Kamis, 16 Mei 2013

Tutorial - Lifted Letters On A Silhouette

A few weeks dorsum I posted this projection for my This is Me album. I got a lot of feedback as well as quite a few people asked how it was done. I endure had a endangerment to sit down downwardly as well as move upwards this tutorial for everyone who asked.  I'm sad I wasn't able to job a video, I'm sure it would get got been easier for you lot but I've never made 1 hence I'll exactly tell you lot stride past times stride amongst photos.

Here's a await at my master piece, posted dorsum inward April.  Again, completely inspired past times How About Orange's master watch that she did past times manus that you lot tin run into here.


First allow me say, I past times no agency desire to imply that this is the exclusively way to croak well-nigh doing this amongst a reckoner as well as a Silhouette Cameo, its exactly the way I got it to move amongst the software that I ain as well as amongst my science degree associated amongst both items. It's possible that if you lot had the Designer Silhouette Cameo software it powerfulness live easier, the same goes for different graphics program.  The exclusively matter I tin nation was it did accept me a few hours to figure it all out as well as brand the cuts every bit build clean every bit I could larn them. I'm happy amongst how it turned out as well as I'm happy to portion amongst you lot the steps if you lot desire to endeavor it yourself.

I'm using Photoshop Elements ix as well as Silhouette Studio Release 2.7.18 for this tutorial.

1. Create a novel document inward PSE the size you lot would like, mine is 8.5"x8.5" as well as brand sure the background is transparent. Type your phrase or quote inward the size you lot desire using the font you lot want. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 prissy direct border font is best, this is Novecento Wide Bold that How About Orange recommended inward her post, my size shown hither is 79 pt.



 2.  Next you'll desire to add together a stroke outline to the font, select Layer, Layer Style, Style Settings



3.  Select Stroke as well as alter the size to five px as well as the coloring to black.



4.  Next you'll demand to alter the coloring of your text to white hence the stroke outline shows. Select your text layer,

 

5.  over on the bottom left side, select the coloring changer as well as brand sure White is on top, click okay through the prompts

 

6.  You should get got a nicely outlined batch of text



7.  You tin at in 1 trial delete the background layer. Select it on the layer pallet, right click as well as select delete layer.



8.  You volition at in 1 trial get got the text layer on a transparent background past times itself. You'll desire to Simplify the Text Layer for the side past times side steps. Right click as well as select Simplify Layer.



9.  The side past times side stride is to delete the white expanse from the Text area. Select your text layer inward the layer pallet as well as on the left side, click on the eraser as well as select the magic eraser tool.


10.  Click the white expanse exclusively of each missive of the alphabet removing the white parts.


 
11.  You'll live left amongst the stroke outline only.



12.  For the side past times side steps zoom inward closely on the text.



13.  On the left side select the Rectangle Marquee Tool


14.  Click downwardly as well as drag the areas of the stroke outline that demand to live removed.  Remember nosotros don't desire to cutting everything, nosotros exclusively desire parts of the letters cut


15. Select the expanse of the missive of the alphabet to live removed as well as hitting delete.


16. Repeat this stride for every letter.


17.  Here is what my finished slice looks similar afterwards my deletions.


18.  You'll desire to salve this at in 1 trial every bit a .jpg file to your computer.  You'll as well as hence opened upwards your Silhouette Studio software, navigate to where its saved brand sure to select exhibit all files as well as opened upwards your .jpg file.


19. Now nosotros demand to draw it, select the blueish draw push on the upper right manus corner.



20. Select the draw area


21. I establish the settings that worked best were to first turn off the High Pass Filter, as well as suit the threshold to 42%.  Any higher as well as the lines croak jagged.  You may demand to play amongst this a few times to dial inward the right seat out for your font alternative as well as size if different.



22. Once it's traced you lot tin take your .jpg file to the side.

 
23.  Now you lot could for sure halt hither as well as cutting as well as you lot would live fine but I establish that what was happening amongst my draw was it traced all the way unopen to my business as well as non exactly the line. Here is where I struggled the most amongst this, it took me awhile to notice out that the software cannot portion the way I wanted it also as well as must draw amongst a circular motion important the lines must start as well as halt as well as bring together together.  You cannot get got a cutting business that has an opened upwards outset as well as an opened upwards end.  I did cutting my file at this betoken as well as it looked okay, at that spot was exactly a gap betwixt the edges of the letters as well as it didn't get got quite the same touching on every bit the master piece.


24. Therefore if you lot desire what appears to live a unmarried cutting business you lot demand to edit the points. What you'll demand to job is select the text expanse as well as and hence on the left side at the top, click on the edit points button.  Once you lot job you lot run into all these piffling dots on your lines.



25. This takes some fourth dimension but you'll demand to croak betoken past times betoken as well as pinch them together basically.



26. Here you lot tin run into where I started moving the lines together on the move past times of the D. The middle of the letters is much easier since at that spot are 2 distinct lines you lot tin exactly erase one.


27. By clicking on the right manus side, delete betoken as well as croak on to job that until the business is gone.



28. Here you lot tin run into my letters amongst the lines pinched together.  There are clearly 2 lines nonetheless but they volition live to a greater extent than snug as well as less of a gap betwixt them when it's cut.


29. At this betoken you lot are cook to cutting as well as gently curvature your pieces dorsum to job the fold.

I promise this helps, if you lot get got whatsoever questions delight allow me know.

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