How do I get downloaded clipart to work in signblazer?

[carlawurtz 0]

I downloaded new clipart and cannot figur out how to use it in signblazer.  This may be silly but I am new to this program. Any help is appreciated!

[mr300s 1,272]

Open up Sign Blazer click on file then on import all your files will come up dbl click on the one you want.  It has to be a vector or eps file to cut it...

[mars 45]

You need to import it.  Click on File:import.  Find the clipart folder and there will be previews showing so you can choose  the file you want.  (the .pvw files this creates will clutter up the folder - delete them if you want to - they will be regenerated when you use the import again - unless you click on the checkbox for "no previews" - but then you won't see what the files look like)

What kind of files?  Look at the extension (.jpg .eps .png)  Usually you can import .eps - there will be 2 options - try one then the other if the first one doesn't work for you.  .eps are vector files and you can cut them.

If the file is a .jpg - they are bitmap files - made up of lots of colored blocks - you can't cut bitmap files - you will need to convert it into a vector file.  Look at the tutorials on this forum on tracing and vectorizing for more on that.  You can do some tracing in SBE - but probable will need something else for most jobs.  Inkscape is what I use and it's a free program.  There are lots of tutorials for Inkscape.

Good Luck and welcome to the forum.

-Mike