{"id":808648,"date":"2023-03-28T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/?p=805535"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T19:28:27","slug":"create-svg-cricut-wacom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/create-svg-cricut-wacom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an SVG for Cricut Design Space with Wacom"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-808843 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Michaels-logo2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Michaels and Wacom\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Michaels-logo2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Michaels-logo2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Michaels-logo2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Whether you\u2019re planning some DIY, crafting, or decorating, Michael\u2019s is your go-to. Now, level up your design skills as you prep for your next project by using a Wacom tablet! Whether you\u2019re ideating a pattern for sewing, designing a card for an upcoming holiday, or creating assets for other crafters to utilize, Wacom is a great partner \u2014 and <a title=\"Michaels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.michaels.com\/search?q=wacom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wacom products are now available at Michaels.com<\/a>. <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>In the <a title=\"Heather Cash Video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mHIh6V09WE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video below<\/a>, crafter and creator <a title=\"Heather Cash website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heathercash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heather Cash<\/a> shows you how you can get started on some papercraft by using her Wacom One to design a single-color SVG for use with a Cricut cutting machine!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Check out the video or read on for a text-based explanation. And stay tuned; this is the first in a series of videos and posts exploring how Wacom, Cricut, and Michaels can work together to make your papercraft the best its ever been!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Wacom + Cricut - Single Color SVG in Affinity Designer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0mHIh6V09WE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hi, my name is Heather, and today I\u2019m going to show you how to create a single color \u201cSVG\u201d file for Cricut, in <a title=\"Affinity Designer software\" href=\"https:\/\/affinity.serif.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Affinity Designer<\/a> software, using a <a title=\"?utm_source=community&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=wtc-community\" href=\"https:\/\/estore.wacom.com\/en-US\/wacom-one-dtc133w0a.html?utm_source=community&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=wtc-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wacom One pen display<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to create your own SVGs for the Cricut is a great skill to have. When you create your own drawings, you own the copyright \u2014 so you can use them for your projects, or sell them online, without having to worry about copyright infringement. Keep in mind that this only applies to your own original artwork &amp; characters \u2014 in other words, you can\u2019t draw a Disney character, for example, and put it up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>For our first tutorial, I\u2019ll be showing you how to create a single-color SVG.<\/p>\n<h3>What is an SVG?<\/h3>\n<p>SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. The basic benefit of them is you can scale them as big or as small as you\u2019d like without ever losing detail or getting a pixelated image. These are the type of files you\u2019ll be working with if you\u2019re using a Cricut cutting machine, which is why we\u2019re creating them in this tutorial.<\/p>\n<h3>Setup &amp; Software<\/h3>\n<p>I have my Wacom tablet all set up here, and if you\u2019d like to see how I connected it to my MacBook Pro, check out my <a title=\"Unboxing video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IBZ0etObJKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">unboxing &amp; setup video<\/a>. I\u2019m going to be using Affinity Designer, because the <a title=\"Wacom software bundles\" href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/en-us\/software\/wacom-software-bundles-your-one-stop-guide-to-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wacom One pen display comes with a 90-day free trial<\/a> of the software. I love Affinity Designer because it\u2019s like Adobe Illustrator, but rather than having to pay every single month, you just pay for it once and then you always have it!<\/p>\n<h3>Create document<\/h3>\n<p>First we\u2019ll create a new document. Size doesn\u2019t really matter, because vector files can be scaled to any size. You can just choose Letter, for example, and click Create. Next we\u2019ll drop in our sketch. I drew mine on paper and then took a picture with my phone. If you\u2019d like to follow along, <a title=\"Krabby\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heathercash.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/02\/crabby-sketch.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here\u2019s a link to the sketch<\/a>. Next choose File \u2192 Place, and click Open, then click and drag to make the sketch whatever size you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-808844\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-1-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-1-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Layers Panel<\/h3>\n<p>In the layers panel, you\u2019ll find all of the different parts that make up your drawing. So whenever you draw something, you\u2019ll be able to see it in this panel.<\/p>\n<p>First, we\u2019ll rename the layer with the sketch on it. Double click on the layer, and type \u201cSketch.\u201d Then, we\u2019ll lower the opacity so we\u2019ll be able to see better when we draw over the sketch.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we\u2019ll lock the sketch layer, so we don\u2019t accidentally move it around. Just hover over the right side of the layer and you\u2019ll see the lock icon appear \u2013 click on it. Now it is locked and you can\u2019t move it around anymore.<\/p>\n<p>The final step for this part is to create a new layer to draw on. Click the Add Layer button at the bottom of the layers panel. Then you can double click on it and rename it to Drawing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-808773\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2.jpg\" alt=\"Heather Cash working in Affinity Designer 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Drawing<\/h3>\n<p>For drawing, we have the Pencil Tool and the Vector Brush Tool. The Pencil Tool is always going to draw the same width. If you like this style for your artwork, you can use the pencil tool.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I love the brush tool, because you get variable-width lines that are based on your pen pressure. This works great with a Wacom pen tablet or display \u2014 the pen is very pressure-sensitive, so you can have complete control over your line width. Just make sure you go to Controller, and choose Pressure. Then, if you test out the pen, you\u2019ll see that when you press harder, the line will get thicker, and when you press lighter, the line will be thinner.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you can start drawing over your sketch.<\/p>\n<h3>Touching Up<\/h3>\n<p>If there are any parts that you\u2019d like to touch up, you can click on the Node Tool or press the letter A on your keyboard. Using this tool, you can move the nodes and the handles around to modify the curves. To delete a node, just click on a node and press Delete on your keyboard. To add a node, just click on the line wherever you want to add a new node.<\/p>\n<h3>Formatting for Cricut<\/h3>\n<p>Once you are done with your drawing, you can delete the sketch layer.<\/p>\n<p>Now we just have to put everything in the right format for the Cricut. Right now, it\u2019s all \u201cstrokes,\u201d and we need it to be \u201cshapes.\u201d I usually save the original file before converting to shapes, because the original file before converting to shapes is easier to edit.<\/p>\n<p>So go ahead and save the current file as [name-of-sketch]-original. Then, select Save As, and you can name it [name-of-sketch]-cricut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-808845\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-3-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/03\/Untitled-3-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, we are ready to convert our drawing into a shape. Grab your Select Tool (or press the letter V on your keyboard), and select everything. Then select Layer \u2192 Expand Stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can see that everything is shapes instead of strokes, because you can see the blue line around everything. But where the shapes overlap, the blue lines cross over each other. If you\u2019ve ever used the Cricut, you know that the Cricut would actually cut these pieces out and basically cut apart your design. Therefore, we need this all to be one solid shape. To do that, find the shape functions at the top of the screen, and click Add. This is going to combine everything into one shape.<\/p>\n<h3>Export<\/h3>\n<p>And that\u2019s it! Now you can save your file (File \u2192 Save), and then you\u2019re ready to export it as an SVG to bring into Cricut Design Space. To do that, just go to File \u2192 Export, Select SVG, you can leave all of the options as-is, and click Export.<\/p>\n<h3>Check Your Work<\/h3>\n<p>The last step is checking your work in Cricut Design Space. This is very important, especially if you\u2019re going to be selling your digital assets online. Sometimes you might not realize that there\u2019s a weird invisible shape you hadn\u2019t noticed, or that things didn\u2019t combine correctly, or maybe you forgot a step, you just never know!<\/p>\n<p>So just open up Cricut Design Space and upload your SVG. Then, look over in the layers panel and make sure everything is on one layer and there are no weird pieces missing or added to the shape, and everything looks correct. If it all looks good, then you\u2019re ready to share your file with others!<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>That\u2019s it for this tutorial. Stay tuned for my next video in this series, where I\u2019ll show you how to add color to your SVG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Cash walks you through creating your first SVG for Cricut Design Space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":808660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2446,2331,2338,2341,2342,2340],"tags":[2467,2468,2447,2469,2470,2471,841],"class_list":["post-808648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-craft","category-design","category-how-to","category-software","category-wacom-one","category-products","tag-affinity","tag-affinity-designer","tag-craft","tag-cricut","tag-heather-cash","tag-svg","tag-vector"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}