I love this tutorial! I just made my first large vinyl wall project and it looks great. I did one thing that might help others. After having a lot of trouble loading the vinyl, I tried rolling it back instead of unloading, then flipping the switch on the right side that you use to move the roller. I was able to make adjustments to the right side of the vinyl, lock it back down and retest advancing the vinyl. It only took 2-3 times before I got the positioning right.
Great tip, nice work! We show how to work with rhinestones or other materials every Monday 8pmEST on our youtube channel! This Monday is one that you won't want to miss, lots of surprises in store! Here's the link to it. To join the chat, hit subscribe, then during the live a button will open that says Live Chat. Click that and you'll see the in real time chat feed! Hope to see you there! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WZdPXNyBInI.html -TRW Crystal
Glad we could help! :) I agree large decal tutorials are pretty difficult to find. They seem to be a little more difficult than most projects. -TRW Bri
I really enjoy your videos, they are amazingly helpful to avoid so many noobie mistakes.I can see how much effort you put in making it simple and easy to understand. I really appreciate it.
Wow, this is an amazing tutorial!!! Because of the TRW, I am in love with my Silhouette Cameo again. I did not know I could do that on my cameo. I wish you would but all this in a book. Please write one if possible. The Cameo community need this training as well as your supplies. Thank you for the continued training.
Ok so your telling me this whole time I was trying to get my 5ft piece of vinyl straight that it would basically never stay straight between the arrows literal been trying for hours to not get move the littlest bit but now this video helped my a lot and any other tips to help this process
Oversized decals like this one go anywhere from $25-95. This being an especially complex design, and handmade from a small business, I think this one would land you right in the $60-75 range. As far as shipping to a customer, I would recommend gently rolling it up and shipping it in a durable tube. - TRW Haley
I have been asked to make a sign for a local business. It would be outside in the elements 24/7. Do you know if there is a certain kind of vinyl I can use that will withstand hot/cold/rain/snow weather? My other option is to make a stencil with my Silhouette and then paint the sign, but I wonder if there's vinyl out there that would hold up??? Any suggestions are appreciated!!!
jagoehring, Oracal 651 is what I use!! I live where it’s Hot, Humid, weather in the Florida Keys. I make signs for the local Fishing Captian’s. 651 has a 5-7 year warranty. All of my vinyl, except one sign made it through Irma!! All of the signs made by other “print” shops, didn’t name it through the storm, some were even gone. I used Starboard which Marine grade, so if the sign falls in the water, it will float! The board isn’t cheap, but worth it! I just Recently found out Oracal makes a 751 which is suppose to be Marine grade as well, and last 7-10 years. Still doing my research on that one! Hope that helps! 😉
Hi Lisa! You technically could, but it would be a lot of manual cutting with the Modify Panel. You would also have to do several more steps if you wanted the overlap. This method runs a high risk of damaging your vinyl or design, so I always suggest getting the bridge upgrade to Business Edition. The Tiling feature is just one thing that makes it worth it. - TRW Lisa
Hi. It could be possible to do this in a more easy way just merging all your design/vynil in one big sheet of the backing paper/transfer tape material? I hope you can understand, English is not my mother tongue. Cheers
We appreciate you! Sorry we missed your comment! We have a team especially for social media comments now, and we wanted to reach out and say thank you for being part of the Crew, and that we're here for any questions you might have. If you're still following - awesome! If not, we'd love to have you back! We go live every Monday night, 8pmEST on our channel with free training and we still do giveaways! (To join, hit subscribe and during the live that opens a Live Chat button!) Hope to see you there! -TRW Crystal
Liz, this feature is only available in Business Edition. You could, technically, replicate this effect with a square and the crop tool in Designer Edition, but I don't recommend it. - TRW Lisa
I have a question for the next Q&A. Is the Studio software compatible with the Surface tablet? it would be advantageous to be able to keep things a light and compact as possible for events and on-site work, compared to the relatively small footprint of even a typical laptop. This combined with the ability to draw freehand with the stylus.
YES! I use the Surface 3 Pro for everything. I am even beta testing future updates. I love that I can design on my recliner then take it to the cutter. Recommend a USB splitter if you use a wireless mouse so you can plug everything you need USB-wise.
akniteak Excellent, thanks. I'm just getting set up, but this is great news, because I definitely prefer freehanding with stylus over a mouse, for obvious reasons.
This is definitely an intermediate to advanced tutorial for sure. Not a project that a lot of people would be doing often, but an awesome one if they want to put the time in. I enjoyed making it, though! - TRW Lisa
