u/ElectricalClub2240

Hello everyone! Maybe you can help!

I use Cameo Silhouette 5 PLUS and I cut stickers. The sticker sandwich is made of vinyl paper and foil (cold laminate). I've been struggling with die-cutting stickers when it comes to the bottom edge when it is made in a straight, horizontal line. The knife seems to pierce fully through the laminate and vinyl but doesn't make it fully through the paper below the sticker. The attached screenshots show the issue and where it occurs.

My cutting settings

The mat is new and the knife is new and sharp. I use a knife holder and knives from AliExpress as they are cheaper and I believe they are not the issue cause I already had many successful cuts with them.

Do you happen to know why the Cameo struggles with cutting the horizontal straight lines at the bottom of a sticker? I really can't figure it out.

Thank you in advance!

Hello everyone!

Doing some research and following tutorials, I familiarized myself with the lenticular art creation process, but things didn't go smoothly for me and I have some struggles.

To start with, my goal is to create a simple, few-frame animation (trying to figure out the upper frames' limit right now) on CR80 format. My current setup:

- Printer - Epson L8180 Inkjet
- Paper - PPD Vinyl Glossy / Epson Premium Glossy
- Lenticular Foil - 50 LPI / 25x10 cm / ordered on AliExpress

I have downloaded the demo 3DMasterKit and printed a pitch test at 720 dpi, then tried to find a strip that would match the lenticular foil. And here my struggle begins as I feel I can't get a good-looking result. The pitch test is black-white and although I found the right value (50.17 in my case), it feels like I can't position the foil the way that both black and white colors look good. It is either a perfect black (the white comes out greyish) or white (not a perfect solid white block, as I see super tiny black lines and black feels just dark grey). If needed, I can try to take a picture or record a short video. I was looking at it from a 30-40cm distance.

I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if there is a big limitation for this technology for the devices/materials I use. I also tried some flip animation and the best result was just a single frame looking quite decent.

I would be grateful for any tips regarding limitations and recommended materials/settings for a few-frame animations.

Bottom Horizontal Edge cutting issue

Starting with Lenticular prints