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Draw something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools: Lesson 2 — Draw a non-regular shape

October 11, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

In the first lesson in this series, I taught you how to draw a straight line. I included information on how to make it a perfect horizontal, vertical or 45° angle, and how to get rid of that pesky feature where the software keeps drawing shapes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: curve, drawing, polygon, shapes

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

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

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