Multi-colour and registration

One design, several foil colours: each layer has its own colour, every colour is cut separately and registration marks make the layers line up exactly.

Text layers and shapes

The customer adds extra text layers with + Text and shapes from the shape library or their own SVG. Each layer has its own text, font, size and position, and the layer list sits under the text box.

Text and font panel with the Layers list showing two text layers. — Text layers: add more texts, each with its own font, size and foil colour.

A foil colour per layer

With a layer selected, the foil colour choice applies to that layer (the panel says “Color of text layer …”). Here the main text is black and the second layer is white, shown on the dark canvas.

Design canvas with the text Your Shop in black and a second text layer Open daily in white on a grey canvas. — Two text layers in two foil colours (black and white) on one design, shown on the dark canvas.

Colours with a price effect of their own (a surcharge per dm² or a fixed price increase on the colour) can only be used for the main text. A layer can use colours without a price effect. They show as unavailable for layers, with the title “Only for the main text (extra charge)”.

Colour and material panel with the foil colour of the selected text layer set to Pure White. — Each text layer can have its own foil colour; extra colours can carry a surcharge and a hint explains the registration marks.

Surcharge per extra colour

Every foil colour beyond the first costs extra work. Under Settings → Pricing → Multi-colour designs you can charge a fixed amount per piece for each additional foil colour (0 = no surcharge). The quantity discount applies to it, the minimum price does not swallow it, and rush applies on top. See the worked example in the pricing guide. The order summary and the price breakdown list the extra foil colours.

Price panel showing the order summary and price for a design with two foil colours. — The price panel for a two-colour design: the order summary lists the colours.

Registration marks

When a design uses more than one foil colour, every colour is a separate cut. To make the layers land exactly on top of each other, each colour layer gets registration marks: three small crosses in the corners, in the same place on every layer. The designer tells the customer: place the crosses of each colour exactly on top of each other, then peel the crosses off. Each layer also gets a weed box.

Design canvas in cut lines view showing the cutting outlines of both text layers. — Cut lines view: the outlines the cutter will follow.

What the workshop gets

On the order, a multi-colour item has one SVG per foil colour, labelled with the layer number and the colour, with the weed box and the registration marks. See the production files guide. The plugin does not talk to a cutting machine: you open each SVG in your cutting software and cut it on the right roll.

Switches

Foil colour per layer (Settings → General → Multi-colour designs): off, and every layer uses the main foil colour.
Registration marks: on or off for the cut files and the customer SVG.
Surcharge per extra colour (Settings → Pricing): on or off, with the amount.

Running a workshop with many multi-colour jobs? Pro keeps them organised after the order: production board and job sheets.