Gimp Vinyl Cutting

The versaworks software rip software needs an eps file to know what to print.

Gimp vinyl cutting.

The vinyl cutter uses a small knife to precisely cut the outline of a picture into a sheet or piece of vinyl. I have been watching some tutorials about paths and i m getting quite good at manipulating curves and such. I m using a roland versastudio 20 vinyl printer cutter. That eps file can have very thin hairline lines of a specific color 100 magenta to tell the rip software where to cut.

But i don t know if i can output to the plotter from gimp. Funny height challenge pictures. The material is then weeded where the excess parts of the picture are removed. It is free software you can change its source code and distribute your changes.

Prepare the file with the vinyl cutter s bundled program i use roland cutstudio but you can use inkscape or another program. When you have your design all set send it to the vinyl cutter. Feb 26 2013 how to use gimp and inkscape to make vinyl svg files. Cutting vinyl letters and shapes.

Gimp braid can add a decorative flourish to any of your clothing or home décor projects that you cannot get with traditional trim. For gimp 2 10 version about how to cut out an image a little different follow this tutorial for the latest version of gimp. Each style of gimp can bring a different flair to your project. Whether you are a graphic designer photographer illustrator or scientist gimp provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done.

We bought a jaguariv plotter for cutting clear bra but i was thinking that we could also use it to cut vinyl graphics. Gimp is a cross platform image editor available for gnu linux os x windows and more operating systems. Feb 26 2013 how to use gimp and inkscape to make vinyl svg files. Add a box around the image leaving at least 2 3 of margin around all sides of your image so that the ink won t seep around the edges.

What results from the cut process is an image cut into the material.