It's the first Thursday in November, so you know it's time for the Silhouette Thursday video. Well for this months video, we looked at the trace and offset feature of the Silhouette Studio Design Software. The video does an overview, of how you can use those features with the acrylic stamps you have in your collection.
CLICK HERE to see the video.
No time for the video right now, let me give you a written rundown.
There are times when you decide that you want to cut close around a stamped image (fussy cutting) you are using in your project. How about we avoid using our scissors, and bust out our Silhouette machine. Pick your stamp, fire up your scanner and let's get started.
The first thing you want to do is stamp your image, and then scan it into your computer. I saved my scanned file in as a .jpeg. Now open up Silhouette Studio application and open your scanned file onto the mat. Next your going to select the trace feature, and trace around your image. Get as close to the image as possible. Select the trace edge option, and you can now pull away the outline of your stamped image. Your almost done, but now you need to select the offset option, and create the amount of distance your want to be around your image. When you get the distance that suits you, select apply, now you can pull away the offset outline away from your trace image. Now copy that offset image as many times as you want and cut the image out as you would normally.
What you now have is a perfectly die-cut shape, take your stamp, and stamp away.
HAPPY CRAFTING
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