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Tuesday quick tip: How to change the default fill and line color

May 25, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

When you create a shape or text in Silhouette Studio, by default it has a red line color and no fill color. Let's say you know that filled shapes are easier to grab with your mouse, so you always work with filled shapes as I recommend. Or maybe you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: color, default, Fill, line, preferences

Draw Something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools — Lesson 1: Draw a line

October 7, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Buying designs from the Silhouette Design Store is great, but there are also plenty of tools in Silhouette Studio to help you create your own designs. Today, I'm starting a new series on using the Drawing Tools in Silhouette Studio to get you going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: create, draw, line, preferences

RGB vs. CMYK for colors — what’s the difference?

August 6, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I've been learning more lately about editing my photos, both for personal pics and project images. I recently learned something new that I found really useful in understanding color. It's the difference between color values that are defined by RGB or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Print and Cut Tagged With: color, print

Tuesday quick tip: using a page color that isn’t white

June 1, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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There's a new feature in Silhouette Studio that snuck in with version 4.4. This is something we've been wishing for for quite awhile and now it's here. I saw it last week when I was sharing the tip about changing the default fill and line colors and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: background, color, mat, page

Tuesday quick tip: creating perfect shapes and lines

March 23, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today's quick tip is one of my favorite tricks when designing in Silhouette Studio. You can use this one little thing to make shapes you draw much more precise. The trick? Use the SHIFT key. Yep, it's that easy. Note: This post contains affiliate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: circle, drawing, shift, shortcuts, square

Tracing Tips & Tricks — #5 Simple multi-color images

October 30, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Welcome back! If you haven't started with Lesson 1 of this series on tracing, you'll find it here.  So far we've covered when you need to trace, selecting images, what's in the trace panel and how to trace simple, solid shapes of 1 color. Today, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Compound Path, raster, simplify, trace, trace by color, tracing

What in the world??? When the shape won’t let you change its fill color

September 15, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I LOVE LOVE LOVE mystery/detective shows, particularly British ones. And I really enjoy doing puzzles and playing games where I have to solve a problem. Lots of folks do. But very few of us like to have to solve a mystery when working with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: color, detach lines, Fill, line, modify, open path

What in the world??? Shape won’t fill with color (or doesn’t act right when it does)

September 11, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Have you ever encountered a real head-scratcher in Silhouette Studio? That's what this series is about -- explaining those and showing you how to fix them. Today, I'll show you why sometimes you just can't get a shape to fill with color. Or, you do, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: closed, color, drawing, Fill, open, point editing, points

What in the world??? — Random blue line

July 31, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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In this series, I'm covering things that stump beginners (and even veterans) in Silhouette Studio. Today, I'll tell you about those odd blue lines that may show up on your Design area and seem to appear out of nowhere. Those are called guidelines. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: blue line, grid, guidelines, ruler

How’d they do that? Outline words

January 30, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I love the look of this week's Free Design of the Week. It's a phrase where each word is an outline only. Here's what it looks like: Note: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I may receive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: autoweld, cut edge, detach lines, line thickness, outline, Text, words

Custom Color Palettes in Silhouette Studio Version 4.3

November 19, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Have you ever wanted to be able to save custom colors in Silhouette Studio -- make your own custom color palette? Then today is your lucky day! Note: This post may contain affiliate links. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: color, custom, Fill, palette

Adding a multi-color design element into a school mascot

December 19, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

My son's girlfriend coaches high school soccer. Of course, that means I just HAVE to make her some spirit swag with the mascot. But I didn't want just any old design. I wanted to find a way to incorporate soccer. I love the final result, so thought … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: logo, mascot, modify, shirt, spirit, sports

Cut Doctor: Lesson 9 — Line Segment Overcut

December 4, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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You know that CPR can literally save a life. Penicillin and other antibiotics revolutionized medicine and saved countless thousands of lives in the past century. In today’s appointment with the Cut Doctor, you are going to learn about Line Segment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting Tagged With: corners, cut doctor, cut settings, htv, line segment overcut, pulling, small, vinyl

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #5 — Action by: Line, Fill or Layer

March 2, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Now that you know the basics of the Send area, it's time to get into advanced options with Action by: Line, Fill or Layer (Advanced Cut Mode in version 3). In these modes, you choose your cut settings for each shape based on its line color, its fill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action, action by, auto weld, color, Compound Path, cut, cut preview, cut settings, cut view, Designer Edition, Fill, Fill Color, gradient, grouping, layer, layers, line, line color, no cut, pattern, send, Sketch, Sketch pen, tool, weld

Best ever hack for paper projects with multiple colors

February 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff 2 Comments

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So I am a confident enough woman to admit that I’m absolutely TERRIBLE at getting elements straight on a paper project (or any project for that matter). It’s okay – I still feel good about myself. But because I know this about myself I’ve created … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects Tagged With: Align, cardstock, layer, layout, level, offset, paper, scrapbook, Sketch pen, straight, template

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