Monday, 28 September 2009

Cricut Design Studio

By Sammy DeOrtha

If you have you already discovered a passion for the Provo Craft Cricut cutting machines, you are going to fall in love all over again when you try the newest addition to the Cricut family - Cricut Design Studio software.

The Cricut Design studio is a user friendly, easy to use software package. It increases the already versatile range of designs at your disposal by allowing you to create and cut a wide variety of designs. It is compatible with both the original Cricut and the Cricut Expression machines. Simply connect your Cricut or Cricut Expression to a computer via a USB port, follow the simple installation instructions and you?re ready to begin exploring new design possibilities. It?s easy! You don?t have to be a computer genius to work out how to use the software and you?ll be able to take advantage of a wide range of stunning effects, all from this one design program.

Whats The Benefits Of Design Studio?

With the Cricut Design Studio you will be able to create designs using any image from the cartridges you own. You can shrink or enlarge images. You can flip them, rotate them, stretch and distort them, all before you?ve even installed the cartridge. As with most computer design packages, you can also save your project before it is complete and come back to finalize it another time. Once you?re done designing and everything is exactly how you want it to be, just pop in the first cartridge, press one button, and your computer and Cricut Machine will take care of everything. It won?t make you a coffee while you wait, but it wants to.

But that?s not all. With the Design Studio you?ll be able to browse every single image in the Cricut library, even those from cartridges you don?t yet own. Simply search the database by typing in keywords and you can see what the images would look like if used in your design. With that in mind you?ll be in a better position to decide which, if any, extra cartridges you wish to buy. You have the ability to save complete and save the design even before you have the appropriate cartridge, and come back to it later.

The One Drawback with Cricut Design Studio?

Presently this software is compatible with the Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms. Unfortunately for some Cricut fans, the software is not yet Mac compatible and so cannot currently be used with Macintosh computers. Besides that, the only restriction you are held to is having to sit at your computer desk while you work. Crafters with laptops will enjoy much more freedom and can design as they watch TV.

Overall, the Cricut Design Studio is a wonderful addition to your Cricut collection. The software is reasonably priced, considering it started out retailing for $89.95, but is now available for as low as $59.95. The benefits you receive are well worth the cost. Take your crafting to a whole new dimension with the Provo Craft Cricut Design Studio. You are only limited by your imagination.

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