I originally posted this method on the Tattered Lace Facebook page, to re-combine the image and SVG files; hence there are no screen shots.
To use Charisma with a Silhouette Cameo/Portrait/Craft ROBO and the Silhouette Studio software (it must be a version that reads SVG files), the Charisma Image and Cutting lines files must be merged/reunited back together. These steps may appear involved, but this is due to Charisma Image and Cutting Lines files being separated for use with the ScanNCuts.
- Open the SVG cutting file (File -> Open), or drag and drop the file on to the mat.
- Select ‘All’ the Cutting Lines, and group them.
- From the Line Colour window, change the line colour to say yellow.
- From the ‘Cut Settings’ window, change the ‘Cut Style’ to ‘Cut Edge’.
- From the ‘Line Style’ window, change the Line Thickness to 0.0 (zero). If you do not, then the cut lines will be printed on top of the Charisma image.
- Move the grouped Cutting Lines off the mat.
- From the ‘Design Page Settings’, in the Cutting Mat section, set the Reveal to above 50%. This is so you can see what’s been erased with the ‘Eraser Tool’ in a later step.
- Add the Charisma Image file (either PDF/JPEG/PNG) with File -> Merge or drag and drop the file. For a PDF file, select ‘Import as Image’, make sure that the DPI is 72dpi, and then click ‘Import’.
- With the Charisma Image selected, send it backward (Object -> Arrange -> Send Backward).
- Select the Cutting Lines, and then drag/move them over the Charisma Image, and align the Cutting Lines rectangle on top of the Charisma Image rectangle. You may have to re-scale the Cutting Lines. Use the Object -> Move window (or the Transform on later versions), to move the Cutting Lines rectangle a precise amount. You may have to turn the ‘Snap to Grid’ option off.
- Select ‘All’, and group both the Cutting Lines and Charisma Image.
- Select the ‘Eraser Tool’, and erase the rectangles and anything else unwanted near to the rectangle, so just the Charisma Image and Cutting Lines remain.
- You can also separate 2 or more Charisma Images using the ‘Eraser Tool’, so they can be manipulated individually.
- Enable the Registration marks from the menu Silhouette -> Registration Marks, and selecting the ‘Style Type’. Make sure the Images are inside the Registration Marks.
- Print the Charisma to the selected printer with the Registration Marks.
- Place the printed media on the mat, and load the mat into the Cameo/Portrait/Craft ROBO.
- Click on ‘Send to Silhouette’ (or whatever cutter is connected), adjust the ‘Cut Settings’, and then click the ‘Start’ button.
- Save the project to disk. You can’t save the project to the Tattered Lace USB, since it has been write protected.
Ian