SCAL questions

[123SA]

I've had the program for a while, but I am just starting to learn it.

1. Can you make a 2nd shadow -- so in the end you have 3 layers?

2. Sometimes I have a problem with the shadow -- for example, I typed in the word "Magic" in a font called Brady bunch. The letter "i" was all messed up, just in the shadow. THis has happened with a few other fonts too - -just one or two letters (that I noticed anyway) that will not shadow. Is this something I am doing? Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks for you help.

 

[New England Eeyore]

#1 - Hey, thanks for making me learn something! I didn't think that there was, but when I opened it up to double check, there is. Triple - quadruple, whatever you want. When you select "Shadow" in the properties box, there is a little box with a number next to it. I think the default is "2." You can change that number and it makes a larger proportioned shadow. At least for the font I tried, "3" was a little thin - I went higher. It seems the upper limit for the number is 10.

Too bad that box wasn't labeled or I might have figured that out a long time ago!

#2 - It's not anything you are doing wrong, it's just a quirk with the font itself. Some fonts have letters that just don't work with the shadow feature. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about that, you just have to go with a different font. Which is why I've learned to always check the shadow before I go ahead and cut a bunch of titles for swaps, etc.

Have you checked out the forums on the Craft edge website? There's a ton of great info on there, and their search function actually works well so it's easier to wade through all the posts.

 

[Iris]

#1 - Hey, thanks for making me learn something! I didn't think that there was, but when I opened it up to double check, there is. Triple - quadruple, whatever you want. When you select "Shadow" in the properties box, there is a little box with a number next to it. I think the default is "2." You can change that number and it makes a larger proportioned shadow. At least for the font I tried, "3" was a little thin - I went higher. It seems the upper limit for the number is 10.

Wow, I never noticed that!

 

[123SA]

#1 - Hey, thanks for making me learn something! I didn't think that there was, but when I opened it up to double check, there is. Triple - quadruple, whatever you want. When you select "Shadow" in the properties box, there is a little box with a number next to it. I think the default is "2." You can change that number and it makes a larger proportioned shadow. At least for the font I tried, "3" was a little thin - I went higher. It seems the upper limit for the number is 10.

Too bad that box wasn't labeled or I might have figured that out a long time ago!

#2 - It's not anything you are doing wrong, it's just a quirk with the font itself. Some fonts have letters that just don't work with the shadow feature. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about that, you just have to go with a different font. Which is why I've learned to always check the shadow before I go ahead and cut a bunch of titles for swaps, etc.

Have you checked out the forums on the Craft edge website? There's a ton of great info on there, and their search function actually works well so it's easier to wade through all the posts.

Yeah!!!!


okay another question then--

for the shadow black out feature, I have 3 welded words, 2 on top, one underneath, but they were all made in the same box. The shadow cuts out the space between the two words -- I'd rather not have it cut down between the words. Any ideas?

 

[New England Eeyore]

Hmm. Nope - that one I'm not sure of.

If I knew how to use Inkscape better I think that would be your answer - I think Iris has more Inkscape experience so hopefully she can shed some light.

 

[Iris]

Hmm, I don't think there is a way to do that, that I know of. Someone over at the Craft Edge forum may know.

If you had the image/saying saved as a .pdf or .jpg, you could possibly import it to inkscape and then create a path of nodes around the entire image, break it apart from the original group to create the separate background shadow. It would be a pretty lengthy process i would imagine. I am sure there is an easier way, I just don't know it though!

 

[123SA]

Hmm, I don't think there is a way to do that, that I know of. Someone over at the Craft Edge forum may know.

If you had the image/saying saved as a .pdf or .jpg, you could possibly import it to inkscape and then create a path of nodes around the entire image, break it apart from the original group to create the separate background shadow. It would be a pretty lengthy process i would imagine. I am sure there is an easier way, I just don't know it though!

I really appreciate your help...but I must admit my mind went fuzzy at
"path of nodes".

 

[Iris]

I really appreciate your help...but I must admit my mind went fuzzy at
"path of nodes".

Trust me,my mind still goes fuzzy with the node feature. It is only been recently that I figured out I could manipulate an image with the node feature turned on. Over on the craftedge forum, there are some great tutorials working with inkscape that I read over and over again but it wasn't really until I played with an image on a rainy day that I figured out what they were talking about. Basically, the node feature, which is the second feature on the left sidebar, turns the lines into a group of lines connected by nodes. Here you can remove lines, add lines, change the direction of the shape, etc.

I posted an example of what I figured out I could do using an image of a WDW coloring book page:

Here is the original page:

And here is what I pulled from it using the "edit node feature" with inkscape:

Which I then cut with SCAL. It would stand to reason that you could actually create an entire shadow background around a group of words, which is what I think you are wanting to do, correct?

 

[morgansmom2000]

Oh wow! I love space mountain!

 

[JohnsonsLoveDisney]

#1 - Hey, thanks for making me learn something! I didn't think that there was, but when I opened it up to double check, there is. Triple - quadruple, whatever you want. When you select "Shadow" in the properties box, there is a little box with a number next to it. I think the default is "2." You can change that number and it makes a larger proportioned shadow. At least for the font I tried, "3" was a little thin - I went higher. It seems the upper limit for the number is 10.

Too bad that box wasn't labeled or I might have figured that out a long time ago!

#2 - It's not anything you are doing wrong, it's just a quirk with the font itself. Some fonts have letters that just don't work with the shadow feature. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about that, you just have to go with a different font. Which is why I've learned to always check the shadow before I go ahead and cut a bunch of titles for swaps, etc.

Have you checked out the forums on the Craft edge website? There's a ton of great info on there, and their search function actually works well so it's easier to wade through all the posts.

Love that shadow feature!! hate the font quirk. happens to me all the time.

 

[123SA]

Trust me,my mind still goes fuzzy with the node feature. It is only been recently that I figured out I could manipulate an image with the node feature turned on. Over on the craftedge forum, there are some great tutorials working with inkscape that I read over and over again but it wasn't really until I played with an image on a rainy day that I figured out what they were talking about. Basically, the node feature, which is the second feature on the left sidebar, turns the lines into a group of lines connected by nodes. Here you can remove lines, add lines, change the direction of the shape, etc.

I posted an example of what I figured out I could do using an image of a WDW coloring book page:

Here is the original page:

And here is what I pulled from it using the "edit node feature" with inkscape:

Which I then cut with SCAL. It would stand to reason that you could actually create an entire shadow background around a group of words, which is what I think you are wanting to do, correct?

Wow! Very impressive. And yes, you understand correctly what I would like to do. I guess I have to start working on path of nodes.