12,000+ crafters made cut files this month
Turn any image into a flawless cut file — in seconds.
- No more 45-minute tracing marathons in Design Space — cut-ready in seconds
- No more jagged edges and failed cuts that waste your good vinyl
- No more weeding a hundred hair-thin slivers — paths peel in one piece
- No more “file won’t upload” the night before a deadline
No Inkscape. No design skills. No more wasted vinyl on messy files — just upload and cut.
Get Started →Works with Cricut Maker 3 · Maker · Explore 3 · Explore Air 2 · Joy · Joy Xtra · Venture · Silhouette Cameo 5/4 · Portrait · Curio · Brother ScanNCut · Sizzix · Glowforge · xTool — and any machine that cuts SVG or DXF.
Cut-Ready SVG
Before · your photoSound familiar?
The stuff that makes you want to put the machine back in the closet.
45 minutes tracing one design in Design Space.
Jagged edges and failed cuts that ruin your vinyl.
Weeding a hundred hair-thin slivers by hand.
“Your file won’t upload.” Project due tomorrow.
From photo to perfect cut in 3 steps
Upload
Drop in any photo, PNG, JPG, or sketch — even a phone pic.
CutPrep preps it
AI removes the background, traces clean paths, separates color layers, and scores it cut-ready.
Download & cut
Get a cut-ready SVG (plus DXF + layers) straight into Design Space or Silhouette Studio.
Files that just work the first time
Cut-ready in seconds
From photo to a clean cut file — instantly
Upload anything. CutPrep removes the background, traces smooth closed paths, and hands you a file that drops straight into your machine. No tracing, no cleanup.
Compared to tracing by hand:
Peels in one piece
Weeds clean — no picking out a hundred slivers
CutPrep keeps every path smooth and weed-friendly, so the excess vinyl lifts away in one satisfying piece. The 20-minute weeding marathon with a hook tool? Gone — it’s about a minute now.
Compared to tracing by hand:
Cut-Ready Score
Know before you cut
A Cut-Ready Score so you never waste material
Every conversion is scored 0–100 for how cleanly it will cut — with file size, node count, and weedability checked. See it’ll work before the blade ever touches your vinyl.
Compared to tracing by hand:
Cut layers
Ready to stack
Every color, its own perfectly-aligned layer
CutPrep separates your design into clean, named, registration-aligned layers — exported as SVG and DXF, bundled with a commercial license. Stack and cut.
Compared to tracing by hand:
Real conversions, real cut-ready scores
Drag the slider up top with your own image — or see what others made.
BEFORECUT-READY SVGScore98
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CUT-READY SVGScore95
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CUT-READY SVGScore97
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CUT-READY SVGScore94
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CUT-READY SVGScore96
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CUT-READY SVGScore99What you can do with CutPrep
Faster than tracing files by hand
Average Cut-Ready Score — it just cuts
Wasted vinyl from failed, messy files
Crafters are obsessed
“It just cut perfectly the first time. No more midnight YouTube rabbit holes trying to fix a file.”
Sarah M.
Hobby crafter
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“I list 10x more designs now. Every file works for my customers — zero refunds over bad cuts.”
Jennifer K.
Etsy seller
✓ Verified crafter
“I’m not techy at all. I uploaded a photo and got a clean cut file in seconds. Felt like magic.”
Mara D.
New to Cricut
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Questions, answered
Your next design, cut-ready in seconds.
Upload an image and watch it become a flawless cut file — free to preview.
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