You should back up your Inspiration Studio fonts and image gallery files on a regular basis. This tutorial will show you what files to back up and where to find them. Learn how to locate the fonts you have made in the software. Also learn where the image files that you have created and saved to the image gallery are found.

Keyboard shortcuts are a combination of keys that you press on your keyboard to make the software do a certain task. Although you can always use buttons to do the same tasks, using keyboard shortcuts can often be faster. If you have already mastered the Inspiration Studio features and are just looking for some shortcuts to speed up certain tasks, this is the perfect tutorial for you!

Learn how to recognize and use symmetry to speed your designing process.Whether you are using auto trace or are tracing an image by hand, knowing how to use symmetry in the design process will save you time and effort. In this tutorial you will learn how to use Line Guides, the Cut Straight Line tool and the Duplicate and Mirror functions to make use of symmetrical elements in your design.

Paper Lace are intricate overlay designs that you can lay over a solid piece of cardstock for a beautiful design on your scrapbook page, cards and more.In this tutorial you will learn how to make your own paper lace quickly and easily. This lesson will teach you how to use the multiply function to fill your page with a design for paper lace. Then learn the tricks to of increasing line thickness and using WYSiWYG to save time and steps when creating the lace.

Paper Lace are intricate overlay designs that you can lay over a solid piece of cardstock for a beautiful design on your scrapbook page, cards and more. In this tutorial you will learn how to create paper lace using multiple shapes in a more “random” design.

Learn how to resize an existing box pattern to suit your needs. You will learn how to break a one piece box pattern into two pieces so that you can create a larger box. The box can also be made longer without affecting the height and the tutorial will show you how. Finally learn how to combine a 2 piece box pattern into one piece to cut easily on a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock.

Did you know that you can make your own journaling fonts in the Inspiration Studio Software? In this tutorial you will learn how to turn a favorite font into a single stroke font for journaling with our Pen Tool. Learn how to set up the font for converting to single stroke, what size to use and tricks to make the process more efficient. You will also learn how to locate the Create Font tools and which ones to use to create a custom font that can be used for engraving, embossing or writing.

Create a font uniquely your own. Use the Create Font feature of the Inspiration Studio Software to turn your own handwriting into a custom font formatted for cutting on the Inspiration Electronic cutter. The video will teach you how to first write the alphabet so that it will be easy to convert. Then learn how to scan it into the software and convert into a font using the Create Font tools. Finally, learn what might cause problems when creating a font and how to correct them.

All projects cut in the order they are created which isn’t always the best order for what you are trying to do. You can change the order in which they cut so that your designs will cut more quickly, or so that they will cut better. This tutorial will show you how to change the cutting order of your design.

Use the Display Object Order feature to streamline your cutting. Learn how to arrange a project to cut in an effecient manner, preventing a random pattern of cutting that bounces from one part of the page to another. This tutorial will familiarize you with the Display Object Order feature and how to use the positioning tools to rearrange the order of the pieces.

You are all about paper and it may seem like a betrayal of the cutter to want to cut out clipart. However, there are times when only clipart will do and you want an easy way to cut it out! Scissors are so old hat when you can use electronic cutting to get great cuts. This tutorial will show you how to import your clipart in to the software and create a cutting template. You will learn how to use the Edition method of vectorization to automatically trace around the outside of the clipart for a cutting line. Finally, you will learn how to use the template to position the clipart for a great cut. After learning this technique you will be even more in love with your Pazzles cutter and it will change how you look at clipart forever!

Use the Convert To Image function to quickly convert a cutting design into a printable image. In this tutorial you will learn where to locate the Coinvert To Image function, how to use it and how to get the best conversion. Learn how this tool can help you remember how a project is to be assembled. The video will also show you how to use Convert To Image to make custom graphics for printing.

Create your own custom clipart in the Inspiration Studio Software. Then print it out and cut around the clipart for a fast and easy addition to any project. This video will show you how to create clipart using the drawing tools in the software and/or designs available from Pazzles extensive library. Learn how to convert cutting projects to images for printing and how to set up the template for cutting around clipart.

You can edit, crop and resize photos directly in the Inspiration Studio Software.This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a page, choosing the photos and deciding on photo size. Learn how to size your photos to fit the frame or mat you have designed; saving ink and photo paper. You will also learn how to adjust the contrast, saturation, shadows and intensity of the photo in the software. Finally, learn how to make a custom matched mat that can be printed along with the photo.

Learn how to create score guidelines to help you perfectly align your titles and cutouts on a page. If you have ever glued down a title on your page only to realize afterward that it is crooked then you won’t want to miss this video!

You have already mastered the basics of the color palette but in this tutorial you will learn how to take full advantage of all the feature the color palette has to offer! The second in a two part series, this tutorial will show you how to create custom colors in your color palette using photographs. You will also learn how to create a color palette using your favorite paper line, and how you can save your own custom palette so that you can use it again and again for all of your projects!

Learn how to create beautiful overlays with word borders. This video is a continuation of the Overlays tutorial under the Building on the Basics Overlay tutorial and takes creating overlays to a whole new level!

Create your own wordbook keepsake using any word you want. Wordbooks are mini albums that have letters on each page that stack together to form a word. After watching this tutorial you can make a wordbook out of any word in any font you want! Make an wordbook for your mother for mothers day, or as a coffee table piece to remember a weekend getaway. There are hundreds of ways to use wordbooks!

With the Photo Cut feature you can create amazing Art Deco style photos for your walls and home décor. Learn what photos to choose for Photo Cut and how to mask out busy backgrounds. The tutorial will also teach you how to determine how many lines and what spacing are needed to create the best detail. Find out how to convert your photos to the correct format 3 different ways and when to use each one.