Getting Started with Silhouette Portrait
Panels
Silhouette Studio® design icons open their own panels.
Panels open on the right-hand side of the screen when you
click a design icon. The first panel you open will be at the
top. Any panels you open after the first will replace the panel
currently open as long as it is in the default position. If you
move the panel from the default location, you can open a
new panel and it will snap to the default location. Using this
method, you can have as many panels open as you want,
and you can move them anywhere in your design screen.
Collapsing Panels
Panels can be collapsed by clicking the arrow on the left-
hand side of the panel. Collapse, move, and rearrange the
panels to set up your screen exactly as you like.
When you close panels, the ones underneath will jump up to
fill their place.
Sticky Panels
Panels are sticky, meaning they snap to the top of the design
area or to each other. But panels don’t need to stick to each
other. You can move groups of panels or individual panels
anywhere on your screen. Depending on your project, you
might want lots of panels open to make adjustments using a
wide variety of tools, or you might only want a single panel
open at a time.
Panels Housing Multiple Icons
Some panels are single icon panels, such as PixScan™ or
Offset. Other panels consist of a group of related icons.
These icons are available within the panel via separate tabs.
For example, the Transform panel includes the Align, Scale,
Rotate, Move, and, if you have the Designer Edition, Shear icons.
Panel Mode
You can customize the panel mode in the Preferences panel. Under Defaults, you can choose how you
want your panels to open.
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Single Panel Mode: Only one panel can be open at a time. If you have a panel open and you click
another icon, that new panel will open in place of the panel that was previously open.
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Flexible Panel Mode: Default. Similar to Single Panel Mode, Flexible will seemingly not allow you
to have multiple panels open at once. But, if you move a panel from the default location, it will
remain open when you click another panel icon. If you leave the panel in the default location and
click another icon, the new panel will open in its place.
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Multiple Panel Mode: All new panels will open no matter how many panels are already open.
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