Lesson 13 of 23
Add motifs and lettering
Set a flower, a bird or a knot from the motif library into your pattern, and letter a name or a date in lead.
The Studio comes with a library of motifs drawn for glass, every one cuttable. You can add your own, and set lettering the same way.
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Open the library
Choose Create › Add a motif…. Browse by subject, such as Flowers, Leaves & fruit, Creatures, Sea, Sky, Symbols, Geometric or Seasons, or search by name.
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Size it and place it
Pick a motif, set its height and turn, then click Place it and click the pattern where it should go. It is cut into the leads it lands on.
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Save your own
Select part of a pattern and choose Save as motif… to keep it in your own motifs, under Yours, for any pattern in this browser.
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Letter a name
Create › Add lettering… sets a line of letters in lead, placed the same way as a motif.
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Start from a motif
File › New from a motif… starts a new pattern from a motif, and Create › Add a pattern into this one… brings in a whole saved pattern.
Check that the glass can be cut
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