Not all files that you can cut with your machine are SVG files. But SVG files are by far the easiest to work with, and should always be what you choose for a cut project.
An SVG is a "Scalable, Vector, Graphic". When you upload an svg to design space, you can resize it as much as you want without it distorting. Or "Vector graphics are computer graphics images that are defined in terms of points on a Cartesian plane, which are connected by lines and curves to form polygons and other shapes. ".
An svg will never be a photo in a facebook comment. You may find a link in the facebook comment, which shows a preview of the svg, but that preview is not your svg. (facebook is not capable of displaying actual svg files in comments) Click on the link, go to the site, and download the svg, for the best results. (Often on apple devices if you click on a facebook link it will not open. You may need to open Safari, and then copy and paste the link.)
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| NOT an svg - If you see the options, on the left to "select and erase", you are not working with an svg. |
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| Not All Images That Will Cut Are An SVG |
- It is not a comment on a facebook post. Although those may be (MAY) images you can copy and upload into design space, using the tools to clean them up to cut them - they are NOT svgs. Frequently these images are stolen from designers, and distributed in facebook groups as "free svgs" or an "svg dump". If we, just for a moment, ignore the morality of this practice, we are still left with the fact that this is not an svg.
- It is not a zip file. One of the most common mistakes when trying to use free svgs is attempting to upload the zip file to Design Space. When an svg comes as a zip file, which they frequently do, you will need to unzip the file first, then upload just the svg. There's a full "how to", including how to see thumbnails of SVG files here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/01/how-to-download-install-svg-to-design.html
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