The question about what file formats Silhouette Studio can use is not all that easy to answer, partly because the facts vary a bit from the official Silhouette America information, and partly because there are 3 versions to keep track of now. I sort it all out here, in a free printable PDF cheat sheet.
Cheat Sheet: File Formats in Silhouette Studio 2015
Finally updated my Silh Studio File Formats Cheat Sheet for V3.
Part 6 … Tracing Without Tears
For those of you who have been clamoring for a tutorial on tracing photos, I’m happy to announce the release of Tracing without Tears Part 6.
Part 5 … Tracing Without Tears
Part 5 of the Tracing Without Tears series is done, and it answers all of you who’ve been wanting an explanation about the high pass, low pass and scaling controls.
Part 4 … Tracing Without Tears
Today I’m posting Part 4 of the Tracing Without Tears series, which focuses on tracing for print and cut. I go through a half dozen representative examples including a cut file that has already been traced, a decoupage sheet, and several styles of clip art.
Cheat Sheet: File Formats in Silhouette Studio
It turns out that the question about what file formats Silhouette Studio can use is not all that easy to answer, partly because the facts vary quite a bit from the official Silhouette America information. Your file format cheat sheet for V2 is here.
Part 3 … Tracing Without Tears
Part 3 of Tracing Without Tears is ready. This edition covers how to trace line art, and how to work with the trace results to get the kind of cuts you want using Silhouette Studio.
Part 2 … Tracing Without Tears
The response to my first video has been overwhelming! I so appreciate your kind comments and welcome all my new YouTube subscribers! It seems I struck a nerve for those of you whose learning style challenges you to understand what is behind the steps you are taking.
Tracing Without Tears … a new video series
I’m very excited to be releasing Part 1 of my series of videos about tracing in Silhouette Studio. It’s a new approach I hope will help ease some frustration. In Part 1 I cover why and when you need to trace, what are the best kinds of images to trace, how to do a basic trace, and how to avoid the “double line” problem.
Stencilizer: a shortcut for diecutters
My latest web app crush is squarely on Stencilizer, a cool online tool for automatically posterizing, smoothing, vectorizing and color separating photo input. Upload an optimized (clear, close up, cropped, background removed, high contrast) image and Stencilizer first presents you with 9 choices in various brightness levels and number of colors.