Signlab Accuscan help!!

[Jerico]

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a final project using vinyl for school. I'm trying to cut out a bunch of stencils, but there is a lingering problem that happens 50% of the time.

Whenever I use Accuscan, the trace of the image sometimes comes out all funky. For some reason, the trace will either want to go around the object twice, branch out towards the borders, or sometimes make little tiny circles along the edge of the trace.

It doesn't happen with all the stencils that I'm using, but I just don't understand why it is doing it! I am using only black & white, and the stencils are vector images so the edges are not that grainy.

I am using Signlab 5.0. Any help is appreciated!

 

[tintguy31794]

it would be easier for me to tell you to send me the images to vectorize than to fully explain the process.... speedshopwindowtinter@gmail.com

sorry, i have a horrible memory, but i'm good at doing things.

 

[Mosh]

The art has to be fairly smooth to start with. Play around with the settings.
It is a pretty basic trace program, but works well. We have used it since Signlab V2.

 

[Dave Drane]

You may want to look at your scanner settings too because a bad bitmap will only produse a bad accuscan. Scan the design at a higher DPI. and make for a larger bitmap too and when you accuscan go fo less points.

 

[heyskull]

Most images that I have to vectorise are unsuitable to auto trace.
If you really want to trace something digitize it on screen this is always the best way.
I have had customers in my shop literally jaw dropped with how fast I can create something from a shabby piece of paper.

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[Jerico]

will a bitmap trace better than a jpeg? It's still a hit or miss for me whenever I have black silhouette on white background.

 

[J Hill Designs]

a jpeg is a bitmap...