HELP PLEASE!!!

[Garyr2973]

I have a customer that wants this image cut from vinyl. I have tried to refine the edges in photoshop, I have tried to go in and erase some of the border and I cannot get this image to cut smoothly. it seems like the cutter is trying to cut the jagged pixels out instead of seeing it as a solid line. Does anyone have a fix for this?

 

[Johnny Best]

Today's word is "vector". Cutter has to have vector lines to cut, not a pixelated file. Not a Photoshop file.

 

[Gino]

I don't know what all the dots are on the barrel, but take it into Illy and try an image trace and expand. Enlarge it first in Photoshop and try to clean up some of the pixels, then place it in Illy.

 

[dale911]

I ran it through Vector magic and it took care of most of your problems. Now you need to go in and clean up the junk from all the dots on the barrel.

 

[FireSprint.com]

You probably need to create a vector cut path over your bitmap image. There are plenty of India based companies that will do it for very cheap.

 

[rjssigns]

Nice clean pen trace and you're good to go. Or send it to the Vector Doctor.

 

[Garyr2973]

I'm sorry guys. Thanks for all your help but I guess what is going on is that with the VECTOR the way it is, it's cutting both sides. is there a way to edit the image to make it one thin vector instead of that super thick vector?

 

[Gino]

.............??

Picture, please.

 

[Garyr2973]

gino

 

[Billct2]

If it's already a vector file and you are having issues it's probably a combination of double cut lines and bad paths.
Ungroup and select a few of the problem lines and delete, see if there is still a cut line there when you do that.
If there is you will have to check all the problem areas. Other than that it's just the tedious job of editing the paths.
The Vector Doctor is my solution when I'm busy and don't have time to do it myself.

 

[myront]

Plotters see a fill with a stroke/outline as two cuts, one for the fill and one for the outline. Raster image can be cut to shape if set up right. As stated do a quick trace only for the outer boundary and overlay it over the image. Delete any stuff you don't need inside and clean up the nodes too. The blade on the plotter will see every node as a "pause and do something" so the more nodes the more "chatter" you hear and it will slow the cut process.You'll need to bend the lines here and there to get it the way you want.

 

[Sando]

It takes practice but ultimately the pen tool becomes your best friend, even in photoshop for making selections.

 

[Johnny Best]

Gary,

Billct, myront, rjssigns are all giving you good advice. Say hello to Spongebob.

 

[jtiii]

I'm sorry guys. Thanks for all your help but I guess what is going on is that with the VECTOR the way it is, it's cutting both sides. is there a way to edit the image to make it one thin vector instead of that super thick vector?

Gary, are you trying to do a print and cut? So you just want the outside of the graphic to cut?

 

[jtiii]

If it's already a vector file and you are having issues it's probably a combination of double cut lines and bad paths.
Ungroup and select a few of the problem lines and delete, see if there is still a cut line there when you do that.
If there is you will have to check all the problem areas.

Pro Tip (hey shut up I swear I get paid for this!) - For weird stuff like bad paths, double cut lines, etc., if there's enough of them we'll sometimes convert the whole thing to a high res raster and then turn right around and autotrace it.

Hardly ever have need for this, but every so often it saves us a ton of time and frustration. Obviously not precise enough to do part of a multi-color vinyl job, but precise enough to do the WHOLE job...

 

[S'N'S]

Not sure what you mean ... are you saying the outline of the rifles is too thick?
I was bored so cleaned them up a bit.

 

[Johnny Best]

Not sure what you mean ... are you saying the outline of the rifles is too thick?
I was bored so cleaned them up a bit.

Great job S'N'S.