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Post by rattokan on May 23, 2014 1:08:21 GMT -9
I don't have a Silhouette cutting machine, but I want to make cut-files for our sets. Do I have to buy the Silhouette software to do that? Keep in mind that you are not allowed to sell the studio files with your product. You can only sell them through the silhouette store. I think selling your product and giving the studio files away for free somewhere else is the way to go. correct me if i'm wrong EDIT: the weird thing is that the license only prohibits "retail" and "reselling", the official argument behind that is: "Because the STUDIO file type is associated with the Silhouette brand, it is important that it not be associated with files that have not been approved and cannot be guaranteed by us." This would also apply to free .studio files... EDIT 2: Judging from an answer that someone else received from silhouette you cannot even do that: "Our company has no concern with individuals giving files away for free so long as it does not incorporate any image that is offered from our company and is not a licensed image to which you do not have legal permission to re-offer. It would need to be a design of your own creation. It also could not be incorporated as a “free “add-bonus for purchasing some other item since such would basically constitute the selling of the file."
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Post by rattokan on May 18, 2014 13:15:03 GMT -9
I need to cut some miniatures for which cutfiles do not exist (Imperfect Monks for example). Recently I have been experimenting what the fastest way for creating cutfiles for a page of minis would be, but I am not convinced so far. Maybe others (pblade?) can make some recommendations on this, especially for minis which have a larger safety border on the backside. Here's what I do so far:
1) open the pdf in gimp, delete regmarks and extra text. 2) select all white areas, invert selection and create a new layer whith that selection filled black. 3) delete the lower halfs of the figures. 4) select each row of upper-half-figures, copy and mirror horizontally, then align with the other half (you get it right?) 5) delete dashed cutlines between figures 6) put a black square on every corner of the page (more on that later). 7) export the black image as png 8) also import the artwork as png
9) import the black image in coreldraw (this includes walking down to the mrs' work laptop which has it installed). 10) autotrace the outline and save as dxf.
11) open the artwork png in silhouette studio. 12) open the dxf in silhouette studio. 13) copy/paste the dxf path to the artwork file. 14) resize the path to fit the page using the squares in the corners (i couldnt find a better way to get the dxf into correct scale) 15) See if everything aligns and repaint the dashed scorelines. 16) done!
THAT IS A HELL LOT OF WORK! There must be something simpler, right? I tried doing it in studio only but the tracing seems to produce polylines only which make the cutter go crazy, cutting for an hour or so (not to mention the blade wearing of)
Any hints are highly appreciated.
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Post by rattokan on May 6, 2014 2:46:10 GMT -9
They definately look great. Somebody should talk him to do backsides too
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Post by rattokan on Apr 24, 2014 22:53:03 GMT -9
Are you in any way related to Deathreaver999 or Jaynz from the WWG forum?
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