Update V42.279 is no longer beta
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Video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-oFhFhilUk
New Features
Standard Edition and above
Color Fonts now supported
Print Bleed - Extend the printed area outside the cut lines to ensure that no white, unprinted areas are showing on the edges of your cut-out.
Thumbnail previews - STUDIO3 file thumbnails now display as a preview of the file.
Silhouette Library Updates (For a full list of changes, scroll down to ‘Library Updates’)
Designer Edition and above
Lasso Selection tool - Select multiple shapes using the lasso tool.
Warp Templates - Bend shapes and text with the pre-defined templates.
Designer Edition Plus and above
Flexishapes - Quickly create and edit complex shapes.
Puzzle Generator - Turn your photos into puzzles with the puzzle creator
Business Edition
Font Creation - Turn your handwriting into a font
Digital Font Creation - Create your own font using the design tools within Studio
Edition Toggling - Quickly adjust your display to match alternate editions of Studio
Library Updates
Thumbnail size slider - Adjust the size of design thumbnails with the new thumbnail slider
‘File Types’ & ‘Sort By’ filters - Library designs can now be filtered with the new ‘File Types’ & ‘Sort By’ filters
Favorites folder - Designs can now be Favorited by clicking the ‘Star’ symbol, these files can then be found in the new ‘Favorites’ folder
Library & Design split-view - View the Library and Design page simultaneously by clicking the Library icon that appears on the left-hand side toolbar while on the ‘Design’ page
Unseen design indicator - New designs that have not been interacted with will have a blue bold title marking them as unseen. Folders containing unseen designs will display a blue dot. To mark designs as seen you can:
Right-click a folder and select ‘Mark All as Seen’.
Right-click the unseen design and select ‘Mark as Seen’
Left-click the unseen design
Once a folder no longer contains "unseen" designs, the blue dot will disappear.
Library Import UX update
Empty Folder indicator - Empty library folders will now show ‘This folder is empty.’ within the thumbnail view when selected
Expandable Library thumbnails - Library thumbnails can now be expanded by clicking the icon that appears when hovering over a design
Silhouette Studio will now request that a library backup is created before migrating the library into a Silhouette Studio 4.2 compatible state
Local User files and a chosen Silhouette account will be merged into a single library account or these Local User files can be exported to a user-specified location on your hard drive.
Advanced Settings have been added to the Library, from here you can:
Take a snapshot of the current library state. These snapshots can then be reverted to if in rare circumstances a library is lost
Remove duplicated files
To access the Library, a Silhouette account needs to be signed in. The Silhouette account can be set to ‘Work Offline’ which will stop automatic syncing.
Bug Fixes
Standard Edition and above
Library fixes
The Library has been optimized to improve the speed
Library designs containing an ampersand (&) within the file name will now display successfully
Library imports can now run in the background while you continue using Studio
‘Show Properties’ window has received a UX update
‘Show All Designs’ has been renamed to ‘All Files’
‘Library’ has been renamed to ‘Designs’
Single-clicking an empty space in the library deselects all selected items
Import to Library has now been greyed out until a Silhouette account is signed-in
Crash Fixes
Fixed an issue which was, in some instances, causing Studio to crash on start-up
Corrupted studio3 files will no longer crash studio when opened and instead display a corrupted file warning message
Adjusting the angle of a text item’s Fill Pattern no longer causes Studio to crash
Fixed a crash that was occurring on launch
Silhouette Studio will no longer crash on launch for libraries that contain duplicate files
Removing Silhouette accounts will no longer crash Studio
Selecting purchased SDS fonts no longer crashes Studio
Studio no longer crashes when applying popup to text or grouped shapes
Studio no longer crashes when removing cloud accounts
General Fixes
Silhouette Studio no longer forgets Silhouette machines on a restart of the software
Fixed inability to select text objects in all known conditions
The Silhouette Design Store will now open your default browser window when clicked on
Can no longer save to a full storage location
Most recently opened files now display at the top of the Open Recent list rather than the bottom
Files that are merged into Studio now appear within the Open Recent list
The Open Recent list now correctly updates when new files are opened
The text-align icon now updates to match the selected alignment
Registration Marks can no longer be activated if the Stamp Mat is active
The Line Style panel now correctly appears within the Panels file menu
Calibration document tab now closes once the Calibration window has been closed from the Send page
The tooltip for the Line Color tab now appears correctly
Added the ability to zoom in and out within the User Manual when using CTRL + or CTRL -
A scroll bar now appears for release notes that appear within Preferences > Updates
Themes now update successfully when selected from the Preference window
The 'Check for Updates -> Monthly' option now displays correctly
The text color of brackets now updates as expected when highlighted
The Silhouette ALTA mat can now be selected from the Cutting Mat list
Updated the ‘Incompatible Cutting Mat’ warning message text
‘New Folder’ option has been added to the context menu when right-clicking within the thumbnail view
DXF files now import successfully into Studio
Design thumbnail successfully updates when ‘Retry Download’ is used
Design count is now shown next to folders in thumbnail view
Updated the spinning sync icon to improve visibility
Error tone no longer sounds when unknown shortcuts are pressed on Mac
Improved the processing time when going to Send
No longer need to select Panels & Tools twice due to lost focus on Mac
Additional specialty material settings have been added
Sticky Note text style and size can be updated
Right-clicking on your workspace now provides the option to “Show/Hide Registration Marks”
Fixed a spacing issue that occurred during the ‘Do you want to save changes’ prompt
It is no longer possible to create shapes with a width and height of 0
If multiple shapes are selected when entering point edit mode all shapes will now display their edit points instead of just one shape
Point Editing tools found on the Quick Access Toolbar now have the correct tooltips
Updated UI for preference modal windows
CMD ‘+’ and ‘–‘ now correctly zoom in and out on Mac OSX
Designer Edition and above fixes
Corrupted PDF files will no longer crash studio when opened and instead display a corrupted file warning message
SVG’s that contain patterns no longer crash Studio when opened from the Library
Condensed layers will now successfully highlight when a contained object is selected
Optimized PDF file import speed and reliability
Guidelines can no longer be created while the Ruler is turned off
Node count for opened PDF files has been greatly reduced
SVG files now open as expected
Fixed truncation issue that occurred on the Object on Path tab
Designer Edition Plus and above fixes
Adv. Rhinestone icons have been moved to stop overlapping text
Filling text or shapes with Adv. Rhinestones no longer crashes Studio
Business Edition fixes
Page width can now be adjusted above 12 inches
View menu no longer has multiple methods of turning BE Page Setup on and off
Studio no longer crashes when the ‘Regular Grid’ view is selected within the Tiling panel
Weed lines now display in the Panels file menu
