tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.comments2024-01-02T01:16:03.962-07:00Cat Scrap FeverAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711878043929876364noreply@blogger.comBlogger511125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-59206393377196445432016-01-18T10:54:35.884-07:002016-01-18T10:54:35.884-07:00I just want to say thank you. I do read the commen...I just want to say thank you. I do read the comments and I actually found my answer there. OMG!! I am so excited!!MarcMekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396417216994112208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-57879494755552265892015-10-31T15:44:30.609-06:002015-10-31T15:44:30.609-06:00Hi, I'm not sure if how old some of these comm...Hi, I'm not sure if how old some of these comment are but I really need some help. I have done some of my own designs in Silhouette Designer, I use a lot of none solid lines and can't use this system or any other I've found as it degrades the image to much. I really need to understand the hack for PC to change the files I've created in to SVG so I can use them as I need to get them cut commercially now.<br /><br />Thanks for any help<br /><br />PS sorry if I've posted this twice, I seem to be having issues saving it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208151973115199176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-51761543773759631902015-08-10T09:49:45.291-06:002015-08-10T09:49:45.291-06:00if it shows 0.00 make sure your object/image is se...if it shows 0.00 make sure your object/image is selected.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510311877539639396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-12632880141312890572015-04-07T04:25:24.867-06:002015-04-07T04:25:24.867-06:00Don and Cat, is this still the best way to change ...Don and Cat, is this still the best way to change large numbers of files quickly? (I have the latest version of their software) I would like not to have touch each file individually.<br /><br />ThanksMySilverLininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939772927035229940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-87427362304216929152015-04-01T12:29:32.206-06:002015-04-01T12:29:32.206-06:00Helpful hint for those on a mac that end up with g...Helpful hint for those on a mac that end up with gridlines when printing to a pdf.<br /><br />Steps for a MAC: Macs do not need Bullzip because we have the print to pdf capabilities.<br />1. When you go to print, select 'open pdf in preview'<br />2. This pdf will have gridlines in it. Go to 'File' and 'Export'<br />3. Export the file as PNG<br />4. Re-open the file in Preview- and voila! Gridlines are gone. Then you can re-save as a pdf or whatnot, or just use the png file as is.<br />5. Then you can use inkscape (yes, it's compatible on a mac if you also download XQuartz)<br />You can also watch this video which taught me how to do it: https://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/ssprintables/ (last video on page)Molly S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-86263714535995015912015-03-25T18:37:23.863-06:002015-03-25T18:37:23.863-06:00@ Don Macaroni
I must apologize for my earlier rea...@ Don Macaroni<br />I must apologize for my earlier reaction. I was not in a good mood the day I read your comment. It rubbed me the wrong way at the time, but that was just over-reacting on my part. I meant to delete my comment, but didn't get back to it in time. <br /><br />The balloon file is a Silhouette Studio file that I can't give to you, but you can get it if you download their software and install it. I read about "hacking" the files the way you describe before, but I didn't want to put a lot of technical stuff that some may not be comfortable doing. I'm going to give your method a try and if I can get it work for me then maybe I can figure out a batch script to convert the 2000+ files I have in Silhouette Studio.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711878043929876364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-12132718880654007332015-03-19T11:35:36.252-06:002015-03-19T11:35:36.252-06:00Hi Cat, sorry for the "ridiculous" word,...Hi Cat, sorry for the "ridiculous" word, did not mean to offend you. Just wanted to point out that converting a vector source file to a pixel file, and then making it vector again seems a little complicated and not 100% precise. I have a sign company with a lot of machinery and understand the file handling of these machines pretty good, so no issues there.<br />I actually bumped onto your blog because I made a design for somebody and lost the original file. After trying your instructions I discovered that you were actually converting to pixel and back and figured that was not precise enough for me - I needed the original file. So your blog actually lead to me digging a little deeper and discovering what I needed, so thanks for that.<br />I see the balloon sample in your blog is also vector and I would love to find out if these can be converted similar as the .svg file I did. Is this a file from the Silhouette website? Or can you send it to me?<br />The idea of the blog is to exchange ideas and discoveries and to help each other out. Again, was never my intention to undermine you or insult you in any way.Don Macaronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294816494394876757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-37148068093856256572015-02-24T17:04:02.586-07:002015-02-24T17:04:02.586-07:00@Don Macaroni. I think you have missed the point o...@Don Macaroni. I think you have missed the point of this tutorial. We are trying to take the studio file - ie the .studio format that is unusable in any other software other than Silhouette Studio - and make it into a file format that can then be opened or imported into other graphic editing software that can then save the file as a file type such as svg that can be used in other software - such as Make the Cut or Sure Cuts a Lot. These files are not imported svg files - why would anyone suggest that you import a vector file only to make it into a rasterized file to just turn around and make it into a svg file. I'm not sure if you're familiar at all with electronic cutting machines, but I suggest you read the tutorial before telling the creator (me) that its "ridiculous".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711878043929876364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-14329530458500921602015-02-23T09:25:38.737-07:002015-02-23T09:25:38.737-07:00Keep reading if you want your original vector file...Keep reading if you want your original vector file back, without tracing...<br /><br />Sorry for being the critic here, but what you are doing is exporting a flawless vector document into a pixel document and then tracing it? This is plain ridiculous. The files in your library are on your hard drive and are in vector format (if you imported a vector svg file that is). It is very easy to hack these back to svg. Here's how (doing OSX here, but I imagine Windows is the same except for the file location):<br /><br />Look up the folder where Silhouette saves your library. On OSX this is '/Library/Application Support/com.aspexsoftware.Silhouette_Studio.8/Library02/'. There you'll see a folder with a name that contains a lot of numbers. This 'number name' is probably different for everybody. Open it. In that folder you see again a bunch of folders named as numbers. Now here's the trick to find the folder your design is in. Check in Silhouette how many files are in, for example, 'My Own Designs' (if your design is there). If you have for example 30 designs in there, you need to look for the folder that contains 31 files (as there is 1 file called dir in each folder + the amount of designs). All file names are numbers, so you need to check one by one probably. Anyway, here's the magic. If you imported these files as vector SVG, they still are SVG. But you need to 'hack' it a little. Copy the file to your desktop, to leave the original folder untouched. Open the file in TextEdit (I used BBEdit) and remove "silhouettelibrary02 κ" from the code (make sure the code starts with ). Also scroll down and remove everything after the "" tag. Convert the filetype to "UTF-8" and save it with the .svg extension. Now you have a perfect vector SVG file you can open in Illustrator. Without the need to trace it...<br />Don Macaronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294816494394876757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-10144720384395819982014-12-06T12:31:55.272-07:002014-12-06T12:31:55.272-07:00Thank you so much for a great tutorial.... I will ...Thank you so much for a great tutorial.... I will be trying it very soon :)Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013369245829515002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-88668292099322574542014-08-21T18:35:19.822-06:002014-08-21T18:35:19.822-06:00Thanks for the clear instructions. Worked perfectl...Thanks for the clear instructions. Worked perfectly for me!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878842326866837064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-61471826538992715912014-08-03T08:55:00.776-06:002014-08-03T08:55:00.776-06:00Fabulous! I did not know about bullzip. That is ...Fabulous! I did not know about bullzip. That is a timesaver. Thank you for posting.CeliseCraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993628618130339924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-17499278374964371072014-05-20T19:25:02.637-06:002014-05-20T19:25:02.637-06:00I was also having the issue with the gridlines whe...I was also having the issue with the gridlines when printing to xps viewer. However, I noticed when I double clicked on the document the gridlines went away...potentially a work around for others...Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-30630985408344632342014-05-15T16:40:28.428-06:002014-05-15T16:40:28.428-06:00Hello!
I was hoping you knew of a bull zip version...Hello!<br />I was hoping you knew of a bull zip version for MAC?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083423370446399002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-54373992781065574012014-05-15T16:39:27.750-06:002014-05-15T16:39:27.750-06:00Hello!
I was wondering if there was a bull zip ve...Hello!<br /><br />I was wondering if there was a bull zip version for MAC?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083423370446399002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-60434777808128496662014-05-08T16:09:15.202-06:002014-05-08T16:09:15.202-06:00Thanks so much for the tutorial. I found it lookin...Thanks so much for the tutorial. I found it looking for a way to convert my silhouette images into something I could use on a digital scrapbooking layout in photoshop. I was able to convert the images to a PNG and open them up in photoshop which was great. But for some reason they came in with a white background instead of transparent. This isn't a huge deal because I can get rid of the white background, I'm just not sure why it was there. But I feel like the edges of my shapes are pretty rough instead of being smooth, even though I upped the dpi to 600 like you recommended and even tried it at 1200. It was still very rough. Is that just how it will be or is there a way to get smoother lines when I export shapes?tamisuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831783333143341069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-51733809006114057602014-05-08T15:59:39.427-06:002014-05-08T15:59:39.427-06:00Thanks for this tutorial. I am actually wanting to...Thanks for this tutorial. I am actually wanting to export some of my purchased silhouette designs to use on digital scrapbooking layouts in photoshop. I was able to do this following these instructions, but for some reason even though I was turning it into a .png it still came in with a white background instead of transparent when I opened it in photoshop. That's not a huge deal because I can get rid of the background in photoshop. But I feel like my shapes have rough edges instead of smooth lines even though I upped the dpi to 600 like you recommended. Any thoughts on this?tamisuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831783333143341069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-30813756897995390612014-03-19T20:54:01.926-06:002014-03-19T20:54:01.926-06:00Just found this and I think it's going to be a...Just found this and I think it's going to be a time saver for sure! I followed the steps by I'm only getting part of my design when I open in inscape? It's showing the fill design in Silhouette so it's just when I open in the other. Thanks in advance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-75260233517878972412014-03-07T16:03:25.193-07:002014-03-07T16:03:25.193-07:00I have a question about the gridlines, too. I hav...I have a question about the gridlines, too. I have them turned off (they DO NOT show up on in studio) but if I try and print it or get it into inkscape, there they are. I have tried turning EVERYTHING off, but they keep showing up.kim91262https://www.blogger.com/profile/10856157305229263185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-13153740579854986942014-03-06T03:51:57.227-07:002014-03-06T03:51:57.227-07:00Hi, I have the same problem. It just shows 0.000.....Hi, I have the same problem. It just shows 0.000..... Hope you can help, thanks :)Lisbeth Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937784910870768939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-51610944333206478962014-02-23T19:48:22.658-07:002014-02-23T19:48:22.658-07:00Thank you so much. This tut is such a big help. I ...Thank you so much. This tut is such a big help. I actually converted a file. Didn't think I could ever do that.Bobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879257565094944211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-33208023057495336972014-02-16T07:34:11.847-07:002014-02-16T07:34:11.847-07:00Thanks this has been of enormous help to me and so...Thanks this has been of enormous help to me and sorted out a .studio file that I couldn't access...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587143084110425888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-82809639999019627372014-01-09T16:02:51.661-07:002014-01-09T16:02:51.661-07:00Thank you so much! Your tutorial really is a great...Thank you so much! Your tutorial really is a great help :).goodgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478836936520908804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-40171590048889618822014-01-05T16:08:16.583-07:002014-01-05T16:08:16.583-07:00Hi,
I'm having some trouble with step 10 of th...Hi,<br />I'm having some trouble with step 10 of the guide, when I go into the move tab the two figures under 'Move corner to' are 0.000. I have tried restarting the software but it still shows the same figure. Hope you can help! Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25847036.post-77930328415936023532014-01-05T13:52:46.279-07:002014-01-05T13:52:46.279-07:00@ Miroslaw Horaczko
In inkscape, you have the op...@ Miroslaw Horaczko <br /><br />In inkscape, you have the option to either export or save as (can't remember and I don't have inkscape installed anymore) as a dxf file. If you have Illustrator, you can export your trace as a dxf file.<br /><br />HTH...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711878043929876364noreply@blogger.com