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    New toy; Cameo 4

    in Hardware & Software

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    12 hours ago, Mozart said:

    From a modelling perspective, the basic software enables you to draw straightforward designs for masks such as roundels, crosses, stars etc as well as letters, but the real game changer is the Designer software which is an add-on package, not expensive, but so worthwhile. With this package you can import photographs for instance and trace around shapes, this opens up so many other possibilities.

     

    It's odd that you say that, Max, as I only have the Basic version (am yet to upgrade), but I was still able to import an image and auto-trace it. Perhaps they've beefed up the Basic version?

     

    Kev

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    Design CAD to Silouette

    in Hardware & Software

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    For personal use, you can pretty much do whatever you want. But I'd say if you've scanned a commercial decal sheet and turned it into a cutting file for masks, then it's probably best not to upload it here. If you've used it as the basis for a custom design, or used just a specific element on the sheet (like the shark mouth that you mentioned), then you can probably get away with it.

     

    Kev

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    hello from Belgium

    in Introductions

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    Welcome aboard, Mark!

     

    :default_post1:

     

    The most popular cutter for scale modellers is probably the Silhouette Portrait, for its affordable price and compact size. Or at least, that's why I chose it! There are others out there, of course but I'm personally not familiar with those. Perhaps some of our other members can advise about those.

     

    Kev

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    New toy; Cameo 4

    in Hardware & Software

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    1 hour ago, RadBaron said:

     What were your considerations, Kev?

     

    Price, mainly. I seem to remember that the extra features of the Cameo weren't compelling enough to justify the extra cost to me, especially as a complete beginner. The smaller footprint of the Portrait was also a consideration, given how little room I have.

     

    Kev

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    Site Upgrade!

    in Site Info

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    Howdy folks,

     

    Just a quick FYI to let you know that I've just upgraded the site to the latest version of the software. As you can probably tell, it has a slightly different look, but everything should work the same as before.

     

    Enjoy!

     

    Kev

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