The Silhouette Studio® software is the powerhouse behind any Silhouette cutting machine. It’s loaded with so many features that can do so many different things. If you’re wondering what features are available and what each feature does, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s the list of every feature offered in the four editions of Silhouette Studio® (Basic Edition, Designer Edition, Designer Edition Plus, and Business Edition). Many of the features have a blog post or a video (or both!) explaining how you can use that feature to create your designs. Silhouette 101 will make you a pro at using your machine in no time! Scroll down and pick a feature to learn more about it. If you’d like to upgrade your edition of Silhouette Studio®, visit https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/shop/software-and-download-cards/silhouette-studio.

FEATURES Basic
Edition
Free
Designer
Edition
$49.99
Designer
Edition +
$74.99
Business
Edition
$99.99
Create Designs and Send to Silhouette
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Basic Design and Text Tools
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Manipulation Tools: Move, Rotate, Scale, Align, Replicate
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Modification Tools: Weld, Divide, Crop, Subtract
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Cut by Line or Fill Color
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Font Access (for font files on your computer)
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Import JPG, BMP, PNG files
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Trace
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Image Effects (b/w, tint, color saturation)
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Print & Cut
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PixScan™
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Silhouette Library Storage
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Object on Path
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Offset
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Stipple (Curio and Cameo 3 only)
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Emboss (Curio only)
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Sticky Notes
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Pop-up Creator (Basic)
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Color Fonts
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Print Bleed
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Commercial Font Indicator
Import SVG, PDF files
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Layers (Including Cut by Layer)
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Rulers/Guides
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Nesting
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Shadow Tool
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Eraser Set Tools
Knife Set Tools
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Eyedropper Tool
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Shear
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Sketch Effect
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Trace by Color
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Magnet Trace
Rhinestone Conversion
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Glyph Support
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Font Management
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Basic Warp
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Pop-up Creator (Advanced)
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Ability to Import Custom Patterns
Lasso Selection
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Warp Templates
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Advanced Rhinestone Features
Import Embroidery Files (PES, DST, EXP, JEF, and XXX)
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Flexishapes
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Puzzle Generator
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Advanced Warp (Conical, Perspective)
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Import Ai/CDR/EPS Files
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Weed Line Feature
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Multi-cutter Support
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Matrix Copy Feature
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Media Layout View
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Automatic Nesting
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Tiling
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Barcode
Multiple Undo/Redo
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Export SVG, PDF, JPG
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Handwritten Font Creation
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Digital Font Creation
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Edition Toggle
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