Designer Chat with Klo will be Closed on the evenings of July 20, 21, 24, 27 & 28, 2015. If you have design questions or need help, please use the Tech Support chat options during those days. Also, please note, when Designer Chat resumes on July 31, 2015 the times will change to 6:00pm-9:00pm mountain time.
It's Christmas in July and we've got a week of fun for you. Each day this week we are sharing a mini album with you that is perfect for gift giving. Start creating these now and you'll have Christmas all wrapped up way before December 1. Each album will include cutting files so you can get right to work. We've included embellishment pieces, but don't forget you can customize any of these albums with pieces from the Craft Room Library. Merry Christmas is July Pazzles friends! The first album will be up shortly!
We are excited to announce that Design Team Member Melinda Beltran is now designing for the Craft Room Library. Melinda is the owner of Paper Crafting World where she sells adorable cutting files and digital files. Today we've released five Paper Crafting World files in the Craft Room Library and there are more to come in future weeks.
Klo is having intermittent internet issues this evening. If you are trying to reach Designer Chat and are unable to do so, please wait a few minutes and try again. Designer Chat is now available on Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings from 4pm-9pm MDT.
Classic Inspiration 12" x 12" Mats and Classic Inspiration 12" x 24" Mats are back in the Pazzles online store. Thank you so much for your patience while these items were out of stock. We experienced longer than anticipated shipping delays, but they are here now and available for purchase. Click Here to Visit the Pazzles Store
We've updated our Illustrator Plugins page to include an Illustrator CC 2014 plugin for Windows. This plugin is available for use with the Inspiration Vue only. You can find an installation link and more details here.
Yesterday we released a small update to the InVue software. The next time you open your InVue software the update will be automatically applied. While many of these changes were small cosmetic enhancements and bug fixes, there are a few changes you may notice. Here is a list of the changes for this update: Endpoints Show on Open Paths: An open path is a line that does not connect. Sometimes while designing you may create an open path and want those points to join to form a shape. In this case you would use the join two points tool. This change shows the endpoints on an open path while in the join/connect two points tool so you can easily find the open path and join it. Alignment Options for Page Horizontal/Vertical: You will now find options in the alignment drop down box for Page Horizontal and Page Vertical. This centers your object in the horizontal or vertical center of the page.
Thank you again to all of you who participated in National Scrapbook Day with us. It was fun to be able to chat and play a few games to start the day off right. We also had a Cut and Paste Sketch Challenge. It was an opportunity to use one of the Cut and Paste Sketches and a chance at a prize box full of goodies. If you haven't had a chance to see the entries, be sure and go to the National Scrapbook Day Challenge folder and check out the projects. Without further ado, the two winners of prize boxes are theresa and sboeglin. Congratulations. Please send me an email at klo@pazzles.com with your address and we will get your prizes out to you. Thank you so much for participating.
Today we say goodbye to a few of our Design Team members. They've inspired us in so many ways over the last year (or more). We've been inspired to use Action Wobble Springs in clever ways by Joanna, cut unique materials like milk jugs from Marjorie, and create the most beautiful flower bouquet from paper by Krista.
Happy National Scrapbook Day! As part of this celebration stop by the Pazzles online store for special National Scrapbook Day sales! Store specials run Friday May 1, 2015 through Monday May 4, 2015. No coupon code is required. (May not be combined with any other discounts.) 50% off digital downloads of CDs and Pazzles Cutting Collections (excludes Melissa Frances and Spellbinders Cutting Collections) 25% off all Pazzles Tools
It's here! Happy National Scrapbooking Day! Here is the schedule of events for the day: 7am MDT Free Files We'll share a collection of free files here on the Pazzles blog. Grab them in WPC, SVG and AI file types so you can use them in various software programs. 7am-9am MDT Online Chat Join Klo and Michelle in the member chat area to get to know one another, chat about paper and cutting files, and play a few games for prizes. To find out what time this is in your area, use the World Time Converter. All times are posted in USA Mountain Daylight Time. You do not need to be a paid Craft Room Member, but you do need to have a free forums account to chat with us. ( Click Join Now and then choose free forum account.)
Join us this Saturday May 2, 2015 for National Scrapbook Day festivities. As part of this celebration stop by the Pazzles online store for special National Scrapbook Day sales! Store specials run Friday May 1, 2015 through Monday May 4, 2015. (May not be combined with any other discounts.) 50% off digital downloads of CDs and Pazzles Cutting Collections (excludes Melissa Frances and Spellbinders Cutting Collections) 25% off all Pazzles Tools
Join us Saturday May 2, 2015 for a day of fun in celebration of the best holiday ever, National Scrapbook Day! We'll be partying and creating all day, so plan now to spend a few hours with us. Here is the schedule of events: 7am MDT Free Files We'll share a collection of free files here on the Pazzles blog. Grab them in WPC, SVG and AI file types so you can use them in various software programs. 7am-9am MDT Online Chat Join Klo and Michelle in the member chat area to get to know one another, chat about paper and cutting files, and play a few games for prizes. To find out what time this is in your area, use the World Time Converter. All times are posted in USA Mountain Daylight Time. You do not need to be a paid Craft Room Member, but you do need to have a free forums account to chat with us. ( Click Join Now and then choose free forum account.)
Today we have released a new update to the InVue software. The next time you open your InVue software the update will be automatically applied. Thank you for continuing to offer feedback and suggestions. Here is a list of the new features: InVue Welcome Screen: When your software opens, you will now be greeted by this welcome screen. From the welcome screen you can create a new project, open a recent project, or browse to various locations in the Pazzles Craft Room. The icon for this welcome page is in the top most left corner. Clicking on the icon will open and close the welcome screen. Image Crop Added to Right Click Menu: When you have an image (jpg,png) on your page you will now have the option to select Image Crop from the right click menu. As a reminder, the image crop allows you to crop a preset shape, or custom shape from an image.
Designer chat will open later this evening, March 30, 2015, so that Klo may attend a poetry reading by her grandson. Designer Chat will open at 8:00pm MDT and will go a little later until 9:30pm MDT.
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Today a new InVue software update has gone out. The next time you open your InVue software the update will be automatically applied. Thank you for continuing to offer feedback and suggestions. Here is a list of the new features. Inverted Rounding of Corners: You now have the option of creating inverted corners with the Round Corner tool. Add a minus sign (-) in front of the rounding size and your rounded corners will be inverted. Ability to Change Size and Color of Control Points: Previously control points have defaulted as small green dots. You will see these show up when your Move Point tool is selected. You now have the option to change the color and size of the control points according to your preferences. Under Tools>Options you will find the editing option.
We are working hard here at Pazzles to make our products the best they can be. As we develop enhancements for our products we will be releasing firmware and software updates. Today we are releasing a new firmware update for our Inspiration Vue. This update enhances the accuracy of the Print and Cut process and corrects a few issues customers were experiencing when cutting on a 12" x 24" mat. To access the firmware update, log in to the Pazzles Craft Room and click on Account Details at the top of the page under your name. Under Active Resources you will see the Vue Firmware Updater 1.2 for either Windows or Mac. If you have any problems or questions about the update please contact Pazzles Technical Support.
Some of you may have noticed that we made a few changes to the Craft Room Library this weekend. We've removed the individual folders for the Free and New Images and instead added buttons at the top of the Craft Room Library webpage to access these. In the InVue software you will still see New and Free folders. We've just made some improvements on the back end which I explain below. Downloading Images from the Craft Room Library For those of you who are new to Pazzles, there are two main ways to access the Craft Room Library files. First, you can use the Image Library by accessing it through the website. From there you can search for, download and save images to your computer. Many of our customers like to set up a file storage system on their own computer that replicates the organization of the Craft Room Library's album categories.
The introduction of our latest cutting machine, the Inspiration Vue and the corresponding new software, the InVue software have resulted in the addition of some new file types to the Pazzles world. Until you understand the various file types and the reason for each specific file type, it can be a bit confusing. I promise we made these changes for a very good reason, and not just to test your mental stamina. So let's talk about each file type on it's own, what the features of each are, and why and when you would use each file type. Stick with me to the end and you'll be a file pro in no time. WPC WPC is the original file type used here at Pazzles. It is what most of you are familiar with. Until recently, the Craft Room Library was all only WPC files. WPC is the default file type used in our Inspiration Studio and Inspiration Studio Pro software options. Our new InVue software gives you the option to open and save in WPC format, but it is not the default file format for the InVue software. PVG PVG is the default file format for our new InVue software. You can only open a PVG file in the InVue software. So why use PVG? Within the InVue software are several options for line type. You can assign a specific line type to each item and have the software save these settings.
Today a new InVue software update has gone out. The next time you open your InVue software the update will be automatically applied. Most of the changes this time were small cosmetic changes or bug fixes. Here is a list of the new features. Transparent Lines show in Cut Control Panel: Previously a transparent line stayed transparent when you entered the Cut Control Panel. Now a transparent line will show up in the Cut Control Panel. If your shape has a color fill and a transparent pen line, the pen line will show up as the fill color in the Cut Control Panel. If your shape has a transparent fill color and a transparent line color, the line will show up as gray. Saved Entry in the Rotation Box: The entry box in the rotation feature will now remember the last number you entered. This is helpful when you are rotating many items at the same angle. The angle amount you enter will stay the same as you select each object until you enter a new angle rotation number.
We've released a new InVue Software update today. As with all InVue updates, the update will automatically install the next time you open the software. Here are the new additions to the software: Option to Save File To WPC: You can now save a file in the InVue software as a WPC. To do so make sure all of the items on your page are selected and then choose Convert>WPC. Any text that has not been converted to path will be automatically converted to path when saving to WPC. Rotation Handles in Visual Text Layout: When you select text for visual text spacing, you will now see rotation handles located beneath each letter. You can use this to rotate a letter while still maintaining it's position on the text line. There are several options related to this change. The default is for one letter to rotate when you use the handle. Holding the shift key while rotating will rotate the selected letter and any letters following it. Holding the control/command key will rotate the letter and any letters following it at the same angle of rotation. Do a test run to see how the different options work. Changes To File Name in Tab: When a file is open within the software a tab shows at the top of the page that identifies the file name. The tab will now show the end of the file name rather than the middle, to make it easier to distinguish between files with similar names.
We hope you have a wonderful day filled with the sweetest things in life! ~The Pazzles Crew
We've selected a winner from all of the comments on our Gingerbread Village and sent a package off to one lucky Craft Room member. Congratulations to debi8613 ! It was so fun to read all of your comments. What a creative bunch you are! (But we already knew that.)