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VinylCut 5 Locking and Unlocking to Control Your Workflow, Step by Step Video Guide

Are you having difficulty moving layers without moving the wrong layer instead? Not only will this feature help you not to move the wrong layers, it will also help you prevent parts of your designs that is final to be edited or m…

VinylCut 5 Control what You See and Don’t See in Your Project File, Step by Step Video

This is a great feature if you have a large project with many layers, and you keep feeling a bit lost. Like the Locking and Unlocking feature the Show and Hide Layers and Shapes will prevent unwanted editing on them, but not only…

VinylCut 5 Software the How to on Duplicating and Deleting Layers, Step by Step Video

At times it can be useful to create an exact duplicate of an existing layer, or remove a specific layer. Duplicating Layers is a great way to save a lot of time in production when making assets, and to be able to delete layers will…

VinylCut 5 Software Benefits to Temporarily Install Fonts, Step by Step Video Guide

One of the main reasons that you might want to temporarily load fonts is the time it takes starting up a program that has a 1000 + fonts installed. The reality of most designers is that they have more fonts then what's needed, and…

VinylCut 5 Software the Type on Arch Text Tool Feature Options, Step by Step Video Guide

Like most text type tools the name says it all, to type on an Arch is one of those classic must know skills. This tool is ideal if you would like a string of text going around a circle or even perhaps inside it.There's so many great…

VinylCut 5 Software the Text Tools Vertical Type Feature Option, Step by Step Video Guide

The text tool is one of the most powerful tools in your toolbox because it opens the door to a multitude of pre-designed font libraries. These font libraries allow you to create graphical versions of letters using pre-designed formats The…

VinylCut 5 Software Dragging and Adding Shapes to Your Mat, Step by Step Video Guide

The shapes tool is the building block of most great designs, you have to start somewhere. Being able to manipulate these set of shapes is more then just a starting point, one will find them self using these more and more as you gain…

VinylCut 5 Software Zooming and Moving the Mat (Cutting Area), Step by Step Video Guide

Being able to zoom in on design and navigating the mate is much needed for a fast workflow and detailed design. Zooming in allows you to work on those finer details or pulling out a bit to have an overview of the final design. Then…

VinylCut 5 Software Customizing Your Mat Grid and Cutting Area, Step by Step Video Guide

If you going to be working on any precise or custom measurement it is always good to know how to setup a custom grid. The mat grid combined with the workspace alpha option allows you to make accurate designs,and at the same time ensuring…

VinylCut 5 Change Your Mat Size (Cutting Area) and Orientation, Step by Step Video Guide

Being able to set the size and change the orientation the mat is used for making accurate final designs. Setting the size allows you to work from small design to large ones, and orientating your mat by setting it to landscape or portrait…

VinylCut 5 Understand Projects, Pages Concept and User Case, Step by Step Video Guide

VinylCut 5 project files are designed so that one can work on larger projects while keeping everything in one universal place, and pages represent virtual cutting mats. This is useful if your overall design will have multiple layers…

VinylCut 5 Software Paste in Place for Accurate Vector Editing, Step by Step Video Guide

To have a normal paste and then a paste in place one could ask why have two separate option that does nearly the same thing? Well a very common and rather frustrating problem in vector based programs is to have multiple object laying…

VinylCut 5 Software Basic Cut, Copy and Paste Operations, Step by Step Video Guide

Here is how to use three of the most used functions in most programs, the Cut, Copy and Paste. To be able to cut or copy already made things to the memories clipboard and then paste then again,is a great way to save you time and effort…

VinylCut 5 Importing SVG File Format Graphics What to Know About it, Step by Step Video

Being able to import SVG file formats is a great feature if you making the designs in another program. Programs like Adobe Illustrator and InkScape are great at making vector graphics, so to have the import option you now able to…

VinylCut 5 Software Ins and Outs on Importing PDF File Format Graphics, Step by Step Video

With so many artist and companies using PDF's these days, being able to import them is a must. The great thing about transporting your designs as PDF's is that they support multiple pages, so no more need to import lots of graphic…

VinylCut 5 Exporting SVG File Format Graphics Good Things to Know About it, Step by Step Video

Being able to export SVG file formats is a great feature if you sending the designs in another cuter program from VinylCut 5. With this type of workflow you are now able to first get your graphics print and cut ready before exporting…

VinylCut 5 Software Being Able to Export Photos and Images, Step by Step Video Guide

Want to show off your designs on social networks or just create a database of samples for all your project files. The ability to export files as bmp, jpg, png or tiff files now mean that you are able to have a sample of your design…

VinylCut 5 Software the Workspace Management (Part 2) GUI Overview Video Mini-Series

Vinylcut is vector based design program ideal for graphical shaped designs.A understanding of the workspace is always a bonus to a fast work environment.Making a custom workspace can seem like a difficult task at first, But it is actually…

VinylCut 5 Software Open Path Fonts and Where Can You Find Them at, Step by Step Video

OPF Open Path Fonts are one of those hard to find font formats, but great for a more hand written styles. They are single path based as to the classic font types that does a outline cut of the font, something to keep in mind. Yes…

VinylCut 5 Software the Type on Path Tools Ins and Outs, an In-depth Look at the Text Tool

To create text that follows a specific shape it is important to first understand what a path is. A path can be defined as any line or shape made with the various tools offered in VinylCut 5,For example, using the pen tool to create…

VinylCut 5 Software the Preview Fonts Feature an In-depth Look, Step by Step Video Guide

The VinylCut 5 Font Preview Feature is a great time saving tool that gives you the chance to see your text in hundreds of unique fonts. Choose your favorite Font and demo it before you add it to the mat, this is a great way to filter…

VinylCut 5 Software Tracing an Image A Few Good Rules to Know, Step by Step Video

When it comes to the Trace Image Tool there are a few rules that if you follow them you up your chances to a great trace. Most of these rules one will find very often in the design and art directions, as the more simple and readable…

VinylCut 5 Software the Text to Path How Does One Change it, Step by Step Video Guide

There are three main ways to convert your text to path shapes, which one is the best for you? One thing to always keep in mind when converting text to path shapes, and that is that you will not be able to convert it back to text.…

VinylCut 5 the Path Front Minus Back and Back Minus Front, Step by Step Video Guide

Removing path shapes from the fornt or back layer to make interesting border shapes and designs. This is a great way to first make a shape design that you would like to cut-out on a card or vinyl. With the option to choose ether the…