LED Wizard vs Neon Wizard

LED Wizard 8 creates LED layouts for channel letters and cabinets from imported artwork. Its population workflow automates layout creation, while an artwork cleanup tool prepares imports and a freehand vector tool lets users draw shapes to populate with LEDs. Existing layouts can be scaled graphically or numerically in one step. For non-rectangular cabinets, Stik layouts support circles, ellipses, and cloud signs. The free Standard Edition includes auto layouts, title blocks with statistics, scaling, and a streamlined workflow. Production Edition adds channel letter return plots, a router layer, mounting-hole automation, and full-scale DXF export for $24.95 a month. Documentation is free; Basic Support is $24.95 a month, and Premium Support is $49.95 a month. Basic Support includes email and phone help, while Premium adds online expert sessions and ticket tracking. LED Wizard 8 is cloud based and requires internet access at launch and while running. It supports Windows 7, 8, and 10 on 64-bit systems, with web access also listed.

Neon Wizard is software for designing and producing full-scale neon patterns for signs and graphics. Sign businesses can use it to prepare patterns for glass bending, either on its own or alongside other design and output programs. Version 6.5 imports and exports PDF files, improves AI and EPS imports, imports Adobe Type 1 and OpenType fonts, and provides anti-aliased rendering. Auto Tube Layout lets users set tube diameter, tube count, edge clearance, and gaps for channel letter layouts. The program displays current and total tube length, measurements the maker says can support quoting, job costing, and transformer selection. Neon Preview can show a group as a whole layout. Standard, Plus, and Pro tiers have different capabilities; Plus adds scanning and vectorizing, image manipulation, advanced neon layout tools, and per-letter tube length summaries. Channel Letter Return Plots come with Plus and Pro 6.5; Standard can add the module for US$300.00. The software supports Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11, and the maker describes running it on Mac through VMware Fusion or Parallels. Designer licenses cost $350 as a one-time purchase for Standard, $450, paid once for Plus, and $600, paid once for Pro.