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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

silhouette cut by fill color

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...]

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #3 — Material, Action and tool choices in Action by: Simple

February 28, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette cut settings

So far in this series, we’ve looked at where to start and what Cut Mode and Cut Style mean. Today, we’re going to talk more about choosing and changing your cut settings in Action by: Simple (simple cut mode). Specifically, I’ll show you how to … [Read more...]

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Version 4 Send Area: #1 — Where to start

February 26, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette send cut settings

Are you ever overwhelmed when you look at all the options in the version 4 Send area of the Silhouette Studio software? It can be intimidating, especially for a beginner. I’ve created this series of tutorials to give you ALL the information you need. … [Read more...]

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Software Basics (version 4) — Lesson 14: Making your first cut

October 2, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff

Today is the day! If you’ve gone through all the Before You Begin and Software Basics lessons up to this point, you will be well-prepared to make your first cut. If you haven’t, I highly recommend checking out all those lesson for my best beginner … [Read more...]

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