Hope this helps out everyone who is new to Cricut Design Space! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below and I’ll try to answer to the best of my knowledge!ĭisclaimer: There are affiliate links in this post. In my case, I’ve uploaded a silhouette for a fish and I know that I only need it one color. I do want to let you know if your image has multiple colors you will need to upload EACH color separately. Easy as that, I’ve uploaded my OWN image into Cricut Design Space. This just means that this one image will be uploaded onto my mat in Cricut Design Space. You’ll notice that there is a green check mark on my image. I just wanted to upload one new image so I chose the “upload images” option. You can upload another image into the library or you can “insert images”. Once you’ve uploaded your image you can do one of two things.
I chose 3 simple tags, but you can do as many tags as you want. This will help you find your file later on down the road. You’ll notice, all of the white space is gone. You should have some photo that displays what.
Click on the little magic wand highlighted in green on the left hand side and begin removing the white space that you do not want cut. If you're referring to the photo being imported with the file to show what the file looks like, that should be happening when you import a file (see above post for how to do that). Right now, if I was to leave it as is it would cut a big rectangle. This is where you will remove all the white space that you do not want cut. Once you click on “continue to step 2” this screen will appear. In my case, my image is VERY simple, so I selected “Simple Image”. Then, select what type of image quality best matches the image you just uploaded. I got this image from USF.Edu I have an upcoming project that involves a lot of these beauties! Next, select “browse” and choose the image you want to import into Cricut Design Space. This is the screen you will get when you select that option. Then on the left hand side bar select “Insert Image”. gif image files as well as vector images, including. Once your logged into Cricut Design Space, select “start a new project”. Design Space gives you the ability to upload your own images and converts them. It is super easy and in less than a minute you’ll have an image uploaded, stored in your library, and ready to cut! You can drag & drop your file here, but I prefer to click the browse button. Next, click on the button that says upload image. On the left hand side, click on the upload icon.
This should open a brand new, blank canvas. Once you’re in Design Space, click on new project. And an even cooler feature is that you can now upload your own images! Today, I’m going to walk you through a very basic tutorial on how to upload your own images in Cricut Design Space. How to import SVG files into Cricut Design Space. **This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking through my links.Back in January I shared Everything You Need to Know About the New Cricut Explore™. One of the really cool features about the new Cricut Explore is that it comes with Cricut Design Space for free. What will you use your newfound design knowledge to create first? If you’re interested in learning how to design your own print then cut files, be sure to stay tuned! I’ve got another tutorial in the works to teach you just that. Now that you know how to make your own amazing svg files, you’re ready to conquer the die cut world! Well, at least most of it.
Being able to create your own, unique cut files opens up a whole new world of possibilities! Since this was 98% of the reason I bought a Cricut in the first place (the other 2% being that I’ve just always thought they were awesome), I made sure to learn how to turn my design ideas into svg files and now I’d like to pass this knowledge on to you! This is something I’ve been doing almost non-stop ever since I purchased my Cricut Explore Air™. I think it’s about time for a new Designs By Miss Mandee tutorial, don’t you? Today’s lesson is one that all my crafty designers are going to love! Find out how to make svg cut files for Cricut and Silhouette.