Vectoring with photoshop???

[Dee Gallo]

I'm reading this thread with interest, finding Ruben's and Larry's posts especially useful. I too learned Photoshop first and have used it since the first version. Compared to my favorite draw program FreeHand, CorelDraw seemed simplistic and clunky at first, but now I find it has a lot of features and is quite a good program. Question: When it comes to actually burning, does it matter if your vector cutting line layer is on the top or not?

Thanks to all, dee

ps - BTW Larry, I believe the term is "photo silhouette", an old retouching term.

[Ruben Salcedo]

Dee,
I think the order of the cutting line or image, makes no difference to the Laser driver as long as you map your colors right, although I'll put the cutting line on top of the image just for viewing purposes, just in case there is that nasty white background rectangle.


Ruben

[Larry Bratton]

I'm reading this thread with interest, finding Ruben's and Larry's posts especially useful. I too learned Photoshop first and have used it since the first version. Compared to my favorite draw program FreeHand, CorelDraw seemed simplistic and clunky at first, but now I find it has a lot of features and is quite a good program. Question: When it comes to actually burning, does it matter if your vector cutting line layer is on the top or not?

Thanks to all, dee

ps - BTW Larry, I believe the term is "photo silhouette", an old retouching term.

Dee:
I believe I said "photo statuette" not silhouette. At least that's what I meant.

I normally do everything on a single layer. I rarely use color mapping. I use layering to do multiple pages where I have several tables full of different things to vector cut. That's the only time the layer would make a difference, as far as I know.