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A quick Silhouette tutorial!!
I am loving Holidays In Hand so far. One of the downloads Jessica Sprague has included is some word dates to go with our albums that match the daily prompts. I love them, but I’m going to be doing a hybrid of digital and paper for my album. I wanted to make some of them into paper but I didn’t want to print it out and then take the time to cut some intricate stuff. So, instead, I’m going to use my Silhouette! Yes, you can do that!!! Oh, and then I can use whatever colour I want too! ;D
It’s pretty easy actually – I know you’re like huh?? Easy??
Basically you can take any image (.jpg, .png, .pdf, .psd, etc.) and save it as a bitmap image (.bmp) using Photoshop or whatever program you use. A vector shape from Illustrator, or a .png would probably work the best as they are usually cleaner and higher quality, with smoother edges. The better the quality of the image you want to convert to your Silhouette, the better the results will be.
When you open a document in your Silhouette, you will have a large green square on the top menu bar on the far right of your window. You will want to open a blank document (this image was taken after I had converted my words to be cut out – oops!)
If you click on that icon, it opens TWAIN, which will allow you to open an image that you have saved as a bitmap (File, Load Image, then navigate to the folder where you saved your .bmp image), and then click on the Convert to Outline button.
Once you’ve converted to outline this is what you will see:
You can then edit or choose the Paste then Exit button and it inserts your image onto your blank Silhouette document ready to be cut out as usual! What did I tell you – EASY!!! Now I just need to figure out how to do my own print and cut ;-p
Go try it. Now. Yes, you – go!!
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While I was pregnant with Matthew I ended up with a blocked gland in my left eyelid. It never really bothered me – until last Sunday. My whole eyelid swelled up and I could barely open my eye. I went to the doctor who gave me some eye drops, but it still took a few days to fix itself. And, of course, I had dropped my new glasses off to get the prescription changed, so I could barely see at all!
