When removing your material if it is paper or card stock flip the mat upside down and peel the mat off of the card stock to prevent the material from curling.
How to load pixscan mat into cameo.
Load your pixscan mat into the cameo.
On the original cameo the marking is the same color as the base of the machine grey but it is blue on the cameo 2 and cameo 3.
The pixscan mat comes with its own registration marks which allows it to use the silhouette s optical scanner to find the right place to cut.
Place on your pixscan mat and take a photo with your phone or camera.
I just purchased and received the new pixscan mat from silhouette to use in my cameo machine.
I originally tried to photograph it and import it into the cameo software using the pixscan button located in the toolbar toward the top left actually third button in on the left but i soon realized that i needed to calibrate the camera i was.
Why calibrate my camera.
Cardstock or white stick paper.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
Using the silhouette pixscan mat.
Using a pixscan mat can be so advantageous but sometimes completing that camera calibration can be frustrating.
Click send to silhouette.
Print the labels and trim down to about an 8 10 size.
Now the rest of the steps are good old fashion craft skills for the most part.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
When loading the mat into your cameo the left edge of the mat should be aligned with the alignment marking on the far left of the machine.
Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
Camera calibration can be tricky and for unknown reasons.
Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.
Learn how to use the silhouette pixscan mat with this tutorial.
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Let s work together to solve the camera calibration mysteries including creating a library of successful test cards from many different camera types.
Select load cut mat from the display.
Use the standard photo size not square.
Use any graphic any image or even your and load it to your silhouette studio software.