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Tracing Tips & Tricks — #1 Where to Start

September 4, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

Silhouette tracing

Today I’m beginning a series that’s LONG overdue. It’s about tracing — how to turn an image such as clip art or a photo into a cut file. I’ve taught this as a class at the All Things Silhouette Conferences for years and am finally starting to do it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: clip art, images, jpg, photo, png, raster, trace, tracing, vector

Think outside the box: customizing a ready-made sign

May 14, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

wood sign painting

Today I want to share an out-of-the-box idea with you for a wood sign. Rather than starting completely from scratch, I’m going to show you how to take a sign that already has something on it and add your own unique twist. I found a really cute sign … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: crop, page size, paint, photo, sign, stencil, vinyl, wood

Photo crop in Silhouette Studio: how and why to do it

July 6, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

trace and detach

I’ve been working on a gift for some dear friends who moved away and are now returning to our home turf.  I’m creating the design in Silhouette Studio and saving it as a JPEG so that I can get it printed professionally on a coffee mug. Today, I want … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: crop, draw curved shape, draw freehand, draw smooth freehand, edit points, Fill, jpeg, magnet trace, modify, photo, photo crop, photo editing, point editing, raster, trace, trace and detach

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #8 — How Text or Object on Path affect cut style

March 9, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette curve word

You may not know this, but in Silhouette Studio you can make words go around a shape. That’s called Text on Path. New in version 4, you can also take a shape and use Object on Path to create duplicates of that shape around the contours of another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: clip art, control point, curve text, curve word, cut, cut preview, cut settings, cut view, jpg, no cut, object on path, photo, photograph, png, point, raster, replicate, send, Text, text on path, vector

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