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Image effects panel for better printing

August 13, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

image effects icon in Silhouette

Image effects panel -- have you heard of that one? Many Silhouette users haven't. But it can be a HUGE help if you are printing from Silhouette Studio. You can use the tools in it to adjust colors in both printable patterns and photos. Let's go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Print and Cut Tagged With: black and white, brightness, color, colorize, contrast, Fill, gamma, gray shade, hue, image effects, inversion, photo, Print and Cut, saturation, sepia, tint

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

silhouette default page color options

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: 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

5 Great Print and Cut Tips

April 28, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette print and cut bookmark

The Print and Cut feature on Silhouette Studio gives you SO much creative flexibility. I recently created a series of bookmarks for a church event and thought they would be a great project to show you more about Print and Cut. I'm going to share 5 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Print and Cut, Tips Tagged With: bleed, bookmark, color, Print and Cut, projects, shadow, Text

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

Can you turn a print and cut design into a regular cut?

January 9, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

You can almost always take a regular cut shape and turn it into a print and cut design. But the opposite is not always true. Some print and cut images from the Silhouette Design Store (←this is an affiliate link, meaning if you click on it and buy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Print and Cut Tagged With: color, Fill, image effects, Print and Cut, silhouette design store

Custom Color Palettes in Silhouette Studio Version 4.3

November 19, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette custom color palette

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

Drawing filled shapes or text: 2 ways to select attributes beforehand

November 28, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I don't know about you, but I always work with filled shapes. Unfilled shapes are harder to move around, you can't easily see front to back order, and you don't know if you have groupings or compound paths (which makes a HUGE difference when you use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software, Tips Tagged With: attributes, color, default, Fill, filled, font, line color, preferences, Text

Cutting Checklist

September 14, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

This post is part of my Checklists series. Each post in the series is a set of brief reminders to help you remember the sequence of steps to use as you work on a project. With each checklist, I provide links to more information about the topics. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Tips Tagged With: action, advance cut mode, blade, checklist, color, cut, cut style, cutting, Fill, force, line, line segment overcut, mat, material, passes, pause, resume, settings, simple cut mode, speed

Get it together, man! 6 tips to make a project more cohesive

September 10, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette scrapbook page

Have you ever looked at a project someone else made and thought, “Why does theirs look so professional and pulled together while mine doesn’t?” Or have you ever liked all your pieces individually, but when you put them together they just don’t look … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Projects, Tips Tagged With: cohesive, color, coordinate, design, project, undertone

7 tricks to make a multi-piece project more interesting

September 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

I remember when I first started paper crafting. I would put together a card or scrapbook page and then look at it and think, “BORING!” What is it that makes a project look interesting and finished? It doesn't just happen. Some folks have a natural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Tips Tagged With: alignment, balance, color, depth, diagonal, fonts, interesting, mix, paper, pattern, placement, size, texture, thirds, triangle, tricks

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #6 — Cut Order

March 4, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today's lesson is about another way to add flexibility in your cut job when you use the advanced cut mode -- cut order. Cut order is the sequence in which the machine cuts the shapes in your project. When you cut by line color, fill color or layer, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action, action by, color, cut order, cut settings, Fill, layer, line, pauses, send, Sketch, Sketch pen

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

silhouette cut by fill color

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

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