In today's lesson in our series on spacing your designs evenly around the page in Silhouette Studio, I'm going to show you how you can select an object and move it by a specific amount to or to a specific location. (If you haven't read the previous … [Read more...]
Total Transformation: How to use the tools in the transform panel — Lesson 5 Shear
Here's our 5th and final tab to explore in the Transform panel -- Shear. If you haven't read my posts about the Align, Scale, Rotate and Move tabs, I recommend reading those. There's more in them than most people realize. The tools can save you a … [Read more...]
Total Transformation: how to use the tools in the Transform panel — Lesson 4 Move
This is part 4 in this series on using the tools in the Transform panel. We've already covered Align, Scale and Rotate. Today's lesson is on the 4th tab -- Move. You can just click and drag your shapes around the page, but there are times you need to … [Read more...]
Total Transformation: how to use the tools in the Transform panel — Lesson 1 Align
Today I'm beginning a new series on using the tools in the Transform panel. There's actually WAY more here than you'd first expect. You can align designs, set their size, rotate them, move them to a specific area of the page and tilt them with the … [Read more...]
Right where you want it — how to move a shape precisely
I have to be truthful -- I'm not always super-precise as a crafter. I don't typically find that spending an extra 30 minutes to affect a change of .001% is worth it. If I'm moving my images around on the Design area in the Silhouette Studio software, … [Read more...]
Successful Beginner Projects: #4 Christmas Tree Gift Tag
We’re going to create another gift tag today. I mean, I can never have too many Christmas gift tags in my house come holiday time ????. In this project, we’ll learn to draw another type of shape, use control points, resize disproportionately, … [Read more...]