How (and Why) You Should be Using Select by Line Color - Silhouette Studio V5 Tutorial

If you've ever worked on a design in with a ton of elements and tried to manually click each one to select a specific color… this tip is going to save you so much time.

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Silhouette Studio has a feature built right into the top toolbar that lets you select all objects of the same line color — or the same fill color — in one single click. It's called Select by Line Color and Select by Fill Color. This tutorial focuses on Silhouette Studio V5, but the process and the tool is the exact same in Silhouette Studio V4 as well.

Where Is the Select by Color Tool?

The Select By Color tool lives on the top toolbar in Silhouette Studio V5. It looks like a little paint palette icon.

There are two versions of the Select by Color Tool:

Select by Line Color — selects all objects that share the same line color.
Select by Fill Color — selects all objects that share the same fill color.

If you were to just use the draw a rectangle tool and draw out a rectangle the options you would have are "Select by Line Color: Red"

and on the "Select by Fill Color" tab you'd have: Transparent.

This is why using line and fill colors are so important - even if you're not printing! All of the line and fill colors will show up here!

How to Use Select by Line Color

Make sure you have objects on your canvas with different line or fill colors.

Click the Select by Color tool and choose Select by Line Color.

You'll get a small panel with thumbnails of all of the different line colors that are currently in your work area. Use your mouse to click one (or more) of the colors associated with the elements you want to select.

Every design on your work area with that line color or line colors gets selected instantly — no matter how many there are or how spread out they are.

From there, group them, move them, change their cut settings — whatever you need. This is a GAME CHANGER for complex multi-color designs!

How to Use Select by Fill Color in Silhouette Studio

Same idea, just for filled objects instead of outlined ones.

Have objects with different fill colors on your work area.

Click the Select by Color tool and choose Select by Fill Color.

Click on the fill colors you want to select and all matching elements get selected.

This is SUPER helpful if you are cutting paper pieces for example that are spread out all over the shape. Now you can select them all and nest them into a smaller area for cutting.

Want to Learn the Rest of the V5 Toolbar?

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