How to make a vinyl decal from a photo in this tutorial we ll walk through the steps to make a layered vinyl decal from a photo using cute cutter a new webapp that helps you turn photos into cuttable svgs.
Three color vinyl decal making.
Once you have your design filled with the corresponding vinyl colors click the send to silhouette button.
As usual don t forget to expand your image to create the vectors.
Select your image then image trace it.
The default image trace creates a solid black block and removes the detail from the image.
You ll want to select 3 colors instead of default this time since our design is multiple colors.
Complete tutorial for making a layered vinyl decal from a photo using cute cutter a webapp that turns photos into cuttable svgs.
Line up the cutting mat with the arrows on the left then hit load on the touchscreen on the right.
I use sure cuts a lot pro 4.
You can drag and drop the colors in the order that you want them cut.
Grab your next color of cut vinyl and line up the first squares and press down so it sticks.
Here s an in depth video on how to make multi color vinyl decals.
Then line up your second set of squares and stick them together.
Choose the fill option.
Add a pause after each color to allow you to switch out the vinyl on.
After your squares are lined up and stuck flip your decal over and remove the rest of the transfer paper backing.
This video is a little long but i wanted to make sure i covered all the bases for you guys.
In the upper right there will be different cut options.
I show you from beginning to end how to make a 3 layered 3 color vinyl decal.