My vote would be for Sign Cut Pro. They offer out right purchase or subscription of various lengths from one week to 2 years to out right buy. Makes it very easy to try out for a short time without breaking the bank. It is strictly a bridge program used to cut Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw files. Both types import directly into the program. If you ever do large graphics, letters, paint masks, it is the best I've seen for tiling your art. Plug ins for Illustrator will cut, but when I looked years ago they were expensive and it's more like printing. By that I mean you set your media size in drop down menu boxes and cut. With Sign Cut Pro you see and size your media on the screen, you can position your art it where you want, you can cut by color, etc. But now it's even better. They now have their own sign creation program that would be worth looking into if you don't already have Illustrator. They are offering a 3 week free trial on the combo. I don't know what the cost is but they have a chat feature that you can find out.
