How to Use iPad Pro and ProCreate Designs with Silhouette Studio

If you own an iPad you could be using it to create designs to cut or sketch with your Silhouette cutting machine! The key is the iPad app ProCreate!

I'm so excited to have the very talented Gina from Twinklefarts on the blog today to show us how to use ProCreate with Silhouette Studio

How to Change Cut Files to Perfectly Fit Your Silhouette Project

If you've ever found the perfect Silhouette cut file for your project but the layout or alignment doesn't work well for where you want to place it - there's no need to abandon the project.

Silhouette Studio gives you a lot of editing options that will allow you to make changes or modifications if you need to so the cut file is perfect.  Check out these few basic edition options in Silhouette Studio.

How to Color SVGs in Silhouette Studio (Quick and Easy Thank You cards)

You can customize these designs by choosing your own fill colors for the spaces in between the black outlines (like a digital coloring book!)

Creating your own thank you cards could not be any faster or easier when you color in an outlined SVG in Silhouette Studio. This technique works great with SVGs that have bold, black outlines - like the gorgeous floral designs from the Floral SVG Bundle by Wild Pilot over at SoFontsy.

Learn to Design in Silhouette Studio: Design Guide + Video Course Now Update for V4

You guys I'm so excited to announce that the Second Edition of the Ultimate Silhouette Guide to Designing in Silhouette Studio is now available!! If you want to make your own designs in Silhouette Studio V4 - you've hit the motherlode!

The e-course is a combination of a 114 page ebook of Silhouette tutorials and 18 Silhouette Studio video lessons for a total of more than 4.5 hours of video instruction.  The second edition is completely updated from the original and now includes sections on Silhouette Studio V4 tools and features plus an added hours worth of video instruction!  You can check out the official sales page for full details on everything that's included.

Silhouette Studio Knife Tool: How to Change the Thickness

You guys...seriously sometimes I just wish someone would come along and be like 'HELLO, Melissa...you CAN do that!'  Please tell me I am not the only one who has been wishing upon a star for a way to change the width of the knife tool in Silhouette Studio

Of course there is...and the secret lies in the Line Style tool. Because that makes sense.

How to Add Any Word to an Arrow in Silhouette Studio

I don't know that arrows will ever not be popular...and putting text in an arrow - even better! Right?!

Today my friend Kendra from Simply {Darr}ling is taking over Silhouette School to help me out while we are in the process of swapping coasts. She's going to explain exactly how to add whatever word you want into an arrow in just a few quick steps in Silhouette Studio!

It's Here!! The Ultimate Silhouette Guide, Second Edition for V4 Released

In case you haven't heard...the Second Edition of the hugely popular Ultimate Silhouette Guide (for V4) is here!!

And...for the first time The Ultimate Silhouette Guide is available as an eCourse!!  That's a 169 page ebook and video instruction combined for your best possible learning! So not only has the original Ultimate Silhouette Guide been completely updated for Silhouette Studio V4, we've added an hour and 45 minutes of video instruction as well!

(There will be no exchanges or refunds for ordering the wrong version. Not sure if you need this version or the original 2015 version of USG for V3? Email us before buying - because they're not exchangeable!)

Saving Adobe Illustrator Files for Silhouette Studio (SVG and DXF)

While I have always stressed that I think Silhouette Studio is a powerful software program and one that really can do pretty much anything I need design-wise - there are things that it just can't do. For example, you can't export as an SVG in Silhouette Studio (until V4.1 is released when the option is offered to Business Edition users.)

Because of that many designers - and those who were working in graphic software before Silhouette Studio - work in Adobe Illustrator to create SVG and DXF files which can be opened in Silhouette Studio.

Silhouette School contributor Kati is here today to show us exactly how you can export as an SVG or DXF from Illustrator for use in Silhouette Studio and other software programs!

Where's the Silhouette Pixscan Mat Option?

If you're a fan of the Silhouette Pixscan mat, like I am, you may have noticed a change in the software that took place in one of the updates along the way.

 
There's no longer a Pixscan mat option in the Silhouette Studio Design Settings window...it's like it just vanished!

Moving Silhouette Library Designs from the Cloud Folder to the Local User Folder

When Silhouette America released the Cloud-based versions of Silhouette Studio in 2016, the intent was to make things easier on users. Well....let's just say things may not have gone exactly as planned.  They're working on it.  One thing I hear over and over again - aside from the duplicates in the library - is the desire to move designs from the Silhouette Cloud to the Local User Folder.

Before I explain how this can be done with a workaround, let me briefly explain how the Cloud based Silhouette Studio is supposed to work.

How to Import Downloaded Graphic Sets into Silhouette Studio

Graphic and font sets are super popular with Silhouette crafters, but there's one step that often eludes users: how to import all those downloaded graphics into Silhouette Studio.

Let's say you've purchased a design set and it's stocked full with commercial use fonts and graphics. The question I get about these sets all the time is: "How do I import downloaded files into Silhouette Studio?"


The first step in getting these designs into your Silhouette Studio library is to download them onto your computer.  Depending on what version of Silhouette Studio you are working on, will determine what file type is best for you to download.  IN general, if you have Designer Edition, download the SVG files. If you don't, you can go for DXF or PNG.

Now you need to find where the files have downloaded. Usually it will be a Downloads folder.

Whatever it's called - open it up to view all the files in there.  If all you see is a Zip file you will need to unzip them before importing into Silhouette Studio.

Now start selecting all the files. You can hold down shift to select multiple files.

At the same time, open up Silhouette Studio and go to your library.  Both windows should be sharing the screen.  Select all of the files you want to move into your Silhouette Studio library.

In your library, focus on where you are going to put the downloaded files. I keep all my commercial use graphics in a separate folder in my Local User library. You can see I have called the filed Commercial Use. 

Now drag and drop the files right into the Commercial folder in your Silhouette Studio library.  Watch to make sure that the number in parentheses changes by the same number of files tha tyou are trying to import. For instance, I started with (40) in the Commercial Use folder and I imported 10 so now I have (50).

 

TIP: In some versions of Silhouette Studio you can only drag and drop into the window - rather than the folder.

And that's all there is to bulk importing SVG files, PNG files or other file types into your Silhouette Studio library.

This way of bulk importing files into your Silhouette Studio library will save you a lot of time over adding files one by one.

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12 Silhouette Studio 4 Wish List Items That Already Exist!

The long awaited Silhouette Studio 4 hasn't hit Beta testing yet...but it's coming soon. I can tell you that! Awhile back I asked Silhouette School Facebook followers what it is they'd most like to see in the upcoming version of Silhouette Studio 4.0...you guys have some awesome suggestions - and I did pass them on to Silhouette America!

But I have to say there's even better news!!! Many of the features and tools you guys are hoping to be added to Silhouette Studio 4 already exist in Studio 2 and 3 so I thought I'd take a second and link you to those tutorials or further explain!