Silhouette Tutorial - How to Print and Cut

Hello everyone.  I've got another tutorial for you.  This one came from a question a reader asked.  The question was "How do you print and cut an image from the Silhouette store".  It's a two-part question.  There are both PNC (Print and Cut) and (Cut only) images in the Silhouette store.  Both can be both printed and cut using the Silhouette software.  This video explains the difference.

Silhouette Tutorial - How to Print and Cut ANY Clipart Image

Sandy asked me to make a video showing how to use an image from the internet and make it into a print and cut for the Silhouette.  This is a great option and the possibilities are endless!! 

I used  this same method to cut vinyl window clings for my son's car with the Cubs Logo, and his college logo for my car.  I also made a Dallas Cowboys window cling for a friend.   Just make sure when you are searching for images that you get something with decent resolution.... I'd say nothing less than 200 x 200, but preferably 400 x 400 or better, this particular image was over 1000 x 1000.

Have fun creating and as always I'd love to see what you made!

If there are any techniques that you'd like me to use in a video, please let me know.  I'm enjoying the requests and will try and get them uploaded as quickly as possible.

Silhouette Print and Cut 101

This is a just a quick video that shows the very basic print and cut feature of the Silhouette.  I'll walk you through each step from blank mat to a perfectly printed and cut image.

A lot of people are confused by the Print and Cut feature.  The Silhouette cannot print.  How the print and cut feature works is through the printer you have connected to your computer.  Mine is a regular inkjet HP printer.  When you are in the Silhouette Studio software, there is a button called "send to printer".  This will send the image on your mat to the printer connected to your computer.  You will use that printed image, place it on your mat and insert it into the Silhouette for cutting.

Hope this helps a few of the questions that have been rolling in. 

Silhouette Cameo Tutorial - Another video showing how to make a print and cut

Nancy asked me to specifically show how to take this cute Heart House by Sweet Alton and turn it into a flat printable file.  This is a little more complicated than the last because it involves compound paths.  It's very doable... don't let the term Compound Path scare you.  It just means a image that has multiple cut line within one image. 

Silhouette Tutorial - How to make any Silhouette Store File a Print and Cut

For this video I wanted to quickly walk you through an easy way to take those Silhouette Files that come in as just blank cut files and turn them into what the sample picture looks like.  For instance, I took this file

 And made it into this:

Based on the Echo Park Sample in the Store

Here is a video showing you my process: