Illustrator is a 2-dimensional graphic designer software used for creating artwork. This software can be used on either the laser or vinyl cutter. Illustrator is a part of the Adobe Suite which also includes Photoshop and InDesign. It is a vector design software which means you can scale images/ artworks up or down and be able to keep it's resolution. This software program also allows features such as tracing, text manipulation, color separation, etc.
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Once inside the Illustrator software you can create a art board to draw out your image. A few tips when using Illustrator would be:
1. Red line- vector cut 2. Blue line- Vector engrave 3. Other colors- Raster engrave 4. Make sure your cut line is set to .0001 5. Use black and white clip-art when adding in images |