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Draw Something! How to use the Silhouette drawing tools — Lesson 1: Draw a line

October 7, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Buying designs from the Silhouette Design Store is great, but there are also plenty of tools in Silhouette Studio to help you create your own designs. Today, I'm starting a new series on using the Drawing Tools in Silhouette Studio to get you going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: create, draw, line, preferences

Tuesday quick tip: How to change the default fill and line color

May 25, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

When you create a shape or text in Silhouette Studio, by default it has a red line color and no fill color. Let's say you know that filled shapes are easier to grab with your mouse, so you always work with filled shapes as I recommend. Or maybe you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: color, default, Fill, line, preferences

Tricks to working with SVG files

October 21, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

One of the great things about using Silhouette machines is the Silhouette Studio software. It is amazing, especially since it's free and updates are always free. And if you choose to upgrade to a higher level of the software, it's relatively … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: cut line, cut style, Designer Edition, line, modify, preferences, resize, svg, thickness, vector

Cut Doctor: Lesson 14 — Preferences that affect cuts

January 21, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

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Have you ever been sick, looked up your symptoms on the internet and gotten freaked out, thinking you had a terminal disease? We've all been there. Then your doctor tells you it's really something minor and you sigh with relief. That's because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: cut data, cut doctor, cut settings, packet size, preferences, software overcut

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

Software Basics — Lesson 1: Opening the Software and Setting Preferences

June 27, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 2 Comments

Mastering the Silhouette Studio software is essential to success with your Silhouette machine. In the Software Basics series, we will learn the software step by step. I suggest you go through each lesson in order to gain a thorough knowledge of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: beginner, preferences, Silhoeutte Studio, software, software basics

Panels in Version 4: Figuring them out and setting your preferences

June 22, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 2 Comments

One of the biggest changes in version 4 of the Silhouette Studio software is the introduction of floating panels instead of windows on the right side of the software. It may sound like just a change in terms, but it’s actually much more. Note: This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: flexible, multiple, panel, panels, preferences, quick access toolbar, single, version 4

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