scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 22, 2018 2:57:52 GMT
I have come to realize that there will be some cases where I still want the matching dies. It could not seem to "see" the stamped image well enough in some cases to cut with no border. When I added the smallest border, it could suddenly see it to cut. I think I need to try playing with acetate and a very thin sharpie, but until then, this is a comparison of how the machine is cutting certain stamped images, and how they look when cut out with a matching die (left is cut out with the machine, and on the right is cut out with the matching die):  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 7:50:24 GMT
scrapnnana Oh, you are making me nervous about this, lol. My order got cancelled for the machine. I was furious. That is not ScannCut. That was the seller who handled it very badly. Never again from a sewing machine company with a reputable rating. DH reordered my machine today from a different company. He's really insisted I need this machine. He's sweet like that. Both samples you created are beautiful. I definitely see that offset problem. Jules did mention this in her review. I am definitely see that the scanner is having trouble on it's left side and adding extra data to the right side. Girls, ignore me I am looking at the offset from a tech eye and trying to solve it. Hoping this is not a mistake buying the machine.  Crossing fingers. Editing to add. I am keeping my dies too. I cut out such a wide array of materials I know there are some I am not going to want to cut with this machine, like a lot of glitter paper I use.
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Post by streetscrapper on Feb 22, 2018 16:52:40 GMT
Yep, in this instance, I much prefer the image with no border!
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Post by pancakes on Feb 22, 2018 18:59:41 GMT
I feel like 90% of the matching dies I've come across cut out WITH that white border. I've actually rarely seen one that doesn't. What brand is your umbrella die?
I actually have noticed that Jennifer McGuire mentions it, too — she fussy cuts the images that she wants to be right up to the stamped line because her dies cut with a small white border.
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Post by gale w on Feb 22, 2018 20:43:57 GMT
scrapnnana Oh, you are making me nervous about this, lol. My order got cancelled for the machine. I was furious. That is not ScannCut. That was the seller who handled it very badly. Never again from a sewing machine company with a reputable rating. DH reordered my machine today from a different company. He's really insisted I need this machine. He's sweet like that. Both samples you created are beautiful. I definitely see that offset problem. Jules did mention this in her review. I am definitely see that the scanner is having trouble on it's left side and adding extra data to the right side. Girls, ignore me I am looking at the offset from a tech eye and trying to solve it. Hoping this is not a mistake buying the machine. Crossing fingers. Editing to add. I am keeping my dies too. I cut out such a wide array of materials I know there are some I am not going to want to cut with this machine, like a lot of glitter paper I use. There's a feature in the menu to calibrate it to fix that problem. I am very picky when it comes to the border but then again, when I use matching dies, I rarely can get the border to be perfect anyway. |
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Post by iowgirl on Feb 22, 2018 22:29:04 GMT
You have a Cameo, don't you @scrapinnana? Did you ever try to use the PixScan mat? I just wonder if it is comparable to the Scan N Cut as far as getting close to the edge, or not.
I haven't really used the PixScan mat at all. I do a lot of Print & Cut, which wouldn't work for the stamp die cuts. But I just wondered how close you can get with a cut using PixScan and tracing the stamped image.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 23, 2018 0:29:43 GMT
iowgirl, yes, I have used the PixScan Mat with my Cameo. I got rather frustrated trying to get a photo that the software would accept. Unless I could take the photo in bright sunlight, it would not accept the photo, despite my having a new Samsung phone, which has a pretty decent camera (for a phone). The lighting in my house is energy efficient, and it just isn't bright enough to get a decent image in the evenings, when I am more likely to have time to craft. Having to wait till I get a sunny morning to get a good picture was rather aggravating. Even shining my Ott light on the stamped images didn't work.
I still need to play with it more, as well as with my Scan N Cut, to figure out what works best with what stamps. I think there are going to be times when the Cameo will work better for me, at least for certain stamps. I've already pinpointed one of the stamps that I will probably use with the Cameo and PixScan rather than the Scan N Cut.
The advantage to the Scan N Cut is that I can just put a sheet of stamped images on the mat, feed it into the machine, quickly scan them, and cut them out, without dies. At least some of them......LOL. It cuts as fast as the Cameo, but with no photo required, and no tracing. For many stamps, it's a much faster process. I figured I could stop buying dies. I realize now that unless I get better at one or both of the machines, I may still prefer dies for certain stamps. I am learning to recognize which stamps are more difficult for the Scan N Cut. I think the Cameo could handle those if I could just get the photo issues resolved.
For the stamps with well defined outlines, the Scan N Cut is faster and easier.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 23, 2018 5:26:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 8:03:56 GMT
gale w Thanks for the calibration tip. scrapnnana I read your blog post. Thank you for taking the time to do all that testing. I know how hard, tiring and frustrating that was. I was coming over here tonight to write I saw a video to use the color scan instead of black and white. When I saw that last night I remembered something about printers. Printers don't use straight black. If you have a color printer and print black it uses several of the colors to make a black. That is why grayscale is more economical. This also depends on the company too. My Epson does do true black. I had a Canon that mixed. I bet the ScannCut data is trying to read colors. I know everyone you are all saying I am using black stamping ink!  I am thinking stamp ink is probably based on several different hues so black ink would work better on the color scan. It doesn't hurt to try. I don't have the machine yet.  At this point I am just guessing. For the color inks I am wondering if pigment ink would read better than dye. Of course dye inks dye our cardstock. Pigment inks stay on top. If the dye is embedded in the cardstock the scanner data might have trouble reading the image. I am sorry everyone. I am really looking at this from a tech geek point of view. Even throwing out crazy options is something. Some of my crazy options over the years have fixed major companies problems, lol.
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Post by scrapnnana on Feb 23, 2018 16:28:44 GMT
It's not crazy, amayalylac. I should have thought of that. I knew that little detail about inkjet printers, but it never occurred to me. I thought I must be missing something obvious. It is the perfect explanation for what I have been seeing and experiencing.
Also, coloring the images first made a big difference. It gave the machine more color to see so it could give a more accurate cut. My detailed, "problem" stamped images cut beautifully this morning, once I colored them before putting them through, and NO tracing required!
It was fast. It was easy. Just color first, then cut.
Thanks, amayalylac. Now that I know what the issue was, I am really loving this machine! I hope you love it, too!
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Post by marg on Feb 23, 2018 18:48:21 GMT
For the color inks I am wondering if pigment ink would read better than dye. Of course dye inks dye our cardstock. Pigment inks stay on top. If the dye is embedded in the cardstock the scanner data might have trouble reading the image. If I have time this weekend I will try pigment ink with my machine. I really want to try something with the Ali Edwards' inks anyway, it's just a matter of finding time. I'm looking forward to experimenting with my machine. FYI, I did see on a video for the ScanNCut that selecting the colour option worked better for black ink and vice versa - but I can't remember which video it was on. |
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Post by peanutterbutter on Feb 24, 2018 5:57:32 GMT
Calibration really does help!! I had the same sort of issue when I got mine, after calibrating it was fine -you may want to re-calibrate periodically.
I always scan with color scan, seems to help!
You may want to try different light levels to get the best scan for the best cut, some people swear by low light, some people use something like a flash light or book light to give more light to the scan.
It is such a fun machine to have, the possibilities seem endless!
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Post by anniefb on Feb 24, 2018 17:32:58 GMT
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Crossing fingers. 
I am thinking stamp ink is probably based on several different hues so black ink would work better on the color scan. It doesn't hurt to try. I don't have the machine yet. 
At this point I am just guessing. 
