Cricut Design - Need Help Understanding The Software?
admin | November 8, 2009
The Cricut Design Studio Software is a great tool, with one major draw back, it doesn’t come with a comprehensive instruction manual until now. Many Cricut design studio users have had a trouble trying to master the software. Lucky, you do not have to have the same trouble. A handy guide to Design Studio is now available online. The step by step instruction manual and video covers how to use all the features of the Cricut designstudio.
Though the software allows you to view and design with any cartridge out there, you can only use the machine with the cartridges you actually have. By designing different projects on the computer it will give you a better idea what cartridges you will want to get next. And, you can save your designs for later use. Stumped when it comes to creativity? Need some new inspiration? Check out the Cricut message boards or search the internet to view and download the cool and creative files that other Cricut Expression software users have created. This is a neat way to add different styles to your own designs, but to also get new and fresh inspiration.
You can create a design using more than one cartridge; you will just need to have all the cartridges available when you are ready to cut. You can still generate several layers for your designs, like shadows and other embellishments. The secret is to create each element on a seperate layer in the design studio software so that the Cricut cutter will know to cut these layers separately and on the vinyl, cloth or paper of your choice.
The software program has a searchable database of every shape, number or letter in the whole cartridge library, putting thousands of styles with in reach. And, Cricut offers online updates to continually add to the library collection. Also, with the tools included, you can have total control over your Cricut, allowing you to meld letters into one word, as well as to format and shape items on a virtual cutting mat before your machine even begins its work.
The Cricut and Cricut Expression die cutting machine have become an exciting essential to any crafter and scrap booker’s supply closet. With the machine’s ability to cut letters, shapes, and numbers at the touch of a button, the Cricut is a simple way to create scrapbooking pages, display boards, and even cool wall art! With the help of the Cricut Design Studio Software your machine will be even more useful and creative. The Cricut software allows you to hook your Cricut to your home computer and create countless new designs and shapes for the machine to cut, unleashing all of your creative ideas and expanding the Cricut’s abilities to whole new levels.
