Part 7 of the Tracing Without Tears series is not really about tracing at all. It’s about point editing, or node editing, which is prerequisite information for cleaning up traced images and so much more. I needed to lay this groundwork so I could answer your questions in the next video. So thanks for bearing with me as we veer off course a bit. Perhaps you’ll find this handy for more than just tracing.
And in case you missed Part 1 (intro), you can find it here, Part 2 (threshold) is here, Part 3 (line art) is here , Part 4 (print and cut) is here, Part 5 (filter tech) is here, and Part 6 (photos) is here.
And there’s a playlist here.
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thank you so very much for doing these tutorial helps in Silhouette. Glad you are sharing with us, as I know it is quite a bit of work for you to do this. I am enjoying your teaching and looking forward to the Part 8!! Marzlie Freeman
Thank you for another great video. i always look forward to getting your postings in my email inbox. I always learn something that leads me to more fun with my Silhouette. You have such a gift for teaching and I look forward to the next post!!!!
Kay, again, YOU JUST ROCK with your tutorials!! I am learning so much and refer my Silhouette friends to your series. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!
I find it so hard to delete nodes in the Silhouette program. It is so slow, Deleting them in Inkscape is so much easier. also the Simplify function with my Cameo is really strange. It takes nodes away and another click puts them back.
I much prefer node editing in Inkscape as well, but wanted to show those who don’t use Inkscape what could be done in Silhouette Studio alone.
Using shift to select multiple points – why didn’t I think of that?! Thank you!
Kay how did you know I was going to need this video this week?
I had to use the knife to cut a design apart and then needed to connect the open lines back together to do a color fill. Which I learned the hard way will not fill if there is a gap however miniscule!
Once again great job! You keep make them and I’ll keep watching them!
Very well done, clear and concise. Thank you sooo much.
Got it Kay! Thanks a lot! But is there a way to unite three points, or join the end of a line to the middle of another line. I´m trying to design a box template, and I wanted the software to see the internal dashed lines as a single path with no red dots.
You’re welcome, Luciana, and, no, by definition a path can be open or closed, but can’t have a “fork” which is what happens when 3 point join.
Thank you Kay, i was getting crazy to try to join 3 point for week. I will do my design differently now that I know I can’t have a drawing with many closed area.
Really great tutorial, just what I needed to help with nodes.
I have a recent problem that perhaps you know the solution to. When I am in point editing mode on a graphic, clicking on any point deletes it. This hasn’t always been the case, so I am sure I did something, but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to undo it.
Can not thank you enough for this tutorial. Was just about pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to join to lines together! Make it a compound path! Thank you so much!!