by Angel135612 » September 7th, 2014, 7:37 am
Actually, you need to use a .png file for Print and Cut. If you tried to use a jpeg, all you would get is a box around your design, since the jpeg has a background where the .png does not.
I personally prefer to use Inkscape to trace my design instead of SCAL. I want to mention that I haven't done any tracing lately, and haven't updated my SCAL to the latest version yet, so things may have improved in SCAL since the last time I have tried this. But SCAL always seemed to take too long to get a trace, and I wasn't very good at trying to remove parts that I didn't want/need in SCAL. But I could do it easily in Inkscape, so I just kept using what I was comfortable with. Someday, (after I retire) I will spend some time in SCAL to see if I can get better at if.
If you still need help with tracing in Inkscape, I would be willing to try to explain the steps to you. But there are videos out there that show how to do it that would probably be of more help. I know Penny Duncan had a few, as that is how I learned how to use Inkscape to trace images.
Diane in Colorado Springs
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