Newbie!!!!!!

[Everett]

I'm tryin to decide what software to have W/my BC. Being so new should I have MTC, Sign Cut, Sure Cuts a lot, or Inkscape.
Remember I'm all new at this!!! Need all the help I can get!!!

[Suzan]

Hi I posted a reply in the welcome section on your other post.

[allandra42]

I think this is going to be a personal choice. Many of us use Make the Cut, Many use Sure Cuts a Lot, Many use inkscape and Signcut. if I had the time to learn the program I would love to learn inkscape and signcut. I am trying to learn Corel draw you can also send to signcut from it. I have signcut and like it but I feel you have to be very tech saavy to learn inkscape and working full time I dont have time to learn it. I think you will have to decide how much time you have to learn and what do you want to do with it? Make the cut you can easily make a cut file from a picture or pull in an already made svg, If you want to edit files and create your own you may need inkscape and signcut. I am sure this didnt help but I think it is a personal choice and everyone here has to make it. Welcome to the forum!~

[Retta]

Answered in the where are you from part. Good luck!

[Elizabeth]

Hi Everett,

You can download a trial version of MTC to try it before buying. Inkscape is free, and for me, it is a must have, even though I haven't come close to mastering it yet. When I do, I will purchase Sign Cut so that I can cut with it. I use Make the Cut now, and love it's ease of use and it's tracing feature. I have no experience with SCAL, but a lot of folks here use it and will be able to offer suggestions.

Good luck making your decision, and welcome to the forum.

[Tyler]

Glad to see you made it on the forum!

Like others said - Inkscape/Signcut is kind of the program that does everything, but it is a little harder to learn. It is cheaper though if you get it with the machine.

If you do lots of vinyl, I would definitely go with SignCut, just because it allows increment cutting. It is a little more geared towards the professional world rather than the home crafter

Both are great programs for cutting.

SCAL works with the Cats great, but if I had a choice, I probably wouldn't go that route since it has less features.