Digital Die Cutting with Sandy McCauley
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Purpose of I Love KNK.com
This web site provides support, comparisons, videos, drivers, test settings, and other information related to the StarCraft SOLO, Skycut and Klic-N-Kut digital die cutters, as well as various cutter software programs.If you are just now learning about cutters, check out the Skycut demo videos. These are amazing cutters!
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Papers and Pixels
Solving a Design Problem with Stenciling
So, I thought about it for a while and then suddenly remembered the stenciling trick where you carve one image out from another and the effect is a kind of merging of the two images. While it's not EXACTLY the same as seeing the dogs' paws on top of the sign, the...
Flip and Weld
Thanks to Terina who sent in her family business logo above for a slight editing change. The bottom of the "O" was open and she wanted to know the easiest way to close that part of the letter to match the top: Now, I could have told Terina to just bring up the nodes,...
A Note to Subscribers…
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Itty Bitty Problems
Linda N contacted me a few days ago and couldn't figure out why the boxes around her selected image extended all the way down to the Sign Blank border instead of being positioned around her image: Well, this will always mean that there is MORE selected than what meets...
Thanks for a Great Year AND Thanks for Your Patience…
First off, I appreciate all of my readers here. Thank you for your support throughout 2009. Sorry I haven't had new info to post. It's not from a lack of ideas... just a lack of time with the holidays. Also, there's an apparent glitch with the Feed Burner subscription...
10 Reasons to Own a Klic-N-Kut Maxx or KNK Groove-E
1. Higher Cutting Force: With over 800g of cutting force in the KNK Groove-E and over 950g in the Klic-N-Kut Maxx, you have the power to cut a wide range of materials, from gift wrapping tissue paper to 0.02” styrene, from wall vinyl to most chipboard. Be sure to...
Free KNK File: Scroll Tree
This is Cara's adorable Christmas card! Her husband, Bryan, designed the file and they cut out the parts on their yellow Klic-N-Kut. Because I had recently assisted them with getting their KNK to cut from Vista 64, they shared this file and photo with me and I then...
Thickening Shapes
BeCca contacted me last week with a stick tree that was impossible to cut due to extremely thin branches. So, I used the same process I've shown in several of the designing videos on this blog to make the branches thicker. The difference in this particular case was...
Quick Method for Welding to the Inside of a Rectangle
Carol B contacted me the other day after she inadvertently discovered the Decorative Border function in KNK Studio. She asked me if I was aware of it and I responded that I was. It's covered in Section 8.9 of the KNK and ACS User Manuals. HOWEVER, there was something...
New Video Release: Auto-Tracing for KNK ACS DM!
I'm so happy (and relieved) to finally announce the NEW Auto-Tracing video which covers all three versions of auto-tracing in KNK, KNK GE, ACS Design Studio, and Design Master. The version you have is based on the license files at the time of your software purchase....