When is a circle not a circle? when its a scollop. Sorry!
When I first registered for canvas I didn’t think much of it, after having used Inkscape and Silhouette Studio which have far more functions and options, I felt canvas was very limited.
But I have to say after playing with it now for a few weeks and posting my videos on youtube I can see that it does have a bit more about it than I first thought. Its not just a conversion tool for converting SVG files into ScanNCut files.
Yes I would love more functions and there may well be hidden things I have not found yet but today I decided to play around with circles again. In the screen shot below you will see all the different shapes I was able to make from a humble circle, all these were made just by using the weld, divide, remove overlap, and subtract icons that are in the software.
I was able to make great toppers and cards Ive coloured them in so that hopefully you can see them better and don’t forget we can make these any size we like which is the beauty of having an electronic cutting machine.
So have a play if you click some buttons and things don’t turn out as you were expecting hit the undo button, that is my favourite button in most software. See what you can make try different shapes let me know how you get on.
The two designs top right would cut in several small parts but if you then place those inside another circle you can get yet another shape. So many options to play around with.
Here they are cut out I reduced them in size to just under 3 inches, not sure what to do with them yet I may make them into a little gift set.
We are getting into Easter mode in my house at the moment, not eating eggs yet! But lots of cards being made one way or another.
This card I designed in Scan n cut Canvas and I think it’s turned out ok.
The card is from the Papermill I think it’s about 240gsm and I cut it on the regular mat blade4, pressure3, speed5
Ive received a couple of comments and read on the internet that people don’t understand how to download cutting files from ScanNCut Canvas online to a USB stick.
So I’ve made two videos.
Part 1 shows how to name, save and download a cutting file to a usb stick. Part 2 shows how to locate the USB stick and cutting files on the ScanNCut machine.
Brother have produced a list of USB sticks that they know are compatible with their machine, but if you have a USB that is not on the list, try it anyway you may find that it works. I think it would be impossible for Brother to test all the USB sticks that are on the market.
Ive created a link to it here in Dropbox Brother USB Compatibility List
I hope you find them helpful.
Part 1
Part 2