Contour Cut Clear Vinyl Stickers
Our contour cut clear vinyl stickers are printed onto 100gsm waterproof stock with an aqueous permanent adhesive.
We use UV cured inks for a hard-wearing, long lasting print. Thanks to our digital printing method there is no additional 'per colour' charge, and there is no minimum order.
Our sophisticated cutting equipment means that even complex shapes can be accurately cut. You must mark the cut line clearly on your artwork. If no cut line is specified we will interpret the artwork as best we can and place a cut line at our discretion. This will generally be 2mm offset from the edge of the image.
We print the image in white and then overlay the colour, so even light colours will be opaque on the finished stickers.
Any white parts of your image will be left clear on the finished sticker. If you require elements of your design to be printed in white you must mark these areas clearly on your artwork.
These stickers are suitable for indoor and short-term outdoor usage.
Your stickers will be supplied on sheets.
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Contour Cut Gloss Vinyl Stickers
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Click here for a pdf guide to preparing contour cut clear vinyl sticker artwork in Adobe Illustrator
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Making a vector path in photoshop
You can create vector paths in Photoshop by using the magic wand or magnetic lasso tool to select the area for the path, then hit the 'Make Work Path' icon on the Paths pane. You can then copy it using the Path Selection tool on the main toolbar (small black arrow) and take it into Illustrator.
Easily convert bitmaps to vector files
You can automatically convert bitmap files to vectors on www.vectormagic.com. Just upload your image and the website does the rest.
Vector files can be scaled to any size without loss of quality.
300 is the magic number
When preparing artwork for print, remember that to guarantee a great quality print the image must be 300dpi or above. Unless, of course, you're using a vector file which can be scaled to any size without loss of quality.
Text point size
If you want the text to be legible on your sticker please keep to a minimum of 6 point.
CMYK or RGB?
Always prepare your artwork in CMYK colour mode rather than RGB. RGB is designed for screens so some of the brightest colours are beyond the printable gamut.
Image bleed
If the print goes right to the edge of your sticker always extend your artwork with an extra 2mm bleed to allow for small variances in cutting. That way you won't have a slither of white down the edge of your sticker!
File Formats
Please supply your artwork in pdf, ai, eps, jpg, tiff, psd, png or gif format. We can't accept artwork in formats such as doc, ppt, wps and pub.
Rasterize your images in Illustrator
If you have embedded bitmap images into your Illustrator artwork you need to rasterize them. To do this select object > Rasterize... and select CMYK , High Quality and White Background.
Adding a contour cut line
If you're ordering contour cut sticker you need to indicate your cut line on a seperate layer of your Photoshop or Illustrator artwork. If no line is specified we will add one at our discretion.
Specify white and gloss areas
On certain sticker types (e.g. clear spot gloss) you'll need to specify which parts of the sticker you'd like printed in white and which parts you'd like spot gloss varnish. To indicate this shade the areas you'd like on a seperate layer on Photoshop or Illustrator.