What's new in Silhouette Studio 4.5.760
Dec 16, 2023
- Changes:
- You can now add Sketch pen actions to custom materials for the Portrait 4
- The media on the Cameo 4 Pro cutting mat now aligns correctly
- Added Electrostatic mat artwork to the design area
- The Curio 2, Cameo 5 and Portrait 4 are now visible to all users
- The Send slideshow now shows the correct tool for the Portrait 4
- Stopped the Welcome Slideshow from opening everytime you open Silhouette Studio. Now it only opens the first time you launch the software
- Fixed an issue where everytime you exited "Distance Adjustment" it went to "Cut by Line"
- The 2mm Kraft blade now has the same blade alignment behaviour of the 3mm Kraft Blade
- Resolved an issue where images would import blurry
- Auto Sheet Feed now feeds slower for the Portrait 4 and Cameo 5 Series
- AutoCross Cut has been removed from the following materials
- Heat Transfer, Printable (Light Fabric)
- Heat Transfer, Printable (Dark Fabric)
- Heat Transfer, Printable Fabric
- Vinyl, Printable
- Auto Cross cut has been added to Heat Transfer, Fabric
- Resolved an issue where the settings in the Confirm and Send slideshow would be different to the settings set in the Simple Mode
- Resolved an issue where 2 "User Defined" sections would appear in the material list
- Resolved an issue where the Software could get stuck waiting to confirm the Firmware status of the cutter by BlueTooth
- Curio 2:
- Added Curio 2 Firmware 1.12
- The ES mat now does not automatically turn on or off when sending jobs to the Curio 2
- The Send slideshow now shows the correct tool for the Curio 2
- The Curio 2 now does the thickness detection before performing a test cut
- Added the following material settings for the Curio 2:
- Action and Material Force Speed Acceleration
- Leather Punch Tool (Tool 2) for Leatherette 17 5 1
- Emboss Tool (Tool 2) for Score and Emboss Paper 18 1 1
- Punch Tool (Tool 2) for Metal Sheets, Etching 10 1 1
- Portrait 4
- Resolved an issue where the "No media loaded" status would appear for the Portrait 4
- Resolved an issue where the acceleration command would not be sent to the Portrait 4
- Resolved a issue where line and cross hatched embossing patterns where not available for the Heat pen when using the Portrait 4:
- Added the following material for the Portrait 4:
- Action and Material Force Speed Acceleration
- Heat Pen for Leatherette 5 0.3 1
- Cut for Score & Emboss paper 20 5 3
- Score for Score & Emboss paper 4 5 3
- Sketch for Score & Emboss paper 7 5 3
- Stipple for Score & Emboss paper 33 5 3
- Cameo 5 Series:
- Added Cameo 5 FW 1.03
- Added different speed modes for the Cameo 5 Plus series
- Added artwork for the Cameo 5 Plus
- Resolved an issue where the Electrostatic mat would not appear in the Confirm and Send Slideshow
- Resolved an issue where "Incompatible Cutting Mat" would appear when using the Emboss mat
- The Send slideshow now shows the correct tool for the Cameo 5
- You can now add Sketch pen actions to custom materials for the Cameo 5
- Added support for the Emboss mat for the Cameo 5 Series
- The status of the machine now changes to "Heating" if "Heat now" is clicked when no media is loaded into the Cameo 5
- The speed slider has been increased from 10 to 30
- The Emboss tool no longer states "Fine" or "Wide" in the software
- When the Electrostatic mat is connected to the Cameo 5, the "Pen Up speed" is now limted to a value of 10
- Added the following material settings for the Cameo 5:
- Action and Material Force Speed Acceleration
- Heat Pen (Tool 2) for Leatherette 1 0.3 1
- Emboss Tool (Tool 2) for Score and Emboss Paper 18 1 1
- Punch Tool (Tool 2) for Metal Sheets, Etching 1 1 1
- Cut (Tool 1) for Score & Emboss paper 20 5 3
- Score (Tool 1) for Score & Emboss paper 4 5 3
- Sketch (Tool 1) for Score & Emboss paper 7 5 3
- Stipple (Tool 1) for Score & Emboss paper 33 5 3
- Sketch (Tool 2) for Score & Emboss paper 7 5 3
- Emboss (Tool 2) for Score & Emboss paper 18 1 1
New in Silhouette Studio 4.5.738 (Dec 3, 2023)
New in Silhouette Studio 4.5.180.001 (May 3, 2023)
- Important update to Firmware on the Cameo 4:
- Fixed an issue with Bluetooth connection while using Auto Sheet Feeder
- Fixed an issue where Pixscan jobs would consistently fail due to the mat escaping the rollers
- Jobs now terminate correctly in the firmware when USB or Bluetooth disconnection is detected
- High-frequency sound from the second carriage has been reduced
New in Silhouette Studio 4.5.152.001 (Oct 6, 2022)
- Highlighted Changes:
- New Hardware Support for the Auto Sheet Feeder
- New Introductory Slideshow
- General Changes:
- Fixed an issue where ARM and Intel Macs could not see scanners
- Note: If your scanner uses a 3rd Party app to connect to the mac eg.: HP Smart / EPSON Scan, and cannot be seen by the macOS scanner app, it still may not appear in Silhouette Studio
- Fixed a crash that would occur when scrolling in panels
- Fixed a crash that could occur when applying line patterns
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using 'Subtract All' in the modify panel
- Fixed a crash that could occur when starting an Emboss project in the New Project Wizard
- Fixed a crash that would occur if the user clicked Cancel when asked for their Administrator password on first-time launch
- Added a node counter in the Point Editing Panel
- Added an “Unhide all dialogs” button in preferences that will bring back any dialog marked as “Do not show again”
- Replaced the dynamic panel feature in favor of a “Specialty Tools” panel with all tools available even when a Curio is not plugged in
- Re-ordered machine dropdown list to prioritize modern machines
- Fixed an issue where Stipple was the only action available for Cardstock, Thin.
- Fixed an issue where the Font Installer box showed “Could not write to font directory” in some circumstances
- Fixed an issue that would cause the Cutting Mat dropdown in Page Setup to not close when opening the Machine Dropdown
- Stopped the Media dropdown from switching back to predefined media sizes if the Custom dimensions matched
- Offset now defaults to make 0pt lines. This can be changed to inherit the properties of the topmost shape in Preferences > Tools
- When using Object on Path, Start Angle and Increment Angle now snap to increments of 5
- Stipple size is now capped at 24pt
- Greyed out the options “Align Center-Middle” and “Center to Page” when no objects are selected or drawn
- Cutter Introduction links have been added to the “USB Connection Detected” window
- The Confirm and Send window will no longer say “You are sending a job with the None and Portrait 3” in some circumstances
- Fixed an issue where some fonts on Mac would not appear in Silhouette Studio
- Fonts are now installed to the correct location on Windows
- Fonts imported from Silhouette Studio versions 4.4.552 and lower now keep their properties
- In Send, in the “Cut By” sections, the Right Click > On / Off option now works for individual items
- In Send, clicking outside the open Action dropdown no longer automatically chooses the first action in the list
- Fixed an issue where a user could set a custom media size larger than the Cameo 4 Plus supports
- Barcode:
- Fixed a crash that occurred when trying to print a file with Barcode enabled
- Fixed an issue where Send didn't open when clicking Send in the print barcode dialog
- Fixed an issue where you were unable to print files when Barcode was enabled
- Scan Barcode button now appears when ASF is connected
- UI Improvements:
- Fixed a black line that appeared in the About Silhouette Studio window
- Fixed an issue where long device names would cover the status and Firmware version in the Device List
- There is a new Online Tutorial button in the Help menu that directs you to Silhouette101.com
- Fixed an issue where the input boxes were missing on the tiling tab
- Updated the user interface for activating a license key
- Fixed an issue where the square eraser could appear as the circular eraser
- Updated icons in the new Specialty Tools panel
- Fixed text input boxes for the Advanced Sketch tab
- Fixed user flow issues in the new Page Setup guide
- Fixed alignment issue for “Roll Feeder Recommended” dialog
- Removed the downward-facing arrow on the bottom of the Cameo 4 Plus cutting mat, for clarity
- Made it clearer that the Angle option in Advanced Rhinestones is a dropdown menu
- Fixed the truncation of the Cancel button in the PixScan panel
- The preferences panel tooltip no longer displays as ‘Preferences Pane’
- Grammar in the Maintain Grain tooltip has been corrected
- Images in the Quick Access Toolbar slide no longer drop down the slide when the descriptions appear
- Library:
- Fixed User and Password input boxes when importing a Library
- Stopped Silhouette Studio from asking for your password when you try to save a design to the Library when you're already signed in
- Fixed a bug that prevented users from dragging multiple files in the Library
- Fixed an issue where some Library folders were greyed out after saving a design to the Library
- Keyboard shortcuts used in the Library no longer effect or modify the user's design in Design
- Fixed an issue where the Preview window for Silhouette Design Store designs was showing the .studio3 file and not the Silhouette Design Store thumbnail
- Prevented a crash from occurring if the user cancels entering their Administrator password when trying to use "Set Library Permissions" in preferences
- The Sign In Later button that appears the first time the user opens the Library will now take users back to the Design window
- Double-clicking to favorite a Library file now favorites it instead of merging it into the current design
- Designs are not selected when right-clicking a design in the Library
- Trace:
- Low Pass filter has been added back into the Trace panel
- Improved overall performance of the Trace Feature
- The Trace background is now darker when in Outline mode
- Fixed an issue where setting Despeckle to 100% would cause the result to disappear
- Prevented a line from being generated in the top left corner when applying a Trace
- Resolved a crash that would occur if a user tried to resize a trace area while “Trace by Color” was active
- File Support:
- Import options for PDF now appear when dragging and dropping .pdf files into Silhouette Studio
- 0.1pt lines in imported .ai files are now converted to 0pt lines to prevent them from appearing in prints
- Enabling 'Print Lines of Selected Shapes' in the Line Style panel converts 0.0pt cut lines to 0.1pt cut lines when printing files and exporting as PDF and SVG files
- Fixed a crash that would occur when opening, merging or importing PNGs with a transparent background
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.945 (Jul 5, 2022)
- Changes:
- The Registration Mark square is now affected by the Thickness slider
- Fixed an issue where Library thumbnails are partially downloading, displaying only half the thumbnail icon. To fix thumbnails that have already been affected, users will need to do the following:
- Open Silhouette Studio
- Go to the Library
- Right click the affected design
- Click "Retry Download"
- Wait for the library to sync
- Restart Silhouette Studio
- Added Cameo 4 Firmware 1.18 and 5.03:
- Improved the Cameo 4's ability to detect the Deep Cut Blade
- Added Portrait 3 Firmware 5.01:
- Fixed a bug where the carriage would move unintentionally if the Portrait 3 was turned off during cutting then turned back on
- Activation:
- Silhouette Studio now checks if a license key has been applied to your account before showing the "Activate Code" section
- Fixed an issue in the "Apply License" window where the "Apply" button could remain greyed out after clicking "Back"
- Fixed an issue where the "Apply Upgrade" window could appear behind the "Activation" window
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.937 (Mar 30, 2022)
- Fixed an issue that prevented users from sending to a Cameo 4 Pro when the "Roll Feeder Recommended" dialogue is shown
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.936 (Mar 1, 2022)
- Fixed an issue that would prevent users from activating license keys
- Fixed an issue that would prevent users from sending jobs to the Cameo 4 Plus and the Cameo 4 Pro
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.920 (Jan 20, 2022)
- Added FW1.16 for the Cameo 4
- This update will enable future developments for your machines
- Fixed a crash that could occur when importing a specific PDF file Prevented a crash that could occur when repeatedly clicking "Restore Factory Defaults" when Silhouette Studio was restoring to factory defaults
- Resolved an issue where "Trace" and "Trace and Detach" could be highlighted at the same time
- Fixed an issue where the Barcode button for the Portrait 3 would not appear in the Send panel
- Stopped a crash that could occur when using the knife tool Improved the resolution of library thumbnails
- Fixed link for "Click here if you have trouble connecting" in the send panel
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.914 Beta (Dec 4, 2021)
- Changes:
- Resolved an issue where "Trace" and "Trace and Detach" could be highlighted at the same time
- Fixed an issue where the Barcode button for the Portrait 3 would not appear in the Send panel
- Stopped a crash that could occur when using the knife tool
- Improved the resolution of library thumbnails
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.910ss (Dec 1, 2021)
- Resolved an issue where modal windows would appear behind other windows
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.907 Beta (Nov 17, 2021)
- Fixed Bluetooth connections not working on macOS 12
- Fixed a crash that could occur when typing in the Font Panel with one of the frequently used fonts selected
- Fixed a crash that would occur when adding a Gradient to a custom Gradient palette when no Gradient was selected
- Added logo for ss_bluetooth app
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.895 (Oct 21, 2021)
- Fixed an issue where Bluetooth was attempting to connect without having granted or denied permissions, causing a crash.
- Resolved a crash that could occur when using the arrow keys to navigate the font list in the Text Style panel.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.892 Beta (Oct 5, 2021)
- Fixed an issue where the Punch tool would not work
- Changed the default for offset to be 0.125 inches
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.886 Beta (Sep 15, 2021)
- Highlighted Changes:
- Knife now defaults to 0pt Thickness
- The Eraser can now be set to 1mm in size
- Modal dialogs now stay on top of Silhouette Studio if Silhouette Studio is clicked while they are active
- Stopped a memory leak that could happen with Trace and detach
- Materials are now backwards compatible back to Silhouette Studio version 4.4.880
- Fixed an issue where sending a job to a cutter via Bluetooth would stop any other machines connecting to Studio
- Changes:
- Stopped a crash in the Font Creation panel
- The Text style of grouped objects can now be edited
- Line End Caps can no longer be used on Line Patterns
- When pasting from outside Studio, the pasted object becomes the new selection
- Resolved an issue where the print border would display incorrectly
- When scaling, the aspect ratio is now locked by default
- Fixed an issue where Silhouette Studio would still be in Business Edition after signing out
- The "Add New Material Type" button now behaves as expected when in Cut by Line / Fill or Layer
- Silhouette Studio will no longer crash when importing a .ai file at 400DPI
- Material divisions will now be removed when deleting the last action on a division
- Fixed an issue where the Setup Instructions were not available in Cut by Line / Fill or Layer
- Sketch panel choices now stay highlighted
- Fixed an issue where language keys were shown in the Send panel
- The advanced color options will now clear if a transparent fill has been selected
- Sketch fills are now red
- Fixed an issue where a punch mark would appear in the top left of the media when using the Punch tool
- Stopped a crash from occurring when setting import DXF to "As-is"
- When multiple objects are selected, the Scale in the quick access toolbar will now show a "-"
- Print and Cut:
- Registration mark thickness slider now has a measurement label
- Stopped the Registration mark square from being affected by the thickness slider
- Insets can now be increased to greater numbers
- PNG Import:
- Resolved an issue where some transparent PNG files were imported with a white background when Autotrace was disabled
- Fixed an issue where PNG files were being imported larger than expected
- Resolved an issue where Autotrace would still be enabled even when disabled
- Knife:
- A thickness slider has been added to the Knife tool Quick Access Toolbar
- When using the Knife tool, the Apply button does not grey out
- Duplicated knife lines now display knife tools in the Quick Access Toolbar
- Trace:
- Resolved a crash that could occur when using the High Pass filter in the Trace panel
- Stopped Line Patterns from being applied to the Trace Area box
- Stopped the High Pass Slider resetting to 25.00 when the slider is set to 0.00
- Pressing ESC when creating the Trace Area now removes the Trace Area
- The Magnet Trace panel now reopens when a Magnet Trace line is selected
- Scanning:
- Stopped Silhouette Studio from crashing when a scanner is turned off
- Stopped a crash that would occur if you moved the PixScan panel whilst a scan was taking place
- The text in the PixScan loading bar now disappears the same time as the bar
- Library:
- When the library is syncing, the sync button is replace by a Pause button to pause syncing
- It is now possible to deselect all files in the library by using the ESC key or the arrow keys
- Ellipses have now be added to long file names
- Added the ability to Open or Merge multiple library files at once
- 3D files now have the category "3D Crafts"
- Font Families can now be moved into sub folders
- Stopped a crash from occurring for specific library users
- Stopped a crash that would occur when double clicking a folder in a account that had reached maximum devices
- Resolved an issue where designs were still accessible after reaching maximum devices with an account
- Removed Grey Border around library thumbnails
- Autotrace is no longer being applied to Library thumbnails when importing a PNG to the library
- Autotrace is now applied to a PNG being opened from the library
- UI:
- The text "Recommended for..." has been removed from the Emboss and Sketch panels
- Updated the dark theme for the User Defined header in the send panel
- "Sketch Fill" and "Sketch Edge
- Updated "Materials could not be found" dialog window
- "Smart Snap only within Media" is now vertically aligned with other UI elements
- Resolved truncation that could occur in the Font list after signing into a library account
- Aligned elements in the Line Style panel
- Resolved an issue where the mouse pointer could become invisible in the design window when discarding recovered documents
- Fixed truncation in the preferences panel for Japanese
- The "Fill Effect" used on an object now remains highlighted in the Line Effects panel
- Aligned elements in the Image Effects panel
- The search placeholder text in the library has now been translated for all languages
- Aligned elements in the Pop-up panel
- Aligned elements in the Transform panel
- Aligned elements in the Font Creation panel
- The language key for Rhinestone shapes in the Layer panel has been updated
- Unit measurements now change in Polish
- Small UI tweaks to the Library Folder Structure view
- Small UI tweaks in the send panel to stop truncation
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.554 (Aug 2, 2021)
- New Features:
- New simplified license key system for software upgrades!
- Apply license keys to unlock upgrade editions by going to Help > Apply Upgrade Edition
- Once a license key code has been applied to your Silhouette account on one device, you no longer need to provide your license key code on other new devices.
- You can easily activate your upgrade edition on up to 3 simultaneous devices by simply logging into your account using your account credentials at Help > Apply Upgrade Edition.
- Bug Fixes:
- The following material settings have been improved for the Cameo 4 range:
- Cardstock, Plain
- Cardstock, Printable Adhesive-Backed
- Copy Paper, Medium (20Ib)
- Cork Sheets
- Double-Sided Adhesive
- Foil, Printable
- Heat Transfer, Printable (Dark Fabric)
- Heat Transfer, Printable (Light Fabric)
- Holographic Sticker Sheet
- Holographic Sticker Sheet, Dot Pattern
- Image Transfer Paper
- Magnet Paper, Adhesive-Backed
- Magnet Paper, Printable
- Stencil Material
- Sticker Paper, Glitter
- Sticker Paper, Glow-in-the-Dark
- Sticker Paper, White
- Temporary Tattoo Paper, Metallic
- Vellum
- Vinyl, Glossy
- Vinyl, Matte
- Vinyl, Printable
- Vinyl, Silhouette Oracal 651
- Vinyl, Wood
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.819 Beta (Jul 28, 2021)
- Standard Edition Changes:
- Added Retina Support for macOS
- Optimized the Apply and OK buttons in Preferences
- About box now supports dark theme
- Removed the border that would appear around windows in the dark theme
- Fixed truncation in multiple locations for all languages
- Added missing translations
- Fixed an issue where some translations would not update after switching languages
- Resolved a display issue that would occur if Windows scaling was set higher than 125%
- Design:
- WIA scanning now working on Windows
- Added the option to change the media color to the Page Setup Panel
- The Eraser can now go down to 1mm in size
- The scale value in the QAT now shows a "-" when multiple shapes are selected
- Updates to print optimizations to reduce the jagged lines being seen on prints for some users
- The middle grab handle for objects is now displayed in smaller sizes
- Panel buttons are now able to use 2 lines for text
- The Offset panel now remembers the previously used distance
- Updates to panel alignments for all panels
- Selecting a design in the Project Wizard now updates the machine selection on the Page Setup Panel
- Fill Color dropdown button now has the same background color as the subheading
- Fill Color, Fill Gradient, Fill Pattern and Line Color panels now show the expanded panel by default
- Removed "and Etching" text from the Line Effects panel
- Emboss template in Project wizard now selects the Curio in the Page Setup Panel
- Pressing the "x" on a deselected trace area now closes it instead of selecting it
- "Corner Limit" has been added to the Offset Panel, adjusting this can assure sharp corners when offsetting
- Added an icon on Sticky Notes to indicate they can be resized
- Added a preference to restrict Smart Snapping to objects on the Media
- Trace previews now update immediately when selected
- Selecting Curio in the Page Setup panel now enables the Emboss/Deboss panel
- "Add new material type" button now adds a material and the text box is already in an editable state
- New projects that are closed right after they are opened now show the correct name in the "Are you sure" dialog
- Expanded icons no longer remain highlighted
- Tooltip for "Add new Color Palette" has been updated
- PixScan calibration sheets no longer appear in the "Open Recent" list
- Font Creation templates no longer appear in the "Open Recent" list
- Document templates are no longer appearing in "Open Recent"
- Files with the name "Untitled-x" now show the number rather than incrementing it
- Users are now able to set their default font style and size in preferences
- Preferences and Theme icon now update with the theme
- Tooltip for Flexishapes has been updated
- Font subheadings are now visible in the dark theme
- Simplified the Popup Panel
- Updated Cameo PixScan mat to add missing photoscan mark
- Library:
- Large .studio files in the Library now load correctly, including paid designs that have no account assigned to them.
- Added a slider to the Library to set the amount of designs Studio can download at once (Default has been set to 1)
- "Syncing..." when signing into the library no longer displays in red
- Free designs from Machines are now added to the active Library account rather than a removed account
- Folder count in the library now shows below the folder name
- Added an arrow in the library to invert the sort order
- Updated font styling in the library to match rest of the software
- Updated the "Maximum Devices Reached" message for library accounts
- Send:
- No longer possible to send a job on the Alta print bed to a cutter
- Fixed an issue where you could not connect to other cutters whilst a Cameo 4 was connected via Bluetooth
- Resolved an issue where Tool Detection would choose "Pop-Out cut" for a Pen tool
- The Line Segment Overcut icon is now in line with its label
- Fixed an issue where the Cameo 4 would not update
- Resolved an issue where the "Cut Lines Overlapping Cut Border" dialog would display incorrectly
- Prevented a way for the Portrait 3 to bypass the firmware update
- Silhouette Devices list now has a limited size and a scrollbar
- Icons in the Silhouette Devices list now change colour when the connection is available
- The following materials have been added:
- Sticker Paper, Iridescent
- Sticker Paper, Holographic
- Sticker Paper, Holographic Dot
- Sticker Paper, Brushed Metal
- Heat Transfer, Printable Fabric Sheets
- Studio now uses the status "Paused" when a machine has been paused manually on the machine
- Setup Guide button has been disabled when the CE Lite-50 is connected
- Updated wording in the library context menu to say "Synced" instead of "Shared"
- Library designs are now unable to have duplicate keywords
- Library folders now show their size in list view
- Designer Edition changes:
- The Knife and Eraser tool now remembers previously used settings
- The Rhinestone panel now updates for the selected shape
- Added information to the Magnet Trace panel to explain how it works
- Magnet Trace panel will now open when single clicking a Magnet Trace line
- Updated the control scheme for Magnet Trace so clicking creates a trace line, and click and dragging creates straight lines between points
- Changed the checkboxes for Line Pattern "Repeats" and "Length of Pattern" to radio buttons
- Removed the upper limit for Line Effect Spacing
- Removed the expand circles in the layers panel on objects
- Designer edition and above panels now close when going back to standard edition
- Designer Edition Plus changes:
- Puzzling a large shape no longer goes over the Rows and Columns cap of 25.
- Conical Warp no longer produces duplicate cut lines
- Business Edition changes:
- Media Layout Split Screen view now keeps focus on the media when adjusting the cut border
- In Media Layout Split Screen view, the Cut border is now constrained to the media
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.552 (Jun 14, 2021)
- Bug Fixes:
- Improvements to printing appearance for some users
- Studio no longer opens at full-screen size, obscuring the menu bar (Mac)
- Cameo Plus mat appearance is improved
- 0.1pt red lines from SVG and AI files now import as 0pt red lines to prevent them from appearing in prints
- Setting defaults to "Do not auto-release connections"
- Tool no longer incorrectly displays as "No Tool Detected" for auto-released cutter with auto-tool-detect
- USB Connection Detection message now displays the correct machine ID
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.554 Beta (Jun 9, 2021)
- New Features:
- New simplified license key system for software upgrades:
- Apply license keys to unlock upgrade editions by going to Help > Apply Upgrade Edition
- Once a license key code has been applied to your Silhouette account on one device, you no longer need to provide your license key code on other new devices.
- You can easily activate your upgrade edition on up to 3 simultaneous devices by simply logging into your account using your account credentials at Help > Apply Upgrade Edition.
- Bug Fixes:
- The following material settings have been improved for the Cameo 4 range:
- Cardstock, Plain
- Cardstock, Printable Adhesive-Backed
- Copy Paper, Medium (20Ib)
- Cork Sheets
- Double-Sided Adhesive
- Foil, Printable
- Heat Transfer, Printable (Dark Fabric)
- Heat Transfer, Printable (Light Fabric)
- Holographic Sticker Sheet
- Holographic Sticker Sheet, Dot Pattern
- Image Transfer Paper
- Magnet Paper, Adhesive-Backed
- Magnet Paper, Printable
- Stencil Material
- Sticker Paper, Glitter
- Sticker Paper, Glow-in-the-Dark
- Sticker Paper, White
- Temporary Tattoo Paper, Metallic
- Vellum
- Vinyl, Glossy
- Vinyl, Matte
- Vinyl, Printable
- Vinyl, Silhouette Oracal 651
- Vinyl, Wood
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.531 Beta (Apr 26, 2021)
- New features:
- New library export feature - You are now able to export your user designs from the library and save them to your PC
- Bug Fixes:
- Performance improvement when Studio is set to "Do not auto-release cutter connections" and a cutter is connected.
- The position text fields on the QAT are no longer updating continuously when moving shapes around, improving performance for macOS users
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.530 Beta (Apr 21, 2021)
- Changes:
- New setting in the Advanced section in preferences under "Silhouette Device Connections" ?This gives users the new option to tell Studio to release cutter connections when not using them
- Fixes:
- Fixed a issue where going to the Design window from the Library would result in Studio displaying a white screen
- The Sketch Tool no longer creates joins on text objects
- Prevented a crash that could occur when moving a design in the send window when Smart Cut was enabled
- Line patterns no longer apply to the knife tool
- Translation Changes:
- Added missing tooltip translation for the "Inset Slider"
- Updated Polish translation for the Portrait mat
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.522 Beta (Apr 14, 2021)
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a crash when moving a shape around the send panel with Smart Cut enabled
- Sketch action is no longer creating joins between small, close-together lines
- Returning to Design from Library no longer results in a blank/white screen
- Added Preferences option for Studio to auto-release cutter when not sending a job
- Added missing translations
- Line patterns no longer apply to the knife tool
- Brand name 'Portrait' is no longer being translated in Polish
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.476 Beta (Mar 6, 2021)
- Changes:
- The eraser tool can now go down to 1mm
- The maximum cut border for the Cameo 4 Plus mat has increased to 14.6 inches
- Updated preference items which referenced the ratchet blade to "Manual Blade, 1mm"
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.472 Beta (Feb 11, 2021)
- Changed the name of the following blades:
- Ratchet Blade to Manual Blade, 1mm
- Deep Cut Blade to Manual Blade, 2mm
- 2mm Kraft Blade to Kraft Blade, 2mm
- Added new translations to all languages
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.464 Beta (Jan 25, 2021)
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed crash that occurred when USB cable is removed from a machine whilst the USB Detected dialogue box is displayed (Mac only)
- Improved translations
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.463 Beta (Dec 28, 2020)
- Removed 'Enable media sensor' option from incompatible machines
- Studio will no longer incorrectly display 'Mat not detected' in certain circumstances
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.458 Beta (Dec 14, 2020)
- Fix for Cameo 4 users who upgraded to FW1.12 and could not then upgrade to FW 1.13.
- 'Disable media sensor' now disables sensor so media will always load after pressing the load button.
- Updated Japanese translations.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.455 (Dec 8, 2020)
- New Features:
- Firmware 1.13 for Cameo 4 has been added to Silhouette Studio
- Enables mat sensor loading on Cameo 4 models - you can now press load, line up your mat, wait 3 seconds and the Cameo 4 will automatically load your material
- Fixes outstanding issues with cut offsets on the Cameo 4 Pro
- Various small fixes and improvements
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Fixed crash on launch affecting many users
- Fixed several other crashes and improved stability
- Files saved in a .jpg/png format now respect DPI settings in the Export Bitmap window
- .Studio3 file loading speed is improved
- Mobile SPF data is only saved to a file if the file is saved to the library and uploaded to the cloud (reduces file size)
- Studio window will now maximise on Mac
- Fixed backwards compatibility crash with certain files created in current version
- Paid-for features no longer appear in Preferences when in Standard Edition
- Added a preference for the scrollbar to be on the left
- Dropdown now reads 'Continue using eyedropper' rather than 'Zoom out' in the Tools section of Preferences
- Page Setup Panel no longer appears over send page
- Help menu hyperlinks now work correctly
- Design
- Improved software usability while the font panel is open
- Fine-tuned selection of objects in design view
- Now possible to scroll to the right when Studio is zoomed in
- Eraser size is no longer displaying incorrect size
- Space no longer appears between file tabs when opening more files than the window can display
- Resizing font no longer causes it to come out of its bounding box
- Transparent PNGs are no longer losing their transparency on import
- Cut border no longer goes off the mat if the media size is set to custom
- Printer media option now updates when you set the page size in the Printer Page Setup window
- Going into Print Page Settings and then pressing OK no longer flips the Right and Top margin value
- Print margins no longer shrink when pressing OK when Windows region formatting is set to US
- The 'Printer' media option now displays in the user's chosen units
- Added menu item and keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+J) for Simplify
- Eyedropper colors will now add to Color Palettes
- Added a preference to disable automatic Print Preview
- Print preview no longer appears at an incorrect orientation when using Curio
- Text bounding box no longer expands to much larger than the text
- Added a 'Show Panel' button to the Point Edit Quick Access Toolbar
- Height box on the Quick Access Toolbar will now display values greater than 32.808ft
- Scale and Move actions no longer trigger twice when selected from the Quick Access Toolbar
- It is no longer possible to move the right-hand reg marks beyond the cut bounds
- Added tooltip containing font name when hovering over text
- Added Japanese translation for Line Spacing
- Added translations for 'New Palette Name...'
- Increased 'Save as PNG/JPEG' max. size to 10000 pixels on longest side
- Font subheadings are now more visible in the dark theme
- Glyphs panel visibility improvements in dark theme
- It is now possible to single-click to select warped shapes
- Ctrl + Function Keys now open panels after going to to Send Screen
- Improved appearance of the Cameo 4 Pro mat display
- Cameo PixScan now appears on the mat list when Cameo Plus or Pro is the selected cutter
- Greyed out compression/repeats slider for line patterns where they have no effect
- Changing the Default outline color in Preferences now updates the Quick AccessToolbar
- Emboss/Deboss fill patterns are blue lines again
- Design area no longer overhangs cut mat on Curio when 'Constrain Mat' is ticked and orientation is portrait
- "More Colours" RGB value entry is no longer missing from gradient panel
- Library:
- Improved stability when accessing very large libraries
- Fixed issues with specific user accounts crashing on sync
- Fixed failure to save over certain user designs in a Library
- Sign in button is enabled when pasting information into login and password box
- Default Library folders now translate when changing language
- Pasting a deleted item in the Library no longer causes a crash
- Opening a Print & Cut file from the Library will now turn on Registration Marks, if they are not already on
- You can no longer move files that aren't fonts to the fonts folder
- Delete key now sends items to the recycling bin
- Deleting a account no longer causes two confirmations to appear
- Send:
- It is now possible to remove Bluetooth cutters from the machine list
- Unrestricted the Rotary Blade downforce
- Autoblade will no longer adjust twice when cut and cut edge are used on the same design in simple mode
- Studio now displays a dialog box to ask if the customer would like to switch to a machine that they have just plugged in
- A warning displays if SEND is pressed when no cutting mat or media have been loaded into the Cameo 4
- Changed 'Tool' to 'Carriage' when it refers to the tool holder rather than a blade
- Added Pop-Out Cut for copy paper
- Added new sticker sheet material settings
- Portrait 3 no longer shows Portrait 1 icon
- Smart Cut no longer creates unnecessary cuts for dashed lines
- Headers now extend to the full width of the Cut by Line section
- Fixed crash in Cut by Line for specific files
- Improved the "Action Not Found" readability
- Cutting mat too wide message no longer appears when Page Setup is set to Auto with Cameo detected
- The 'do not turn off your machine' message no longer refers to Cameo when updating Portrait 3
- Added the Material search bar to the Line/Fill/Layer tabs
- Weld / cut outline toggle is no longer inverted in Cut by Line / Fill / Color
- You can no longer set a Portrait 3 speed to 30
- Heat Transfer Vinyl warning message no longer appears incorrectly when sending to Portrait 3
- The 'Cut lines overlapping the cut border' dialog no longer appears with unwelded fonts
- Changed the Default feed value from 0.0mm to 100mm
- Mirror option should now mirror shapes along the vertical centreline of shapes on the cut area, rather than the centerline between all shapes
- Changed color and wording of the Load Media status to 'Ready to Load Media' to reduce user confusion
- When using no mat and landscape orientation, 'cutting mat is too wide' message no longer appears
- Blade depth wheel no longer animates upon saving a material
- Translations for Tools match the French/Spanish translations on the packaging
- Fixed Russian translations on the Send panel
- Designer Edition and Above:
- Using View in > Hide email no longer takes you back to Design view
- Disabling the Weed Line layer in Cut by Line/Fill/Layer no longer hides the Weed lines in Design View
- It is now possible to select which Library a Barcode is saved to from the dropdown
- Updated the Barcode description to remove "Requires Cameo 3" line
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.450 Beta (Dec 2, 2020)
- New Features:
- Firmware 1.13 for Cameo 4 has been added to Silhouette Studio
- Enables mat sensor loading on Cameo 4 models - you can now press load, line up your mat, wait 3 seconds and the Cameo 4 will automatically load your material
- Fixes outstanding issues with cut offsets on the Cameo 4 Pro
- Various small fixes and improvements
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Fixed crash on launch affecting many users
- Fixed several other crashes and improved stability
- Files saved in a .jpg/png format now respect DPI settings in the Export Bitmap window
- .Studio3 file loading speed is improved
- Mobile SPF data is only saved to a file if the file is saved to the library and uploaded to the cloud (reduces file size)
- Studio window will now maximise on Mac
- Fixed backwards compatibility crash with certain files created in current version
- Paid-for features no longer appear in Preferences when in Standard Edition
- Added a preference for the scrollbar to be on the left
- Dropdown now reads 'Continue using eyedropper' rather than 'Zoom out' in the Tools section of Preferences
- Page Setup Panel no longer appears over send page
- Help menu hyperlinks now work correctly
- Design
- Improved software usability while the font panel is open
- Fine-tuned selection of objects in design view
- Now possible to scroll to the right when Studio is zoomed in
- Eraser size is no longer displaying incorrect size
- Space no longer appears between file tabs when opening more files than the window can display
- Resizing font no longer causes it to come out of its bounding box
- Transparent PNGs are no longer losing their transparency on import
- Cut border no longer goes off the mat if the media size is set to custom
- Printer media option now updates when you set the page size in the Printer Page Setup window
- Going into Print Page Settings and then pressing OK no longer flips the Right and Top margin value
- Print margins no longer shrink when pressing OK when Windows region formatting is set to US
- The 'Printer' media option now displays in the user's chosen units
- Added menu item and keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+J) for Simplify
- Eyedropper colors will now add to Color Palettes
- Added a preference to disable automatic Print Preview
- Print preview no longer appears at an incorrect orientation when using Curio
- Text bounding box no longer expands to much larger than the text
- Added a 'Show Panel' button to the Point Edit Quick Access Toolbar
- Height box on the Quick Access Toolbar will now display values greater than 32.808ft
- Scale and Move actions no longer trigger twice when selected from the Quick Access Toolbar
- It is no longer possible to move the right-hand reg marks beyond the cut bounds
- Added tooltip containing font name when hovering over text
- Added Japanese translation for Line Spacing
- Added translations for 'New Palette Name...'
- Increased 'Save as PNG/JPEG' max. size to 10000 pixels on longest side
- Font subheadings are now more visible in the dark theme
- Glyphs panel visibility improvements in dark theme
- It is now possible to single-click to select warped shapes
- Ctrl + Function Keys now open panels after going to to Send Screen
- Improved appearance of the Cameo 4 Pro mat display
- Cameo PixScan now appears on the mat list when Cameo Plus or Pro is the selected cutter
- Greyed out compression/repeats slider for line patterns where they have no effect
- Changing the Default outline color in Preferences now updates the Quick AccessToolbar
- Emboss/Deboss fill patterns are blue lines again
- Design area no longer overhangs cut mat on Curio when 'Constrain Mat' is ticked and orientation is portrait
- "More Colours" RGB value entry is no longer missing from gradient panel
- Library
- Improved stability when accessing very large libraries
- Fixed issues with specific user accounts crashing on sync
- Fixed failure to save over certain user designs in a Library
- Sign in button is enabled when pasting information into login and password box
- Default Library folders now translate when changing language
- Pasting a deleted item in the Library no longer causes a crash
- Opening a Print & Cut file from the Library will now turn on Registration Marks, if they are not already on
- You can no longer move files that aren't fonts to the fonts folder
- Delete key now sends items to the recycling bin
- Deleting a account no longer causes two confirmations to appear
- Send:
- It is now possible to remove Bluetooth cutters from the machine list
- Unrestricted the Rotary Blade downforce
- Autoblade will no longer adjust twice when cut and cut edge are used on the same design in simple mode
- Studio now displays a dialog box to ask if the customer would like to switch to a machine that they have just plugged in
- A warning displays if SEND is pressed when no cutting mat or media have been loaded into the Cameo 4
- Changed 'Tool' to 'Carriage' when it refers to the tool holder rather than a blade
- Added Pop-Out Cut for copy paper
- Added new sticker sheet material settings
- Portrait 3 no longer shows Portrait 1 icon
- Smart Cut no longer creates unnecessary cuts for dashed lines
- Headers now extend to the full width of the Cut by Line section
- Improved the "Action Not Found" readability
- Cutting mat too wide message no longer appears when Page Setup is set to Auto with Cameo detected
- The 'do not turn off your machine' message no longer refers to Cameo when updating Portrait 3
- Added the Material search bar to the Line/Fill/Layer tabs
- Weld / cut outline toggle is no longer inverted in Cut by Line / Fill / Color
- You can no longer set a Portrait 3 speed to 30
- Heat Transfer Vinyl warning message no longer appears incorrectly when sending to Portrait 3
- The 'Cut lines overlapping the cut border' dialog no longer appears with unwelded fonts
- Changed the Default feed value from 0.0mm to 100mm
- Mirror option should now mirror shapes along the vertical centreline of shapes on the cut area, rather than the centerline between all shapes
- Changed color and wording of the Load Media status to 'Ready to Load Media' to reduce user confusion
- When using no mat and landscape orientation, 'cutting mat is too wide' message no longer appears
- Blade depth wheel no longer animates upon saving a material
- Translations for Tools match the French/Spanish translations on the packaging
- Fixed Russian translations on the Send panel
- Designer Edition and Above
- Using View in > Hide email no longer takes you back to Design view
- Disabling the Weed Line layer in Cut by Line/Fill/Layer no longer hides the Weed lines in Design View
- It is now possible to select which Library a Barcode is saved to from the dropdown
- Updated the Barcode description to remove "Requires Cameo 3" line
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.285 Beta (Nov 20, 2020)
- Updated Windows security certificate
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.282 Beta (Nov 18, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved an issue with Windows Security Certificate
- Corrected button placement on 'Load Media' slides
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.281 (Nov 5, 2020)
- New Features:
- Support for the Cameo 4 Pro
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Security Certificate for Windows
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.281 Beta (Nov 3, 2020)
- New Features:
- Support for the Cameo 4 Pro
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Security Certificate for Windows
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.273 Beta (Oct 26, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Change to French & Spanish translations
- General improvements
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.270 (Oct 1, 2020)
- New Features:
- Firmware v1.12 for Cameo 4 is now available.
- This firmware update provides a new delayed loading option that can detect your mat or material, thus allowing you to use both hands when loading. To use this new delayed loading option:
- First, press the Load button on your Cameo 4
- Next, hold your mat or material in the correct positioning up against the pinch rollers
- Wait 3 seconds, and the Cameo 4 will then load the mat or material into the machine
- Bug Fixes:
- A user-created SVG that has an image can now be correctly imported back into Studio
- Fixed a crash with certain files in Cut By Layer
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.270 Beta (Sep 14, 2020)
- New Features:
- Cameo 4 v1.12 firmware is now available. With this firmware, users can now use Mat Detection to automatically load the mat. Press the Load button on your Cameo 4, then place your mat in the correct place - after 3 seconds, the Cameo 4 will load the mat.
- Bug Fixes:
- A user-created SVG that has an image can now be correctly imported back into Studio
- Fixed a crash with certain files in Cut By Layer
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.259 (Aug 26, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Stability improvements - fixed a common crash
- Cameo 4 Firmware version 1.11 rev004 is now available
- Groups with rotated elements no longer rotate out of position when exporting to SVG
- 'Cut lines overlapping the cut border' dialog no longer appears with unwelded fonts and certain files
- Incompatible Material Settings message no longer displays incorrectly with specific files
- Cut border no longer goes off the mat if the media size is set to custom
- Fix for manual input of a rhinestone size
- Fixed an issue with Cameo 4 failing to update Firmware in some situations
- Fixed an issue with the Blade depth slider when a Cameo 4 is connected with an AutoBlade
- Stipple Tooltip adjusted to include new machines
- Fixed crashes with some third-party SVGs
- Missing translations added to three of the intro screens
- There is now a 15x15inch option when the mat is set to None
- Materials now update correctly when changing the theme
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.259 Beta (Aug 19, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Stability improvements - fixed a common crash
- Firmware version 1.11 rev004 is now available
- Groups with rotated elements no longer rotate out of position when exporting to SVG
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.256 Beta (Aug 17, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- 'Cut lines overlapping the cut border' dialog no longer appears with unwelded fonts and certain files
- Incompatible Material Settings message no longer displays incorrectly with specific files
- Cut border no longer goes off the mat if the media size is set to custom
- Fix for manual input pf a rhinestone size
- Added the Cameo 4 Firmware V1.11 rev3 to Silhouette Studio
- Fixed an issue with Cameo 4 failing to update Firmware in some situations
- Fixed an issue with the Blade depth slider when a Cameo 4 is connected with an AutoBlade
- Stipple Tooltip adjusted to include new machines
- Fixed crashes with some third-party SVGs
- Missing translations added to three of the intro screens
- There is now a 15x15inch option when the mat is set to None
- Materials now update correctly when changing the theme
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.241 Beta (Jun 24, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue with memory usage after tracing
- Fixed performance issues with specific files
- Fixed a crash which occurs when drag and dropping certain studio3 files
- Fixed crashes relating to large libraries
- General improvements to stability
- Corrected the Swedish firmware update translation
- Added translations for 'New Palette Name...'
- 'Line Spacing' in the Font Creation panel is no longer missing Japanese Translation
- Irregular white bars no longer displayed on launch
- Cut border no longer becomes offset to reg marks when you have a portrait cutter
- Print Margins should no longer decrease every time Page Setup is opened
- 'Printer' media size no longer switches back to Letter or A4 paper
- It should no longer be possible to adjust custom reg marks beyond their bounds
- Users can now change the default media color and toggle between this and white using the W key
- SVGs using 0.1pt red lines for cut lines should now convert correctly into Studio 0pt cut lines
- Users on Windows should now be able to drag a PNG onto a shape (awaiting Mac fix)
- The pt size adjustment arrows have been restored
- The tooltip for Arc Tool has been corrected
- Secondary grid lines can now be assigned a different color
- Resizing the font in a sticky note now resizes the note
- Designs can no longer be dragged into Locked Layers
- Selecting multiple objects no longer disables the aspect ratio lock
- Performing a copy & paste while in the Library no longer copy-pastes the selected object on the Design Area
- Fixed broken library sync icon
- Blade now returns to origin after a cut job with no cut lines is sent
- A dialog appears in material editor asking if you would like to copy updated 'Cameo 4 Tool 1' settings to the 'Default' tab
- User-defined materials are now remembered
- Sending a file with a cut line over 60ft long no longer causes a crash
- The MORE button now opens the correct/relevant tab for editing materials
- The message that is displayed when Action Not Found is now more accurate
- Correct wording appears in the right-click menu when multiple user-defined materials have been selected
- Have you mirrored?' pop-up now appears in Cut by Line/Fill/Color
- The user-defined material header is now distinct from the materials
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.225 Beta (May 13, 2020)
- Fixed an issue with a background process and the 32-bit version of Silhouette Studio
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.223 Beta (May 5, 2020)
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Reduced size of Silhouette Studio installers
- Resolved a conflict with connecting a Cameo 4 Plus followed by a CE Lite-50
- Updated Japanese translations
- Design Fixes:
- Crash no longer occurs when closing Studio while in point edit mode
- Crash no longer occurs when closing Studio while Layers or Nesting is open
- Resolved a crash relating to files that were saved while Trace By Colour was active
- Increased the minimum grid size to 0.04in/1mm
- Added the print border to the Print Preview
- Added Print Page Settings button to Print Preview
- Faint grey horizontal or vertical lines should no longer appear on Print Preview (Mac)
- Changing the grid color is now working as expected
- Registration marks are the same initial size whether enabled by Page Setup or Default Preference
- Send Fixes:
- Materials that are not compatible with the current tool will now display a warning triangle in the tool dropdown
- Tutorial instructions in Send have been adjusted for Cameo 4
- Your Device name is now saved directly to the machine rather than to Preferences (Cameo 4 and 4+ only)
- Smart Cut should no longer create unnecessary cuts for dashed lines
- Changing the acceleration of a material now enables the save button
- Library Fixes:
- Fixed crashes with certain Libraries
- Various improvements to speed and stability of the Library
- Studio no longer removes part of a file name if periods are used in the file name
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.214 Beta (Apr 22, 2020)
- Various library improvements and fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.212 Beta (Apr 20, 2020)
- Crash no longer occurs when closing Studio while in point edit mode
- Crash no longer occurs when closing Studio while Layers or Nesting is open
- Resolved a crash relating to files that were saved while Trace By Colour was active
- Reduced size of Silhouette Studio installers
- Resolved a conflict with connecting a Cameo 4 Plus followed by a CE Lite-50
- Increased the minimum grid size to 0.04in/1mm
- Added the print border to the print preview
- Faint grey horizontal or vertical lines should no longer appear on print preview (Mac)
- Changing the grid color is now working as expected
- Updated Japanese translations
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.208 Beta (Apr 9, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Tutorial instructions in Send have been adjusted for Cameo 4
- The background of tutorial images is no longer black
- Device name is now saved directly to the machine rather than to your preferences
- Registration marks are the same initial size whether enabled by Page Setup or Default Preference
- Smart Cut should no longer create unnecessary cuts for dashed lines
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.206 Beta (Apr 3, 2020)
- Silhouette Studio no longer requires an install of Silhouette Link or Bonjour
- Open files now honor changes to the default save location Preference
- Removed duplicative 'Default' options from Preferences drop-downs
- Expanding a Preference drop-down no longer activates 'Apply' button
- Mouse Hover color in dark mode is no longer white
- Opening two files and switching between them now updates the mat in the Page Setup panel
- Page size is no longer set to custom when the values match Letter dimensions
- Registration Mark Length slider no longer misses a step when increasing size from the lowest value
- Lowercase y no longer looks like a v on the Font Creation sheet
- Fixed an issue with the Lock Scale Ratio button preventing input above 20 inches
- Selecting multiple objects no longer toggles the aspect ratio lock
- Issue of faint grey lines on Print Preview fixed for most screens
- Added the print border to the print preview
- Compound paths are now showing correctly in the Glyph preview
- Removed references to Cloud in the Barcode panel
- Enable/Disable Smart Snapping is now a single toggle that responds correctly to the S shortcut
- Updating the Library from 3.6 no longer shows an old logo
- Editing a folder via the properties window no longer causes a crash
- Studio no longer removes the last part of the file if multiple periods are used in the file name
- Scroll bar now appears when folders overflow the window
- Sign in window displays the correct error code when the Silhouette Library is down for maintenance
- Improved Library security
- Fixed a crash with certain Libraries/Design IDs
- Layer field is no longer blank in Cut by Layer
- Indicator now displays if materials are not compatible with Cameo 4 Tool 2
- The 'Cut lines overlapping the cut border' dialog should only appear in valid instances
- Changing the acceleration in a material now enables the save button
- Removed Emboss as an action from Copy Paper
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.050 Beta (Feb 24, 2020)
- Enabled advanced users to turn off Smart Cut loop generation in Material Settings
- Smart Cut can now raise blade when traversing loops
- Removed unusable 'cut' settings from CAMEO4 Tool 2 materials
- Improved logging in event that 'Incompatible Material' dialog appears
- Files saved in a .jpg/png format now respect DPI settings
- Extended media-only cutting range to 60ft for machines which support the roll feeder
- Included update to Cameo 4 firmware, V1.08
- Carriage now returns to origin after test cut
- Objects can no longer smart snap to Sticky Notes
- Languages are now changing appropriately on the Send panel
- View location is no longer reset when going between Design and Send
- Studio no longer crashes if you choose certain materials from the material list
- Increased size of the grid lines on the Cameo 4 Plus 15" cutting mat
- If you force Studio to quit, SRT_helper and SRT_Bluetooth now close down correctly (Mac)
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.372 (Feb 24, 2020)
- Firmware Update for Cameo 4 - V1.08.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.048 Beta (Feb 14, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Tooltips have been added for show/hide library icon and library status icons
- Red and Blue circles have been removed from the Calibration sheet to avoid confusion
- Using the Move tool in the Quick Access Toolbar will no longer move objects when the distance is set to 0
- Sketch action has been removed from the materials "Metal Sheets, Etching" and "Metal Sheets, Stippling"
- Updated the "Load Media" text when a Cameo 4 is connected
- The keyboard command "Ctrl + P" now opens the Print Preview window
- Designer Edition Fixes:
- Right-clicking with the Magnet Trace tool selected will now start undoing the Magnet Trace
- Business Edition Fixes:
- Reduced the number of points created on fonts saved from Studio
- Improved the time Studio took to save a Handwritten Font
- Improved the time it took to change the properties of text
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.046 Beta (Feb 12, 2020)
- New Features:
- Support for the Cameo 4 Plus
- Bug Fixes:
- Curio now performs 2mm Kraft blade action
- Studio no longer crashes when opening embroidery files
- Punches are now displayed in voids in overlapping compound paths and in the correct areas of surrounded paths.
- Studio no longer crashes when switching between layers after adding the punch tool
- Studio no longer crashes when machine becomes disconnected during Punch job
- Punch tool is no longer performed when not enabled
- Icon for Punch action buttons has been changed
- Punch is now generating marks on larger regions
- Punch Tool now ignores Weed Lines and Lines with 'No Cut' or 'Pen' actions
- Punch Marks no longer show when you connect a Cameo 4 without a Punch Tool
- Punch tool action no longer disappears if you disable it
- Punch Tool is now called the correct name
- You can no longer send a design to be 'cut out' by the punch tool
- Adding weed lines to a design no longer places the punch tool holes in the wrong place
- Removed the tool selection for punch tool
- Added Punch actions to Default Materials
- Made Punch holes easier to see on Send Panel Preview
- Punch settings are no longer being displayed on materials without the punch action Updated the speed of the default Punch actions
- Improved backward compatibility of files saved with Kraft Blade, Rotary Blade & Punch Tool settings
- A large punch icon no longer appears when using Select by Line
- An offset is no longer being applied to punch edge
- Auto (Punch) action will not produce punch marks if Punch is set to Auto
New in Silhouette Studio 4.4.044 Beta (Feb 12, 2020)
- New Features:
- Smart Snapping - re-position shapes easily with smart snap guides!
- Print Preview - see a preview of how your Print & Cut job will print before you send.
- Transparent PNG Auto-Trace - drag PNG files with transparent backgrounds to create instant cut lines around the solid areas of your image!
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Fixed log file cleanup
- 32-bit Release versions are no longer displaying the beta dialog upon startup
- Font installer is now verified
- Application window size is now remembered on start-up
- 'Restore factory defaults' no longer causes Studio to crash
- Design Fixes:
- Added a shortcut key (S) to toggle smart snapping on and off
- Image scale is now transferred correctly when using the eye dropper tool
- Warping no longer creates many more points than necessary on a filled shape
- Specify Dimensions section is now disabled when no object is selected
- Moved Print Bleed to the 'Registration Marks' panel
- Restored the Custom option in the media size dropdown of Page Setup
- Page Setup sliders are now more accurate
- You can no longer snap to hidden guides
- Pressing 'i' to select Eyedropper no longer causes Cross-hairs to become frozen
- Applying a new default orientation now greys out the "Apply" button
- Default blade choice in preferences is now working
- All options in the Display tab of preferences now work as expected
- Preference window buttons now fit Mac OS OK/Close conventions
- Removed 'Silhouette Device Connections' options from Preferences
- Text panel advanced options now work with Dark Theme
- Added an 'X' to Sticky Note top-right corner when sticky note is active
- Sticky Notes can now be edited once the file has been saved
- Added a 'Do you want to delete this Sticky Note' warning when a note with text is deleted
- Sticky Notes can now be re-scaled
- Created a Dynamic Toolbar for Sticky Notes
- Sticky Notes can no longer be resized to the point the text is pushed out of the note
- Pan Pattern icon now moves with a shape
- The Silhouette icon on the Toolbar is no longer pixelated
- Zoom is no longer reset when you switch from design to send
- Glyphs panel is no longer white in the Dark Theme
- Add a checkbox on page setup for ‘constrain media to cutting mat’
- Send Fixes:
- Renaming a duplicated material no longer crashes Studio.
- Sketch Pen settings have been updated to improve the "Dragging lines" issue
- Stipple sorting has been re-added
- Barcode cuts are now more reliable
- Adjusted the Send Panel dropdown UI
- Default punch force is now 7 and can be set higher if required
- Cardstock, Plain and Cardstock, Textured emboss settings have been corrected
- Added Rotary Cut action to Crepe Paper
- Blade Depth dial for 3mm Kraft Blade now goes up to 30 in all areas
- Calibration distance adjustment lines are now printing
- Increased the maximum force to 23 for Rotary Blade
- Library Fixes:
- 'Could not sync' message is now more obvious
- Update to Library cached image access
- Speed improvements to Library UI
- Designer Edition & Above Fixes:
- Pop-up now uses its own line colours, rather than the default line style
- Exported SVGs with Compound Paths should now render correctly in other programs
- Studio no longer crashes when opening the glyph tab of the font creation panel or the text panel on Mac
- Media area is now correct when editing font glyphs
- Opening another panel whilst editing a glyph no longer closes the glyph
- UI no longer flickers when upgrading/downgrading
- Nesting boundary is no longer incorrect when using registration marks
- Puzzle sliders no longer intermittently fail
- Using 'Puzzle Selected Shape' on an image fill no longer results in a tiled image
- Designs should no longer be able to be pasted into locked Layers
- Page no longer resets to 12 inches when adjusting size in Media Layout view
- Added units of measurement to 'Margin' and 'Nesting' sliders in Media Layout View
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.370 (Feb 7, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Curio now performs 2mm Kraft blade action
- Studio no longer crashes when opening embroidery files
- Punches are now displayed in voids in overlapping compound paths and in the correct areas of surrounded paths.
- Studio no longer crashes when switching between layers after adding the punch tool
- Studio no longer crashes when machine becomes disconnected during Punch job
- Punch tool is no longer performed when not enabled
- Icon for Punch action buttons has been changed
- Punch is now generating marks on larger regions
- Punch Tool now ignores Weed Lines and Lines with 'No Cut' or 'Pen' actions
- Punch Marks no longer show when you connect a Cameo 4 without a Punch Tool
- Punch tool action no longer disappears if you disable it
- Punch Tool is now called the correct name
- You can no longer send a design to be 'cut out' by the punch tool
- Adding weed lines to a design no longer places the punch tool holes in the wrong place
- Removed the tool selection for punch tool
- Added Punch actions to Default Materials
- Made Punch holes easier to see on Send Panel Preview
- Punch settings are no longer being displayed on materials without the punch action Updated the speed of the default Punch actions
- Improved backward compatibility of files saved with Kraft Blade, Rotary Blade & Punch Tool settings
- A large punch icon no longer appears when using Select by Line
- An offset is no longer being applied to punch edge
- Auto (Punch) action will not produce punch marks if Punch is set to Auto
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.370 Beta (Jan 24, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Punches are now displayed in voids in overlapping compound paths and in the correct areas of surrounded paths.
- Studio no longer crashes when switching between layers after adding the punch tool
- Studio no longer crashes when machine becomes disconnected during Punch job
- Punch tool is no longer performed when not enabled
- Icon for Punch action buttons has been changed
- Punch is now generating marks on larger regions
- Punch Tool now ignores Weed Lines and Lines with 'No Cut' or 'Pen' actions
- Punch Marks no longer show when you connect a Cameo 4 without a Punch Tool
- Punch tool action no longer disappears if you disable it
- Punch Tool is now called the correct name
- You can no longer send a design to be 'cut out' by the punch tool
- Adding weed lines to a design no longer places the punch tool holes in the wrong place
- Removed the tool selection for punch tool
- Added Punch actions to Default Materials
- Made Punch holes easier to see on Send Panel Preview
- Punch settings are no longer being displayed on materials without the punch action Updated the speed of the default Punch actions
- Improved backward compatibility of files saved with Kraft Blade, Rotary Blade & Punch Tool settings
- A large punch icon no longer appears when using Select by Line
- An offset is no longer being applied to punch edge
- Auto (Punch) action will not produce punch marks if Punch is set to Auto
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.369 Beta (Jan 23, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Applied numbers and branding artwork to the Cameo 4 Plus mat
- Resolved issue with Bluetooth processes failing to close on exit of program (Mac).
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.366 Beta (Jan 17, 2020)
- New Features:
- Support for the Cameo 4 Plus
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issue with Kraft Blade on the Curio
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.356 (Jan 9, 2020)
- Bug Fixes:
- Standard Edition Features:
- Added preferences for certain OpenGL settings - users experiencing a black screen should test each setting in turn to resolve issues
- Reduced truncation issues on the Preferences Window
- Design:
- Greater clarity of UI in the Page Setup panel
- Reveal slider has been renamed to transparency and moved to just below height in Page Setup
- Point Edit mode is no longer activated when you drag-select, shift-click then right-click the selection
- Studio no longer enters point editing mode on ungroup
- Shift+G now toggles Snap to Grid
- Clicking an expandable menu no longer displays a copy of the menu for a second in the top left corner
- Rounded Rectangle shapes are now being created correctly
- Two-point clicking to create a puzzle shape now works
- The expandable menu now appears when the navigation buttons overlap the toolbar
- Reverted Font Creation icon to the original design
- Removed the Convert to Rhinestone option in right-click menu
- Improved the 'Show Colour palettes' button UI
- "Advanced Options" is now greyed out when stamp mat is selected
- Added padding under the "Start Scan" button in File>Scan
- Fixed tooltips for the line effects panel (in English)
- Updated the Freehand and Freehand smooth cursor icons
- Freehand tool and eraser no longer stops moving when scroll wheel is held down (on Mac)
- Library:
- 'Sign in later' is now capitalised
- Send:
- Punch marks are now generated when a punch tool is detected in the Cameo 4, unless Carriage 1 contains a Sketch pen
- Warning dialog now appears if you attempt to send a job with no tool or action
- The default action for older cutters is no longer sketch
- Material dropdown now saves the last used material
- Pen Holder and Sketch pen tool are now combined into one 'Pen' entry in Send
- You can no longer add a emboss and etch action to a Cameo 4 setting
- Smart Cut is no longer creating unexpected loops and hooks with certain files
- 12x12 cutting mat no longer displays in Send view when an Alta mat is selected
- Curio is now reading Reg Marks correctly
- Some improvements to Pixscan reliability
- Switching between actions correctly updates the action in the "Cut by line" area
- Kraft blade is no longer in the tool list for "No Action"
- Going to Send with the Alta selected no longer shows a grey rectangle around the mat
- "Auto" action is no longer appearing as the default action for all cutters in "Cut by Line / Fill"
- Blade depth slider is now displaying on Pop-out Cut in material summary
- Corrected 'Puncher' to 'Punch Tool'
- Maximum Devices Icon now renders correctly
- Improved Send button appearance when sending is disabled
- Updated icon for Pop-out Cut action
- Designer Edition Features:
- Star Flexishape now has 5 points by default
- Fixed the slider on the clover Flexishape
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.362 Beta (Dec 18, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Studio no longer crashes when opening embroidery files
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.353 (Dec 9, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Added preferences for certain OpenGL settings - users experiencing a black screen should test each setting in turn to resolve issues.
- The default action for older cutters is no longer sketch
- Material dropdown now saves the last used material
- Pen Holder and Sketch pen tool are now combined into one 'Pen' entry in Send
- You can no longer add a emboss and etch action to a Cameo 4 setting
- Smart Cut is no longer creating unexpected loops and hooks with certain files
- Reduced truncation issues on the Preferences Window
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.356 Beta (Dec 5, 2019)
- BUG FIXES:
- Standard Edition Features:
- Added preferences for certain OpenGL settings - users experiencing a black screen should test each setting in turn to resolve issues
- Reduced truncation issues on the Preferences Window
- Design:
- Greater clarity of UI in the Page Setup panel
- Reveal slider has been renamed to transparency and moved to just below height in Page Setup
- Point Edit mode is no longer activated when you drag-select, shift-click then right-click the selection
- Studio no longer enters point editing mode on ungroup
- Shift+G now toggles Snap to Grid
- Clicking an expandable menu no longer displays a copy of the menu for a second in the top left corner
- Rounded Rectangle shapes are now being created correctly
- Two-point clicking to create a puzzle shape now works
- The expandable menu now appears when the navigation buttons overlap the toolbar
- Reverted Font Creation icon to the original design
- Removed the Convert to Rhinestone option in right-click menu
- Improved the 'Show Colour palettes' button UI
- "Advanced Options" is now greyed out when stamp mat is selected
- Added padding under the "Start Scan" button in File>Scan
- Fixed tooltips for the line effects panel (in English)
- Updated the Freehand and Freehand smooth cursor icons
- Freehand tool and eraser no longer stops moving when scroll wheel is held down (on Mac)
- Library:
- 'Sign in later' is now capitalised
- Send:
- Punch marks are now generated when a punch tool is detected in the Cameo 4, unless Carriage 1 contains a Sketch pen
- Warning dialog now appears if you attempt to send a job with no tool or action
- The default action for older cutters is no longer sketch
- Material dropdown now saves the last used material
- Pen Holder and Sketch pen tool are now combined into one 'Pen' entry in Send
- You can no longer add a emboss and etch action to a Cameo 4 setting
- Smart Cut is no longer creating unexpected loops and hooks with certain files
- 12x12 cutting mat no longer displays in Send view when an Alta mat is selected
- Curio is now reading Reg Marks correctly
- Some improvements to Pixscan reliability
- Switching between actions correctly updates the action in the "Cut by line" area
- Kraft blade is no longer in the tool list for "No Action"
- Going to Send with the Alta selected no longer shows a grey rectangle around the mat
- "Auto" action is no longer appearing as the default action for all cutters in "Cut by Line / Fill"
- Blade depth slider is now displaying on Pop-out Cut in material summary
- Corrected 'Puncher' to 'Punch Tool'
- Maximum Devices Icon now renders correctly
- Improved Send button appearance when sending is disabled
- Updated icon for Pop-out Cut action
- Designer Edition Features:
- Star Flexishape now has 5 points by default
- Fixed the slider on the clover Flexishape
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.353 Beta (Nov 14, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Added preferences for certain OpenGL settings - users experiencing a black screen should test each setting in turn to resolve issues.
- The default action for older cutters is no longer sketch
- Material dropdown now saves the last used material
- Pen Holder and Sketch pen tool are now combined into one 'Pen' entry in Send
- You can no longer add a emboss and etch action to a Cameo 4 setting
- Smart Cut is no longer creating unexpected loops and hooks with certain files
- Reduced truncation issues on the Preferences Window
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.351 Beta (Nov 12, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Shift+G now toggles Snap to Grid
- Greater clarity of UI in the Page Setup panel
- Fixed issues with Curio failing to read registration marks
- Clicking expandable menus no longer displays a copy of the menu for a second in the top left corner
- Rounded Rectangle shapes are now being created correctly
- Two-point clicking to create a puzzle shape now works
- Expandable menu now appears when the navigation buttons overlap the toolbar
- Reverted Font Creation icon to original design
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.350 Beta (Nov 10, 2019)
- Some improvements to Pixscan reliability
- Stipple is now an available action for all supported materials
- Point Edit mode is no longer activated when you drag-select, shift-click then right-click the selection
- Will no longer enter point editing mode on ungroup
- Switching between actions correctly updates the action in the "Cut by line" area
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.345 Beta (Nov 7, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- "Auto" action is no longer appearing as the default action for all cutters in "Cut by Line / Fill"
- Fixed issue where "Cut" action would display "Sketch" tools in some circumstances
- Blade depth slider is now displaying on Pop-out Cut in material summary
- Corrected 'Puncher' to 'Punch Tool'
- Removed the Convert to Rhinestone option in right-click menu
- Improved the 'Show Colour palettes' button UI
- Maximum Devices Icon now renders correctly
- "Advanced Options" is now greyed out when stamp mat is selected
- Improved Send button appearance when sending is disabled
- Star Flexishape now has 5 points by default
- Fixed the slider on the clover Flexishape
- Updated icon for Pop-out Cut action
- Added padding under the "Start Scan" button in File>Scan
- Fixed tooltips for the line effects panel (in English)
- Updated the Freehand and Freehand smooth cursor icons
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.341 (Nov 7, 2019)
- New Features:
- Added support for the Rotary Blade:
- Rotary blade uses Smart Cut technology to create orientation loops and hooks for the Rotary Blade
- Change the size, force and overcut of Smart Cut loops in the Rotary Cut material settings.
- Added Support for 2mm and 3mm Kraft Blades:
- Kraft Cut is now an available action on supported materials and custom material settings.
- Automatic Punch hole generation for the Cameo 4 Punch Tool:
- Insert a Punch Tool into your Cameo 4, choose a supported material, and Studio will automatically generate punch marks along the path of or in the spaces around your cut lines.
- Bug Fixes:
- Matless Cut is now referred to as Pop-out Cut
- Pop-out Cut is now an action rather than a setting:
- To use Pop-out Cut, create a Custom Material, add a Cameo 4 Tool 1 tab, and then add a Pop-out Cut action.
- Reset Default Materials button no longer causes a crash
- Removed matless cutting settings from Cameo 4 Tool 2 settings tab
- Cameo4 Tool 2 and CE Lite-50 material settings tabs no longer default to the action used in the default tab
- Fixed a crash when adding all available actions to a custom materialBlade depth slider is not showing for custom materials
- You can now add a new Cameo 4 Tool 1/2 tab to a duplicate of a default material
- Cameo 4 Tool Detection is now picking up the correct Kraft Blade for the correct carriage
- PixScan Portrait files are no longer opening as blank
- PixScan jobs are no longer cutting with an offset
- First Print and Cut job upon loading mat is no longer cutting offset
- Adding a color to a custom color palette no longer causes a crash
- Adding colours from a pattern-filled shape or an image to a custom palette no longer causes a crash
- White lines in DXF files are now respecting the color choice in import settings
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.335 Beta (Oct 30, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Cuts with 2mm Kraft are no longer ending 2mm from the end of the job when using 2 passes
- Smart Cut now uses 2 passes correctly
- Cameo4 Tool 2 and CE Lite-50 no longer inherit actions from default material settings when creating new custom materials
- Duplicating a material no longer prevents adding a new tool to the custom one
- In material settings, the plus button is now disabled after adding all possible actions
- Adding a color to a custom color palette no longer causes a crash
- White lines in DXF files are importing as the correct colour
- Matless cutting settings have been disabled for Cameo 4 Tool 2
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.334 Beta (Oct 29, 2019)
- New Features:
- Support for Kraft Blade. Kraft Cut is now an available action when using a Kraft Blade and supported material. Kraft Blade uses Smart Cut technology to create orientation loops.
- Automatic punch generation for Punch Tool. Insert a Punch tool into your Cameo 4 and select a supported material, and Studio will automatically generate punch marks around your cut lines.
- High-force custom cut settings are now available for Cameo 4 Tool 2
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed issue with PixScan Portrait files opening as blank
- When using Smart Cut, blade now orients correctly on first move
- Blade depth slider is now showing for custom materials
- Adjusting the Material Settings for Crepe Paper no longer saves over the default settings
- Pop-out Cut actions have been added to the appropriate default materials
- Switching between actions now updates the action in the "Cut by line" area
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.307 (Oct 25, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Silhouette Studio is now notarized for Mac OS 10.15
- PixScan jobs are no longer registering incorrectly.
- Custom color palettes no longer crash when you try to add colors from an object with a pattern/image fill
- Shadow transparency slider moved down the panel
- Error no longer occurs when using auto with the CE-Lite
- Blade depth no longer reverts to 10 when sending to the CE-Lite
- Fixed an error that appears during installation on some Windows versions
- Files saved with the CE Lite cutter no longer default to Cameo when opened
- Correct tool commands are now sent to the CE Lite
- Correct blade depth name and icons added for CE Lite blades
- Tool offset slider added for CE-Lite 50
- Feed instructor is no longer reversed when using the CE-Lite 50 without a mat
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.318 Beta (Oct 23, 2019)
- New Features:
- Added support for the Rotary Blade:
- Rotary blade uses Smart Cut technology to create orientation loops for the Rotary Blade
- Change the size, force and overcut of these orientation loops in the Rotary Cut material settings.
- Bug Fixes:
- Matless cut is now referred to as Pop-out Cut
- Pop-out Cut is now an action rather than a setting.
- To use Pop-out Cut, create a Custom Material, add a Cameo 4 Tool 1 tab, and then add a Pop-out Cut action.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.307 Beta (Oct 17, 2019)
- Silhouette Studio is now notarized for Mac OS 10.15
- Shadow transparency slider moved down the panel
- Error no longer occurs when using auto with the CE-Lite
- Blade depth no longer reverts to 10 when sending to the CE-Lite
- Fixed an error that appears during installation on some Windows versions
- Files saved with the CE Lite cutter no longer default to Cameo when opened
- Correct tool commands are now sent to the CE Lite
- Correct blade depth name and icons added for CE Lite blades
- Tool offset slider added for CE-Lite 50
- Feed instructor is no longer reversed when using the CE-Lite 50 without a mat
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.273 (Oct 16, 2019)
- Issues with bad cuts with older files should now be resolved
- Fixed an issue on some Windows OS devices that caused Silhouette Studio to display incorrectly (Black Screen issue)
- The blade depth dial should no longer vanish when working with older files
- Opening the 'Select by color' panel no longer causes a crash
- Cameo 3 and Portrait 2 are now defaulting to AutoBlade
- Added instructions about pen colour to Font Creation
- Non-default tabs are now highlighting when the options contained in them are selected
- There are no longer Dutch translations when set to the German language
- Carriage position arrows now work with CE-Lite 50
- Missing Glow-in-the-Dark Heat Transfer settings
- CE-Lite 50 blade depth is now displayed
- Now able to open Preferences via the Edit menu after going the Send page
- Change Clear Sticker Paper blade depth to 2 and force to 25
- Panels that are too long to be seen on laptop screens now have a scroll bar
- Minimum sketch spacing now matches the distance displayed
- Increased the size of the Eye-dropper tool found in the Fill/Line Colour panels
- Added tool-tips to the font creation panel tab icons
- Created new icons for panel tabs
- Incorrect text no longer appears in context menu when multiple user-defined materials have been selected
- Border has been added to the 'Source' label
- Incorrect text is no longer appearing in layer panel
- Add a shortcut for File > Merge (Ctrl + Shift + O)
- Line patterns now resize correctly
- New device message no longer has truncated 'OK' button
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.273 Beta (Oct 3, 2019)
- Opening the 'Select by color panel' no longer causes a crash
- Cameo 3 and Portrait 2 are now defaulting to autoblade
- Added instructions about pen colour to Font Creation
- Non-default tabs are now highlighting when the options contained in them are selected
- There are no longer Dutch translations when set to the German language
- Carriage position arrows now work with CE-Lite 50
- Missing Glow-in-the-Dark Heat Transfer settings
- CE-Lite 50 blade depth is now displayed
- Now able to open Preferences via the Edit menu after going the Send page
- Change Clear Sticker Paper blade depth to 2 and force to 25
- Panels that are too long to be seen on laptop screens now have a scroll bar
- Minimum sketch spacing now matches the distance displayed
- Increased the size of the Eye-dropper tool found in the Fill/Line Colour panels
- Added tool-tips to the font creation panel tab icons
- Created new icons for panel tabs
- Incorrect text no longer appears in context menu when multiple user-defined materials have been selected
- Border has been added to the "Source" label
- Incorrect text is no longer appearing in layer panel
- Add a shortcut for File > Merge (Ctrl + Shift + O)
- Line pattern now resizes correctly
- New device message no longer has truncated "OK" button
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.263 (Sep 28, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Fixed crash that occurred when right-clicking and left-clicking on a color at the same time
- Color Palettes are now available within the Adv. Fill Gradient section
- It is no longer possible to fill up recently used color area when clicking and dragging around the advanced settings
- Custom color palettes are no longer being created when you press "enter" on an RGB input box
- Small visual and functional issues with custom palettes have been fixed
- Added missing Tooltips across several panels and line effects
- Crosshair and Ruler buttons are more clearly independent buttons
- Tracing no longer resets to 0 threshold when you get to 100%
- 'No Gradient' Fill icon now works correctly
- Added a preference for constant eyedropper/pipette function
- Straight lines / Pencil Tool lines now save correctly as glyphs, enabling sketch font creation
- The 'Weld' icon is no longer greyed out on the QAT when text is selected
- The button to close the search box on the PDF view now highlights when hovered over
- Added missing Japanese translations
- The clarity of UI for the new machine workflow has been improved
- Fixed issue with the highlight on "Set Selected Shape as Boundary" button in nesting
- The number input for width in Page Setup no longer disappears if you hold 0 and then type 1, Enter
- Ctrl +/- to zoom now works with the Number Pad +/- keys (on Windows.)
- Rotate now resets to 0 when going past 360
- You can no longer set a scale of "0" when the aspect ratio is locked
- Buttons on the Popup panel no longer remain highlighted when selecting a second button
- Toggling between aspect ratio in the quick access toolbar now updates the scale "Rotate By" can now be applied using the Enter key
- The x, y 'Move by' functionality is now visible on the QAT even on low res screens
- Emboss UI now greys out sliders and the "Release Emboss" button when emboss pattern is set to none
- In Japanese, the unit of measurement is no longer displayed vertically in the transform panel when set to mm
- Designer Edition + Fixes:
- Fixed issue with crescent moon Flexishape flickering
- Flexishapes all now draw from logical start points
- The default icon for Flexishapes is now the 'Star'
- The saw Flexishape can no longer be set to overlap itself
- The user rhinestones subtitle no longer displays if there are no user rhinestones
- Increased max Advanced Rhinestone size to 48ss.
- Rhinestone size slider only displays when custom rhinestones are selected
- User-created rhinestones can now be scaled
- User-created rhinestones can no longer be scaled up to the point that they are larger than the preview box
- Library Fixes:
- More 'Sort By' options are now available from the context menu
- Bar no longer appears at the top of the library if a shape is selected
- Send Page Fixes:
- The tool dropdown now defaults to AutoBlade for Cameo 3 and Portrait 2
- "Foil, Embossable" Tool and Action are no longer set to default
- Embossing is no longer an available setting on copy paper
- Increased width/size of materials scrollbar and arrows
- Foil Transfer Sheets no longer have Action and Tool set to Default
- Selecting a Material that has an action that is not supported by the default cutter no longer displays 'Default'
- Inputting 6 numbers into the 'Passes' text field and then pressing enter no longer shows a blank box
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.261 Beta (Sep 26, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- The clarity of UI for the new machine workflow has been improved
- Fixed issue with the highlight on "Set Selected Shape as Boundary" button in nesting
- The number input for width in Page Setup no longer disappears if you hold 0 and then type 1, Enter
- Ctrl +/- to zoom now works with the Number Pad +/- keys (on Windows.)
- Rotate now resets to 0 when going past 360
- You can no longer set a scale of "0" when the aspect ratio is locked
- Buttons on the Popup panel no longer remains highlighted when selecting a second button
- Toggling between aspect ratio in the quick access toolbar now updates the scale "Rotate By" can now be applied using the Enter key
- The x, y 'Move by' functionality is now visible on the QAT even on low res screens
- Emboss UI now greys out sliders and the "Release Emboss" button when emboss pattern is set to none
- In Japanese, the unit of measurement is no longer displayed vertically in the transform panel when set to mm
- Added more missing Japanese translations.
- Designer Edition + Fixes:
- The saw Flexishape can no longer be set to overlap itself
- Send Fixes:
- Inputting 6 numbers into the 'Passes' text field and then pressing enter no longer shows a blank box
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.260 Beta (Sep 26, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Fixed crash if right and left mouse clicking on a colour
- Color Palettes are now available within the Adv. Fill Gradient section
- It is no longer possible to fill up recently used color area when click and dragging around the advanced settings
- Custom colour palettes are no longer being created when you press "enter" on an empty input box
- Small visual and functional issues with custom palettes have been fixed
- Added missing Tool Tips across several panels and line effects
- Crosshair and Ruler buttons are more clearly toggles
- Tracing no longer resets to 0 threshold when you get to 100%
- 'No Gradient' Fill icon now works correctly
- Added a preference for constant eyedropper/pipette function
- Straight lines / Pencil Tool lines now save correctly as glyphs, enabling sketch font creation
- The 'Weld' icon is no longer greyed out on the QAT when text is selected
- The button to close the search box on the PDF view now highlights when hovered over
- Added missing Japanese translations.
- Designer Edition + FixesL:
- Fixed issue with crescent moon Flexishape flickering
- Flexishapes all now draw from logical start points
- The default icon for Flexishapes is now the 'Star'
- The user rhinestones subtitle no longer displays if there are no user rhinestones
- Increased max Advanced Rhinestone size to 48ss.
- Rhinestone size slider only displays when custom rhinestones are selected
- User-created rhinestones can now be scaled
- User-created rhinestones can no longer be scaled up to the point that they are larger than the preview box
- Library Fixes:
- More 'Sort By' options are now available from the context menu
- Bar no longer appears at the top of the library if a shape is selected
- Send Page Fixes:
- "Foil, Embossable" Tool and Action are no longer set to default
- Embossing is no longer an available setting on copy paper
- Increased width/size of materials scrollbar and arrows
- Foil Transfer Sheets no longer have Action and Tool set to Default
- Selecting a Material that has an action that is not supported by the default cutter no longer displays 'Default'
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.258 Beta (Sep 24, 2019)
- Added new icons for the Rotary Cut and Punch actions
- Send button is no longer greyed out when setting an object to no cut
- Added translations for new materials
- Values changed in the material summary will now apply to the cut job
- Newly created custom materials will have matless cutting defaulted to off
- Materials with backing will no longer use matless cutting unless specified by the user
- Changed 'Proceed' to 'Next' on the Local Content slide of the Library introduction
- Changed title to 'Sign In' on the Sign In slide of the Library slideshow
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.254 (Sep 24, 2019)
- Standard Edition & Above Features:
- Added support for CAMEO 4.
- Added support for CE-LITE-50.
- New Machine-First Workflow:
- Choose your Silhouette machine in Page Setup to see a simple list of compatible options.
- Color Palettes:
- See a list of recent colors and create custom color palettes for your projects.
- 64-bit support.
- Bug Fixes:
- Files saved in this version will no longer crash previous versions.
- Fixed an infrequent crash relating to Bluetooth.
- Fixed a crash on the Calibration screen.
- Resolved the issue of the feed direction arrow defaulting to the left on paper sizes such as letter, when set to no mat.
- Send Panel should display correctly on Laptop-size monitors (1366x768).
- Resolved an issue with the Fonts Installer.
- The defaults for the Cameo 4 Automatic Tool Detection System should now display "Auto (No Action)" and "Auto (No Tool)" respectively.
- The CE LITE cutting mat dropdown now displays correctly when the CE LITE is plugged in.
- Fixed an issue where neither auto, on or off were selected for matless cutting.
- Default orientations in Preferences should now work as expected.
- Missing 4.3 Translations should now be present.
- Studio no longer, under certain circumstances, creates a default custom material without user input.
- Craft blade renamed to Kraft blade.
- Documents with reg-marks and no cutting mat no longer crash when opened.
- CAMEO4 Tool 1 Tab is now auto-created for custom materials.
- Matless cutting now works when set to 'Auto'.
- Matless cutting now defaults to ‘Auto’.
- CAMEO 4 slides added to the introduction slideshow.
- Improved visibility of the Tool 1 and 2 icons.
- Length sliders have been renamed.
- Crash no longer occurs when deleting a custom material that has CAMEO 4 Tool 2 settings.
- Fixed a crash involving opening files.
- Fixed saved files opening in the wrong orientation.
- Horizontal / Vertical lines now display the correct coordinates.
- Horizontal/Vertical lines now move as expected with 'Move To'.
- Releasing the warp of text no longer crashes Studio.
- Applying a line style then drawing a shape no longer causes a crash.
- Copying a layer and pasting it no longer crashes Studio.
- Simplifying points of Text no longer causes a crash.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when files with special characters were saved to the Library.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.254 Beta (Sep 19, 2019)
- Files saved in this version will no longer crash previous versions.
- Fixed an infrequent crash relating to Bluetooth
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.250 Beta (Sep 17, 2019)
- Bug Fixes:
- Resolved an issue with the Fonts Installer
- The defaults for the Cameo 4 Automatic Tool Detection System should now display "Auto (No Action)" and "Auto (No Tool)" respectively
- The CE LITE cutting mat dropdown now displays correctly when the CE LITE is plugged in
- Fixed an issue where neither auto, on or off were selected for matless cutting
- Default orientations in Preferences should now work as expected
- Missing 4.3 Translations should now be present
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.247 Beta (Sep 16, 2019)
- Fixes:
- Studio no longer, under certain circumstances, creates a default custom material without user input
- Craft blade renamed to Kraft blade
- Documents with reg-marks and no cutting mat no longer crash when opened
- CAMEO4 Tool 1 Tab is now auto-created for custom materials
- Matless cutting now works when set to 'Auto'
- Matless cutting now defaults to ‘Auto’
- CAMEO 4 slides added to the introduction slideshow
- Improved visibility of the Tool 1 and 2 icons
- Length sliders have been renamed
- Crash no longer occurs when deleting a custom material that has CAMEO 4 Tool 2 settings
- CE LITE added to machine selection
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.240 Beta (Sep 10, 2019)
- Added support for CAMEO 4
- Fixed a crash involving opening files
- Fixed saved files opening in the wrong orientation
- Added support for the Graphtec CE-Lite 50
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.046 Beta (Jul 29, 2019)
- Horizontal / Vertical lines now display the correct coordinates
- Horizontal/Vertical lines now move as expected with 'Move To'
- Releasing the warp of text no longer crashes Studio
- Applying a line style then drawing a shape no longer causes a crash
- Copying a layer and pasting it no longer crashes Studio
- Simplifying points of Text no longer causes a crash
New in Silhouette Studio 4.3.043 Beta (Jul 18, 2019)
- Standard Edition Features:
- New Machine-First Workflow
- Choose your Silhouette machine in Page Setup to see a simple list of compatible options
- Color Palettes:
- See a list of recent colors and create custom color palettes for your projects
- 64-bit support
- Designer Edition Feature:
- Line Patterns
- Add a range of line patterns to your designs
- Bug Fixes:
- Standard Edition Fixes:
- Design:
- Improved modification tools to stop loss of detail
- A new 5x7 page size has been implemented
- Using the Eraser or Knife on a grouped object no longer breaks the path for all shapes within the group
- Using the Eraser or Knife on a compound path object no longer breaks the path for all shapes within the compound path
- Silhouette Studio will no longer crash when attempting to print
- Negative coordinate values now display correctly within the Move panel text fields
- The tutorial page now closes when a tutorial is opened
- Print & Emboss panel information is no longer truncated
- Page icon has been reinstated to appear on the Curio icon
- Fixed an issue where scrollbars weren’t appearing when they should
- Removed animation that occurred when switching between landscape and portrait
- Shapes are now selected correctly when pasted in with Ctrl + F
- The ‘About’ box is no longer blank in Non-English languages
- Objects no longer default to Cut Edge when ‘Solid Fill’ is the default in preferences
- Node count no longer decreases when using Divide or Subtract All
- Panel tooltips no longer appear behind the mouse cursor
- Guidelines now save with files
- Move to’ values are no longer blank when multiple objects are selected in the Transform panel
- Zoom tools now display their correct names in the View menu
- Zoom tools are no longer greyed out in the View menu
- Fixed an issue in which files named anything other than ‘Untitled’ couldn’t be sent to S3D
- Fixed an issue in which Freehand tools would not snap closed
- Added an ‘Auto-close’ toggle to the QAT when the Smooth Freehand tool is selected
- Fixed a crash that occurred when typing with specific fonts
- Fixed a crash that occurred when opening Advanced Sketch while a Sketch Fill with a Sketch Pattern is selected
- Library;
- Search results are no longer blank when a space is entered
- All ‘Sort By’ options appear in the Libraries context menu
- Removed a yellow banner that briefly appeared when the Library was opened for the first time
- Fixed a crash that occurred when files with special characters were saved to the Library
- Send:
- Added the ability to remove unavailable machines from the Send page
- The material list can now be scrolled through on Mac OSX
- Tools that would be greyed out in the tool list no longer appear
- Designer Edition Fixes:
- Nested objects no longer overlap the cut border
- The bounding box now updates correctly with objects being sheared manually
- The transparency slider has been reinstated to the Shadows panel
- SVG import preference icons are now the right way around
- Updated Warp panel terminology
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.471 (May 2, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Design:
- Newly pasted items are now selected as expected
- New preference within Tools to decide whether newly pasted items should be selected or not - "New Shape Becomes Selected" is selected by default
- Page width can now be set above 12”
- The line effect spacing for hash patterns now successfully updates below 0.079 inches
- Input fields no longer lose focus when a tooltip opens
- Replicated objects no longer lose their z-order
- Right-clicking an empty space no longer deselects all before opening the context menu
- Fixed an issue where ‘Scale By’ was not scaling by the expected amount
- Right-click “Show Registration Marks” is no longer greyed out
- Advanced Fill Gradient handles can now be removed via a new right-click context menu or by the new 'x' icon
- Line effects can now be opened in Standard Edition once saved
- Terminology updates for file extension within the File > Open dropdown
- Panel menu order has been updated
- .Studio3 will no longer appear on the operating system’s title bar
- Label for the "Enable Performance Improvement data collection" preference has been reinstated
- The drawing area is now appropriately renamed when designs are saved to the Library
- Silhouette Design Store and user-created files opened from the Library no longer appear as “data.xxxx” within the File > Open Recent menu
- DXF files now import as expected
- New Project Wizard is no longer truncated
- Buttons are now greyed out correctly in the pop-up panel when no shapes are selected
- Removed the unexpected blue box that appeared in the 'Restore Factory Defaults' window
- Minor UI update to document tab toolbar
- Line Effects panel can now be used by all users, not just those with a CURIO / CAMEO3
- Fixed an issue in Line Effects panel that caused some effects to apply an emboss effect to the selected objects
- Fixed an issue in Line Effects panel that caused the Spacing and Angle sliders to apply incorrect values
- Closing a MacBook lid, while Studio is active, will no longer crash Studio when the lid is re-opened
- Studio no longer crashes when cancelling the 'Restore Defaults Material' modal window
- Studio no longer crashes if words are added to the dictionary after closing the first document tab
- Accented characters will now display correctly within the Spelling tab
- Selected dictionary section now displays correctly while the dark theme is in use
- The Spelling tab's back button will no longer trigger the undo action
- Spelling tab will now only compile of misspelt words for the document tab in use
- Using the Eraser and Knife tools no longer cause a crash
- Using the Offset feature no longer causes a crash
- Using the features in the Modify panel now work as expected
- Modified the Sketch Panel to include Emboss options
- Added padding in Trace Panel to conform to SS Standard
- Buttons that are ‘greyed-out’ now show correctly on Popup Panel
- Added a scrollbar in the Updates section of the Preference Window
- ‘Rotate By’ can now use negative values in Transform Panel
- Library:
- Library folders now open as expected when double-clicked in Grid view
- Library split-screen view opens as expected when selected
- Silhouette Studio no longer crashes when Unicode characters are used in Library file names
- .GST files that were purchased from the Silhouette Design Store now open correctly within Silhouette Studio
- Fixed an issue where some users could not sync to the library correctly
- File directory is now shown when hovering over library thumbnails
- Added a ‘Select All’ option and label to the Library’s File Types dropdown menu
- The ‘Are you sure?’ prompt no longer appears twice when deleting snapshots
- Library designs are now marked as “Seen” when the expanded thumbnail is opened
- Email addresses now truncate if too long to display within library menu
- Updated Library slideshow to clearly identify what the library update does
- Added a ‘Select All / Deselect All checkbox in the Library Filter
- Using the Expanded Thumbnail View on designs in the library now mark the design as ‘seen’
- Deleting snapshots no longer display the ‘Are you sure’ prompt twice
- Studio no longer crashes when dragging the Library view across two monitors
- Studio no longer crashes when double-clicking 'OK' to save a file to the Library
- Studio no longer crashes when scrolling over a tooltip within the Library
- The context menu, that appears when right-clicking library designs, no longer closes when a tooltip opens
- Send:
- The Silhouette AutoBlade will no longer readjust after each row within Action by X if the blade settings for each row are the same
- The Send tabs simple mode will now show as expected even when a perforated object is on screen
- Pauses are no longer ignored when designs are sent to Silhouette devices
- Fixed an issue where cut lines were defaulting to 'No Cut'
- Text objects will now default to ‘Cut Edge’
- Trace and Detach now defaults detached objects to ‘Cut’
- General:
- Newly installed system fonts are now recognised by Silhouette Studio (Windows 10 only)
- SS_Bluetooth now closes correctly on the exit of Silhouette Studio resolving future installation issues
- Designer Edition and above fixes:
- Design:
- New SVG Import preference allowing you to set default cut style (Cut, Cut Edge, No Cut, Cut 0.1pt lines)
- Opening the Advanced Line Effects tab with an emboss-filled shape no longer causes a crash
- You can now click and drag to select objects that appear on top of locked layers.
- The Eye-dropper tool now successfully transfers properties when used on text
- Frequently using Trace by Colour on a large bitmap image will no longer crash Studio
- Improved ability to select objects on top of locked layers
- Reinstated the ability to select objects behind locked layers
- Re-implemented the updates to Guides and Ruler behaviour:
- While rulers are visible, guides can be created
- While rulers are invisible, guides cannot be created
- While 'Show Guides' is active, guides will be shown. This option does not rely on rulers being visible
- While 'Show Guides’ is inactive, guides will not be shown
- Toggling the SVG Import preference for 'Join lines into polylines' now correctly updates the 'Apply' button state
- PDF files no longer open as black rectangles when the file contains a pattern
- Send:
- Imported SVG's now default to 'Cut'
- Business Edition fixes:
- Design:
- SVG's created in Studio now open correctly. SVG files that display a “File type not supported” error when opened will need to be re-saved within Studio
- Editing a new Glyph now updates the current document tab rather than opening a new tab
- Can no longer open more than one Font Creation Glyph at a time
- Double-clicking a Glyph within the Digital Font Creator panel acts as ‘Edit Glyph’
- The name of selected font will now display in the remove created font warning message
- The file extension will no longer be added to font names when imported via a photo
- Cut Border is now locked to an active state when Media Layout View is in use
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.651 Beta (May 1, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Silhouette Studio will no longer crash when attempting to print
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.650 Beta (Apr 29, 2019)
- 64-bit support
- Improved modification tools to stop loss of detail
- Added the ability to remove unavailable machines from the Send page
- Using the Eraser or Knife on a grouped object no longer breaks the path for all shapes within the group
- Using the Eraser or Knife on a compound path object no longer breaks the path for all shapes within the compound path
- The material list can now be scrolled through on Mac OSX
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.466 Beta (Apr 18, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Studio no longer crashes if words are added to the dictionary after closing the first document tab
- Accented characters will now display correctly within the Spelling tab
- Selected dictionary section now displays correctly while the dark theme is in use
- The Spelling tab's back button will no longer trigger the undo action
- Spelling tab will now only compile of misspelt words for the document tab in use
- Updates and improvements to the Silhouette Performance Information programme
- Designer Edition and above fixes:
- Frequently using Trace by Colour on a large bitmap image will no longer crash Studio
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.463 Beta (Apr 16, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Page width can now be set above 12”
- Input fields no longer lose focus when a tooltip opens
- Replicated objects no longer lose their z-order
- The context menu, that appears when right-clicking library designs, no longer closes when a tooltip opens
- The Send tabs simple mode will now show as expected even when a perforated object is on screen
- Drop-down menus will now open as intended
- Returning to the Send page after a failed Registration Mark job will no longer crash Studio
- Designer Edition and above fixes:
- You can now click and drag to select objects that appear on top of locked layers.
- PDF files no longer open as black rectangles when the file contains a pattern
- Business Edition fixes:
- SVG's created in Studio now open correctly. SVG files that display a “File type not supported” error when opened will need to be re-saved within Studio
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.457 Beta (Apr 12, 2019)
- Silhouette Studio no longer impacts availability of the Windows taskbar
- DXF files now import as expected
- Silhouette Studio will now launch successfully on all Windows 10 setups
- Updates and improvements to the Silhouette Performance Information programme
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.448 Beta (Apr 3, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Pauses are no longer ignored when designs are sent to Silhouette devices
- The drawing area is now appropriately renamed when designs are saved to the Library
- Newly installed system fonts are now recognised by Silhouette Studio (Windows 10 only)
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.446 Beta (Apr 1, 2019)
- Closing a MacBook lid, while Studio is active, will no longer crash Studio when the lid is re-opened
- Updates and improvements to the Silhouette Performance Information programme
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.444 Beta (Mar 29, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Studio no longer crashes when cancelling the 'Restore Defaults Material' modal window
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.442 Beta (Mar 28, 2019)
- Studio files now open as expected when double-clicked while Silhouette Studio is already open on Win OS
- Updates to the Silhouette Performance Information programme
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.440 Beta (Mar 26, 2019)
- Studio no longer crashes when double-clicking 'OK' to save a file to the Library
- Studio no longer crashes when scrolling over a tooltip within the Library
- Studio no longer crashes when dragging the Library view across two monitors
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.435 Beta (Mar 20, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Fixed multiple crashes that were caught by the Silhouette Studio Performance Program
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.432 Beta (Mar 18, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes
- Silhouette Studio no longer crashes when Unicode characters are used in Library file names
- This version also includes updates from SS4.2.430 -15 Mar 2019
- Standard Edition and above fixes
- Design:
- Newly pasted items are now selected as expected
- New preference within Tools to decide whether newly pasted items should be selected or not - "New Shape Becomes Selected" is selected by default
- Right-clicking an empty space no longer deselects all before opening the context menu
- Fixed an issue where ‘Scale By’ was not scaling by the expected amount
- Right-click “Show Registration Marks” is no longer greyed out
- Advanced Fill Gradient handles can now be removed via a new right-click context menu or by the new 'x' icon
- Line effects can now be opened in Standard Edition once saved
- Terminology updates for file extension within the File > Open dropdown
- Panel menu order has been updated
- Studio3 will no longer appear on the operating system’s title bar
- Label for the "Enable Performance Improvement data collection" preference has been reinstated
- Buttons are now greyed out correctly in the pop-up panel when no shapes are selected
- Removed unexpected blue box that appeared in 'Restore Factory Defaults' window
- Minor UI update to document tab toolbar
- Library:
- Fixed an issue where some users could not sync to the library correctly
- File directory is now shown when hovering over library thumbnails
- Added a ‘Select All’ option and label to the Library’s File Types dropdown menu
- The ‘Are you sure?’ prompt no longer appears twice when deleting snapshots
- Library designs are now marked as “Seen” when the expanded thumbnail is opened
- Email addresses now truncate if too long to display within library menu
- Send:
- The Silhouette AutoBlade will no longer readjust after each row within Action by X if the blade settings for each row are the same
- Fixed an issue where cut lines were defaulting to 'No Cut'
- Text objects will now default to ‘Cut Edge’
- Trace and Detach now defaults detached objects to ‘Cut’
- General:
- SS_Bluetooth now closes correctly on the exit of Silhouette Studio resolving future installation issues
- Designer Edition and above fixes
- Design:
- New SVG Import preference allowing you to set default cut style (Cut, Cut Edge, No Cut, Cut 0.1pt lines)
- Opening the Advanced Line Effects tab with an emboss-filled shape no longer causes a crash
- The Eye-dropper tool now successfully transfers properties when used on text
- Re-implemented the updates to Guides and Ruler behaviour:
- While rulers are visible, guides can be created
- While rulers are invisible, guides cannot be created
- While 'Show Guides' is active, guides will be shown. This option does not rely on rulers being visible
- While 'Show Guides’ is inactive, guides will not be shown
- Toggling the SVG Import preference for 'Join lines into polylines' now correctly updates the 'Apply' button state
- Send
- Imported SVG's now default to 'Cut'
- Business Edition fixes
- Design
- Can no longer open more than one Font Creation Glyph at a time
- Double-clicking a Glyph within the Digital Font Creator panel acts as ‘Edit Glyph’
- The name of selected font will now display in the remove created font warning message
- File extension will no longer be added to font names when imported via a photo
- Cut Border is now locked to an active state when Media Layout View is in use
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.430 Beta (Mar 15, 2019)
- Design:
- Newly pasted items are now selected as expected
- New preference within Tools to decide whether newly pasted items should be selected or not - "New Shape Becomes Selected" is selected by default
- Right-clicking an empty space no longer deselects all before opening the context menu
- Fixed an issue where ‘Scale By’ was not scaling by the expected amount
- Right-click “Show Registration Marks” is no longer greyed out
- Advanced Fill Gradient handles can now be removed via a new right-click context menu or by the new 'x' icon
- Line effects can now be opened in Standard Edition once saved
- Terminology updates for file extension within the File > Open dropdown
- Panel menu order has been updated
- Studio3 will no longer appear on the operating system’s title bar
- Label for the "Enable Performance Improvement data collection" preference has been reinstated
- Buttons are now greyed out correctly in the pop-up panel when no shapes are selected
- Removed unexpected blue box that appeared in 'Restore Factory Defaults' window
- Minor UI update to document tab toolbar
- Library:
- Fixed an issue where some users could not sync to the library correctly
- File directory is now shown when hovering over library thumbnails
- Added a ‘Select All’ option and label to the Library’s File Types dropdown menu
- The ‘Are you sure?’ prompt no longer appears twice when deleting snapshots
- Library designs are now marked as “Seen” when the expanded thumbnail is opened
- Email addresses now truncate if too long to display within library menu
- Send
- The Silhouette AutoBlade will no longer readjust after each row within Action by X if the blade settings for each row are the same
- Fixed an issue where cut lines were defaulting to 'No Cut'
- Text objects will now default to ‘Cut Edge’
- Trace and Detach now defaults detached objects to ‘Cut’
- General:
- SS_Bluetooth now closes correctly on the exit of Silhouette Studio resolving future installation issues
- Designer Edition and above fixes
- Design:
- New SVG Import preference allowing you to set default cut style (Cut, Cut Edge, No Cut, Cut 0.1pt lines)
- Opening the Advanced Line Effects tab with an emboss-filled shape no longer causes a crash
- The Eye-dropper tool now successfully transfers properties when used on text
- Re-implemented the updates to Guides and Ruler behaviour:
- While rulers are visible, guides can be created
- While rulers are invisible, guides cannot be created
- While 'Show Guides' is active, guides will be shown. This option does not rely on rulers being visible
- While 'Show Guides’ is inactive, guides will not be shown
- Toggling the SVG Import preference for 'Join lines into polylines' now correctly updates the 'Apply' button state
- Send
- Imported SVG's now default to 'Cut'
- Business Edition fixes
- Design:
- Can no longer open more than one Font Creation Glyph at a time
- Double-clicking a Glyph within the Digital Font Creator panel acts as ‘Edit Glyph’
- The name of selected font will now display in the remove created font warning message
- File extension will no longer be added to font names when imported via a photo
- Cut Border is now locked to an active state when Media Layout View is in use
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.413 Beta (Feb 21, 2019)
- Library folders now open as expected when double-clicked in Grid view
- Library split-screen view opens as expected when selected
- Silhouette Design Store and user-created files opened from the Library no longer appear as “data.xxxx” within the File > Open Recent menu
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.409 Beta (Feb 15, 2019)
- Standard Edition & Above
- Line Effects panel can now be used by all users, not just those with a CURIO / CAMEO3
- Fixed an issue in Line Effects panel that caused some effects to apply an emboss effect to the selected objects
- Fixed an issue in Line Effects panel that caused the Spacing and Angle sliders to apply incorrect values
- Using the Eraser and Knife tools no longer cause a crash
- Using the Offset feature no longer causes a crash
- Using the features in the Modify panel now work as expected
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.407 Beta (Feb 13, 2019)
- Standard Edition & Above:
- Updated Library slideshow to clearly identify what the library update does
- Modified the Sketch Panel to include Emboss options
- Added padding in Trace Panel to conform to SS Standard
- Buttons that are ‘greyed-out’ now show correctly on Popup Panel
- Added a ‘Select All / Deselect All checkbox in the Library Filter
- Using the Expanded Thumbnail View on designs in the library now mark the design as ‘seen’
- Added a scrollbar in the Updates section of the Preference Window
- ‘Rotate By’ can now use negative values in Transform Panel
- Deleting snapshots no longer display the ‘Are you sure’ prompt twice
- Designer Edition & Above:
- Editing a new Glyph now updates the current document tab rather than opening a new tab
- Guides no longer disappear when Rulers are disabled
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.279 Beta (Feb 1, 2019)
- Files added via ‘Import to Library’ will now be uploaded to the User Designs folder
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.278 Beta (Jan 31, 2019)
- The 'View' -> 'Show Store' file menu now opens an external browser
- Minor UX updates for menu items and preferences
- General code clean-up in preparation for public release
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.275 Beta (Jan 30, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes
- Silhouette Studio no longer forgets Silhouette machines on a restart of the software
- Fixed visual issues that occurred when Silhouette Studio was in Arabic or Persian
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.273 Beta (Jan 30, 2019)
- Standard Edition fixes and above:
- Folders that contain non-ASCII characters no longer duplicate
- Restarting Studio after renaming a folder no longer keeps the original folder alongside the renamed folder
- The 'Create library backup' window no longer flashes on top of the opened 'Select Folder' window
- Fixed an issue which was, in some instances, causing Studio to crash on start-up
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.270 Beta (Jan 28, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes
- Silhouette Studio will now request the user to create a library backup before migrating their library to a 4.2 compatible state
- The Silhouette Library will no longer get stuck syncing while signing in to your Silhouette account
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.257 Beta (Jan 22, 2019)
- Font Size input field no longer remains on-screen when used
- Can no longer save to a full storage location
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.254 Beta (Jan 21, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Studio no longer crashes when attempting to import a second library via (File) -> (Import Library)
- Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to save or load a file
- Designer Edition and above fixes:
- SVG’s that contain patterns no longer crash Studio when opened from the Library
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.252 Beta (Jan 18, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- an issue that caused library snapshots to malfunction if a previous open beta had been launched.
- Library downloads will no longer freeze when returning to 4.1 from 4.2
- The Library Import window has received a UX update
- The Library Sort By filter is no longer hidden by the search bar on low-resolution screens
- Library design properties window now closes as expected when 'Save' is selected
- Email addresses now shorten if they would extend over the red sign-out 'x' button
- An 'Are you sure' prompt will now appear when attempting to remove snapshots
- Most recently opened files now display at the top of the Open Recent list rather than the bottom
- Files that are merged into Studio now appear within the Open Recent list
- The Open Recent list now correctly updates when new files are opened
- Scale and Move actions will no longer trigger twice when selected from the Quick Access Toolbar
- The text-align icon now updates to match the selected alignment
- Registration Marks can no longer be activated if the Stamp Mat is active
- The Line Style panel now correctly appears within the Panels file menu
- Calibration document tab now closes once the Calibration window has been closed from the Send page
- Cut border tick box now retains its previous state on a restart of Studio
- The 'CTRL + K' shortcut no longer cycles through tabs within the Send page
- Page Setup panel dropdown menus now highlight correctly
- a UI issue where dropdown menu arrows would flicker when hovered over
- Dropdown menu labels have been realigned
- The tooltip for the Line Color tab now appears correctly
- Added the ability to zoom in and out within the User Manual when using CTRL + or CTRL -
- A scroll bar now appears for release notes that appear within Preferences > Updates
- Themes now update successfully when selected from the Preference window
- The 'Check for Updates -> Monthly' option now displays correctly
- The 'Import Materials' context menu option now appears successfully when right-clicking a material
- The text color of brackets now updates as expected when highlighted
- Searching within the library no longer causes a crash
- Library speed up when viewing designs in list view
- Files being saved to the library will no longer take on the name of selected folders
- The un-read blue dot indicator is no longer truncated in thumbnail view
- Can no longer paste items into the ‘All Files’ folder
- Silhouette Design Store files can now be copied and pasted out of snapshots
- Deleting files created from Silhouette Studio 4.1 or below from the recycling bin no longer causes a crash
- Forgot password input field is no longer deselected after entering a character
- The library folder structure is now shown as expected when upgrading to Silhouette Studio 4.2 from 4.1 while the associated Silhouette Account is in a signed-out state
- It is no longer possible to open more than one ‘Open’ dialogue windows
- Registration Marks can no longer be activated when an Alta print bed is selected
- Adjusting the angle of a text item’s Fill Pattern no longer causes Studio to crash
- The “Find out what’s new” slideshow will no longer appear on the next launch of Studio if the slideshow is closed via the ‘X’ icon
- The restore snapshot feature has now been successfully implemented
- The Select by Color icon has been reinstated to the Quick Access Toolbar
- Library correctly syncs when first opened in split-screen view
- an issue where local files were disappearing from automatic Snapshots
- Importing a library and then signing in to the library no longer causes an error message
- Studio no longer gets stuck during the update library process if going to 4.2 from 3.6
- Files that are set to local only and then reverted to an online state will no longer display ‘Download Failed’
- Folders that only contain user-created files can be copy and pasted between Silhouette accounts
- Connecting a Silhouette machine for the first time now correctly provides the free 50 designs
- Account dropdown menu no longer remains open in front of other windows
- Sort by filter ‘is Marked as Seen’ has been renamed to ‘is Marked as Unseen’
- Cancel and Ok buttons are now padded from the corners of Save to Library window
- Updated the ‘Incompatible Cutting Mat’ warning message text
- Designer Edition and above:
- Condensed layers will now successfully highlight when a contained object is selected
- Optimized PDF file import speed and reliability
- Guidelines can no longer be created while the Ruler is turned off
- Business Edition fixes:
- Custom fonts that are imported from a photo will now be named after the photo
- User-created fonts no longer go invisible when hovered over in the Font Creation panel
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.248 Beta (Jan 15, 2019)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Library downloads will no longer freeze when returning to 4.1 from 4.2
- The Library Import window has received a UX update
- The Library Sort By filter is no longer hidden by the search bar on low-resolution screens
- Library design properties window now closes as expected when 'Save' is selected
- Email addresses now shorten if they would extend over the red sign-out 'x' button
- An 'Are you sure' prompt will now appear when attempting to remove snapshots
- Most recently opened files now display at the top of the Open Recent list rather than the bottom
- Files that are merged into Studio now appear within the Open Recent list
- The Open Recent list now correctly updates when new files are opened
- Scale and Move actions will no longer trigger twice when selected from the Quick Access Toolbar
- The text-align icon now updates to match the selected alignment
- Registration Marks can no longer be activated if the Stamp Mat is active
- The Line Style panel now correctly appears within the Panels file menu
- Calibration document tab now closes once the Calibration window has been closed from the Send page
- Cut border tick box now retains its previous state on a restart of Studio
- The 'CTRL + K' shortcut no longer cycles through tabs within the Send page
- Page Setup panel dropdown menus now highlight correctly
- Fixed a UI issue where dropdown menu arrows would flicker when hovered over
- Dropdown menu labels have been realigned
- The tooltip for the Line Color tab now appears correctly
- Added the ability to zoom in and out within the User Manual when using CTRL + or CTRL -
- A scroll bar now appears for release notes that appear within Preferences > Updates
- Themes now update successfully when selected from the Preference window
- The 'Check for Updates -> Monthly' option now displays correctly
- The 'Import Materials' context menu option now appears successfully when right-clicking a material
- The text color of brackets now updates as expected when highlighted
- Searching within the library no longer causes a crash
- Library speed up when viewing designs in list view
- Files being saved to the library will no longer take on the name of selected folders
- The un-read blue dot indicator is no longer truncated in thumbnail view
- Can no longer paste items into the ‘All Files’ folder
- Silhouette Design Store files can now be copied and pasted out of snapshots
- Deleting files created from Silhouette Studio 4.1 or below from the recycling bin no longer causes a crash
- Forgot password input field is no longer deselected after entering a character
- The library folder structure is now shown as expected when upgrading to Silhouette Studio 4.2 from 4.1 while the associated Silhouette Account is in a signed-out state
- It is no longer possible to open more than one ‘Open’ dialogue windows
- Registration Marks can no longer be activated when an Alta print bed is selected
- Adjusting the angle of a text item’s Fill Pattern no longer causes Studio to crash
- The “Find out what’s new” slideshow will no longer appear on the next launch of Studio if the slideshow is closed via the ‘X’ icon
- The restore snapshot feature has now been successfully implemented
- The Select by Color icon has been reinstated to the Quick Access Toolbar
- Library correctly syncs when first opened in split-screen view
- Fixed an issue where local files were disappearing from automatic Snapshots
- Importing a library and then signing in to the library no longer causes an error message
- Studio no longer gets stuck during the update library process if going to 4.2 from 3.6
- Files that are set to local only and then reverted to an online state will no longer display ‘Download Failed’
- Folders that only contain user-created files can be copy and pasted between Silhouette accounts
- Connecting a Silhouette machine for the first time now correctly provides the free 50 designs
- Account dropdown menu no longer remains open in front of other windows
- Sort by filter ‘is Marked as Seen’ has been renamed to ‘is Marked as Unseen’
- Cancel and Ok buttons are now padded from the corners of Save to Library window
- Updated the ‘Incompatible Cutting Mat’ warning message text
- Designer Edition and above:
- Condensed layers will now successfully highlight when a contained object is selected
- Optimized PDF file import speed and reliability
- Guidelines can no longer be created while the Ruler is turned off
- Business Edition fixes:
- Custom fonts that are imported from a photo will now be named after the photo
- User-created fonts no longer go invisible when hovered over in the Font Creation panel
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.240 Beta (Dec 19, 2018)
- The 'Welcome to the Library' slideshow’s “Next” button is now visible for all languages
- Updated UX for activating the split-screen library view
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.236 Beta (Dec 14, 2018)
- New Features:
- ‘Local User’ will now be migrated to your primary Silhouette Account or be moved to a user-specified location on your HDD
- Advanced Settings have been added to the Library, from here you can:
- Set which files should download and sync automatically when signing in (All files, Favorites Only or Download files manually)
- Remove duplicate files
- A Silhouette Account needs to be signed in to access your library.
- Your account can be set to ‘Offline’ to stop automatic cloud syncing
- A thumbnail size slider has been implemented
- ‘File Types’ & ‘Sort By’ filters have been added
- The ability to Favorite designs has been implemented
- The Library and Design page can now be viewed simultaneously
- Folders containing un-seen designs will display a blue bubble. To mark a design as "seen", simply click the file or right-click the design and mark as seen. Once a folder no longer contains "seen" designs, the blue notification bubble will disappear
- Color Fonts
- Commercial Font Indicator
- Print Bleed
- Studio Thumbnail Preview
- Library Updates
- Designer Edition and above:
- Lasso Selection tool
- Warp Templates
- Designer Edition Plus and above:
- Flexishapes
- Puzzle Generator
- Business Edition:
- Font Creation
- Digital Font Creation
- Material Usage Monitor
- Edition Toggling
- Standard edition and above fixes:
- Library Updates:
- The library has been optimised to improve the speed
- Library designs containing an ampersand within the file name will now display successfully
- Library imports can now run in the background while you continue using Studio
- The ‘All Designs’ folder has been renamed to ‘All Files’
- The ‘Library’ folder has been renamed to ‘Designs’
- Single-clicking an empty space in the library deselects all selected items
- General Software Updates:
- Studio no longer crashes when panning a pattern within a font
- DXF files now import successfully into Studio
- Right-clicking on your workspace now provides the option to “Show/Hide Registration Marks”
- It is no longer possible to create shapes with a width and height of 0
- Can no longer select more than one project template from the ‘New Project Wizard’ menu at once
- Single clicking a shape with the ‘Edit Points’ tool no longer hides the Point Editing tools from the Quick Access Toolbar
- If multiple shapes are selected when entering point edit mode all shapes will now display their edit points instead of just one shape
- Point Editing tools found on the Quick Access Toolbar now have the correct tooltips
- Updated UI for preference modal windows
- Cmd + and – now correctly zoom in and out on Mac OSX
- Improved the processing time when going to Send
- Now able to enter page numbers for the Silhouette Handbook on Mac
- Oracal 651 material settings have been added
- Sticky Note text style and size can be updated
- Designer Edition and above:
- Node count for opened PDF files has been greatly reduced
- SVG files now open as expected
- Designer Edition Plus and above fixes:
- Adv. Rhinestone icons have been moved to stop overlapping text
- Business Edition:
- View menu no longer has multiple methods of turning BE Page Setup on and off
- Weed lines now display in the Panels file menu
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.217 Beta (Nov 29, 2018)
- Cloud Library Overhaul:
- ‘Local User’ will now be migrated to your primary Silhouette Account or be moved to a user-specified location on your HDD
- Advanced Settings have been added to the Library, from here you can:
- Set which files should download and sync automatically when signing in (All files, Favorites Only or Download files manually)
- Remove duplicate files
- A Silhouette Account needs to be signed in to access your library.
- Your account can be set to ‘Offline’ to stop automatic cloud syncing
- A thumbnail size slider has been implemented
- ‘File Types’ & ‘Sort By’ filters have been added
- The ability to Favorite designs has been implemented
- The Library and Design page can now be viewed simultaneously
- Folders containing un-seen designs will display a blue bubble. To mark a design as "seen", simply click the file or right-click the design and mark as seen. Once a folder no longer contains "seen" designs, the blue notification bubble will disappear
- Color Fonts
- Commercial Font Indicator
- Print Bleed
- Studio Thumbnail Preview
- Library Updates
- Designer Edition and above:
- Lasso Selection tool
- Warp Templates
- Designer Edition Plus and above:
- Flexishapes
- Puzzle Generator
- Business Edition
- Font Creation
- Digital Font Creation
- Material Usage Monitor
- Edition Toggling
- Standard edition and above fixes:
- Library Updates
- The library has been optimised to improve the speed
- Library designs containing an ampersand within the file name will now display successfully
- Library imports can now run in the background while you continue using Studio
- The ‘All Designs’ folder has been renamed to ‘All Files’
- The ‘Library’ folder has been renamed to ‘Designs’
- Single-clicking an empty space in the library deselects all selected items
- General Software Updates:
- Studio no longer crashes when panning a pattern within a font
- DXF files now import successfully into Studio
- Right-clicking on your workspace now provides the option to “Show/Hide Registration Marks”
- It is no longer possible to create shapes with a width and height of 0
- Can no longer select more than one project template from the ‘New Project Wizard’ menu at once
- Single clicking a shape with the ‘Edit Points’ tool no longer hides the Point Editing tools from the Quick Access Toolbar
- If multiple shapes are selected when entering point edit mode all shapes will now display their edit points instead of just one shape
- Point Editing tools found on the Quick Access Toolbar now have the correct tooltips
- Updated UI for preference modal windows
- Cmd + and – now correctly zoom in and out on Mac OSX
- Improved the processing time when going to Send
- Now able to enter page numbers for the Silhouette Handbook on Mac
- Oracal 651 material settings have been added
- Sticky Note text style and size can be updated
- Designer Edition Plus and above fixes:
- Adv. Rhinestone icons have been moved to stop overlapping text
- Business Edition:
- View menu no longer has multiple methods of turning BE Page Setup on and off
- Weed lines now display in the Panels file menu
New in Silhouette Studio 4.2.214 Beta (Nov 24, 2018)
- Cloud Library Overhaul:
- ‘Local User’ will now be migrated to your primary Silhouette Account or be moved to a user-specified location on your HDD
- Advanced Settings have been added to the Library, from here you can:
- Set which files should download and sync automatically when signing in (All files, Favorites Only or Download files manually)
- Remove duplicate files
- A Silhouette Account needs to be signed in to access your library. Your account can be set to ‘Offline’ to stop automatic cloud syncing
- A thumbnail size slider has been implemented
- ‘File Types’ & ‘Sort By’ filters have been added
- The ability to Favorite designs has been implemented
- The Library and Design page can now be viewed simultaneously
- Folders containing un-seen designs will display a blue bubble. To mark a design as "seen", simply click the file or right-click the design and mark as seen. Once a folder no longer contains "seen" designs, the blue notification bubble will disappear
- Color Fonts
- Commercial Font Indicator
- Print Bleed
- Studio Thumbnail Preview
- Library Updates
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.479 Beta (Oct 5, 2018)
- Silhouette Studio now successfully imports exported libraries that are larger than 2GB of data
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.478 Beta (Sep 27, 2018)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- The 'About Silhouette Studio' box is no longer empty when viewed in Persian
- The 'Have you Mirrored' message is now successfully translated when viewed in Deutsche
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.476 Beta (Sep 24, 2018)
- Added Persian as a selectable language from within preferences
- Reinstated Cloud Account status information when hovering over the cloud icon in the Library
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.473 Beta (Aug 29, 2018)
- Fixed issue where double-cut was not being performed on specific shapes
- Troubleshoot link is now provided when connection issues to silhouette devices are occurring
- Removed redundant preference options
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.468 Beta (Jul 28, 2018)
- Designer Edition and above features:
- Fixed an issue where clicking 'Nest' on Mac OSX had no effect
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.464 Beta (Jul 23, 2018)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Outline mode is now correctly used when selected for either the Eraser or Knife tool instead of Solid mode
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.450 Beta (Jun 11, 2018)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Fixed the slow cutting issue that occurred when sending cut lines to Silhouette Devices
- Fixed an issue that was causing Silhouette Studio to interrupt the internet connection while Bluetooth was enabled on machines that had dual-band wifi / bluetooth adapters
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.447 Beta (May 1, 2018)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- Fixed an ‘Out of Bounds’ exception that was experienced on start-up
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.444 Beta (Apr 24, 2018)
- Standard Edition and above fixes:
- CAMEO 3 & Curio features remain accessible even if the software is restarted & device is not connected
- Business Edition fixes:
- Weed Lines now behave as expected when ‘Only Shapes on Media’ is active
- Weed Lines now use Tool 1’s settings when sent to Silhouette Machines via ‘Action by: Simple’
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.442 Beta (Apr 10, 2018)
- Stipple Trace now produces correct result when used
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.441 Beta (Apr 5, 2018)
- Standard Edition and above:
- The material drop-down list is no longer truncated when expanded
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.439 Beta (Apr 4, 2018)
- Improved Trace results to be smoother
- Stipple Trace preview now displays as expected
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.430 Beta (Mar 21, 2018)
- Studio no longer crashes when sending designs with complicated contours
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.429 Beta (Mar 17, 2018)
- SVG files saved from Studio no longer jumble shape location when re-opened
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.426 Beta (Mar 13, 2018)
- Standard Edition and Above:
- Major reworks to Bluetooth:
- Fixed the Mac 10.13 crash on start-up issue
- Library processing time on launch has been optimised
- Studio no longer crashes if the Text Style panel is opened before the fonts are fully initialised
- The new SDS font family designs can be now be installed from within the library
- Silhouette Design Store tabs no longer get created behind Studio
- Underlined text is now successfully sent to Silhouette Machines
- Default settings for ‘Sticker Paper, Glitter’ updated to:
- Blade Depth: 2
- Speed: 2
- Force: 25
- Designer Edition and Above:
- Magnet Trace now correctly snaps to lines when the size is less than 20%
- Magnet Trace now correctly snaps to fill coloured vector designs
- Trace by Color no longer crashes Studio if the Syringe is dragged outside trace area
- Trace by Color tolerance slider now works as expected
- SVG’s created from external software now scale correctly when imported into Studio
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.354 Beta (Dec 19, 2017)
- Standard Edition and Above:
- Fixed crash that occurred when using Object on Path
- Defaults) -> (Blade Type) preference has been successfully re-implemented
- Rounded Offset is now greyed out when internal offset is selected
- Open shapes, such as a Curve, Arc and Freehand shape, no longer unexpectedly double cut when the Action is set to Sketch
- Silhouette Machine rollers successfully stop when mouse is no longer clicking on a directional Test Cut arrow
- Cut Jobs sent with Manual Registration active now display instructions within the Machine widget
- Horizontal Offset Value within the Calibration window is no longer hidden from view on low resolution screens
- Fixed truncations that were occurring within the Send page on low resolution screens
- Improved Japanese Translations
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.348 Beta (Dec 6, 2017)
- Standard Edition and Above:
- Fixed issue where ‘Portrait 2’ was being referred to as ‘Portrait’
- 50 free designs will now be usable when connecting a Portrait 2
- Message box asking where to place user-created content will now display when importing library
- Fixed crash that occurred when Importing designs from Update Library
- Export library now stores the cloud user email for user-created files
- Import library now imports user-created files to cloud user folder
- Fixed Error when attempting to install Studio into a location that goes above the standard character limit for Windows OS
- Fixed issue that occurred on MAC OS when attempting to Install Silhouette Studio
- Fixed issue where ‘New Cutter Connected’ would display every time Silhouette Studio was launched
- Updated Korean Translation for Store Navigation Tab
- Designer Edition Plus and Above:
- Advanced Rhinestones are now applied in the same manner as Basic Rhinestones
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.206 (Dec 6, 2017)
- Updates for Portrait 2 support Corrected Portrait 2 references
- Includes 50 free library images for Portrait 2 users
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.339 Beta (Nov 8, 2017)
- Standard Edition and above:
- Fixed an issue where the 'Text to Path' slider could not be adjusted
- Initial processing of Cloud library designs on software start-up has been optimized
- 'Have you mirrored?' warning message has been reinstated when sending HTV material
- 'New Silhouette Detected' window now correctly appears when a Silhouette machine is connected for the first time
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.335 Beta (Oct 25, 2017)
- Standard Edition and above:
- The default 'Move To' co-ordinate snap point is now correctly set to top-left rather than the centre position
- General tweaking and bug fixing for improved use of software
- Designer Edition and above:
- Studio no longer crashes when opening SVG designs with pattern or filter elements
- Fixed an ‘Out of Memory’ issue which occurred when opening large .AI files
- Studio no longer crashes when overwriting a PDF while the PDF is open in Microsoft Edge
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.332 Beta (Oct 12, 2017)
- Designer Edition and above:
- Corrupted SVG files no longer crash Silhouette Studio when opened
- Fixed error that occurred when opening SVG files that contained <pattern> element but no viewBox attribute
- Business Edition Only:
- Fixed error that occurred when grouping Warped Shapes together
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.331 Beta (Oct 11, 2017)
- Standard Edition and above:
- Fixed issue that occurred when attempting to upload files that crashed Silhouette Studio
- Further improved the crash reporting system to provide more in-depth data
- Business Edition Only:
- Studio no longer crashes when resizing the Media Layout Split Screen Window
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.329 Beta (Oct 5, 2017)
- Standard Edition and above:
- Cardstock, Plain - Score now has a default Blade Setting of 1
- Designer Edition and above:
- Studio no longer crashes when 'Release Warp' is used on a textured image where texture is very large.
- 'Release Warp' is now 10x faster
- Fixed an issue where Studio was not recognising a particular type of SVG file
- Studio no longer crashes when loading SVG files that contain nested layers
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.326 Beta (Sep 25, 2017)
- General:
- Sped up the launch of Silhouette Studio by loading library files after initialisation
- Fixed emboss fill creating incorrectly fill lines with interconnected shapes
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.316 Beta (Sep 15, 2017)
- STANDARD EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Fixed a crash that occurred when attempting to rapidly open files
- Silhouette Studio must now be closed if an error occurs as a safeguard for users files.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when having many stipple points and sketch lines in a document
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.314 Beta (Sep 14, 2017)
- STANDARD EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- General:
- Additional tool tips added
- Improved existing tool tips for panel tabs and buttons
- Crash fixes implemented from received crash logs
- Additional crash logging has been implemented to improve the reports sent to the development team
- BUSINESS EDITION UPDATES:
- Silhouette Design Store files:
- Dashed blue bounding box no longer displays for Silhouette Design Store files on the workspace
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.310 Beta (Sep 12, 2017)
- STANDARD EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Library:
- Fixed an issue where Studio was crashing at startup during library initialization
- Sticky Notes:
- Single-click now enables text input into Sticky Notes
- Sticky Notes can no longer be modified with design tools
- DESIGNER EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Layers:
- Layer ordering has been updated to better represent the order of designs on the workspace
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.307 Beta (Sep 6, 2017)
- STANDARD EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Sticky Notes:
- Sticky Notes no longer appear within Action by: Fill
- Tutorials:
- ‘Send to Silhouette – Making the First Cut’ tutorial has been updated for the new Send to Machine layout
- General:
- Additional logging and general crash fixes
- DESIGNER EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Nesting:
- Nesting now successfully interlocks designs that contain Bezier paths
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.201 (Aug 27, 2017)
- Library Import:
- Fixed crash that occurred occasionally when importing libraries from pre-cloud versions of SIlhouette Studio
- Import Library credentials can now be successfully entered without needing to select the password field first
- Export Library:
- Exporting large local libraries no longer causes crash
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.304 Beta (Aug 24, 2017)
- STANDARD EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Library:
- Credentials can now be entered successfully when importing a library
- Send to Machine:
- Added the ability to delete multiple User Defined materials with the minus button.
- Knife Tool:
- Knife tool lines can no longer be sent to Silhouette Devices
- Point Editing:
- Toggle buttons are now correctly highlighted on the Quick Access Toolbar
- Shape remains selected when ‘Convert to Path’ is selected
- Trace:
- ‘Scale’ slider has been re-implemented
- General:
- Fixed an issue where a flashing black box would appear within the Preference and Send pages
- Double clicking a Floating Panel header will collapse/expand the panel
- DESIGNER EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Magnet Trace:
- Magnet Trace Preview lines can no longer be sent to Silhouette Devices
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.303 Beta (Aug 23, 2017)
- STANDARD EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Library:
- Updated ‘Sync’ and ‘Remove User’ tooltips
- Send to Machine:
- ‘Material’ drop-down list now contains a search bar to filter through materials
- Drop-down arrow no longer truncates text
- The Silhouette Devices list now correctly displays ‘Estimated Time’ for queued jobs
- Queued ‘Test’ jobs can now be cancelled from within the Silhouette Devices list
- Connection is now successfully made when sending cut jobs to devices in a 'Connection Auto-released’ status
- Drop-down lists successfully update when the Silhouette Devices list is updated
- General:
- ‘Snap to Grid’ can now be found within the View file menu
- DESIGNER EDITION AND ABOVE FIXES:
- Center of Rotation:
- The ‘Centre of Rotation’ tool no longer displays unexpectedly while rotating shapes
- Glyphs:
- Glyphs now scale correctly within their thumbnails
- Layers:
- Curved Shapes now display as ‘Curved Shapes’ within the Layers panel
- Magnet Trace:
- The Select tool is now chosen once a Magnet Trace has been completed
- BUSINESS EDITION FIXES:
- Media Layout Setup:
- Text objects now remain within Media Layout View’s cut border
- Removed ellipsis from the panel heading
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.193 Beta (Aug 18, 2017)
- Send to Machine:
- Fixed an issue where the ‘Action’ dropdown would instantly close when opened
- Quick Access Toolbar:
- Studio will no longer crash when entering text into the 'Move' tools expandable menu
- Library:
- Deleting a folder from the Library no longer causes Silhouette Studio to crash
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.191 Beta (Aug 18, 2017)
- Dynamic Toolbar:
- Improved the mechanics of the Dynamic Toolbar to now work better on smaller resolution screen
- Text Tool
- Fixed an issue where the Text Panel was disabled when text was selected
- Trace Tool:
- Fixed opaque trace background in Outline Mode (now shows the image behind the trace box)
- Send to Machine:
- Fixed an issue where unticking a color would cause the entry to disappear from the list
- Enabled the ability to set Line Segment Overcut to 0.0
- Fixed ‘Have you mirrored’ spelling mistake
- ‘Save as New’ message is now displayed when attempting to save over default materials
- Improved the usability of the Material Hub & Summary sections
- Bluetooth:
- Optimized the Bluetooth code to better handle connections / sending
- Crashes:
- Fixed crash that occurred when closing the Pixscan panel after attempting to add a new calibration
- Fixed crash that occurred when attempting to import an exported PDF
- Material Export:
- Right-click within the material list and select ‘Export’ to export the selected material as a csv file
- Right-click within the material list and select ‘Import’ to import a previously exported material csv list
- Imported Materials will be found within ‘User Defined Materials’
- Floating Panels:
- Contents of a Panel stops populating if the Panel is interacted with
- Text to Path:
- Text to Path slider does not move to shapes new position
- Send to Machine:
- Add label to Material drop-down
- File Support:
- Files that open a ‘Cannot find material’ modal window now when drag and dropped into Studio now open as expected
- Glyphs (Designer Edition and above only):
- Adjusting Glyph icon size shows a different section of glyphs
- Multiple Undo (Designer Edition Plus and above only):
- Most recent edits are now displayed at the top of the list
- PopUp (Designer Edition and above only):
- PopUp Multiple Depth sliders are now locked to Designer Edition and above
- Manuals / Translations:
- Updated 4.1 Manuals for all supported languages
- Updated over 2,000 translations for all supported languages
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.177 Beta (Aug 15, 2017)
- Auto Updater:
- Clicking 'Later' now launches the currently installed version of Silhouette Studio 4.1 instead of exiting the beta software. Update of beta version is mandatory only when the installed version enters a legacy state
- Library:
- Library thumbnails now successfully display as expected instead of black boxes
- Files can now be dragged into the main thumbnail view instead of just the folder structure
- Added the ability to navigate to a files library location by right clicking the design and selecting ‘Show in Folder’
- Send to Machine:
- A ‘Did you Mirror?’ prompt will now display when using HTV
- Sketch pens now successfully sketch vector lines without lifting the pen up (Unless Required!)
- Craft Foam’s summary correctly displays a Blade Depth of 20
- Bluetooth:
- Fixed a constant ‘Checking Connection’ issue when using Mac OSX 10.12.6
- Page Size and Cut Border no longer adjust when connecting via Bluetooth.
- Text Style:
- The Text Style of grouped text designs can now successfully be adjusted
- Point Editing:
- Simplify now reduces the volume of nodes
- Tracing:
- Trace preview speed increased to better match Silhouette Studio v3
- Floating Panels:
- Panels opened by the expandable panel icon no longer close when the workspace is clicked
- Designer Edition – Rhinestones:
- Fixed an issue where rhinestones could not be released from text
- Designer Edition – Warp:
- Scaling warped designs no longer causes the design to disappear
- Warping a PopUp design no longer crashes Silhouette Studio
- Warped shapes are now successfully scaled when resized alongside non-warped shapes
- Warp nodes now snap to grid
- Selecting ‘Warp Selected Shape’ when a warped design and a non-warped design will no longer cause the warped shape to become un-warped
- Patterned designs no longer lose their pattern when warped
- Warped objects now print successfully
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.1058 (Aug 8, 2017)
- General:
- Fixed Crash that occurred when saving a file after closing Silhouette Studio while in the Library Tab
- Fixed Crash that occurred when adjusting settings in the SEND Tab
- Fixed Crash that occurred when dropping images into shapes (DE and Above)
- Crash Reporting:
- Added additional logging for Bluetooth to determine reliability / usage
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.163 Beta (Aug 7, 2017)
- Silhouette Handbook:
- Fixed a crash that occurred when selecting 'Previous View' from the right click context menu while on Page 1 of the Handbook
- General:
- Additional logging has been implemented to better track software crashes
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.159 Beta (Aug 3, 2017)
- Send to Machine:
- Shapes line thickness in Action by: Line/Fill/Layer now match the thickness displayed in Action by: Simple.
- PixScan:
- PixScan Calibration sheet can no longer be sent to the cutter
- Floating Panels:
- Floating panels no longer move when Silhouette Studio is minimized, then maximized to full screen mode
- Duplicate:
- Objects with a low line thickness value now duplicate in a more conventional way (added padding between lines)
- Business Edition - DRM Bounding Box:
- Only the outer bounding box for Silhouette Design Store designs will display as dashed blue lines to represent the export limitations.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.156 Beta (Aug 1, 2017)
- Library:
- Cloud Library warning messages are no longer truncated
- Material Settings:
- Silhouette Studio now remembers last selected material after a relaunch
- 'Vinyl, Whiteboard' material settings have now been added to Silhouette Studio
- 'Heat Transfer, Reflective' blade depth setting is now set to 1
- Point Editing:
- Disabled ability to edit the points of an object that was selected and then grouped
- Drop-down Menus:
- Drop-down menus no longer instantly close when opened while animation speed is set to maximum
- Navigation Toolbar:
- Icon for Send tab has been updated to display as a Silhouette machine
- Modal Windows:
- 'New Project Wizard' and 'Save to Library' windows now close when the 'Esc' key is pressed
- 'About Silhouette Studio' window can no longer be opened multiple times on Mac
- Tool Tips:
- 'Preferences' and 'Change Theme' tool tips now display as expected when Silhouette Studio is on a multi-monitor setup
- Preferences:
- Language drop-down list has been expanded to show additional languages
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.151 Beta (Jul 29, 2017)
- Send to Machine:
- Double Cut will no longer occur when passes is set to 1
- Last selected material is now remembered between sessions
- Deep Cut Blade is now automatically selected when selecting Craft Foam Material
- Layers Panel:
- Added ability to expand the height of the panel
- Library:
- Connecting a Silhouette device for the first time now adds free designs
- Glyphs:
- Description is now shown when hovering over a glyph with the mouse cursor
- General:
- Recovered Documents panel no longer closes every time a document is opened from it
- Fixed Shortcut to open PixScan panel (CTRL + ALT + P / CMD + ALT + P)
- Advanced section of Sketch panel now shows all options
- Show Guides / Snap to Guides now display in the View menu
- Crash reporting:
- Additional logging for Bluetooth
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.147 Beta (Jul 26, 2017)
- Emboss & Stipple Panel:
- Stipple panel is greyed out until a CAMEO 3 or a Curio has been connected
- Emboss panel is greyed out until a Curio is connected
- Updates made to slider increment values within both the Stipple and Emboss panels
- Score & Embosses ‘Passes & Fill’ feature no longer only applies one line
- Emboss / Deboss lines now successfully create blue lines to represent Embossing
- Line Style Panel:
- Adjusted mm dimensions of Line Thickness to 2 decimal points instead of 3
- Re-added 'Print Lines of selected shapes' option to Panel
- Select by Color:
- Shapes selected by ‘Select by Color’ can now successfully be deleted
- Magnet Trace:
- Magnet trace settings are now greyed out until trace lines Magnet trace area has been selected
- Freehand Tool:
- Using the Zoom tools while a freehand tool is active will no longer cause the mouse cursor to disappear
- Glyphs:
- Individual glyphs can now be selected without surrounding glyphs being selected
- Library:
- Scrollbar has been added into the Properties keyword window
- Library designs keywords now successfully save when adding new keywords
- Silhouette Design Store:
- Fixed an issue where Silhouette Studio® would crash when searching for a phrase on the Silhouette Design Store
- Send to Machine:
- Cut time estimate now correctly takes ‘Passes’ into account
- User Manual:
- Fixed an issue where images would display as black boxes
- Preferences:
- Fixed a crash when changing OpenGL settings on Windows OS
- Fixed a crash that occurred when accessing the Preferences while a text object is being edited
- General:
- Current view is greyed out within the View menus display switching settings
- Dropdown menus now close when the design page has interaction
- Closing the software will now always show the current workspace so you can see what design you are deciding to save or discard
- New Project Wizard can no longer be opened multiple times which was causing the program to crash
- Color palettes red now matches Silhouette Studio®'s default red
- Disabled menu items for upgrading / downgrading when not required
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.141 Beta (Jul 23, 2017)
- Emboss & Stipple Panel:
- Stipple panel is greyed out until a CAMEO 3 or a Curio has been connected
- Emboss panel is greyed out until a Curio is connected
- Updates made to slider increment values within both the Stipple and Emboss panels
- Score & Embosses ‘Passes & Fill’ feature no longer only applies one line
- Emboss / Deboss lines now successfully create blue lines to represent Embossing
- Line Style Panel:
- Adjusted mm dimensions of Line Thickness to 2 decimal points instead of 3.
- Re-added 'Print Lines of selected shapes' option to Panel.
- Library:
- Library designs keywords now successfully save when adding new keywords
- Preferences:
- Fixed a crash when changing OpenGL settings on Windows OS.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when accessing the Preferences while a text object is being edited
- General:
- Closing SS will now always show the current workspace so you can see what design you are deciding to save or discard.
- New Project Wizard can no longer be opened multiple times which was causing SS to crash
- Color palettes red now matches Studio's default red.
- Disabled menu items for upgrading / downgrading when not required.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.136 Beta (Jul 19, 2017)
- Incremental values:
- Silhouette Studios incremental values have been reworked.
- Preferences:
- If the 'Choose Select' tool preference is in use, the created shape is now selected as well as the ‘Select’ tool being active.
- Line Style:
- Line thickness can now be measured by pt/mm or pt/in
- Eraser Measurement:
- Eraser Size correctly updates to the correct unit of measurement on the Quick Access Toolbar
- Weed Settings – Business Edition:
- Can now limit Weed Lines to only select shapes that are on the media
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.133 Beta (Jul 19, 2017)
- Send to Machine:
- Save' and 'Revert' are greyed out until changes have been made
- Custom materials can no longer be deleted by right-click under the ‘User Materials’ sub-heading
- Actions can now be added and removed from duplicated Silhouette materials
- Fixed an issue where duplicating 'Silhouette Materials' via the subheading would cause a crash
- Multiple undo is no longer available in 'Send' panel
- Select by Color:
- Can now limit selection to only select shapes that are within the defined material size
- Nesting:
- Can now limit Nesting to only nest shapes that are within the defined material size
- PixScan:
- PixScan image previews are no longer cropped during the import process
- General:
- The ‘Store’ home and refresh buttons now show as expected when button size set to maximum.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.1052 (Jul 19, 2017)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when opening .STUDIO3 file that contained a text object & selecting it when having many fonts installed
- Added logging for Bluetooth to determine reliability / usage
- Updated the Licence key for DynaPDF that expired, fixing the ability to open PDF Files without an error message appearing
New in Silhouette Studio 4.1.124 Beta (Jul 17, 2017)
- V4.1 NEW FEATURES:
- Standard Edition:
- Font Improvements - Find commonly used Fonts instantly. Font Style lists now include a ‘Most frequent fonts’ and ‘Most recent fonts’ category
- Sticky Notes - Display Sticky Notes and save them with a design
- Popup - Create basic Pop-Up cards
- Designer Edition:
- Glyphs - new Glyph tab found within the Text Style panel to add glyphs to the Workspace
- Font Management - Font Style lists includes categories for Library fonts in folders and subfolders
- Designer Edition Plus:
- Conical Warp - New Warp tool feature to warp objects to a conical shape
- Business Edition:
- Multiple Undo/Redo
- SVG/PDF/JPEG export (Note: Exported SVG’s will not contain Silhouette Design Store files)
- BUG FIXES AND UPDATES:
- General:
- Fixed issue where popup defaults were not working well with text objects
- Fixed crash when creating a new material with no action
- Fixed crash when attempting to duplicate Silhouette materials
- Quick Access Toolbar now updates to new tool setting after point editing
- Added Convert to Path to the Quick Access Toolbar when Point Edit tool is selected
- Fixed a crash when applying a warp to tiny objects (Designer Edition)
- Fixed crash when undoing changes to Warp Panel value (Designer Edition)
- Warp menu items are now under one item ‘Panel’ instead of separate items (Designer Edition)
- Send to Machine:
- New and improved layout and workflow for Send to Machine
- "Thickness" is now called "Force"
- Line Segment Overcut now defaults to 0.1mm
- Newly added Silhouette material settings
- Text Style:
- Font styles can now be selected with the keyboard arrow keys within the Text Style panel
- Fixed issue where selecting ‘Make Compound Path’ on a Text object that is currently being edited would cause the object to be deleted
- Text Style drop down successfully displays the default font (Mac)
- Font list is now organized 0 – Z instead of A – 0
- Quick Access Toolbar:
- Distribute Horizontally/Vertically are included on the dynamic toolbar when 3 or more shapes are selected
- Centre to page icon now shows on the dynamic toolbar when one shape is selected
- Point Editing:
- Using 'Convert to Path' on a rounded shape no longer creates hundreds of unwanted nodes
- Library:
- ‘Fonts’ folder now displays a small '+' and '-' icon when sub-folders are present
- GENERAL ADJUSTMENTS:
- Standard Edition (and above):
- Select tool is chosen after zooming, preference available to continue zooming
- CTRL + Left Mouse Click now opens right-click context menu on MAC
- White line no longer appears on the PixScan panel while in the dark theme
- Panel tabs are correctly aligned to the title and subtitle of panel
- Swedish and Polish language updates
- Designer Edition (and above):
- DE knife tools successfully display when updating to DE or above
- Business Edition (and above):
- Business Edition Artwork now displays correctly within the About box
- Crash Reporting:
- A new and improved logging system has been added so any time a crash occurs, our development team can work on a fix ASAP
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.1052 Beta (Jul 12, 2017)
- Fixed a crash that occurred when opening .STUDIO3 file that contained a text object & selecting it when having many fonts installed
- Added logging for Bluetooth to determine reliability / usage
- Updated the Licence key for DynaPDF that expired, fixing the ability to open PDF Files without an error message appearing
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.1044 Beta (Jul 4, 2017)
- Print option now available for Silhouette Handbook in the File menu of the PDF Viewer on MAC & PC
- Added ability to scroll through the Handbook with Page Up / Page Down keys
- Added ability to search through the Handbook with CTRL / CMD + F
- Added Checkbox in Preferences to auto-update Beta Versions (Defaulted to ON when using Beta Builds)
- Fixed issue where INSTALL button did not install downloaded version through Auto-update
- Permission to close Silhouette Studio is now requested when launching update from within the Preferences – Update Tab
- Fixed a crash when removing all text from the name of a file saved
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.1014 Beta (Jun 13, 2017)
- Offsets that are manually input are now applied when clicking 'Apply' without needing to press the 'Enter' key
- Fonts now display as expected when a file is opened while the program is still initializing fonts
- Double-clicking a font within the library no longer opens the legacy styled panel
- Magnet Trace now leaves a trace line behind
- Mouse cursor now successfully updates when selecting 'Select Trace Area' on Mac OS
- Mouse cursor correctly reverts to select when ‘Trace and Detach’ is selected
- Delete key now deletes selected node instead of selected shape while in Point Editing mode
- Manual registration arrows are no longer invisible
- Stipple preview successfully displays the trace preview as expected
- Stipple panel now successfully displays settings for selected shape
- Can no longer create shapes within a locked layer (mouse cursor changes to a locked icon)
- Blue bounding box in Nesting feature now correctly displays when a shape has been set to boundary
- Select tool is chosen after zooming (Preference option available to continue zooming)
- Designer Edition knife tools are now successfully displayed when updating to Designer Edition or above
- Panel tabs are correctly aligned to the title and subtitle of panel
- White line no longer appears on the PixScan panel while in the dark theme
- Users that attempt to launch the software with less than a minimum recommended amount of space will receive a warning message regarding hard drive space recommendations to optimize performance
- Additional and improved data logging for software crashes
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.837 (Jun 7, 2017)
- Shapes set to Nesting boundary now correctly displayed on-screen
- Panel tabs are now successfully aligned to the panel
- Designer Edition Knife tools now display successfully on the dynamic toolbar
- Double-clicking a font within the library will now open the correct text panel
- Bold, Italic, and Underline font style attributes will now sync with the current selected object
- Layers panel icon now highlights when the Layers panel is open
- Point Edit tool now highlights when selected
- Shapes can no longer be created in a locked layer (a padlock cursor will appear)
- Fixed rendering of Fill Gradient
- Increased size of advanced Rhinestones by 0.5mm to provide better rhinestone fit in holes that are created
- Library search is no longer case-sensitive
- PixScan images now imported correctly through 'Import PixScan Image from File'
- Bug fix for text losing font style information when opening a file containing text immediately after launch
- Bug fix for crash when updating the library from a non-cloud version of Silhouette Studio
- Bug fix for crash when cancelling a lengthy operation (i.e. complex erase operation)
- ug fix for Bluetooth pausing issue on Mac OS
- Bug fix to ensure all cut data sent via Bluetooth results in cut jobs finishing as expected
- Bug fix for Bluetooth ‘Checking Connection’ for extended period of times
- Jobs sent via Bluetooth now return to origin more reliably
- 'SS_Bluetooth' application no longer displays on Mac OS’s dock while Silhouette Studio® is open
- Bug fix for Bluetooth data send/recieve for Japanese OS
- Added improved translations
- Many stability and performance fixes in response to Beta testing feedback
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.623 (Jun 6, 2017)
- New updated look – New modernized software look and feel.
- Updated navigation – The Design, Store, Library, and Send navigation is now located in the upper right-hand side of the software allowing quick and easy toggling between viewing the design workspace versus shopping, navigating through the library, or sending jobs to the Silhouette.
- Send to Silhouette revamp – The method of sending jobs to the Silhouette now walks users through the process of preparing a job to be sent to a Silhouette machine. This includes steps to select the material type and then define the job settings.
- Floating panels – Users can open and move around multiple panels for increased control.
- Dynamic Toolbar – A new dynamic toolbar located along the top section of the Design workspace will provide shortcuts to quickly adjust selected object properties depending on what is being selected (i.e. quickly adjust fill color, line color, or even font style if text is being selected).
- New project start-up options – Optional new document startup found under the File menu which allows you to quickly start new project types (i.e. blank document, card, Print & Cut, PixScan, etc). Depending on the document type selected, the program will automatically open appropriate panels.
- Improved Tracing features – In addition to the previous tracing options, V4 offers a “Trace by Color” and “Magnet Trace” option (Designer Edition version and above only).
- Object on Path feature - Found in the "Replicate" panel, this option allows you to replicate images around the path of another object.
- Tutorials feature – A new “Tutorials” tool is now found under the “Help” menu. This walks users through how to use various software tools.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.837 Beta (May 30, 2017)
- Bug fix for crash when updating the library from a non-Cloud version of Silhouette Studio
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.832 Beta (May 29, 2017)
- Bug fix for issue where opening a file with text very early after launch would lose its font style information
- Bug fix for crash when canceling a lengthy operation
- Bluetooth fix for pausing issue occurring on Mac OS
- Bluetooth fix to ensure all cut data is sent successfully resulting in cut jobs finishing as expected
- Bluetooth fix to resolve ‘Checking Connection’ for extended periods of time
- Bluetooth now returns to origin more reliably
- SS_Bluetooth' application no longer displays on Mac OS’s dock while Silhouette Studio® is open
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.820 Beta (May 22, 2017)
- Added optional Auto-Update to SS4.0 Release Builds
- Selection tool gains focus after Trace/Detach is used
- Stopped constant refreshing of the 'Start' button when changes were made in SEND mode
- Home / Refresh icons are no longer cut off in the Silhouette Design Store
- Free Designs for Portrait now downloaded to Library when tool is initially connected
- Various improvements to Magnet Trace
- Updated Polish translations
- Updated Swedish translations
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.810 Beta (May 16, 2017)
- Shapes set to Nesting boundary now correctly displayed on-screen
- Panel tabs are now successfully aligned to the panel
- DE knife tools now display successfully on the Quick Access Toolbar
- Double clicking a font within the library will open the correct text panel
- Shapes can no longer be created in a locked layer
- Bold, Italic, and Underline will now sync with the currently selected shape
- Layers panel icon will now highlight when the layers panel is open
- Point edit tool will highlight when selected
- Mouse cursor will now change to a pipette tool when trace by color is used
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.623 Beta (May 11, 2017)
- New updated look – New modernized software look and feel.
- Updated navigation – The Design, Store, Library, and Send navigation is now located in the upper right-hand side of the software allowing quick and easy toggling between viewing the design workspace versus shopping, navigating through the library, or sending jobs to the Silhouette.
- Send to Silhouette revamp – The method of sending jobs to the Silhouette now walks users through the process of preparing a job to be sent to a Silhouette machine. This includes steps to select the material type and then define the job settings.
- Floating panels – Users can open and move around multiple panels for increased control.
- Dynamic Toolbar – A new dynamic toolbar located along the top section of the Design workspace will provide shortcuts to quickly adjust selected object properties depending on what is being selected (i.e. quickly adjust fill color, line color, or even font style if text is being selected).
- New project start-up options – Optional new document startup found under the File menu which allows you to quickly start new project types (i.e. blank document, card, Print & Cut, PixScan, etc). Depending on the document type selected, the program will automatically open appropriate panels.
- Improved Tracing features – In addition to the previous tracing options, V4 offers a “Trace by Color” and “Magnet Trace” option (Designer Edition version and above only).
- Object on Path feature - Found in the "Replicate" panel, this option allows you to replicate images around the path of another object.
- Tutorials feature – A new “Tutorials” tool is now found under the “Help” menu. This walks users through how to use various software tools.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.620 Beta (May 11, 2017)
- UI adjustments to fix truncation issues with SEND
- V4 User Manual available in Help menu
- Updated 'Modify' panel to include labels
- Introduction slides updated to reflect new SEND changes
- Pressing 'Tab' key succesfully moves to the next text field
- Fixed an issue where the Freehand tool would freeze on the screen while panning
- Center of Rotation tool is no longer offset from center
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.618 Beta (May 9, 2017)
- Preferences ‘Apply’ button now successfully highlights when updates have been made
- Tutorial titles, description and list order has been updated
- Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would lock to the workspace when closing a panel with the Eraser tool
- UI and terminology updates made to the Send slideshow
- Minor UI updates to Sends ‘Material’ and ‘Advanced’ tabs
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.616 Beta (May 8, 2017)
- The ‘Send to Machine’ slideshow now only displays when going to the Send tab from the Action > Simple tab
- Additional updates to the ‘Send to Machine’ slideshow
- Text on a Path no longer duplicates when using ‘Convert to Path’
- Object to Path no longer creates a shape at the start and end point, this was causing an unexpected double cut
- Mouse cursor now successfully updates to the expected icon on Mac OS
- Eraser / Knife tool UI now successfully deselects when a new tool is selected
- Fixed an issue where measurements were truncated on the Quick Access Toolbar
- Updated Panel tool tips.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.612 Beta (May 5, 2017)
- Added 12 new Tutorials
- Additional updates to the Send panel slideshows
- Bug fix for crash when quitting software on a Mac after launching for the first time
- Bug fix for crash when 'Discarding All Recovered Documents'
- Low Pass Filter is now defaulted to OFF in the Trace panel
- Move panel now displays length measurements
- Dynamic toolbar now displays correct measurements based on 'Unit of Measurement' Preference
- Removed roller illustration for non-Cameo machines
- AutoBlade is now the default blade when no cutter is connected
- Tool settings now update when changing the action
- Fixed the polygon slider switching shapes without mouse click-drag
- Additional Font Style dropdown is disabled when no additional options are available
- ‘Show Media Layout Split-Screen’ option is now disabled when Registration Marks are ON
- Fixed Animation Settings not being applied in Preferences correctly
- Deep Cut Blade Depth can now be adjusted to all 20 settings
- Removed the ‘Registering your silhouette’ page from first software launch
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.605 Beta (May 4, 2017)
- Ability to delete custom material types
- Send Bar no longer flickers when adjusting window size / sending to Silhouette Machines
- Double-Pass can now be performed with Test Cut
- Corrected justification for Freehand smoothing toolbar
- ON/OFF checkbox for Business Edition Split-Screen mode clearer
- Bug fix for crash caused by Distance Adjustment selection
- Bug fix for crash caused by dragging files into a Folder within the Cloud Library on MAC OSX
- Added '...' to menus which lead to a new window
- Added Translations to File menu items for all languages
- Added Multiple Persian Translations
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.604 Beta (May 2, 2017)
- Updated Send to Machine view, with a constant editable summary at the bottom of the send page you will find it much easier to update and send your designs to your Silhouette Machine.
- Library designs can now be double clicked to open from the library page
- Can successfully update SVG cut lines with Action by > Line Color and Fill Color
- Select by Color icon has been moved to the top toolbar alongside the ‘Select All’ and ‘Deselect All’ buttons.
- Send tutorial no longer instructs placement of the AutoBlade in tool 2
- Transparency value is remembered when switching between panel tabs
- Grouped designs now display successfully within the Action By > Line Color and Fill Color
- Import PDF window correctly displays the Page number as an integer
- ‘Edit Points’ panel no longer closes when another shape is double-clicked while the panel is open
- Ruler guides can no longer be created within the SEND page
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.601 Beta (May 2, 2017)
- Bug fixes for various crashes, including during tracing
- Added scroll bar for 'Cut by Color' panel
- Various minor fixes in the SEND panel
- Bug fix for issue where blade type was not saved properly when editing a material
- Perpendicular' checkbox now on by default in the Object on Path feature
- Cut Actions are now displayed properly when Custom Material is selected
- Recovered Documents panel now only appears after software crash
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.592 Beta (May 1, 2017)
- Trace preview can now toggle between a solid or outline effect
- Updated interface for Trace by Color
- Fixed an issue where Trace by Color was not successfully highlighting grouped shapes
- Design tab name now updates when opening library files or saving files to the library
- Fill Pattern and Fill Gradient values applied to text is retained when returning to the panel
- Studio no longer crashes after selecting ‘Discard All’ twice from the ‘Recovered Documents’ panel
- Bug fix for crash when opening files with Image Effects on machines without a graphics card
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.588 Beta (Apr 27, 2017)
- ‘Add Action’ dropdown no longer disappears when clicked
- Creating a new material after restoring default materials no longer causes a crash
- ‘Edit’ -> ‘Select by Color’ menu now works properly
- Text on Path grab handles now only display when text is in an editable state
- UI updates to Barcode’s ‘Select Cloud Account’ drop-down menu
- UI Updates to Fill panel - Can no longer have multiple colors highlighted
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.211 (Apr 25, 2017)
- Bug fix for Silhouette Cloud Library failing to download higher quantities of designs from the Silhouette Design Store
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.586 Beta (Apr 25, 2017)
- Improved reliability of updating to a Cloud library
- Import Preferences are now successfully applied and images are being imported as expected
- Cutting Mat and Reveal are now in their own category within the Page Setup panel
- Cutting Mat list has been rearranged, CURIO cutting mats are now above the less commonly chosen mats
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.554 Beta (Apr 5, 2017)
- Multiple UI feature updates to Object to Path
- New Barcode Scanning feature (Business Edition only)
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.552 Beta (Apr 4, 2017)
- Bug fix for crash experienced when attempting to edit text which has been placed onto a path
- New icons for ‘New Document’, ‘Printer’ and ‘Edit Points’ > ‘Delete’.
- ‘Select by Color’ panel icon has been moved to the right-hand side toolbar
- ‘Select All’ and ‘De-select All’ tools have been moved to the top toolbar
- ‘Send Forward’ and ‘Send Backward’ buttons have been added to the dynamic toolbar
- ‘Dark Grey’ background color is now a preference option in the Display tab
- ‘Page’ panel has been renamed to ‘Page Setup’
- Silhouette logo now displays correctly within the dark theme
- ‘Business’ panel has been renamed to ‘Media Layout Setup’ (Business Edition Only)
- ‘Weed Border’ functionality is now its own panel icon on the right-hand side toolbar (Business Edition Only)
- Improved Dutch translations for the material list
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.547 Beta (Mar 31, 2017)
- New Object to Path feature. This feature can be found in the Replicate panel for all editions.
- Bug fix for crash experienced when an expandable menu is left open when closing the About box (Windows only)
- Bug fix for issue where the eraser was performing an ‘Outline’ erase while ‘Solid’ was highlighted
- Offset is now being measured in inches again
- Offset now has a maximum slider range of 4 inches (can manually input a higher custom value)
- Offset and Internal Offset now have default value of 0.125 inches
- Send Backward and Bring Forward appear again in the right-click context menu
- Bug fix for crash when attempting to use either the ‘PixScan’ or ‘Print and Cut’ File New Wizard templates
- Corrected display of integer values
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.537 Beta (Mar 29, 2017)
- Enabled Group and Compound Path options when interacting with images in the SEND panel
- Bug fix for Delete action behavior - Restrict Delete to focused area, fixing an issue where objects were deleted when deleting input field text from the dynamic toolbar
- Fonts now instantly select when selected in the Dynamic Toolbar
- Updated Offset and Line Thickness settings to use 0.05 increments
- Added an "Apply" button to Rotate By
- Made the background for tracing lighter for easier viewing
- Save to SD Card removed from Menu
- Updated version notes on Auto-Update screen
- About box now movable
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.206 (Mar 29, 2017)
- Bug fix for errors with files sent to a CAMEO 3 from a USB memory device, including errors with file not completing jobs when being sent from a USB memory device.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.521 Beta (Mar 17, 2017)
- Bug fix for crash experienced when trying to use the Cloud Library (non-English OS issue only)
- Translation updates (German)
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.516 Beta (Mar 15, 2017)
- Disabled Center of Rotation tool and ability to Divide objects in the SEND panel
- Added the ability to Mirror/Flip objects in the SEND panel
- Bug fix for Eraser and Undo combination exception error
- Icon image updates
- Improved data logging of errors
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.478 Beta (Feb 28, 2017)
- Bug fix for Eye Droper tool issues
- Transfer Properties toolbar button now works properly
- Offset options now properly display based on selection of cut lines
- Custom offset parameters now properly apply
- Minor corrections for various panel labeling
- Minor visual adjustments
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.449 Beta (Feb 15, 2017)
- Updated software performance logging (to improve feedback collected to optimize sofware performance in further future versions)
- Remove tab icon from the Rhinestone panel (Designer Edition only)
- Fix for various panels headers
- User Manual is greyed out since it is not yet availble in Beta version; V4 Beta Guide now available under Help menu for Beta feature reference
- Update to Trace by Color icon
- Shortcuts disabled if a panel is the active window
- Improved the method of creating new documents - CTRL/CMD + N now creates a new document whereas creating a new document from the File Menu shows the New Document Wizard where templates can be found
- Added "Low Pass Filter" back into Trace panel
- Changes to the line style / thickness no longer effect the trace border
- Slideshow rollers now work when no Silhouette devices are connected
- Slideshow rollers can now be scrolled through with a mouse wheel
- Updated Toolbars to split visually from the Dynamic Toolbar
- Removed truncation from cutter related sliders and other adjustments to Send panel
- Extended Dynamic Toolbar font dropdown size
- Fixed Preference options for Knife and Eraser tool not retaining values
- Minor adjustments to Rhinestone panel for easier use
- Spelling box is now left/right aligned
- Minor visual adjustments
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.194 (Feb 13, 2017)
- New Performance Improvement Program option. This allows Silhouette to collect software performance information in order to make future improvements. Prompts on initial launch if user agrees for information to be collected.
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.440 Beta (Feb 11, 2017)
- Updates to allow more accurate identification of errors during automated reports
- Bug fix for phantom shapes appearing after navigating from "Send" to "Design" sections
- Bug fix for rhinestones appearing on rulers
- Bug fix for crash during object resizing when in Layout View (Business Edition only)
New in Silhouette Studio 4.0.438 Beta (Feb 9, 2017)
- New updated look – Modernized software look and feel.
- Updated navigation – The Design, Store, Library, and Send navigation is now conveniently located in the upper right-hand side of the software allowing quick and easy toggling between viewing the design workspace versus shopping, navigating through the library, or sending jobs to the Silhouette.
- Send to Silhouette revamp – The method of sending jobs to the Silhouette now walks users easily and intuitively through the process of preparing a job to be sent to a Silhouette machine. This includes friendly steps to select the material type and then define the job settings.
- Floating panels – Users can open and move around multiple panels for increased control.
- Dynamic Toolbar – A new dynamic toolbar located along the top section of the Design workspace will provide shortcuts to quickly adjust selected object properties depending on what is being selected (i.e. quickly adjust fill color, line color, or even font style if text is being selected).
- New project start-up options – When starting a new document, users are given project type options (i.e. blank document, card, Print & Cut, PixScan, etc). Depending on the document type selected, the program will automatically open appropriate panels.
- Improved Tracing features – In addition to the previous tracing options, V4 offers a “Trace by Color” and “Magnet Trace” option (Designer Edition version and above only).
- Tutorials feature – A new “Tutorials” tool is now found under the “Help” menu. This walks users through how to use various software tools. In this initial launch of the Open Beta, there are only a couple of tutorials to show this new feature concept. Additional tutorials will continue to be created for the release version.
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.189 (Feb 1, 2017)
- New material types added
- Cloud Library synch requests optimized to improve performance
- Cookie Support for Silhouette Studio communication with Silhouette Design Store
- Various language translation fixes
- Bug fix for issue where Test Cut could not be performed with Autoblade
- Bug fix for issue with proper commands being sent to the machine when using multiple pages in the Business Edition version
- Bug fix for ‘Retry Registration Marks’ buttons not working properly when running program in Japanese
- Bug fix for Cloud Library failure on Windows 10 when running program in Japanese
- Bug fix for issue where sending designs via Bluetooth from MAC OS 10.9 would result in broken cut lines
- Bug fix to properly feed cutting mat when sending various jobs from a USB memory device directly with the CAMEO3
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.154 (Feb 1, 2017)
- Cutting Mat now feeds properly when cutting via USB on CAMEO 3
- Cloud Library no longer gets stuck in an infinite loop when max devices is reached
- Updated BETA introduction window
- Adjusted Cloud Sync Requests to avoid sending larger amounts of information when unnecessary
- Added Cookie support for communication with the Silhouette Design Store
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.150 (Feb 1, 2017)
- Fixed issue with ability to launch software if there is a library corruption
- Optimized Registration Mark scanning to better locate and detect the top left mark
- Prevented temporary Library Files from being added to open recent menu
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.118 (Nov 1, 2016)
- Removes driver from V3.8.113 in order to resolve driver issue conflicts between software and firmware update tool
- Test Cut now feeds the media to the correct location when sent to CAMEO3
- Retains all Cloud Library fixes from V3.8.113
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.113 (Oct 25, 2016)
- Silhouette machine drivers installed upon installation of Silhouette Studio® (Windows only)
- Deep Cut Blade option now available for CAMEO3
- Removed keyboard shortcut actions while text style scroll window has focus
- Glitter Heat Transfer Material added to list of available materials
- Library Cloud bug fixes:
- No longer silently fails if it takes > 30 seconds to upload designs to the cloud
- Retry mechanisms implemented to keep going even after a connection time out
- Changing case-sensitive files / folders in the Cloud no longer causes a concern
- Other miscellaneous fixes applied
New in Silhouette Studio 3.8.088 (Sep 2, 2016)
- CAMEO 3 preload content available (requires CAMEO 3)
- Update to prevent computer from sleeping while machine is sending jobs
- Bluetooth update to check connection state for Bluetooth connected machines that may have been disconnected but are still available
- Bug fix for keyboard down arrow zooming out of Design area when pressed
- General stability fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 3.7.227 (Jun 27, 2016)
- Curio Pixscan Mat support
- Shortcut for 'Save As Legacy' option (CTRL+ALT+V)
- Improved printing support for printing large documents
- Bug fix for importing a 3.6 Library file with User-Created Designs into 3.7
- Bug fix for error when importing a PixScan image
- Bug fix for error relating to TrendMicro AntiVirus
- Bug fix for issue where line thickness was incorrect when duplicating a shape after zooming in
New in Silhouette Studio 3.7.206 (Apr 26, 2016)
- Silhouette Cloud implemented into Library
New in Silhouette Studio 3.6.057 (Nov 17, 2015)
- Registration mark thickness now defaults to 0.020 inch for improved registration mark reading. Older documents will retain their previously set value unless the "Restore Defaults" button is pressed.
New in Silhouette Studio 3.6.048 (Nov 17, 2015)
- Bug fix for PES file import (Designer Edition Plus only)
- Minor bug fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 3.6.039 (Nov 17, 2015)
- Ability to upgrade to Designer Edition Plus
- Deep Cut Blade option available when Curio is detected
- Registration marks default line thickness reverted to default of 0.02 inch thickness (for easier finding of marks during automated reading process)
- Double Cut option when using Etching Tool now performs job in expected direction during first pass, and then reverses direction to perform second pass in order to resolve concerns with potential metalic buildup on the Etching Tool tip
- Bug fix for Silhouette Curio running slowly during sketching and etching functions on select jobs
- Bug fix for stray line being sketched on select jobs when using sketch pen
- Updated Silhouette Studio® manual
New in Silhouette Studio 3.4.486 (Sep 22, 2015)
- Silhouette Design Store access now handled by computer's user-defined default browser (rather than WebKit or native IE7 browswer in older software versions)
- Updated License Agreement for references of copyright owner to “Silhouette Research & Technology”
- Improved Tool Separation feature to calibrate dual Curio tool holders (only if required for issues where tools are not in proper alignment) by right-clicking on Curio tool in Send to Silhouette panel
- Improved JPG support
- Improved PDF loaded as bitmap support
- Bug fix for exception when adjusting asepct ration on Fill Patterns
- Bug fix for stipple feature crash
- Bug fix for selected text characters to remain selected when right-clicking
New in Silhouette Studio 3.4.436 (Aug 18, 2015)
- Compatible with Silhouette Curio
- Embossing panel features, including application of emboss fill effects, Score & Emboss, and Print & Emboss (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Stippling panel features, including stipple conversion for line images, stipple fill patterns, and Stipple Trace for raster images (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Dual carriage support (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Platform recommendation for Curio found under Cut Settings panel (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Updated software manual to include new Curio features
New in Silhouette Studio 3.4.427 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Compatible with Silhouette Curio
- Embossing panel features, including application of emboss fill effects, Score & Emboss, and Print & Emboss (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Stippling panel features, including stipple conversion for line images, stipple fill patterns, and Stipple Trace for raster images (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Dual carriage support (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Platform recommendation for Curio found under Cut Settings panel (Requires Silhouette Curio)
- Updated software manual to include new Curio features
New in Silhouette Studio 3.3.639 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Stability fix to prevent potential crashing on software application start-up.
New in Silhouette Studio 3.3.638 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Critical Security Update - remove support for non-secure SSL protocol. NOTE: Older versions will no longer be able to use the Silhouette Designer Store as of 22 June 2015.
- Bug fix for PC crash on start-up experienced in V3.3.622 and V3.3.632
New in Silhouette Studio 3.3.622 (Aug 11, 2015)
- Critical Security Update - remove support for non-secure SSL protocol. NOTE: Older versions will no longer be able to use the Silhouette Designer Store as of 22 June 2015.
- Replaces Internet Explorer browser with Webkit browser
New in Silhouette Studio 3.3.451 (Jan 23, 2015)
- Bug fix for concern with cutting/drawing connected lines back to the origin point during cutting/drawing process
New in Silhouette Studio 3.3.437 (Jan 22, 2015)
- Overcut feature brought back from V2 (Preferences > Advanced) to prevent small uncompleted/uncut portions of select images
- Save As Legacy shortcut implemented - CTRL+ALT+V
- UI animations for panel rendering now adhere to animation settings
- Minor Tiling feature improvements for tiling layout and rendering (Business Edition only)
- Stamp media size (for Stamp Mat) to default in Landscape
- Maximum page width limited to 12 inches for Business Edition Cut Preview to ensure proper display of actual possible cutting area
- Orientation checkbox under Media Layout Settings in Buiness Edition to allow cut job to be rotated by 90 degrees when desired
- Bug fix for tracing registration marks when enabled
- Bug fix for exception when cutting/pasting layers
- Bug fix for display error with header bars from Silhouette Design Store
- Bug fix for select black & white PDF file rendering (Designer Edition only)
- Updated German and Japanese translations
- Minor bug fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 3.3.277 (Jan 22, 2015)
- Ability to upgrade to the Business Edition (more info)
- Multi-cutter support, including ability to rename Silhouette units in the Send to Silhouette screen for easier identification of multiple cutting units (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Ai/EPS/CDR file compatibility (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Design View vs. Media Layout View (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Tiling feature (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Automated Nesting Preview (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Matirx Copy feature (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Automated Weed Line feature (Business Edition only) - (more info)
- Effects feature (more info)
- PDF vector import capability (Designer Edition only)
- Deselect All shortcut on Mac changed to CMD+SHIFT+A
- PixScan shortcut implemented - CTRL+ALT+P (PC) / CMD+ALT+P (Mac)
- Bug fix to prevent double-clicking image in library producing duplicate copies
- Bug fix to close library properly once shape has been selected
- Bug fix for program crash when closing a document where the Eraser tool is selected
- Bug fix for Ariel font style Italic option not showing up under select conditions
- Bug fix for program crash when selecting File > Open when Spelling menu is open
- Bug fix where auto-save was listing an already-deleted document, which caused File type not supported error when selected
- Bug fix for issue where right-clicking a shape caused the drawing area to lose keyboard focus (Shapes could not be moved via arrow keys or deleted when created by [Right Click + Duplicate] until reselected)
- Fix to allow retry of finding Registration Marks after a failure has ocurred
- Fix implemented to rendering Perforate Lines in Cut Preview
- Right-click behavior modified so that right-clicking anywhere while a shape is selected will apply to the selected object
- Clicking Knife / Eraser icon when the panel is already open will invoke the Knife / Eraser tool again
- File > Open and Merge now properly display supported file types for Silhouette Studio® (basic version), Designer Edition, and Business Edition based off which version is being run
- Improved DXF file support (to support dulge property of DXF polyline objects)
- Improved PNG file support (to support PNG files containing interlacing)
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 3.1.417 (Aug 5, 2014)
- PixScan feature (requires PixScan Mat)
- Kerning default changed to be ON
- Cutter rollers now displayed as in V2
- Added scrollbar to Cutting Mats dropdown menu
- When the page is precisely square, the Portrait/Landscape page orientation icons will now grey out to avoid confusion
- Where a string of text containing no spaces spans one or more lines, the full justification mode will now space the individual characters out so that the text fills the horizontal width of the line
- Grid > Spacing slider now has maximum value of 100.0mm
- Standard Cut-Edge thresholds now match that of V2
- Added option to close the Library > Edit Properties panel
- Preferences > Advanced > OpenGL settings fixed
- CTRL+SHIFT+A now performs Deselect All action
- CTRL+ALT+L now opens the library with the folders list visible
- Bug fix for CTRL+SHIFT+[ (Send to Back) and CTRL+SHIFT+] (Bring to Front)
- Bug fix for CTRL+K (Open Preferences shortcut) when pressed multiple times
- Bug fix for Modify options not being enabled when single group shape selected
- Bug fix for Shadow panel freezing
- Bug fix for Preferences > Defaults > Page Orientation not defaulting to correct orientation
- Bug fix for Continue using Knife behavior after polyline and curved knife patterns used
- Bug fix for values displayed in Scale > Specify Dimensions fields
- Bug fix for ability to select independant options under Preferences > Import Options for varying file types
- Bug fix for displaying the Patterns panel when any bitmap image in the library was selected, even if not a Pattern
- Bug fix for Rhinestones > Draw Rhinestones > Select option not responding in select situations
- Bug fix for only loading PDF images at 72dpi
- Improved font handling, including error with multiple font families not displaying properly on select Mac computers
- Multiple V3 fixes for user event crashes reported
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 3.0.293 (Apr 4, 2014)
- New user interface to provide easier navigation experience for the software program
- New memory management to allow larger image import and document creation
- Auto-save feature to more easily backup projects being worked on
- Cut by line color
- New method of cut line preview
- Select objects by color (by line or fill type)
- Direct scanner access (TWAIN support)
- Improved drawing tools (Polygon, Arc, Freehand)
- Spell Checking
- Line segment overcut feature (Tangential cutting mode) to provide cleaner cut for thicker materials and smaller scale images
- Library backup feature
- Proxy settings for proxy connection support
- Advanced Cut Settings (Auto weld overlapping images, Convert strokes to outlines, Cut line sorting to adjust order of images being cut, Layer sorting, and Additional material advancement after cut job completion)
- Layers support, including ability to cut by layer (Designer Edition only)
- PDF import (Designer Edition only)
- Improved SVG file support (Designer Edition only)
- Nesting feature to re-arrange images onto page for optimal cutting space efficiency (Designer Edition only)
- Shadow tool for creating shadow-drop effect on filled images for Print & Cut jobs (Designer Edition only)
New in Silhouette Studio 2.9.45 (Mar 14, 2014)
- New ability to de-activate Silhouette Studio Designer© Edition license from computer
- New text Kerning option under Text Style options
- Additional cut settings included for new Silhouette America products offered
- Clicking a panel icon a second time now shows the advanced version of that panel
- Adjusted 6ss rhinestone from 1.05mm to 1.30mm radius
- Default Crosshairs preference to now set to “Off”
- Eraser made to be less transparent in appearance
- Framework updates to enable loading larger images
- Improved SVG file support
- Bug fix for Japanese font display
- Bug fix for program crash when loading on Windows XP Pro SP2 32bit Japanese Edition
- Other minor bug fixes
New in Silhouette Studio 2.8.16 (Aug 15, 2013)
- SVG file handling improvements made
- Registration window modified to accept Dealer & Dealer country information
- Bug regarding Mac fonts resolved
- Japanese font handling improvements made
- Media settings update for Cardstock/Adhesive Cardstock
- Other minor bug fixes