by Sandy McCauley | Aug 15, 2008 | AI Files, Free Videos
Today’s post involves handling .ai files in KNK Studio. Melanie had downloaded a .knk file (from a message board) and the images appeared invisible when she opened it. The reason is that the file originated in Adobe Illustrator and this is not an uncommon occurance. To correct you can simply turn off Show Fill or turn on Show Line Style, as I show in the video. Also I show how to get interior details of an image to turn white and not vanish when you turn on Show Fill.
Hope you learn something new! Modifying AI Files
by Sandy McCauley | Aug 15, 2008 | Cut Order, Free Videos
This post is thanks to Jenny who was trying to cut a series of adjacent rectangles and they were not cutting in order from left to right. Because she’s cutting rather large rectangles from 15″ wide vinyl, this was bothering her. I know that I also never like it when objects will seem to randomly cut from different locations on my 12″ x 12″ cardstock.
Not to worry! There’s a way you can specify the exact order in which items will cut. Watch this!
Controlling Cut Order
by Sandy McCauley | Aug 12, 2008 | Design Master, Free Videos, GRA Files
This post is mostly directed to users of Design Master, however Cute PDF Writer may be of interest to anyone who doesn’t already have a .pdf-creating program. In this video, I show where to download the free Cute PDF Writer application and how to use it in Design Master to print your image to file and then import the resulting .pdf into KNK Studio. This appears to be best way to do this conversion and, once again, I credit a member of UKS for discovering this easy successful method.
Converting GRA to KNK
Note that if you need to convert from .knk to .gra, then exporting as .ai is still the easiest method. Also, note that because .pdf’s will now import into Inkscape 0.46, this may also be of interest to those wanting to share their .gra creations with users of Inkscape who can then either export as .dxf for RoboMaster or save as .svg for Sure Cuts A Lot.
by Sandy McCauley | Aug 11, 2008 | Fan Shape Tool, Free Videos
Sorry I’ve been out of touch for so long! It’s been a busy few weeks. Note that my videos are now being hosted at Scrapbook Die Cutter, which, as most of your know, is the creator of the Klic-N-Kut. I will also be selling KNK Studio GE through them, beginning probably tomorrow. I will make an announcement when the link is available.
Now… on to the Olympics! I created a quick video showing how to design and create your own version of the Olympic flag. The fan shape is used to create the rings and makes it SO very easy to create rings that don’t quite touch so that you can interlock them exactly the same way as show on their flag.
Olympic Flag Video
by Sandy McCauley | Jul 31, 2008 | Fabric
Ronnie Lewison is using her Klic-N-Kut Element to cut fabric for quilting. She found that using Heat and Bond extra hold fusible webbing, an extra-sticky mat and going over the fabric with a brayer to tack it down really well produced good results. She cut the fabric with the 60 degree blade, using a speed of 75 and a pressure of 230g. Here’s her FABULOUS quilt! Thanks so much, Ronnie, for allowing me to share your success at this blog. 🙂
