kmcacmoore 4 Posted August 22, 2012 Hello, I am brand new and just bought my first cutter. I downloaded Signblazer from the US Cutter website. I am having some problems uploading my art into Signblazer and would love your expertise and suggestions. Here is what steps I am taking: I open Inkscape and Import my art I want, I select it and and trace the bitmap map. I then save it as an EPS file in my SBD file. I am unable to find it any other place because when I open Signblazer and go to open it I can never find my desktop. I then open Signblazer and there all I see is a black box with the file name as I saved in my the file. For some reason I can not upload the art from there.... Very frustrating to say the least. What am I doing wrong?? I have photos I can email (they are too big to attach here) if that would help... I very much appreciate your help with this because I cannot finish my shirts without the art... Thanks so much, Michelle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted August 22, 2012 For eps files you need to use File + Import to SignBlazer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcacmoore 4 Posted August 23, 2012 HI there, I tried to do it that way and it is just black boxes. =( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted August 23, 2012 You might want to go back and review your process of vectorizing in inkscape. You did not state that you deleted the original before saving as an .eps file make sure you are following all of these steps http://start.uscutter.com/software/inkscape Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted August 23, 2012 Even if it's black boxes, did you select one and click OK? Sometimes the previews show up like that on newer .eps files. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbrody9503 0 Posted September 5, 2012 how do i upload bitmap and jpeg files to signblazer i would like any help you can give Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted September 5, 2012 how do i upload bitmap and jpeg files to signblazer i would like any help you can give File + Import they will need to be vector format before you can cut them though. SignBlazer will vectorize them but Inkscape does a better job. (www.inkscape.org) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mx2 11 Posted September 6, 2012 Just copy our work from Inkscape ind paste in signblazer that works for me every time 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbrody9503 0 Posted September 7, 2012 i dont have the paste option in my program Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbrody9503 0 Posted September 8, 2012 ctrl+v dont work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted September 8, 2012 File + Save as and save it as an .eps file from InkScape. File + Import to open it in SignBlazer. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mx2 11 Posted September 9, 2012 That's odd what version of signblazer do you have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted September 9, 2012 That's odd what version of signblazer do you have? I have the UK version 6.0.5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mx2 11 Posted September 16, 2012 I have signblazer release 6.0.21 and copying from inkscape and pasting into sb works for me every time. I wonder if you dont have an older version that for some reason has no paste built in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites