Craft Edge

Real New here - haven't even got my CD to load yet - couple more days

My question is - if I was to purchase svg files - would I be able to just cut them out on my cricut ?? or is it something I would have to use Inkscapes to convert and do a lot of fancy stuff to it first. I don't want to start out with real hard stuff and get myself all confused (Easily done -- but I found some designs I absolutly love and it says svg files - would like to know before I go out and purchase them ..

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

you should be able to import the svg files as they are, all depends on whether they have layers or not....
Karen

svg files are from myscrapchick

snowmen
elves

but I love them all.....


wvcathy

oh my gosh. i didn't understand any of that. maybe i should get ds instead of scal. i am so confused.

IF you have SCAL you import your svgs straight into that into there no need to use inkscape unless you want to modify the image you are going to cut...

NutSew wrote:oh my gosh. i didn't understand any of that. maybe i should get ds instead of scal. i am so confused.

SCAL is much better than DS, since you can create designs to cut out, or use designs created by other folks (including everything shared on this forum). It just sounds complicated because it's new to you.

SVG is simply the file type that is used by SCAL, such as filename.svg. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics and is like saying BMP or JPEG.

In SCAL, there are 2 ways of doing things, either OPENING a file that is already a SCUT file (such as something you saved or something someone else made - SCUT is the file type SCAL creates when you save a project) OR you can IMPORT a svg file. Which just involves clicking the SVG button in SCAL, choosing the file you want and then it opens in SCAL. Very, very simple and no more difficult than DS.

Once you get the hang of SCAL, you can then create your own designs in inkscape, which is a free graphics program that will make SVG files for you. Or you can use any program that can create SVG files, such as Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator, if you already have them. Even if you don't want to learn inkscape, there are nice folks here that are usually willing to help out and make designs.

But the best part of SCAL is that you are NOT tied down to buying cartridges and only using what Provocraft makes for you. You can do anything you want.