This feature is included in the Designer Edition of Silhouette Studio and above 

Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition provides the ability to convert regular designs into sketch designs for drawing with a sketch pen.


NOTES:

  • All adjustments are shown live as they are made so that you don't have to guess what your image is going to look like as you adjust settings
  • Not all images are designed to be able to be converted well for sketch purposes. You may wish to re-size your image to a larger scale in order to acheive the desired result with any such images.

Sketch Feature Video


Sketch Options

To access the 'Sketch' panel, click on the Sketch icon (on right-hand toolbar)

The Sketch panel provides options as listed below.

'Sketch Fill' and 'Sketch Edge' effects can be combined to create a variety of sketched appearances for your design.

Sketch Fill effects


'Sketch Fill' effects will fill the inside of your design with a sketch pattern.



'Sketch Fill' effects include:

  • No Effect (This option will clear any current sketch fill effect)
  • Cross Hatch
  • Stripe
  • Concentric
  • Spiral
  • Zig Zag
  • Curly
  • Cross Hatch
  • Scribble
  • Charcoal


NOTE: Images with Sketch Edge effects cannot be filled with any of the other fill tools in Silhouette Studio, unless reverted back to a regular cutting image

Sketch Edge effects


'Sketch Edge' effects will create a sketch pattern out of the existing cut lines. 



'Sketch Edge' effects include:

  • No Effect (This option will clear any current sketch edge effect)
  • Plain
  • Scribble
  • Double
  • Curly
  • Rough
  • Charcoal

Release Sketch


This option will release the sketch pattern from continued alteration, regardless of how it is adjuted or resized.

Advanced Options


'Advanced Options' are found on the other tab in the Sketch panel. 

These provide options to make advanced adjustments to any of the pre-set edge or fill sketch effects. 

Advanced Edge Effects (Plain)


Advanced 'Edge Effect' options include:

  • No Effect: This option will clear any current 'Sketch Edge' effect as long as at least one 'Fill Effect' is active
  • Plain: Sets 'Sketch Edge' effect to a 'regular' line
  • Continuous
  • Width: Controls how far away the lines will be pushed away from the each other
  • Density: Determines how many series of continuous lines are present to make the edge more or less dense
  • Waver: Controls how randomly wavering the various differing series of lines appear
  • Rough
  • Stroke Length: Controls the length of each line segment
  • Width: Controls the overall width of the line segments
  • Density: Controls how loosely or tightly compacted the line segments appear
  • Splay: Controls how perpendicular line segments are in relation to the original image's line path
  • Curvature: Controls how straight line segments are in relation to the original image's line path
  • Scribble
  • Loop Separation: Determines how close each loop segment is to each other
  • Loop Size: Controls the loop size
  • Randomness: Determines whether the loops are uniform or more random in appearance
  • Density: Controls the density of the loops drawn

Advanced Fill Types


Advanced 'Fill Type' options include:

  • No Effect: This option will clear any current 'Sketch Fill' effect as long as at least one 'Sketch Edge' effect is active
  • Zigzag
  • Spacing: Controls how tightly compacted the zigzag line fill appears
  • Angle: Controls the angle of the filled zigzag lines
  • Offset: Controls how close the fill is to the outer edge of the image (can be made to extend beyond outer edge)
  • Hatch
  • Spacing: Controls how tightly compacted the hatch line fill appears
  • Angle: Controls the angle of the filled hatch lines
  • Sweep: Allows for a second set of lines to sweep accross the original set of lines (provides control for either single perpendicular lines at a 0 value or cross hatch lines as the value is raised)
  • Offset: Controls how close the fill is to the outer edge of the image (can be made to extend beyond outer edge)

Advanced Fill Effects


Advanced 'Fill Effects' include:


  • No Effect: This option will clear any Advanced Sketch effects
  • Rough
  • Stroke Length: Controls the length of each filled line segment
  • Width: Controls the overall width of the filled line segments
  • Density: Controls how loosely or tightly compacted the filled line segments appear
  • Splay: Controls how perpendicular line segments are in relation to each other
  • Curvature: Controls the curvature of the filled line segments
  • Scribble
  • Loop Separation: Determines how close each fill loop segment is to each other
  • Loop Size: Controls the fill loop size
  • Randomness: Determines whether the loops are uniform or more random in appearance
  • Density: Controls the density of the loops filling the image