Today I'll be showing everyone how to foil acetate using the Heidi Swapp Minc machine and Silhouette Studio. When using acetate and a printer make sure you have purchased the correct acetate for your printer. there is inkjet and laser films out there and the wrong one will not work.
Ok so lets check out the tutorial!
1- Open the software you are using to print your design/text. I am using silhouette studio.
Click on the text icon.
2- Type your text. Select the text style icon.
3- Change your font. I am using the font Timberly script from fontbundles.net
4- Select your text and adjust the spacing so the text overlaps. Next click the weld icon.
5- Click on the fill color icon and fill the text with black.
6- Next click the line icon and then line color option. Change the line color to black also.
7- Load the acetate into the laser printer. Click on the print icon. Next click preferences.
8- In the preferences options, change the the media type to transparency. Make sure your printer is set to the highest quality setting also. Click print.
9- Place the acetate into the transfer folder and place the foil over the top.
10- Set your minc machine to 2. Once it heats up and the light goes green place your transfer sheet through the minc machine.
11- The acetate is now foiled.
12- If you see any small spots that are still black you can prevent this by ensuring that your acetate has been wiped down with a microfibre cloth first. If you have a quickie glue pen you can also touch up any black spots with the glue, let dry and run through the minc machine again.
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