Where have you been all my life? This was the very best video I have watched and I've watched a million! Even though it is 5 years old, it is extremely valuable.!!! Thank you soooo much!
You have made more sense and given me more knowledge than any of the other video's I have looked at, thank you applelover, I am now much more confident, you have a great delivery. 10/10.
thank you this video is over 6yrs old now, i have lots more up to date videos on my youtube channel, all in playlist to make finding what information you need easy.
Thanks - you cleared up one or two points I found difficult to decipher from the instruction book. One tip I can offer for saving the mats is to apply contact paper sticky side UP onto the fabric mat. Gives you a perfect tacky surface which can be removed when it gets too cut up. For dirt or fuzz, simply rub with wet wipe and leave to dry - the tackiness returns. If your mat has been cut through then apply a sheet of contact on the back (sticky side down) to repair the mat. Happy cutting
Hi. Do you mean you stick your contact paper to your mat and that surface then is used to cut up? How do you glue your contact paper to it then? Sorry, I hard it find to understand. Sounds like a good idea but I also wonder isn't the contact paper a little bit too tacky? Please insight for this little mind!
Oh boy was that really really Great, Thank you so much, I have lost count on the times I watched you doing this too try and log in my head. You have Explained it so Good and Simple. I shall now watch your other ones, again THANK YOU
Hi thankyou very much for all the hints and tips you gave us. Your so good on all the instructions so easy to understand what you was doing. I tried to follow the instructions on the manual it came with but very frustrating to understand. I'm so pleased I found your videaos. Phew. Now I can't wait to have a go many thanks. Crafty.
I've only tried my scan 'n cut on fabric. It worked ok. I found your tutorial VERY helpful. Perhaps in the future you can use some cotton fabric...Thank you again!!
is there a way to tell it which cut to make first. example you have a square with a hole in the center , I need to cut the hole first so it does not move and than cut the square around it. Is that possible ??
Can you possible tell me or do a quick tutorial on actually doing a seam allowance on a shape you have scanned it? I tried and it only drew the shape instead of drawing the seam allowance. thanks
VERY GOOD , iv gone to deep on my low tack mat is there any way i can cover it ,and do you need a different mat for scanning in to machine, and what can you cleen mat with if used dark card , Help
Joan Foster yes just put parcel tape on the back of it where you have cut it, if you have cut clean though put the patch back in place and again tape over it, i show my mat in the "maintenance" video you can see mine all patches up too.
hi, is there anyway of creating foldable greeting cards with this machine, for instance a photo on the front and a greeting on the inside right of the card, will it scan a real photograph, thanks, mark.
You can use a basic shape to make a base card and apply a dashed fold line, both directly on the machine or in the Canvas software. You have 3 scan options - direct cut, scan to cut data and scan to usb. This machine is a scanner in its own right so will scan photos to a usb. Have a look in the "beginners" playlist on my channel it may help. thanks
A very helpful video for people just starting out. Do you know if there's any setting change so it will draw without adding a seam allowance. I want to be able to recreate my original line drawing but it always re-draws it with a double line? Thanks - Lynn
I am not entirely sure what you mean, how thick is the pen you draw with, is it picking up both sides of the line? When you scan, use the scan to cut data and choose the last option i think that follows directly down the middle of any line. but if i have misunderstood let me know more info
Sorry I didn't explain it very well. I've made an original black pen drawing of a paper doll (like a stamped image) and scanned it in using the scan to cut button but then I don't want to cut it out just redraw it onto other sheets of paper using the draw function and the sNc pens. Everything goes well up to the point of drawing but then it also draws in the 3mm seam allowance and I want to not have that but there doesn't appear to be anyway to have a zero seam allowance and for it to just draw the original lines only. (I am just experimenting really to see if I can get maximum use from the machine). It's probably not possible but I just wondered if you might know as you seem very knowledgeable about it all. Thanks for trying to help anyway. I appreciate it. X
Scrapitydoodah Ok i think i understand now, I've just had to go and draw and scan something to double check, but on mine it drew it exactly the same size as my hand drawn design. Could it be that somehow you have saved it with a seem allowance and thats why its doing it. when you have your saved shape on screen click the icon thats above the ok button its a square and two arrows, is the seam allowance button purple or grey
thank you so much. but i need help. if i scan items for example a bag picture. is there any way i can cut out the handles and leave the pattern on the bag without cutting? thank you. guessing i need to scan and cut twice once to cut bag them move the screen and cut again. but if there is an easier way please help thank you kindly. ps nice to see some uk videos. most the ones i find are americans.
If you choose the icon which is 3 red boxes you have the option to isolate Orr of a design and cut at part only I have shown it in one of my videos in the SNC machine playlist but cannot remember which one
hi i have cancelled wifi accidentley and cant get back in can any one help me also i have registeered my embossing kit but logo will not com on screen linda luton.
Please can you help? Am trying to scan to cut data, a template for DM's Grotto Cards. drawing on acetate, or card stock gives me a double cut line, where it has picked up both sides of the drawn line. I have used a thin permanent pen, and also a very narrow biro. Scan is set to default. I cant use an svg/fcm version of the file as I am unable to position the fcm exactly over the scanned image. I used acetate as shown by Mel Heaton, but that gives me the inside and the outside of the lines drawn. Then I embossed the design onto some plain white card, and drew over the emboss with a very narrow biro, but again have got a double cut line, where it reads the both sides of the line. Yes for most it would be easier to use a knife, but I have bendy fingers, as in bend backwards under pressure, so want to avoid knife work if possible. HOW do I get this to read the line as a line, and not as a very narrow shape to be cut around?
i am not near my machine at the moment, but if using scan to cut data are you choosing the first of the three options, once the design has scanned? if that is giving you the double line try using the Direct scan option that will only cut an outline.
applelover53 Thanks hun, but its cutting AROUND the lines, as in cutting the 2 sides of the drawn line. I just want it to cut a line, and thats on direct cut. Because its a series of unconnected lines, its reading each line, as a separate shape to be cut AROUND, not just cut. Unfortunately it is doing what it is supposed to in this instance, its reading each line as a distinct shape and cutting around it. What I want it to do is cut the line, as a line, not to cut the shape of the outside edges of the ink. As you are UK then I am assuming you have heard of Debbi Moore, she does grotto Cards, of which I have loads pre-printed. I have traced the cut lines from the inside of the design onto white card, and can overlay that onto the designs, so I can scan it in in just the right place for an accurate cut. I have an fcm version of the same thing, but the issue is then getting the lines to overlay EXACTLY the lines on the image. Thinking that this is going to be an impossibility for Brother, as the scanning software is working perfectly. if you get any ideas on how to accomplish it, I would appreciate knowing, but as the software IS working perfectly, I suspect that any and all alternative solutions are going to be very hard to find, so dont get too stressed about it, xxx
Louisa Price AHA!!!! Found it! its using the 3rd option in the scan to Cut data, the manual refers to it as line detection!! So now you CAN scan in lines for things like pop-ups or DM's grottos, but use scan to cut data, then choose the 3rd box, single circle and single square overlapped, and it reads it as lines WOOHOO!, Knifes put away!
Frustrated......Had my 650 scan for a month now. Blade setting was on 4 and cut perfectly. Now I can't get it to cut all the way to 9 setting. What has happened. Checked the blade and it looks fine. Can I cry?.....What can be wrong
AliceA59 I don't have one, want one, been researching them......did you look at brother scan and cut website? , THERE are other tutorials although I can't remember off hand but I've seen how to change the setting. Don't give up.
Where have you been all my life? This was the very best video I have watched and I've watched a million! Even though it is 5 years old, it is extremely valuable.!!! Thank you soooo much!
Thank you I have lots of videos on my channel dedicated to the ScanNCut thank you
Thank you that tutorial was very helpful , and your explanation was really clear .
I have watched many SnC tutorials, and yours is the best! Thank you so much!!
makes me want to buy one now thank you for all the information
So many helpful hints. Thanks so much.
You have made more sense and given me more knowledge than any of the other video's I have looked at, thank you applelover, I am now much more confident, you have a great delivery. 10/10.
Thank you glad they help.
Great Video. Now I understand the buttons and how to use them. Was getting very frustrated but now i'm happy and able to do more creating. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Really struggling, so many different commands. I am hoping to improve. This demonstration has helped a lot.
thank you this video is over 6yrs old now, i have lots more up to date videos on my youtube channel, all in playlist to make finding what information you need easy.
Thanks - you cleared up one or two points I found difficult to decipher from the instruction book. One tip I can offer for saving the mats is to apply contact paper sticky side UP onto the fabric mat. Gives you a perfect tacky surface which can be removed when it gets too cut up. For dirt or fuzz, simply rub with wet wipe and leave to dry - the tackiness returns. If your mat has been cut through then apply a sheet of contact on the back (sticky side down) to repair the mat. Happy cutting
Hi. Do you mean you stick your contact paper to your mat and that surface then is used to cut up? How do you glue your contact paper to it then? Sorry, I hard it find to understand. Sounds like a good idea but I also wonder isn't the contact paper a little bit too tacky? Please insight for this little mind!
Thank you for all of the videos you have made on this machine.
Brilliant! Just what I need. Best thing I’ve done since buying my SNC2 is subscribe to your Channel!!! Thanks so much!!
Thank you, glad the videos help.
Oh boy was that really really Great, Thank you so much, I have lost count on the times I watched you doing this too try and log in my head. You have Explained it so Good and Simple. I shall now watch your other ones, again THANK YOU
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Wow good job explaining!
Nice video. Sound great, info very clear. Please make more like this.
Fantastic best video I’ve watched very informative thankyou so much.x
Great demonstration, like that you have shown each function and explained it. This was very helpful, thanks.
Thanks so much. It is these little details that make things go so much more smoothly.
you are welcome
Thank you very much. Your info is very helpful.
Fantastic job thanks for sharing
A very big thank you from me. Your tutorial is so very easy to understand. You have helped me so much. Crafty smiles. Jan.
+Jan Moss You are welcome
Finally I found the video I was looking for. Thank for a great VIDEO
Great, thank you
Thank you so much, I just got my SNC and found the instructions limited at best. This has made a big difference.
Great thank you
Hi thankyou very much for all the hints and tips you gave us. Your so good on all the instructions so easy to understand what you was doing. I tried to follow the instructions on the manual it came with but very frustrating to understand. I'm so pleased I found your videaos. Phew. Now I can't wait to have a go many thanks. Crafty.
You're sooo easy to follow, Thanks.
Very helpful indeed thanks so much.
So helpful thank you x
Excellent instructions! I will be using this tutorial since I am about to buy a brand new Brother Scan n Cut!
excellent , many thanks . jane x
thank you so much for this video just got my SNC and this has helped SO MUCH
Fantastic clear tutorial, thank you.
Thank you. That was a very clear tutorial.
I've only tried my scan 'n cut on fabric. It worked ok. I found your tutorial VERY helpful. Perhaps in the future you can use some cotton fabric...Thank you again!!
Thank you for showing this is a great video.
Nicely done. Thank you.
Thank you! Great tutorial.
I love your tutorial!!!!
So helpful, Thank-you!!
lotws of help on screenfor brother scan n cut . very clever and helpful ladys . i actually need help a lot linda luton
Thanks so much
You are welcome, thank you.
could you please let me know how do you seperate things that need to be cut meaning when they are all in a line the same item
Thank u thank u
Been saving your great tutorials on a Playlist, but how do I find them afterwards? Thanks so much.
did you sort this out? you should create folders so you can access them quickly.
trying to insert new blade following instructions but the blade does not come at all, totally invisible
when I'm going to download my only option that comes up is my pc. and my it will not download, any ideas pleas
thank you
Hi there thank you for showing different parts of the machine, its just that i need to know what you do after Scanning, please help thank you
have a look in the SNC Machine playlist on my YT channel I've done videos and scanning and saving files etc.
can the scan n cut just score a card.
is there a way to tell it which cut to make first. example you have a square with a hole in the center , I need to cut the hole first so it does not move and than cut the square around it. Is that possible ??
What model machine is yours?
Can you possible tell me or do a quick tutorial on actually doing a seam allowance on a shape you have scanned it? I tried and it only drew the shape instead of drawing the seam allowance. thanks
I missed a step - figured it out :-)
VERY GOOD , iv gone to deep on my low tack mat is there any way i can cover it ,and do you need a different mat for scanning in to machine, and what can you cleen mat with if used dark card , Help
Joan Foster yes just put parcel tape on the back of it where you have cut it, if you have cut clean though put the patch back in place and again tape over it, i show my mat in the "maintenance" video you can see mine all patches up too.
no just scored into it
you will get score lines from cutting, thats normal, but if you cut through it just tape it up on the back
hi, is there anyway of creating foldable greeting cards with this machine, for instance a photo on the front and a greeting on the inside right of the card, will it scan a real photograph, thanks, mark.
You can use a basic shape to make a base card and apply a dashed fold line, both directly on the machine or in the Canvas software. You have 3 scan options - direct cut, scan to cut data and scan to usb. This machine is a scanner in its own right so will scan photos to a usb. Have a look in the "beginners" playlist on my channel it may help. thanks
A very helpful video for people just starting out. Do you know if there's any setting change so it will draw without adding a seam allowance. I want to be able to recreate my original line drawing but it always re-draws it with a double line? Thanks - Lynn
I am not entirely sure what you mean, how thick is the pen you draw with, is it picking up both sides of the line?
When you scan, use the scan to cut data and choose the last option i think that follows directly down the middle of any line. but if i have misunderstood let me know more info
Sorry I didn't explain it very well. I've made an original black pen drawing of a paper doll (like a stamped image) and scanned it in using the scan to cut button but then I don't want to cut it out just redraw it onto other sheets of paper using the draw function and the sNc pens. Everything goes well up to the point of drawing but then it also draws in the 3mm seam allowance and I want to not have that but there doesn't appear to be anyway to have a zero seam allowance and for it to just draw the original lines only. (I am just experimenting really to see if I can get maximum use from the machine). It's probably not possible but I just wondered if you might know as you seem very knowledgeable about it all. Thanks for trying to help anyway. I appreciate it. X
Scrapitydoodah Ok i think i understand now, I've just had to go and draw and scan something to double check, but on mine it drew it exactly the same size as my hand drawn design. Could it be that somehow you have saved it with a seem allowance and thats why its doing it. when you have your saved shape on screen click the icon thats above the ok button its a square and two arrows, is the seam allowance button purple or grey
thank you so much. but i need help. if i scan items for example a bag picture. is there any way i can cut out the handles and leave the pattern on the bag without cutting? thank you. guessing i need to scan and cut twice once to cut bag them move the screen and cut again. but if there is an easier way please help thank you kindly. ps nice to see some uk videos. most the ones i find are americans.
If you choose the icon which is 3 red boxes you have the option to isolate Orr of a design and cut at part only I have shown it in one of my videos in the SNC machine playlist but cannot remember which one
+applelover53 that should say isolate part of the design!
+applelover53 thank you very much. brother should be paying you! have a wonderful day
hi i have cancelled wifi accidentley and cant get back in can any one help me also i have registeered my embossing kit but logo will not com on screen linda luton.
did you sort it out?
This was very helpful tfs from Gina :-)
Please can you help? Am trying to scan to cut data, a template for DM's Grotto Cards. drawing on acetate, or card stock gives me a double cut line, where it has picked up both sides of the drawn line.
I have used a thin permanent pen, and also a very narrow biro. Scan is set to default.
I cant use an svg/fcm version of the file as I am unable to position the fcm exactly over the scanned image.
I used acetate as shown by Mel Heaton, but that gives me the inside and the outside of the lines drawn. Then I embossed the design onto some plain white card, and drew over the emboss with a very narrow biro, but again have got a double cut line, where it reads the both sides of the line.
Yes for most it would be easier to use a knife, but I have bendy fingers, as in bend backwards under pressure, so want to avoid knife work if possible.
HOW do I get this to read the line as a line, and not as a very narrow shape to be cut around?
i am not near my machine at the moment, but if using scan to cut data are you choosing the first of the three options, once the design has scanned? if that is giving you the double line try using the Direct scan option that will only cut an outline.
applelover53
Thanks hun, but its cutting AROUND the lines, as in cutting the 2 sides of the drawn line. I just want it to cut a line, and thats on direct cut. Because its a series of unconnected lines, its reading each line, as a separate shape to be cut AROUND, not just cut. Unfortunately it is doing what it is supposed to in this instance, its reading each line as a distinct shape and cutting around it. What I want it to do is cut the line, as a line, not to cut the shape of the outside edges of the ink. As you are UK then I am assuming you have heard of Debbi Moore, she does grotto Cards, of which I have loads pre-printed. I have traced the cut lines from the inside of the design onto white card, and can overlay that onto the designs, so I can scan it in in just the right place for an accurate cut. I have an fcm version of the same thing, but the issue is then getting the lines to overlay EXACTLY the lines on the image. Thinking that this is going to be an impossibility for Brother, as the scanning software is working perfectly.
if you get any ideas on how to accomplish it, I would appreciate knowing, but as the software IS working perfectly, I suspect that any and all alternative solutions are going to be very hard to find, so dont get too stressed about it, xxx
Louisa Price
AHA!!!!
Found it! its using the 3rd option in the scan to Cut data, the manual refers to it as line detection!! So now you CAN scan in lines for things like pop-ups or DM's grottos, but use scan to cut data, then choose the 3rd box, single circle and single square overlapped, and it reads it as lines WOOHOO!, Knifes put away!
Louisa Price ok glad you found out how to make it work for you
Frustrated......Had my 650 scan for a month now. Blade setting was on 4 and cut perfectly. Now I can't get it to cut all the way to 9 setting. What has happened. Checked the blade and it looks fine. Can I cry?.....What can be wrong
AliceA59 I don't have one, want one, been researching them......did you look at brother scan and cut website? , THERE are other tutorials although I can't remember off hand but I've seen how to change the setting. Don't give up.
thank you for the reply. Found that my blade had a tip broken.
you might want to turn up your volume a bit though...otherwise a good video...
Thanks so much for the tips as they were very helpful