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  1. Affinity and Summa cutter´s

    How does Summa (GoSumma plugin for adobe) software go along with Affinity? I am looking in to this and considering switching from Adobe to Affinity for my signs, print and cloth profiling company. Pros - Cons? Experiences?
  2. Helping Teacher, Cub Scout Leader, with WinXP Roland ColorCAMM (Pro) PC-600

    Hi Everyone; I am trying to be a good neighbor and help our local Cub Scout Leader & Teacher, She has a lot on her plate. She used to have a business making Vinyl for Horse Trailers but now make everything for the local Elem. School and everything for the Kiddos Scout stuff. Her Roland PC-600...
  3. Newbie with Basics 101 Questions

    I don't have an installer, trainer, or tech so I am learning this new equipment all on my own. Yay! My shop set up is: Adobe for design, Mimaki UCJV300-160 for printing, and a new Summa S3 TC160 for cutting. I've used the Mimakis for about 4 years now and have done most of my cutting with...
  4. Canva purchases Affinity

    Not sure what it all means, but it appears that Canva has purchased Affinity.
  5. Issues with Illustrator PDF Scale Exports

    Hello awesome community! I'm exporting a raster/vector image from Illustrator as a PDF and adobe keeps scaling it to a 1/10 scale. Thats all fine and dandy for the vector parts of the image of course. But the raster parts of the image after scaling it back up by 1000% are still not as sharp as...
  6. Need help with my first AI file.

    Hello friends, So long story short a client has come to me with a logo designed by someone else who has since gotten out of the business and hes looking for shirts done in multiple colors. So my issue is I took over this business and they were exclusively using LXI for everything, I very...
  7. Summa OPOS marks in Adobe Illustrator 2022 for Mac?

    Is there anyway to add OPOS marks to a file in ilustratator 2022 or even 2021? Summa's plugins don't even load and I've found nothing else. Updating the Creative Cloud app nixed my illustrator 2020 and now it seems there's no way to add the marks at all. Can't even downgrade to 2020
  8. Affinity 1.9 Upgrade - Rooting for the little guy

    Last year, I purchased Affinity Designer (like Illustrator), Photo (Photoshop), and Publisher (Indesign) for personal use. (We use Adobe at work, but I didn't feel like paying monthly fees for the privilege at home.) I assumed that when upgrades came, I would just purchase the upgraded software...
  9. Template Help

    I have a template from SRGFX that I already have my design completed with. How do I go about just being able to print and cut what design I have showing within the clipping mask without having to print the entire design and then having a bunch of scraps? I can only seem to add a contour cut to...
  10. PDF Settings!

    Hello All - Just trying to find documentation online for the adobe PDF save setting under "Output" the option for Profile Inclusion Policy, "Include All Profiles" - I'm assuming that this setting includes all tagged RGB/CMYK/LAB/ETC. profiles, but for untagged or native elements does this...
  11. Need Help Placed PDF Does not center on artboard

    Sometimes when I add other artwork to Illustrator, in order to make a cut line, I go to center the object and it goes left or down, instead of centering. Sometimes when this happens it is because there is a pixel somewhere that is grouped with the object in question. I have made sure that I...
  12. Need Help How to recover a photoshop file?

    How to recover a photoshop file? messed up with the layers and saved in an incomprehensible format .when you reopen the program does not see it.
  13. Question Illustrator PMS color has differing CMYK percentages depending on File

    Ok, so here's my dilemma. I have CC open with two different files side by side. Same PMS color 369 is chosen for each and yet they appear different. Checking the CMYK percentages shows each file has them set differently. My document mode, color settings are the same in both files. Any idea why...
  14. Need Help Illustrator CC 2018

    Hi there. Whenever I open Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 an error message pops out saying that it is not able to start correctly. How to overcome this? I am hoping someone in this community could provide me with some answers. Thanks
  15. Need Help Oh .ai file is damaged as can be restored?

    Hello, sent to your email with a desktop computer file .ai (Adobe illustrator). Home downloaded, run, gives me that the file is corrupted and can not be opened. The computer at work was not mine, so I carried him out. Backup no fucking= ((, What to do, as quickly as possible to restore it if at...
  16. New Guy Learning How To Use Adobe Illustrator And Cutter For The First Time.

    Hello everyone, my names Erik. I recently made the choice to invest some money in a Roland GS-24 Vinyl Cutter, along with the Adobe Creative Cloud program. I'm completely new to this entire industry and I'm looking for some tips for a beginner like myself. Im struggling as of now to really learn...
  17. Question Adobe Cc Font Classification?

    In the newer Illustrator CC fonts can be sorted by Classification, similarity, etc easily through the drop down menu. See this link: Fonts in Illustrator Anyways, it just automatically sorts the fonts you have installed and classifies them into its own pre-determined groups. However, some fonts...
  18. Question Gerber Edge & HS 15 plus - C and P with Corel?

    Hi Returning to making stuff part time. I have Omega 2.0 Edge 2 HS15+ and seem to spend a lot of time fighting client supplied .AI files that are too new to import. I have Corel Graphics Suite 12 and thought that I could upgrade to the latest for a lot less ($159.00) than Adobe CS 2 (...
  19. Does illy have an artboard limitation?

    I'm designing a tradeshow display at full scale in Corel X7. Size with crop marks is 221"w x 108"h. When I make a pdf for the third party they inform me that the file comes in at 200"w x .... I figured they're probably using adobe. Sure enough when I open the pdf in illy it's cutting it off. I...
  20. InDesign - How to save hi-res pdf @ 10% scale

    Amatuer night at the Apollo here, but...... (InDesign is like Microsoft Publisher to me..... :/ ) I have an InDesign file that has 2 linked .psd files in it. I need to save a high-res file from InDesign so I can print. The InDesign file is 1/10 scale. When I try saving PDF I change...
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