Craft Edge

Your explanation of the hinge method really makes sense. I'm going to have to play with what happens with the eCraft, which doesn't use a mat.

Thanks for the clear explanation and the tip about 100%!

Thanks Pandora and Heather. It's great having people willing to answer questions, instead of feeling isolated and overwhelmed. Though I will admit the Hinge Method sounds a bit intimidating. Sounds like I have more watching of videos and some experimentation to do. Thanks ever so much! Zebazga Oh, a...

This is a video I made about Print and Cut hints and tips... Yes! I found this myself and watched it diligently. Excellent video and I love your humor. It helped once I figured out getting the image to look good AND have the cut lines (at least I *think* I have cut lines). However, I can't get regi...

So I should not print it from another application, like Gimp. OK. I was hoping to do that. It seems I can either Place Image, which doesn't do cut lines, or I can Trace Image which I end up with the shape to cut, but it's very very slow to load if I select color, and the image seems not as crisp. I'...

Also, I seem to struggle to get the image to look good in SCAL3. Can I print in Gimp and then cut with SCAL?

Hi, I am brand new to the world of, well, all of this. Don't do scrapbooking, don't cut things, it's all greek to me. I have this project though... What I want to do is take relatively complex graphics, crop to the main object in the graphic (man holding a sword, a birdhouse in a tree, etc), print t...