An Index Of The Cricut Quick Tip Cards
Often when answering a question, I find it easier to explain with a quick visual.
Frequently, these have much longer step by step instructions in the post, or in another post, but this is the "quick version", for when you need a reminder, or just a simple explanation.
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An Index Of Quick Tip Cards
By Type
By Type
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Beginner Basics:
- How To Use System Fonts
- What Is An SVG?
- How To Upload & Use SVGS
- Use Cntrl V To Paste
- Operations - How To Cut, Draw (pens) or Print Then Cut (Printer required)
- When To Attach, Weld, & Flatten
- The New Combine Menu
- Align Features in Design Space
- Attach - To Fix Jumbled Text
- Contour - To remove extra cuts
- Slice - How To
- Use Attach Instead Of Slice
- Use Your Machine Before The Warranty Runs Out!
- How to Quickly Recut One Part Of A Design
Design Space Features
- Offset (Shadow Text) Is Now In Design Space!
- How To Move Items To Another Mat After Clicking Make It
- How To Remove The Grid Background In Design Space
- How To Use Color Sync
- How To Use More Than One Design Space Window
- Copy & Paste Between Projects
- Duplicate - How to make many copies of one item in DS
- Using The Guide Operation In Design Space
- Screenshot the Colors Panel To Keep Track Of Colors Used
- When The "Rename" Option is Missing
- How To "Fill In" with a pattern or color
- How To Easily Make Multiple Copies Of An Image In Design Space
- Images Out Of Sight -If you uploaded an image, and it appears in the layers panel but not in your work space, you probably need to fix the “position” at the top of the screen
Fonts & Text
- Copy & Paste Glyphs All At Once
- Draw Then Cut (Using pens)
- Find The Name Of A Welded Font [Original Option No Longer Works]
- Fix Weird Font Spacing In Design Space
- How To Use A Character Map For Font Glyphs
- How To Use Free Fonts
- Make A Split Monogram
- Use the Wordmark.it Website to view your fonts
- Why Is My Text Bubbling? Writing Fonts
- When Welded Text Fills In
General Tips
Print Then Cut
- Black Box Around The Image
- Close The Lid
- Enable The Printer Dialog Box For "Best Quality"
- Project Incompatible - Maximum Print Than Cut Size Is 9.25" x 6.75".
- What To Try When Cricut Cannot Read The Registration Marks
- Why Print Then Cut Is Cutting Every Letter
- How To Use Print Then Cut Without A Printer
Problem Solving
SVGS
Weeding & Transferring
- Layer small designs on the transfer tape & transfer all at once
- Reverse Weeding
- Weeding Boxes Around Small Text (You can use offset too!)
- Which Vinyl To Use
- Use Painters text to hold tiny pieces, so they don't get lost before you get them glued on
- Lazy Vinyl Weeding
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Thank you so much for all you do i have learned so much from you ,, i do have a question can you put the design space on two different computers i have mine on my laptop but some times i need it on my desk top
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ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Alison (UK)
All of this info is fantastic. Thank you soooo much. I did not know much of it and learned what I do know by watching hours of YouTube videos from a multitude of very knowledgeable YouTube influencers. Your info is clear and to the point. Thanks again.
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