Last week I shared several ways to alter a design to fit your project, and I used the Silhouette Design Store's free weekly design as a sample. I pointed out several problems with a design and showed how to fix them. You can find that post here. I … [Read more...]
Modifying this week’s Free Design to fit your project (and fixing some mistakes in it)
This week's Free Design in the Silhouette Design Store is a great one to teach you some concepts about how to modify a design to fit your project. It also is a teaching tool for how to fix messed up designs. I want to point out the mistakes and show … [Read more...]
Paint by number designs – a “think outside the box” challenge
I’ve been wanting to try this for so long! I finally had a good excuse because I needed a gift for my great niece’s birthday. I used my Cameo to draw the design and numbers on canvas for a paint by number craft. Once you understand the general … [Read more...]
Photo crop in Silhouette Studio: how and why to do it
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...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 7)
Here we are in our final lesson on Point Editing. If you need to start at the beginning of this series, go here. In today’s lesson I’m going to give you a few tips on working with points on text, show you how to edit points to help when you’re … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 3)
Now that we’re on Lesson 6, are you becoming an expert at Point Editing? (If you have stumbled onto this lesson and haven’t gone through the previous ones, start here.) In Part 2 of this lesson, I showed you how to break and join paths to fix broken … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 2)
I hope you’re learning how much you can alter your designs in Silhouette Studio by editing points. If you haven’t gone through the previous lessons in this series, start here. Otherwise, this lesson won’t make much sense. In Part 1 of this lesson, we … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 6 Part 1)
Today we're digging even deeper into the world of Point Editing in Silhouette Studio. We're going to look at the concept of breaking and joining paths. We'll talk about when you need to use these techniques, plus what open shapes are and how to close … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 5)
Today's lesson on Point Editing is probably the most impactful. I'm going to give you all the secrets to adjusting any curve on any shape. If you understand the principles I'll discuss here, you'll save yourself a great deal of frustration as you try … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 4 Part 2)
This lesson in our series on Point Editing is part 2 of a tutorial on altering line segment types and point types. (To start with Lesson 1 in this series, go here.) In part 1, we talked about the concepts in general. This time, I'll show you how I've … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 4 Part 1)
Thus far in our series on Point Editing, we’ve worked with some very general information and done some basic adjusting. (To start with Lesson 1 in this series, go here.) Now it’s time to step it up a bit and dig deeper. In this lesson, which I've … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 3)
So far in our series on Point Editing in Silhouette Studio, we’ve learned some general information about point and how to select and move them. If you need to start at the beginning, you’ll find Lesson 1 here. In this lesson, I’m going to teach you … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 2)
In Lesson 1 of the Point Editing series, we learned some general information about points and how to select them. If you haven’t gone through that lesson, you definitely want to do that first. Today, we’re going to talk about moving points. We’ll go … [Read more...]
Point Editing: taming all those little black dots (Lesson 1)
Did you know you can significantly change the way a shape looks and cuts in Silhouette Studio by manipulating the points and lines that make it up? It’s called Point Editing. This post is the first in a series where I’ll teach you why you want to … [Read more...]
Pancakes and Donuts: the key to understanding the difference between a grouping and a compound path
To truly understand using and creating designs in Silhouette Studio software, you need to have a good understanding of Groupings and Compound Paths -- how they are the same, how they are different and how they respond differently to modifications. … [Read more...]