths with the pen tool (same as the one in photoshop) which the cutter understands.
I find the Trace Bitmap function in Inkscape endlessly useful - it allows hand drawn or printed material to be scanned in/photographed and transformed into a vector graphic. Great for nicking logos - I look forward to doing my tongue-in-cheek Lidl-sponsored touring car shell....
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