As every year, the Silhouette Summit has brought exciting product updates and improvements. The star of 2025 is undoubtedly the Silhouette Cameo 5 Alpha, an enhanced version of the Cameo 5 that promises greater precision, stability, and versatility than ever before.
Below, you'll find a full summary of everything this new model offers — perfect if you're considering upgrading your cutting machine or starting a new project using the latest tools from Silhouette.
✂️ Introducing the New Silhouette Cameo 5 Alpha
The Silhouette Cameo 5α (Alpha) is designed for demanding users looking for precision cutting, ease of use, and compatibility with high-end accessories.
🔍 What's New?
- New 4-point registration system for even more accurate Print & Cut jobs
- Redesigned rollers, offering better material grip and improved visibility
- Fast Sketch Mode for faster, detailed sketching
- Optional Electrostatic Bed for cutting ultra-thin materials (up to 0.5 mm) without a mat
- Pop-Out Cut Mode: matless cutting for paper and cardstock
- LED control panel to activate electrostatic functions and manually move the tool carriage
- Repeat button, ideal for batch jobs
🎨 Available Versions
- Cameo 5 Alpha (12”): White, Black, Pink, and Marble White
- Cameo 5 Alpha Plus (15”): Currently available in Black only
💪 Power & Cutting Capabilities
- Cutting force: Up to 5 kg — great for thick materials like leather, EVA foam, felt, etc.
- Clearance height: Up to 3 mm
- Cutting area: 30.5 x 61 cm with mat; up to 4.8 meters without mat
- Adjustable rollers: can feed materials as narrow as 12.7 cm without a mat
- Intelligent Path Technology (IPT): ensures precision cuts even on ultra-thin paper
- Automatic tool detection thanks to integrated magnets
🛠️ Tool Compatibility
The Cameo 5 Alpha is compatible with many of the tools from previous Silhouette machines, making it easy to transition without losing your current accessories.
Supported Tools:
- Auto Blade 2
- Rotary Blade
- 3 mm Kraft Blade
- Punch Tool
- 1 mm and 2 mm Blades (Type B)
- Premium Blade
- Universal Pen Holder + Sketch Pen Adapter
New Tools Introduced in 2025:
- Extra-fine Heat Pen (0.5 mm) for precise metallic foil application
- 0.3 mm Engraving Tip (for Curio 2)
- Leather Marking Tool, also compatible with the Curio 2
🧠 Silhouette Studio & Software Enhancements
Silhouette Studio remains the core design platform, but this year brings major upgrades — especially to the web version.
New Features in Silhouette Studio Web:
- Live object preview via your smartphone or tablet camera
- Vector brushes and exclusive brush library (Designer edition)
- Conical Warp (Designer Plus edition)
- Background remover (Business edition)
- Matrix Test Cut: lets you run multiple cut tests with different settings at once
📦 What’s Included with the Silhouette Cameo 5 Alpha?
- Silhouette Cameo 5α machine
- Power supply (100–240 V)
- Auto Blade 2
- Sketch Pen Adapter
- Standard cutting mat (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
- Silhouette Studio Basic software (free download)
- 100 free designs
- 1-month free subscription to the Silhouette Design Store (after registration)
- Note: USB cable not included. Bluetooth 4.0 or higher is recommended.
- Recommended System Requirements:
- Windows 10 (64-bit) or macOS 13+
- 2.5 GHz processor
- Minimum 4 GB RAM
- 4 GB of free disk space
- Bluetooth 4.0 or higher
🧰 Other Notable Releases
In addition to the new cutting machine, Silhouette also introduced upgraded accessories and essential tools:
- New Accessories:
- Tool Organizer
- Updated Basic Tools:
- Spatula
- Tweezers
- Hook Tool
- Scraper
These tools will be available both individually and as a complete kit.