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Total Transformation: how to use the tools in the Transform panel — Lesson 2 Scale

June 17, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

In this series, I'm going through how to use all the tools in the Transform panel. If you missed Lesson 1 on the Align tab, you can find it here. Here in Lesson 2, we'll go over the 2nd tab which is Scale. This is where you can choose a precise size … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: height, lock aspect ratio, percentage, scale, size, width

How’d they do that? Graduated horizontal spaces

September 27, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

graduated horizontal line spaces in word

If you know me at all, you know I LOVE LOVE LOVE football. I was watching a game last night and saw a design on the shirts of some of the coaching staff. The team name had graduated horizontal spaces running through the team name. Note: This post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: modify, scale, spirit wear, spiritwear, subtract, t-shirt, weld

Pancakes and Donuts: the key to understanding the difference between a grouping and a compound path

February 27, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette pancakes and donuts

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...]

Filed Under: Designing, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Compound Path, convert to path, craftsy, donuts, Fill, font, grouping, modify, pancakes, pattern, point editing, Print and Cut, scale, Text, trace, tracing, ungroup

Successful Beginner Projects: #3 Initial Gift Tag

November 7, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

beginner cameo project

In today’s Successful Beginner Project, we’ll learn to add text, draw a simple shape, create an offset and a compound path, use more scale and align features, and cut by fill color. This tag is great for any time, but especially Christmas. By putting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cutting, Designing, Materials, Projects, Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: action by fill, Align, beginner, cardstock, christmas, circle, Compound Path, cut by color, cut preview, cut settings, draw, font, group, letter size, lock aspect ratio, material, offset, order, scale, send, tag, Text

Software basics (version 4) — Lesson 12: Adding shapes to the page and basic manipulation

September 22, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff Leave a Comment

silhouette add shape

You’ve got your free shapes in your library and you’ve learned how to get around in the Silhouette Studio software. Let’s learn how you put those images on the page and start working with them. (If you need to start with Lesson 1 of the Software … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Silhouette Studio Software Tagged With: Basic, beginner, color, Compound Path, cut line, Fill, grouping, order, resize, scale, select, ungroup

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