Looking for an easy way to view every single glyph in a font, whether you have installed it or not? Look no further than the new online tool, Font Inspector. Meet this cool new web app and get a tutorial for Silhouette or Cricut.
Stroke icons to sketch files in Silhouette Studio DE
Single path files for sketching, embossing, etching or rhinestones are hard to find, but you might be able to find some in free icon sets. What to look for, and how to convert them for use in Silhouette Studio Designer Edition is covered. Includes a video tutorial.
Accessing OpenType options with software you already have on your Mac
OpenType fonts are amazing, but you can’t get to all the awesomeness without Adobe Illustrator or InDesign, right? Wrong! Where there’s a will, there’s a way to get your hands on a bunch of OpenType features and every single glyph using just the software that comes with your Mac.
Part 8 … Tracing Without Tears
Part 8 of the Tracing Without Tears series puts the point editing info from Part 7 into use to clean up a broken line trace, and to manually trace an image that can’t be autotraced.
Part 7 … Tracing Without Tears really Point Editing
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.
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.
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.