Need help with cut contour accuracy
Hi Snake, If you try doing the method that David suggested that is shown in the example below this should work perfectly for you. If you're having trouble with your specific artwork, maybe you can post it and one of us can help you out.
This issue is not caused by CorelDRAW but rather with the printer/cutter itself. The way around it is to add extra colour around the artwork and place the cutting line inside of that as illustrated in the example below.
Hi Paul, how do I add the bleed? is it straight forward?
It really depends on the artwork. If it's just a vector then you can use the contour tool. Make a contour a little bigger than the artwork itself, make sure it has the same colour as the object then make the original object have the cut line outline colour and no fill (see image below). Let me know if this isn't clear and i'll make you a short video.
Hi Paul, I've really found this helpful. Thanks for taking the time out. Unfortunately when I put a boundary on (followed some online videos) then add a cut line, my line simply goes around the boundary and not inside it. What am I doing wrong?
Hey Snake,
Click on this link
to view a small video showing you a simple demonstration of the process. I'm not sure what brand of machine you're using but in my case we're using Roland machines so it requires a magenta swatch color called "contour cut" which can be found in the Palettes docker under spot>roland>roland versaworks.
Please let me know if this isn't clear enough and I'll create a more detailed explanation. What I suspect is that you're adding the contour cut color to the outside of the bleed instead of the object itself.
Let me know if this works for you.
Paul