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…

VinylCut 5 Software Where to Find and Add Those Special Font Characters, Step by Step Video

In typography, a dingbat is an ornament, a glyph or spacer used in typesetting, often employed to create box frames or as a dinkus. In other words it's those special characters and symbols that one often needs but don't know where…

VinylCut 5 Naming and Renaming Layers for a Professional Workflow, Step by Step Video

Proper naming of layers and groups can speed up your workflow, save your time and storage space. On top of all your files will look professional, your files will be easy to work with within some group and ready to distribute them…

VinylCut 5 Setting the Visibility of Layers and How to Lock Them, Step by Step Video

One of the principle advantages of using layers is the ability to toggle the visibility of specific layers, turning some off and others on. As to Locking Layers it will lock the position and prevent it from being moved or edited.…

VinylCut 5 the Layers Panel Moving and the Arranging of Layers, Step by Step Video

The stacking order of layers, like most things layers are arranged along the z-axis in order of top to bottom in VinylCut. Multiple layers are useful especially in situations where objects in one layer overlap with objects in another…

Styling Shapes In VinylCut 5 to Have Border Shadows or Being Blocked out

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From border shadows to blockouts, this shape styling feature is a great and easy way to do just that. With this feature being non destructive you can easily change the properties or select a new style at any stage. This feature is…

VinylCut 5 How One Can Weld Shapes and Text Non-Destructively, Step by Step Video Guide

Have you ever cut your vinyl and ended up with your design cut into more shapes than needed? Now with the Non destructive Welding feature you able to have your final design cut into fewer shapes,while being able to still edit the…

VinylCut 5 Favorites Library Benefits to Adding a Font to it, Step by Step Video Guide

Have you like me wasted lots of time going through all your fonts looking for those same ones you keep on using? Now with the Favorite Font Library in VinylCut 5 one can simple isolate all the favorite fonts with one simple click,…