

You’ll want to experiment with all these settings to get the image you want.

There are four settings: Blur, Edge Contrast, Threshold, and Remove Speckles. Now you will use adjustment tools on the right to turn your image into a work of art that you can cut on your cutting machine. In this case, it can help us see how the decal might look once it’s stuck to something.

Whatever is on the outside of this line represents what will be removed from the image. Once you have some of the foreground and background colored you should see a yellow dividing line appear. Then click the ‘Mark Background’ button and color the background parts of your photo red by clicking and holding your mouse down and moving it over the background. Just put some green marks to tell the computer that this is what you want to keep. You don’t need to color the entire foreground. Click the ‘Remove Background’ button.Ĭlick the ‘Mark Foreground’ button and color the parts of your image that you would like to keep green by clicking and holding your mouse down and drawing over your subject. Once you’ve uploaded your image, it’s time to remove the background. Go to /dashboard to start a new project.Ĭlick the ‘Upload New Image’ button and navigate to the image file on your computer. A photo on your computer in one of these formats.Cricut, Silhouette, or similar cutting machine.Scraper, scissors, and spatula are nice to have. You may want to use permanent vinyl, depending on your application. We’re using Cricut Holographic Vinyl and Cricut Removable Black. Two different colors of adhesive vinyl, one light and one dark.We’ll be using a photo of our cat, Eleanor.Īlso, we’re using a Cricut Maker but these same techniques can be used for cutting on other brands of machines. You can follow these steps for any photo you have on your computer.
