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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

How and why to save a Silhouette design as an image

July 24, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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One of the things I love about the Silhouette Studio software is how flexible it is. I like to find ways to use it unexpected ways. Recently, I wanted to make a coffee mug for some dear friends who had moved away and recently returned to our home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: image, jpeg, jpg, line color, pdf, picture, raster, save as, svg

How to more easily visualize your design and finished project

July 9, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Today I want to share with you some tips on how you can better visualize the outcome of a design. You can use these methods to get a more realistic preview your project, create mockups, or to predict the outcome before you use any Modify options. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: background, Fill, line color, mock up, pattern, raster, visualize

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #7 — Using Pauses

March 7, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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One great thing about using advanced cut mode (so any mode other than Action by: Simple) is that you can add pauses between each color row. This allows you to change the tool during the cut. You start the job and any time you have added a pause, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action by, advanced, cut, cut settings, cut style, line color, pause, pauses, Sketch

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

Successful Beginner Projects: #5 Birthday Cake Card

November 17, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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For our last cardstock project in the Successful Beginner Projects series, we’re going to make a birthday card. In this lesson I’ll introduce you to welding, drawing lines, setting line attributes, scoring, cutting by line color and more. We’re going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials, Projects Tagged With: action, Align, beginner, cardstock, copy, cut by line, dotted line, draw, fold, line color, line style, score, select, weld, welding

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