Digital Die Cutting with Sandy McCauley
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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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The 4 Forms of Text in KNK Studio
Thanks to Johanna H, I discovered something new last weekend at the St. Louis KNK Retreat. There are FOUR forms of text versus just three. I have already referred to text as being either "Just Typed", "Converted to Graphics" or "Having Applied Break Path." But I found...
Round Corner and Fillet Round Corner
Today's video is for Lisa S who was having some issues with the Round Corner and Fillet Round Corner functions in KNK Studio. Round corner can be a little finicky... the default setting of 0.2 for corner radius is way too high. I recommend immediately resetting that...
Putting Text on a Circle
Thanks to Margaret and Nancy, members of the Klic-N-Kut Yahoo group for today's topic. Margaret first needed to know how to get her text into a perfect circle for her scalloped frame. Then Nancy posted and asked to split the text so that half of it wouldn't be upside...
MORE Cupcake Wrappers!
I've had more response to the Cupcake Wrapper post from last fall than any other single post at this site. Thus, I'm sharing some photos and files from a very talented and generous Klic-N-Kut designer, Judy Keating. She started with my original base file and took...
Temporary Font Installation in KNK Studio
At the request of members at the Klic-N-Studio GE Yahoo group, I created a video to show you how to temporarily install a font in Windows (using either My Computer or the popular Font Thing utility program). I also then show how to get these temporary fonts into KNK...
Klic-N-Kut Mother’s Day Specials!
From now through Friday, May 22, I am offering free KNK Studio Video CD's with the purchase of the following products: Buy KNK Studio GE and receive your choice of 1 KNK Studio CD. Buy a Klic-N-Kut Groove-E and receive your choice of any 2 KNK Studio CD's. Buy a...
Importing GST and GSD Files into KNK Studio
Today I'm covering TWO topics that have been brought up by customers. The first is importing the GST template files that come with Craft Robo's RoboMaster, Silhouette RoboMaster, and Wishblade Advance 3.0. The other is importing GSD files into KNK Studio. With the GST...
Klic-N-Kut for Scrapbookers and Card Makers
In early March, I taped five segments for a PBS show called Creative Living with Sheryl Borden. The episodes with these segments will air on ~140 stations next fall however we had permission to put the segments on You Tube now. The first segment was over 10 minutes...
More Designing Tips in Klic-N-Kut Studio
The main purpose of this video is not so much about the Easter egg, but rather to illustrate a great assortment of tools and hot keys available in KNK Studio... functions you will be able to use elsewhere in your design work with this wonderful software. Some of these...
It’s Spring! Let’s Design a New Flower!
Thanks to Pam Z for requesting help in designing a particular kind of flower to cut from vinyl. As always, these requests motivate me to try new things in the software and I found a way to design a different kind of petal and then use the circular Array function to...