WOW thank you very much for this!!!!!!!!! I just purchased AD for both MAC and WINDOWS and had the same issue! I looked for a couple of days for this fix!!!!!! I guess I'll keep AD now.! Great job !
Thank you so much. I have just downloaded Affinity Design 2 for Windows and this also works with this version. So much better when you can see your download!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I was ready to throw my computer. I don't know much about affinity and even less about the cricut design space so this was so incredibly helpful!
This is so helpful! Thanks so much 😊 I tried it and it worked! I have an iPad so I had to figure out the different version but I figured it out! It was really big but I rather that than super duper tiny!
I found you through Facebook, and this is helpful. I was able to upload something simple from my iPad. Of course, I have the newest version, and a lot of things have changed! What I want to do is something apparently more complex. I created a heart, and then I created a lot of smaller cut-out shapes. No matter what I do, those shapes end up scattering all over the place when I upload the svg file to Cricut Design Space. I even tried combining them all on one layer. When I get a minute, I’m going to see if I have better luck on my laptop (which is now downloading another update!).
@@ShootingStarSVG I’m going to have to look up “compound path” now, although I think you showed something about it in your video. You’ve given me the confidence to do this, and thank you so much for helping people who use Affinity-there are actually a lot of us! ❤️ (My laptop version is updated, and I can’t wait to get started!)
@@ShootingStarSVG I updated Affinity Designer to the newest version, and it seems to be working great. The file I created on my iPad is not working, but I experimented with something new on my laptop, and it was incredibly easy. I don’t know what’s wrong with my initial creation, so maybe I’ll just try again using the the desktop application. I’m still glad I found you, because this is what kept me going!
just came across this, new to cricut design and I purchase affinity photos a while back, do you think I need affinity design or can I get away with mostly the same things with affinity photo? great video , thank you !
Hi, this is my first time using both Affinity Designer and Design space and it is not working for me. I've tried your method but the image wont load onto design space. Do you know what I could be doing wrong?
Just checking to see if you ever got more figured out on the sizing. I'm wanting to create svg's for acrylic blanks but when I save it, it's got to open in cds and similar programs in the correct size or they won't work. I'm still trying to decide what programs I want to use and how to do it all correctly. Looking at inkscape, AD and procreate currently but AFAIK procreate doesn't export svgs.
Inkscape is probably going to be your best bet in terms of usability. Affinity is a little limited. I haven't had anything further on the sizing in AD to other programs outside of this
This video really helped. Thanks. I don't see any way to use Affinity Design for creating DXF files. Most graphics are sold in EPS, PNG, DXF and EPS. Any thoughts on this? I would love to save money and give up AI for this software but I don't think I can because of them not adding that file selection.
DXF is an Autocad file Important for silhouette studio basic edition and glowforge PNG yes transparent photo EPS is encapsulated post script generally used for AI You can convert svgs in Inkscape to get the DXF and PNG if need be. Really all I use is SVG DXF JPG and PNG I'd say make the jump will save you some money!
@@ShootingStarSVG Sorry to butt in, can you tell me which dxf file is the best for silhouette studio basic edition and glowforge on Inkscape? I believe there's two at the moment with numbers 12 or 14 at the end of each file type. Not sure what's the exact name of the file type.
Thank you so much for this video. I am new to Affinity and cricut. I need all the help I can get. I have a question if you don't mind, why the DPI has to be reduce to 72. Thank you. Also do you have a video on how to make sure I have the file on cricut the right way to make sure it cut inside the right parameters? I want to utilize the whole page space but I want to make sure is not too big for the size the cricut can handle. Thanks again.
Hi Vicky if you're designing SVGs the size really DOESN'T matter as the end user can scale up or down without any loss of quality. It is nice to try to be spot on though
@@ShootingStarSVG Thank you. I guess I am just worry to have the design too big and the machine cut it wrong because I didn't scale it correctly. I guess we will know on my first try 😁 Thank you so much.
I am so glad I came across your channel !!!! I tried following these instructions and they are not working for me! I need help! Can we talk more through email or a different platform?
@@yajaira.brooks Thanks for this comment. I think I had the same issue as you and seen this comment and converted to curves and now it works. Thanks again.
Hi, isn't svg scalable graphics? You downloaded it, it turned out to be small, but it is a vector file, you can easily enlarge it indefinitely. Or am I missing something?:)
What does it mean "Clipping Paths"? The cricut is giving me a message that my image include unsupported parts. If I click continue the image doesn't come out good. Thank you.
hello! thanks for the video. After following the export instructions on Affinity I go to cricut to upload the svg and for some reason it appears to be very small and it has two big lines that aren't supposed to be in the file. Help!
It doesnt matter what I do I can't get anything to load onto design space. From Affinity, I even drew out your design and it still wont execept that. it says - "not supported - clipping paths"
@@ShootingStarSVG so I bought affinity a while back and redefined my logo on it, I recently bought a Cricut and want to use it for HTV so I wanted to upload the svg to the Cricut program but the only thing that pops up is the rectangle I put around my logos name. The benefit I see with svg is that the layers pop up as if they were in affinity so I would like to get that but as of right now I just upload it as a png, which works but it’s not what I want. Great video btw I didn’t know about the export persona button
Sounds like you have a PNG that you want to create to SVG correct? We can help - post your logo in the FB group we can probably get it with Inkscape and I can teach you how :)
Affinity for some reason just uploads files oddly into CDS. I haven't had any issues importing a SVG from AD (without taking these steps) to Silhouette or other vector programs
I did what you said, but.... It seems to upload the entire image, red heart with blue stroke outline. But, when uploaded into Cricut Design Space the blue stroke line disappeared and only a red heat appears in the canvas of CDS. Any thoughts?
I'm confused - what is this video actually showing/demonstrating? SVG files are Scalable Vector Graphic files, so by definition, they can be scaled up or down without any loss of quality (unlike a rasterised graphic format that consists of pixels rather then instructions for drawing lines, curves, primitives etc) - so why not just import the file to CDS how it's exported by default by AD (i.e. the small version), and then scale the image up in CDS to the desired size?
Because customers are complaining. It helps with customer service. We know the scaling is not an issue the customer does not (in some cases) You're 100% correct.
@@ShootingStarSVG Design Space. I'm uploading a design with only fonts. One is regular the other is just the stroke. The font that has no fill is coming up in Design Space as a regular font. (If that makes any sense) Idk what I'm doing wrong
Thank you so much for this! There are so few Affinity Designer (or Affinity Photo) to Cricut videos out there. Please keep them coming!
You're very welcome. Let me know if there is something in particular you're looking for and I can make it happen
WOW thank you very much for this!!!!!!!!! I just purchased AD for both MAC and WINDOWS and had the same issue! I looked for a couple of days for this fix!!!!!! I guess I'll keep AD now.! Great job !
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. I have just downloaded Affinity Design 2 for Windows and this also works with this version. So much better when you can see your download!
So glad it helped!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I was ready to throw my computer. I don't know much about affinity and even less about the cricut design space so this was so incredibly helpful!
Glad it helped!
This is so helpful! Thanks so much 😊 I tried it and it worked! I have an iPad so I had to figure out the different version but I figured it out! It was really big but I rather that than super duper tiny!
Glad I could help!
Thanks for posting this, was looking forward to it!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully it helped clear a few things up for people
I found you through Facebook, and this is helpful. I was able to upload something simple from my iPad. Of course, I have the newest version, and a lot of things have changed! What I want to do is something apparently more complex. I created a heart, and then I created a lot of smaller cut-out shapes. No matter what I do, those shapes end up scattering all over the place when I upload the svg file to Cricut Design Space. I even tried combining them all on one layer.
When I get a minute, I’m going to see if I have better luck on my laptop (which is now downloading another update!).
Ok great let me know if you need any help. Compound path may be what you need for those little pieces if they are the same color
@@ShootingStarSVG I’m going to have to look up “compound path” now, although I think you showed something about it in your video. You’ve given me the confidence to do this, and thank you so much for helping people who use Affinity-there are actually a lot of us! ❤️ (My laptop version is updated, and I can’t wait to get started!)
@Anne Watman this may help too
courses.shootingstarsvg.com/courses/create-svgs-in-affinity-designer
$27 bucks and all you need to know to get started!
@@ShootingStarSVG I updated Affinity Designer to the newest version, and it seems to be working great. The file I created on my iPad is not working, but I experimented with something new on my laptop, and it was incredibly easy. I don’t know what’s wrong with my initial creation, so maybe I’ll just try again using the the desktop application. I’m still glad I found you, because this is what kept me going!
@Anne Watman glad it helped. Not sure if you're on the socials but if you are come find us on FB and we are happy to help anytime!!
just came across this, new to cricut design and I purchase affinity photos a while back, do you think I need affinity design or can I get away with mostly the same things with affinity photo? great video , thank you !
Do you have a video to do this from cricut to AD?
You cannot export SVGs from CDS sadly
Hi, this is my first time using both Affinity Designer and Design space and it is not working for me. I've tried your method but the image wont load onto design space. Do you know what I could be doing wrong?
Shoot me an email and we can work through it easychalkcrafts@gmail.com
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Just checking to see if you ever got more figured out on the sizing. I'm wanting to create svg's for acrylic blanks but when I save it, it's got to open in cds and similar programs in the correct size or they won't work. I'm still trying to decide what programs I want to use and how to do it all correctly. Looking at inkscape, AD and procreate currently but AFAIK procreate doesn't export svgs.
Inkscape is probably going to be your best bet in terms of usability. Affinity is a little limited. I haven't had anything further on the sizing in AD to other programs outside of this
This video really helped. Thanks. I don't see any way to use Affinity Design for creating DXF files. Most graphics are sold in EPS, PNG, DXF and EPS. Any thoughts on this? I would love to save money and give up AI for this software but I don't think I can because of them not adding that file selection.
DXF is an Autocad file
Important for silhouette studio basic edition and glowforge
PNG yes transparent photo
EPS is encapsulated post script generally used for AI
You can convert svgs in Inkscape to get the DXF and PNG if need be. Really all I use is SVG DXF JPG and PNG
I'd say make the jump will save you some money!
@@ShootingStarSVG Sorry to butt in, can you tell me which dxf file is the best for silhouette studio basic edition and glowforge on Inkscape? I believe there's two at the moment with numbers 12 or 14 at the end of each file type. Not sure what's the exact name of the file type.
Affinity doesn't support DXF. Who knows If they will ever add that option.
This is so helpful! thank you so much
You're so welcome! Let me know if you need anything else
Thank you so much for this video. I am new to Affinity and cricut. I need all the help I can get. I have a question if you don't mind, why the DPI has to be reduce to 72. Thank you. Also do you have a video on how to make sure I have the file on cricut the right way to make sure it cut inside the right parameters? I want to utilize the whole page space but I want to make sure is not too big for the size the cricut can handle. Thanks again.
Hi Vicky if you're designing SVGs the size really DOESN'T matter as the end user can scale up or down without any loss of quality. It is nice to try to be spot on though
@@ShootingStarSVG Thank you. I guess I am just worry to have the design too big and the machine cut it wrong because I didn't scale it correctly. I guess we will know on my first try 😁 Thank you so much.
@@VickyLatorreArt you bet happy to help in the Fb group if you need it. Link is in the description
I do not get the export settings icons on top. Just a drop-down menu. Is there a way to change this?
hi, any other way that i can do if i want to keep the viewbox checked? because the web i want to upload my design needed it.
I am so glad I came across your channel !!!! I tried following these instructions and they are not working for me! I need help! Can we talk more through email or a different platform?
Sure you can message me on Facebook
@@ShootingStarSVG I figure it out! I needed my layers to be curve layers! Thank you!
@@yajaira.brooks Thanks for this comment. I think I had the same issue as you and seen this comment and converted to curves and now it works. Thanks again.
Thank you thank you
You're very welcome!
Thank you for this!
Hi, isn't svg scalable graphics? You downloaded it, it turned out to be small, but it is a vector file, you can easily enlarge it indefinitely. Or am I missing something?:)
What does it mean "Clipping Paths"? The cricut is giving me a message that my image include unsupported parts. If I click continue the image doesn't come out good. Thank you.
Could you email me re the issue with screenshots of what you're trying to do? shootingstarsvg@gmail.com
hello! thanks for the video. After following the export instructions on Affinity I go to cricut to upload the svg and for some reason it appears to be very small and it has two big lines that aren't supposed to be in the file. Help!
Hey Lesley could you get on the FB group and show us so we can help work through the line issue?
This was so helpful. What about PDF ? Could you show that too?
I can certainly add that onto my list of things to cover
It doesnt matter what I do I can't get anything to load onto design space. From Affinity, I even drew out your design and it still wont execept that. it says - "not supported - clipping paths"
What is the "Test" preset? I don't have that option to select in the Export Options
my problem is i cant get my full image to upload just a box outline, imagine only your heart uploads and not the words or thew circle and no words
When you say upload do you mean inserted into the program? Or when you are using it in another program?
@@ShootingStarSVG so I bought affinity a while back and redefined my logo on it, I recently bought a Cricut and want to use it for HTV so I wanted to upload the svg to the Cricut program but the only thing that pops up is the rectangle I put around my logos name. The benefit I see with svg is that the layers pop up as if they were in affinity so I would like to get that but as of right now I just upload it as a png, which works but it’s not what I want. Great video btw I didn’t know about the export persona button
Sounds like you have a PNG that you want to create to SVG correct? We can help - post your logo in the FB group we can probably get it with Inkscape and I can teach you how :)
Why do we have to go through all these process when an SVG is a scalable file?
Affinity for some reason just uploads files oddly into CDS. I haven't had any issues importing a SVG from AD (without taking these steps) to Silhouette or other vector programs
Is there a way to export project from Design Space to Affinity??
Unfortunately no - Design Space does not have the ability to export SVGs. It's pretty effing lame
@@ShootingStarSVG I figured it out. Just save as a pdf from the print then cut print options then import the pdf into Affinity
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
sadly i have followed the this guide step by step several times and its not working for me :( time to keep tying things. im so fed up with critcut.
I did what you said, but.... It seems to upload the entire image, red heart with blue stroke outline. But, when uploaded into Cricut Design Space the blue stroke line disappeared and only a red heat appears in the canvas of CDS. Any thoughts?
The same file uploads into Canva.. fine. Red heart with blue stroke outline. But Cricut only shows red heart, blue line disappeared. Any thoughts?
You probably did not do stroke to path in the program so the stroke is showing up as a stroke and not a path
I'm not sure if that made sense feel free to join the FB group so you can post some screenshots and I will help you out from there
@@ShootingStarSVG thats right! I have a lot to learn. Apparently, I missed some lessons! Thanks so much!
I'm confused - what is this video actually showing/demonstrating?
SVG files are Scalable Vector Graphic files, so by definition, they can be scaled up or down without any loss of quality (unlike a rasterised graphic format that consists of pixels rather then instructions for drawing lines, curves, primitives etc) - so why not just import the file to CDS how it's exported by default by AD (i.e. the small version), and then scale the image up in CDS to the desired size?
Because customers are complaining. It helps with customer service. We know the scaling is not an issue the customer does not (in some cases)
You're 100% correct.
My SVG still won't load :( whyyyyyyyy?!!!!! Anyone got any more tips?
Where are you trying to load it to?
@@ShootingStarSVG Design Space. I'm uploading a design with only fonts. One is regular the other is just the stroke. The font that has no fill is coming up in Design Space as a regular font. (If that makes any sense) Idk what I'm doing wrong
Found a work-around. Save as PNG....that simple.
I'm only cutting the file and using 1 color vinyl so this will work for now until i figure it out.
läuft...
damn she can get it, ufff
Thanks so much! This was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!