I’ve made a ton of branded things as a graphic designer who has been working with branding since 2013 for customers, school projects, and even for myself. After testing with several Adobe Illustrator file formats, I concluded that storing the file in the appropriate format is essential for producing high-quality print work.
I tried printing in JPEG, PDF, PNG, and other formats. Well, I must admit that PDF is not a horrible format, but for goods, SVG is my preferred choice.
To prepare your design for the Cricut, you’ll learn how to produce an SVG file in Adobe Illustrator in this article.
Here is a brief explanation of SVG files in case you don’t know what they are.
Describe SVG files
Scalable Vector Visuals, often known as SVG, are high-resolution vector-based graphics that you may alter and resize without sacrificing the quality of the images. Logos, icons, infographics, and drawings are the principal uses of it.
SVG is a popular file format because it works with a variety of programs and is frequently used with the Cricut, a smart device that lets you make individualized designs for things.
Let’s now look at how to use Adobe Illustrator to create a custom design and export it as an SVG file for the Cricut.
Note: The screenshots used in this lesson were obtained from the Mac version of Adobe Illustrator CC 2022. The appearance of Windows or other versions may vary.
How to Create SVG Files in Adobe Illustrator for the Cricut
You can change a JPEG file into an SVG if you already have an image you wish to utilize with Cricut. Alternately, you may start from scratch with a fresh design in Adobe Illustrator and save it as an SVG for the Cricut.
Making Another SVG Record in Adobe Illustrator
Truly, anything you make in Adobe Artist can be saved as SVG in light of the fact that Adobe Artist itself is a vector-based program. So feel free to make shapes or text that you need to print on your item.
For instance, suppose we need to make a logo in Adobe Artist and use Cricut to make marked items.
Stage 1: Make a shape, draw, make an example, or essentially add message contingent upon what you need to print. For instance, I immediately utilized my Wacom tablet to draw/compose these letters.
They are now vectors, particularly, ways, so the following stage is to change over them into shapes. On the off chance that you utilized text, you ought to make a text frame utilizing the console easy route Shift + Order + O. (Windows clients change the Order key to Ctrl.)
Stage 2: Select the way, go to the above menu and pick Article > Way > Framework Stroke.
Furthermore, you’ll see that the way became frames yet there are covering in the middle of between the strokes.
Stage 3: Select the layouts and utilize the Shape Developer Apparatus (console easy route Shift + M) to join shapes.
Basically draw through the featured shapes until all covering regions are no more.
Eventually, the text ought to seem to be this, without covering frames.
Stage 4: Resize and conclude the craftsmanship.
Stage 5: Go to the above menu Document > Save As or Product > Commodity As, and pick SVG (svg) as Arrangement. Really take a look at the Utilization Artboards choice.
At the point when you click Save, you will be approached to pick the SVG choices. You can leave the SVG Profiles as the default SVG 1.1, and decide to change the Textual styles Type to Switch over completely to frame.
Click alright, and you can open your SVG record in Cricut.
Changing over a Picture into SVG in Adobe Illustrator
For instance, you found a pleasant picture on the web and need to print it on your item. For this situation, you can change over the raster picture into a vector record utilizing Adobe Artist and you can utilize the Picture Follow element to effectively vectorize a picture.
In any case, it possibly works when the picture is easy, if not, the followed outcome probably won’t be great.
Here is an instance of changing over a picture into SVG:
Stage 1: Spot and implant the picture in Adobe Artist. For instance, I immediately made this picture on Canva and saved it as a PNG.
Stage 2: Select the picture and snap Picture Follow under Speedy Activities on the Properties board. You can pick a following outcome. Since my picture just has two tones, I will pick the 3 Varieties choice.
Your picture is as of now vectorized, however there are a couple of additional moves toward settle it for send out.
Stage 3: Snap on the symbol close to Preset to open the Picture Follow board.
Grow the High level choice and tap on Disregard White. This will dispose of the white foundation of the picture.
Stage 4: Snap Grow under Speedy Activities on the Properties board.
Furthermore, to alter the vector, you can ungroup it. For instance, you can change its tone.
Stage 5: Go to the above menu Record > Save As or Document > Product > Commodity As and pick (SVG) svg as the record design.
That is all there is to it! Presently you can open the SVG record in Cricut to make customized plans!
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Whether you’re changing over a picture into a vector or making something without any preparation for Cricut, saving the record as SVG is significant. Ensure that you frame the text and vectorize the picture on the off chance that the first document is a raster.
