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HELP! I am getting so FRUSTRATED

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:07 pm
by optotecha
I am a new Sure Cuts A Lot User. I was looking for spaghetti & Meatballs for a scrapbook page. Someone pointed me in the right direction to an .svg file which I downloaded and was able to cut with SCAL. However a friend had a image that looked like it would be a little more cutting friendly - not as many fine lines. She created an .svg file in Illustrator and emailed it to me. I can't import it into SCAL. All that shows up is a red outline of a box with nothing inside. I have since downloaded Inkscape and when I import the .svg file into Inskape - the image shows up, but what do I do from there? I can't for the life of me get it into SCAL. Always an empty red box!

Re: HELP! I am getting so FRUSTRATED

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:08 pm
by Tingha Treasures
dont dispair post the file here for somebody to take a look at

Re: HELP! I am getting so FRUSTRATED

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:15 pm
by optotecha
ok here is the image:

Re: HELP! I am getting so FRUSTRATED

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:28 pm
by Tingha Treasures
it doesnt appear to be an SVG file, did someone change it from a jpg to a svg for you?
I think and someone may correct me they did a trace and deleted the wrong layer!

Re: HELP! I am getting so FRUSTRATED

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:42 pm
by optotecha
Yes, they changed it from a .jpg to .svg in Illustrator. I finally figured it out though. I thought you could import an image into Inkscape and then just save it as an .svg

That doesn't work - I figured out from a video from dan99 that you need to go to "Path" and then to "Trace Bitmap" and I followed his instructions and it worked!!!!!!! I am happy!

Thank you for helping!!

Re: HELP! I am getting so FRUSTRATED

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:43 pm
by Tingha Treasures
no worries :D