Advise NEEDED. Want to use ADOBE CS3 illustr and photoshop etc for sign making. What

[kevin3vd1]

Advise NEEDED. Want to use ADOBE CS3 illustr and photoshop etc for sign making. What NOT TOO EXPENSIVE RIP WOULD WORK TO OUTPUT TO A Graphtec CE5000 24" cutter?

 

[Techman]

you can use cocut within illustrator for a great combination.
Plus if you get corel draw you can use cocut with that packages as well

 

[Biker Scout]

I've used MagiSign in Illustrator to cut vinyl.

Pretty cool, just highlight the vector and use an Illustrator looking palette, click "Cut"

I also have SignCut, which is really inexpensive... but it's a stand alone program, and I like being able to cut in the program I'm working in a piece at a time.

 

[SB Graphix]

I have the same machine and I cut from Illustrator (CS3) using the Cutting Master 2 v1.60 plug-in. I just upgraded to CS3 so I downloaded the newest version of Cutting Master from the following link:
http://www.graphtecamerica.com/support.html

It was free and it's done everything I need it to. Hope this helps.

 

[J Hill Designs]

yeah - dont really need a RIP to output for cutting...