Silhouette Help PLEASE!

[meeyore151]

I got a Silhouette Portrait for Christmas and I have not quite figured it out yet. My DD wants a penguin themed birthday party. I have been trying to use a set of penguin birthday clipart images to make some print and cut cupcake toppers. I've watched a few videos showing how to do it, and somehow I can't make it work! Whenever I try to use the offset feature it does not outline the penguin, it makes a rectangle around it! It is extremely annoying.

[shazsilverwolf]

meeyore I'd recommend posting this into the Silhouette/Cameo chatter sticky thread further up the page. The ladies on there are very knowledgeable and helpful- I'm sure someone can help you figure out whats going wrong. I have one of the older Silhouette originals, so my machine may be a little different, but there are Portrait owners on that thread too.

[meeyore151]

Good idea! I'm not sure I'm "tech-savvy" enough for this machine, so I really hope someone can walk me through it! LOL

[SherriKay]

Or you can go to the Silhouette Plus Forum. There are some real experts over there who will be able to answer your question.

[Leona2025]

If it is just a picture you found online then the problem is probably that it is seeing the whole shape and not just the penguin.

What I would do is use the trace option to trace the outside of the image. Once you trace that you can offset what has been traced.