Explore Your Klic-N-Kut Columbus Retreat
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Explore Your Klic-N-Kut Columbus Retreat June 3—5, 2011 Goals Build confidence in using your Klic-N-Kut! Learn loads of new software techniques Have FUN!!!! Official Quote Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain Table of Contents Page Topic Item 3 Schedule 4 Meet and Greet Notes 5 Class 1: ―Fun‖damentals Class Notes 9 Class 2: 14 Things You Need to Know about Cutting Class Notes 10 Overcut & Trailing Blade Settings 12 Cutting Materials Reference Sheet 13 Demo 1: One Image Cut from 6 Materials Demo Notes 14 Paper/Cardstock, Vinyl 15 Fabric, Chipboard 16 Iron-on Transfer 17 Suggested Cut Settings 19 Class 3: It’s All About the Settings - Mastering Auto- Class Notes trace 23 Trace Settings 27 Demo 2: Print and Cut Demo Notes 31 Class 4: Trace Anything - Mastering Polyarc Tracing Class Notes and Editing 36 Links to Resources for Free Files 37 Class 5: Design Techniques Using Basic Weld and Class Notes Fit Object to Path 41 Demo 3: Rhinestone Applications Demo Notes 45 Class 6: Hooray for Array Class Notes 50 Reference Guide for 13 Design Functions 51 Class 7: SPEED - Scoring Pouncing, Engraving, Class Notes Embossing, Drawing 55 Embossing/Engraving/Punching/Drawing Refer- ence Sheet 57 Class 8: Getting into Shape(s) - Some Designing Class Notes Tricks 62 Class Quizzes 65 100 Uses for a KNK 66 Quiz Answers 2 Schedule Friday PM 2:00 p.m. Doors Open!!! 4:00 - 5:00 Meet and Greet 5:00 - 6:00 Class 1: “Fun”damentals 6:00 - 6:45 Dinner 7:00 - 8:00 Class 2: 14 Things You Need to Know About Cutting 8:00 - 9:00 Demo 1: One Image Cut from 6 Materials! 9:00 -11:00 Open Workshop Time Saturday AM 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast 9:15 -10:15 Class 3: It’s All About the Settings - Mastering Autotrace 10:20 -11:20 Demo 2: Print and Cut 11:30 -12:30 Class 4: Trace Anything - Mastering Polyarc Tracing and Editing Saturday PM 12:30 - 1:15 Lunch 1:20 - 1:40 Autotrace Applications with Barbie Creech 1:40 - 2:40 Class 5: Design Techniques Using Basic Weld and Fit Object to Path 2:45 - 3:45 Demo 3: Rhinestone Applications 3:45 - 4:15 Break 4:15 - 5:30 Class 6: Hooray for Array 5:30 - 6:00 Break 6:00 - 6:45 Dinner 7:00 - 7:30 Class 7: SPEED - Scoring Pouncing Engraving Embossing Drawing 7:35 - 8:30 Demo 4: SPEED - Scoring, Pouncing, Embossing, Engraving, Drawing 8:30 - 11:00 Open Workshop Time Sunday AM 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast 9:15 -10:30 Class 8: Getting Into Shape(s) - Some Designing Tricks 10:30 -10:45 Group Photo 10:45 -12:00 Open Workshop Time - Last chance for Q&A! 12:00 -12:30 Prizes and Final Farewell 3 Meet and Greet Notes This retreat consists of the following: 1. Interactive classes: I show, I repeat, then you do it! Ask questions during the second half. 2. Class files: These consist of sample files to open in class, finished projects, videos, & extra tutorials. 3. Class notes: Scribble on them all you want. There’s a PDF duplicate in the class files. 4. After Class / Take Home Quizzes: Test your knowledge after the retreat! 5. Materials to cut, emboss, engrave, etc: Try out new materials. It’s good experience. 6. Goodies and prizes Please note: 1. All classes, workshops, demos, are optional. I will not be offended if you choose to skip any. 2. There are no grades! If at any time you feel stressed, then I am not doing MY job correctly! Don’t worry about trying to remember it all. After the retreat, compile any unanswered questions and I will be giving EVERY student a free hour phone class after the retreat! :) 3. There are differing degrees of KNK knowledge and experience amongst everyone. If you are new to the KNK, focus more on learning what’s POSSIBLE instead of worrying about understanding every item taught. Again, you have videos and class notes to use when you get home AND the free class. 4. While you may not find a topic related to what you do, be open minded! Something you try this weekend could become your next passion! OR you may find that something will actually apply to your current pas- sion, but in a different way. For example: a rhinestone pattern could be used as a masking stencil! 5. I strongly encourage interaction and cooperation amongst everyone! If you want to help out anyone needing assistance, jump right in! It’s a great opportunity for you to learn more while you teach someone else! That’s how I did it. : ) 6. You are seated next to your partner for the weekend and I’ve matched you up based on which particular cut- ter you own and your interests. If you brought a cutter, please share it with your partner. Work together on being successful at cutting! Two heads are better than one! And again, feel free to help others. 7. I will be showing Make-The-Cut, a software program that has a new plug-in for the Klic-N-Kut. If you are in- terested in purchasing MTC at the retreat, or afterwards, you will receive a free KNK blade of your choice! 8. I I need help with timing! If you notice that I have 5 minutes or less, please hold up the number of minutes left so that I’ll know I need to wrap things up! : ) And we won’t always stick to the printed schedule exactly. After all, this is supposed to be a retreat… not Klic-N-Kut boot camp! lol Activity: Let’s introduce ourselves! Here’s what we want to know! Your name? How you use your KNK or plan to? Job? Any other hobbies? Where do you live? Did you bring anything for the display table? ** ALL notes, tutorials, tables, charts, videos, and cutting files by Sandy McCauley are copyrighted and may not be shared, without permission, Extra tutorials written and shared by Judy Keating and Lynn Keniston are also copyrighted and may not be shared without their permission. 4 Class 1: ―Fun‖damentals! 1. Selecting Images With Fill turned on, you can click anywhere on an object to select it and when doing some kinds of editing, such as rhinestone tweaking, it makes a big difference. Also the object will look more like what you’re going to cut. With Fill turned off, you must click right on the line of the image to select it. That takes longer, but you really should check your images with fill turned off before cutting. There can be hidden objects behind filled images that you might miss. Thus get in the habit of working with both. When doing a marquee-select, make sure you start clearly outside the boundaries of the images you want to select. If you hold down the Crtl while selecting, you only have to touch the image.. It’s not necessary to fully en- close. But with Fill turned on, you must start the selecting outside of the image, not inside or you’ll select and start moving that first image you touch. Note that when you select more than one image, it will show you how many you selected in the top left cor- ner of the screen. Use Ctrl-A to select ALL images in your file. Turn on your Job Palette (View>Palette>Show Job Palette). Use Shift and click on a color to select all images of that color. Use Ctrl and click on a color to hide that color. Use Alt and click on a color to hide all OTHER colors but that one. Repeating either the Ctrl or Alt function will turn colors back on again. This is useful when you need to select some of the images of a particular color but not all of them. 2. Aligning Images There are 4 existing hot keys for aligning images to one another. T: Top B: Bottom L: Left R: Right Select a group of objects and then just press whichever key on the keyboard corresponds to the alignment you need. If you need the objects to align to one of them in particular, then after selecting, hold down the Shift key and click on that object to deselect it, then immediately click on it again to re-select it. This makes it the Last Se- lected Object and the one that all other objects will now align to. Another handy alignment shortcut is Alt-7. It will center selected objects to each other. 3. Ordering Images When individual images overlap, one will be on top of another. Use Ctrl-B to send an image to the back. Use Ctrl-F to bring an image to the front. Use Ctrl-M to reverse the order of two selected images Use Ctrl-U and Ctrl-L to move an image up or down one position respectively. 5 4. Duplicating Images There are three shortcuts for making copies of an image: Ctrl-D will make a copy and offset it from the original. Offset is changed under Options>Klic-N- Kut>General Preferences). For Rhinestone tweaking, make the offset small (e.g. 1 mm or 0.04in) Hold down Alt key and drag selected image.