So far in our series on Point Editing in Silhouette Studio, we’ve learned some general information about point and how to select and move them. If you need to start at the beginning, you’ll find Lesson 1 here. In this lesson, I’m going to teach you … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 2)
In Lesson 1 of the Point Editing series, we learned some general information about points and how to select them. If you haven’t gone through that lesson, you definitely want to do that first. Today, we’re going to talk about moving points. We’ll go … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 1)
Did you know you can significantly change the way a shape looks and cuts in Silhouette Studio by manipulating the points and lines that make it up? It’s called Point Editing. This post is the first in a series where I’ll teach you why you want to … [Read more...]
Silhouette Summit 2018: Upcoming New Products and Software Features
Every year in May, Silhouette America holds a summit in Hawaii to announce new products and software features coming in the next year (nope, I didn't get to go). There are some VERY exciting things coming down the pike. Here’s a preview of the … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (misc. info)
We've learned the 7 different ways to put a raster image into any shape, but we aren't done yet. (To start with lesson #1 in this series, go here.) There are some critical tidbits of info you'll need to know in order to use these methods successfully … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #7)
Today we're continuing our series on using raster images as fill patterns. If you haven't read about the other methods, start here. In this last method, we're going to talk about using the Modify panel in conjunction with a printable pattern. (But … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #6)
Today we're continuing our series on ways to add your own raster image as a fill pattern. If you haven't read about Methods #1-5, you'll definitely want to do that first. You can start with Method #1 here. Today, I'm going to show you a quick way to … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #5)
I hope you're learning a lot in this series about adding your own raster images as fill patterns on shapes. If you haven't read about Methods #1-4, then you'll want to start here. Here in Method #5, I'm going to show you how to drag and drop an image … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #4)
Today's lesson is #4 in a series about how to add your own raster images to use as patterns to fill any shape. This method is actually a combination of 2 other methods we’ve already learned. You’re going to use file import to add the image to your … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #3)
So far in this series on adding your own pattern fill to a shape, I've shown you 2 ways to save raster images into your regular library folders and use them from there. You'll want to make sure you've practiced those, because I'm going to refer to … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #2)
In this series, we're talking about 7 different ways to use your own raster images as a fill pattern for your shapes. In our first lesson, we talked about using drag and drop to copy an image you saved on your computer into the Silhouette library. … [Read more...]
Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #1)
When I’m designing projects in Silhouette Studio, I never work with unfilled shapes. Filling a shape with a color makes it easier to grab it with the mouse, helps me see front to back order, and tells me immediately if a design is a grouping or … [Read more...]
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #9 — Connection and Device management
Up to this point in this series, we’ve discussed choices you make to get set up to cut. We’re going to shift now and get into the mechanics of starting and managing the cut job. In the next set of lessons, we’re going to cover machine connection, … [Read more...]
List of Silhouette tutorials
You asked for it, you got it. Here’s a table of contents -- a list of all the Silhouette tutorials on my site, categorized by type and with direct links to the posts. As I add posts, I will update this list. You can also use the search bar at the … [Read more...]
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #8 — How Text or Object on Path affect cut style
You may not know this, but in Silhouette Studio you can make words go around a shape. That's called Text on Path. New in version 4, you can also take a shape and use Object on Path to create duplicates of that shape around the contours of another … [Read more...]