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Post by wagleg on Mar 16, 2021 19:43:41 GMT
Ladies need your opinion. If this Cricut thing goes ahead then it will be a paperweight for me, so trying to decide what I should get. My daughter uploads a lot of designs every month to make tumblers and shirts, me nothing much, but do have several (many)digital collections I want to be able to use.
Which way would you go?
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 16, 2021 20:02:03 GMT
I have both machines. I prefer my Silhouette. Both are great machines, but I use my Silhouette more.
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Post by gramma on Mar 16, 2021 20:10:06 GMT
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Post by papersilly on Mar 16, 2021 21:26:29 GMT
i was just discussing this with a friend of mine who is an assistant manager at Joann. she owns all of the cutting machines out there. she said the silhouette is much more flexible than the cricut or scan n cut. i have the scan n cut but my cutting needs aren't as complex or extensive as others so i don't know what i'm missing out on. electronic die cutting is not an essential part of my crafting but many people on some of my FB craft groups like the silhouette a lot.
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 17, 2021 7:59:11 GMT
I have both machines. I prefer my Silhouette. Both are great machines, but I use my Silhouette more. Same here. And I also have a Scan-n-Cut. My Cameo stays connected to my computer because I use my Cameo all the time, far more than either my Cricut or Scan-n-Cut. Edited to add: however, for cutting out stamped images, I definitely prefer my Scan-n-Cut. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 17, 2021 15:13:29 GMT
I have both machines. I prefer my Silhouette. Both are great machines, but I use my Silhouette more. Same here. And I also have a Scan-n-Cut. My Cameo stays connected to my computer because I use my Cameo all the time, far more than either my Cricut or Scan-n-Cut. I have the SNC. I find it isn't as predictable as my Silhouette. It will cut off to one side more than the other. Probably should research it more to see if I am doing something wrong. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 17, 2021 16:42:25 GMT
Edited to add: however, for cutting out stamped images, I definitely prefer my Scan-n-Cut. that's the only aspect of my scan-n-cut that i am struggling with. when i scan an image, the lines are never crisp enough to cut true to the shape. even when i scan a rectangle item with dark lines, the scan is jagged and so the cut is jagged. it's been very frustrating. i've tried adjusting the color and it does the same thing for B/W or color. i've tried playing around with the offset too. i really need to figure out what going on with that because it's driving me nuts. |
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Post by Ryann on Mar 17, 2021 17:05:38 GMT
Ladies need your opinion. If this Cricut thing goes ahead then it will be a paperweight for me, so trying to decide what I should get. My daughter uploads a lot of designs every month to make tumblers and shirts, me nothing much, but do have several (many)digital collections I want to be able to use. Which way would you go? Copy/posted from the other Cricut thread: "Dear Cricut Members, One of our core values is community — we’re listening, and we took your feedback to heart. The foundation of our Cricut community is one of integrity, respect, and trust. It is clear that, in this instance, we did not understand the full impact of our recent decision on our current members and their machines. We apologize. Here’s how we'll move forward. We will continue to allow an unlimited number of personal image and pattern uploads for members with a Cricut account registered and activated with a cutting machine before December 31, 2021. This benefit will continue for the lifetime of your use of these machines. Machine Resales or Transfers We welcome new members to the Cricut community whether they purchase a new or pre-owned machine. If a machine is resold or transferred to a new user, the new user must set up their own Cricut account. As long as the new user creates their account and connects the machine to their account before December 31, 2021, we will grant the benefit of an unlimited number of uploads to the new user for the lifetime of their use of the machine. Schools and Education Maker Spaces We understand that teachers, schools, and other education maker spaces have different needs for ongoing user account creation. While we don’t have anything to share right now — and nothing will change before December 31, 2021 — we are looking at ways to address these ongoing needs and their relation to image uploads. Future We will continue to explore affordable ways for our future users who register machines after December 31, 2021 to allow an unlimited number of personal image and pattern uploads. Of course, paid Cricut Access subscribers will continue to enjoy an unlimited number of uploads along with the other subscriber benefits. We will also continue to invest in our content, software, and value for all our members. ashish arora (Cricut ceo)" |
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Post by peachiceteas on Mar 17, 2021 17:45:17 GMT
I don't see any real benefit to the Scan n Cut other than cutting out stamped images. And my Scan n Cut can't even do that properly.
I'll never bother plugging it in again!
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 17, 2021 19:29:35 GMT
I have both. If I had to pick one over the other, I would go Silhoutte. But, I do like using my Scan N Cut for cutting out stamped images. I have great luck with that and really don’t buy coordinating dies anymore.
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 17, 2021 21:57:09 GMT
Edited to add: however, for cutting out stamped images, I definitely prefer my Scan-n-Cut. that's the only aspect of my scan-n-cut that i am struggling with. when i scan an image, the lines are never crisp enough to cut true to the shape. even when i scan a rectangle item with dark lines, the scan is jagged and so the cut is jagged. it's been very frustrating. i've tried adjusting the color and it does the same thing for B/W or color. i've tried playing around with the offset too. i really need to figure out what going on with that because it's driving me nuts. Sometimes the light in the room can affect how it reads the image. I think that too much light can make it difficult to get a good scan. (Although it might be the opposite.) Perhaps try a less bright area for your machine? Artsy stamps without distinctive, solid outlines do not cut right. However, what you are describing just sounds really strange. I have never experienced that. The only thing that I can think of is if you aren’t getting a cleanly stamped image, like with a sub-standard acrylic stamp. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 17, 2021 22:20:46 GMT
that's the only aspect of my scan-n-cut that i am struggling with. when i scan an image, the lines are never crisp enough to cut true to the shape. even when i scan a rectangle item with dark lines, the scan is jagged and so the cut is jagged. it's been very frustrating. i've tried adjusting the color and it does the same thing for B/W or color. i've tried playing around with the offset too. i really need to figure out what going on with that because it's driving me nuts. Sometimes the light in the room can affect how it reads the image. I think that too much light can make it difficult to get a good scan. (Although it might be the opposite.) Perhaps try a less bright area for your machine? Artsy stamps without distinctive, solid outlines do not cut right. However, what you are describing just sounds really strange. I have never experienced that. The only thing that I can think of is if you aren’t getting a cleanly stamped image, like with a sub-standard acrylic stamp. THANKS! i'll give the lighting thing a shot. also, the images were not stamped. they are rectangular cards that i copied onto a white piece of cardstock. the cards were on a white background. the rectangular edge would not scan into a straight rectangle. instead they were a series of small jagged edges that would result in a deckle edge shaped rectangle. so weird. i know some people draw a strong line around their image and then scan but i was hoping to avoid doing that because sometimes i have many rectangular images to scan. i'll try the scanning is lower light though. thanks again! |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 17, 2021 23:11:08 GMT
I don't see any real benefit to the Scan n Cut other than cutting out stamped images. And my Scan n Cut can't even do that properly. I'll never bother plugging it in again! I used it the other day to cut out images from patterned paper. It is a decent fussy cut machine, Silhouette does so much more. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 18, 2021 17:54:54 GMT
I don't see any real benefit to the Scan n Cut other than cutting out stamped images. And my Scan n Cut can't even do that properly. I'll never bother plugging it in again! this thread inspired me to give it another go with scanned images. so far i've only tried scanning rectangular items and when it failed to do that, i didn't even want to try with stamped images. well, last night i stamped a few images and surprisingly enough, it cut them really well with a .004 off set. i was too scared to cut right on the line so i did the offset and it turned out well for all of my different images with their curves and edges. that was a shock to me! now that i've had that bit of success, i might go back and try the rectangular thing again. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 18, 2021 17:56:51 GMT
that's the only aspect of my scan-n-cut that i am struggling with. when i scan an image, the lines are never crisp enough to cut true to the shape. even when i scan a rectangle item with dark lines, the scan is jagged and so the cut is jagged. it's been very frustrating. i've tried adjusting the color and it does the same thing for B/W or color. i've tried playing around with the offset too. i really need to figure out what going on with that because it's driving me nuts. Sometimes the light in the room can affect how it reads the image. I think that too much light can make it difficult to get a good scan. (Although it might be the opposite.) Perhaps try a less bright area for your machine? Artsy stamps without distinctive, solid outlines do not cut right. However, what you are describing just sounds really strange. I have never experienced that. The only thing that I can think of is if you aren’t getting a cleanly stamped image, like with a sub-standard acrylic stamp. I cut some stamps out one evening and they all cut out just right. I cut three more of the same set the next morning and they were all lopsided. I'll need to limit the light in the room when I scan and see if that makes a difference. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 18, 2021 18:06:21 GMT
Sometimes the light in the room can affect how it reads the image. I think that too much light can make it difficult to get a good scan. (Although it might be the opposite.) Perhaps try a less bright area for your machine? Artsy stamps without distinctive, solid outlines do not cut right. However, what you are describing just sounds really strange. I have never experienced that. The only thing that I can think of is if you aren’t getting a cleanly stamped image, like with a sub-standard acrylic stamp. I cut some stamps out one evening and they all cut out just right. I cut three more of the same set the next morning and they were all lopsided. I'll need to limit the light in the room when I scan and see if that makes a difference. that's another thing i did differently last night. i was in a slightly dimmer room. i don't know if that did the trick but the stamped images certainly cut well. albeit they did have an offset. now i need to try cutting them directly on the line. i'm a little nervous about that turning out well. lol |
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Post by joblackford on Mar 18, 2021 18:07:02 GMT
I find that low light in my room makes the SNC less able to "see" the images. I get best results when I have more light, even though that shouldn't make any difference! I've heard other people say that less light works better for them... which also makes no sense. Doesn't it have a light inside like a photocopier??  I haven't tried it enough to be sure that the light makes a difference but if I've gone to the trouble to color images and set the thing up I really don't want to have it cut them badly so I always try to use it with a bright window in the back and/or a light shining behind it. I have terrible trouble with inkjet printed things like digital stamps, especially colored ones without a clear black border. I'm not sure if that's what you're using papersilly - something copied/printed on an ink jet printer? I use the same cardstock as when I stamp but get very different results with printed things than stamped ones. |
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Post by joblackford on Mar 18, 2021 18:09:14 GMT
Sometimes the light in the room can affect how it reads the image. I think that too much light can make it difficult to get a good scan. (Although it might be the opposite.) Perhaps try a less bright area for your machine? Artsy stamps without distinctive, solid outlines do not cut right. However, what you are describing just sounds really strange. I have never experienced that. The only thing that I can think of is if you aren’t getting a cleanly stamped image, like with a sub-standard acrylic stamp. I cut some stamps out one evening and they all cut out just right. I cut three more of the same set the next morning and they were all lopsided. I'll need to limit the light in the room when I scan and see if that makes a difference. I'm wondering if the lopsidedness could be a directional shadow from having a bright light source coming from one side?? I haven't had any lopsided scans that I can recall. Other issues, but not that. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 18, 2021 18:17:03 GMT
I cut some stamps out one evening and they all cut out just right. I cut three more of the same set the next morning and they were all lopsided. I'll need to limit the light in the room when I scan and see if that makes a difference. I'm wondering if the lopsidedness could be a directional shadow from having a bright light source coming from one side?? I haven't had any lopsided scans that I can recall. Other issues, but not that. It very well could have been. I had the machine facing away from a brightly lit window. I need to try it in my kitchen were there is ample light on all sides. |
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Post by lindas on Mar 18, 2021 18:23:09 GMT
Sometimes the light in the room can affect how it reads the image. I think that too much light can make it difficult to get a good scan. (Although it might be the opposite.) Perhaps try a less bright area for your machine? Artsy stamps without distinctive, solid outlines do not cut right. However, what you are describing just sounds really strange. I have never experienced that. The only thing that I can think of is if you aren’t getting a cleanly stamped image, like with a sub-standard acrylic stamp. THANKS! i'll give the lighting thing a shot. also, the images were not stamped. they are rectangular cards that i copied onto a white piece of cardstock. the cards were on a white background. the rectangular edge would not scan into a straight rectangle. instead they were a series of small jagged edges that would result in a deckle edge shaped rectangle. so weird. i know some people draw a strong line around their image and then scan but i was hoping to avoid doing that because sometimes i have many rectangular images to scan. i'll try the scanning is lower light though. thanks again! How did you copy them? Sounds like you there might be a slight shadow around the edge when you copied them onto the card stock and that’s what the scan is seeing. |
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Post by joblackford on Mar 18, 2021 18:29:44 GMT
I'm wondering if the lopsidedness could be a directional shadow from having a bright light source coming from one side?? I haven't had any lopsided scans that I can recall. Other issues, but not that. It very well could have been. I had the machine facing away from a brightly lit window. I need to try it in my kitchen were there is ample light on all sides. Test and see if light coming in the back works better too. That's how I get best results in my house. Sometime I should test it in an evenly dark room too. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 18, 2021 18:32:48 GMT
THANKS! i'll give the lighting thing a shot. also, the images were not stamped. they are rectangular cards that i copied onto a white piece of cardstock. the cards were on a white background. the rectangular edge would not scan into a straight rectangle. instead they were a series of small jagged edges that would result in a deckle edge shaped rectangle. so weird. i know some people draw a strong line around their image and then scan but i was hoping to avoid doing that because sometimes i have many rectangular images to scan. i'll try the scanning is lower light though. thanks again! How did you copy them? Sounds like you there might be a slight shadow around the edge when you copied them onto the card stock and that’s what the scan is seeing. i scanned them and them printed them out onto white cardstock. there is no shadowing. the edge lines are crisp and straight so i don't know whey it won't cut out exactly on the border. so weird. |
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Post by papersilly on Mar 18, 2021 18:34:18 GMT
papersilly - something copied/printed on an ink jet printer? I use the same cardstock as when I stamp but get very different results with printed things than stamped ones. nope, i use a color laser. |
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Post by Ohno on Mar 20, 2021 14:40:12 GMT
If you are having a problem with an uneven offset, this video could help. youtu.be/03iDxIs6F4gIf you have an image without a solid outline, like an animal with a fuzzy look, it won’t give you a good cut. I use a pencil to connect all of those ragged edges, so it has a guide. |
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Post by wagleg on Mar 20, 2021 17:33:35 GMT
Thank you all so much for your input and new things to check out. I appreciate it. Love this community.
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I haven't tried it enough to be sure that the light makes a difference but if I've gone to the trouble to color images and set the thing up I really don't want to have it cut them badly so I always try to use it with a bright window in the back and/or a light shining behind it. 