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Dispelling Text Myths in Silhouette Studio: 30 Misconceptions about words, letters and fonts (part 3)

August 15, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

samantha glyphs in silhouette

In our series about working with text in Silhouette, we’ve already busted 10 common myths. If you haven’t read those, then start here. The 5 myths we’re talking about today are 5 more about fonts. They deal with how fonts are organized and working … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: character map, fancy letters, folder, font, font book, fonts, glyph, glyphs, library, Sketch, sketch font, Text, text style, words

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (misc. info)

May 4, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pattern fill

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...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: cut, cut style, Fill, folder, import, library, merging, no cut, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #4)

April 25, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette import patterns

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...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Fill, folder, import, library, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #3)

April 23, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pattern fill

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...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Fill, fill pattern, folder, font organization, fonts, import, library, library organization, pattern, pattern organization, patterns, sub-folder, subfolder

Pattern fill pizzazz: 7 ways to put your own graphic into any shape (method #2)

April 17, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

import file to Silhouette library

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...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Fill, folder, import, library, pattern, pattern fill, raster

Software Basics (version 4) – Lesson 15: Saving your work and shutting down

October 5, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette save

This is your last lesson in the Software Basics series. Give yourself a cheer! You’re well on your way to becoming a Silhouette expert. Since you’re going to be creating some amazing things, let’s talk about saving those files. You can save in 1 of 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: back up, basics, close, closing, cloud, folder, keyword, library, save, saving, software basics

Software Basics — Lesson 10: The Library

August 8, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

Today’s lesson is about the library. (To start with Lesson 1 of the Software Basics series, go here). Hopefully, you’ve already gone through the Before You Begin series and have set up an account with Silhouette America, signed up for their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: beginner, cloud, designs, folder, images, library, local, properties, property, search, shapes, shared, snapshot, split screen, sync, user

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