I have more tips available for converting images to vectors that involve making more adjustments to saturation, threshold values, etc.

You may need to vectorize the writing line by line or even word by word.

Getting a usable cut file from handwriting with a ballpoint pen is tricky.

Use the magic background eraser to erase as many counters as you can – erase the open spaces in letters like a/b/g/o before you vectorize!.

If your original handwriting is on lined paper, for example, use the saturation tool to desaturate the lines without affecting the rest of the text.

When you open the file in Photopea, adjust the saturation and levels to give your letters a more high-contrast, black and white look.

Here are my tips to get better results with converting regular handwriting to vector files:

Signatures are easy to convert, but turning Grandma’s hand-written oatmeal cookie recipe into a file that can be cut out and transferred to a tea towel (a popular project) can require more finessing. Screencap showing difference between dxf and png version of signature in Silhouette StudioĬan you turn any handwriting into an SVG or Cricut cut file? Instead, here’s what I do: instead of exporting as DXF, I export it as a PNG file then use the trace function in Silhouette Studio. Photopea includes an option to export to DXF, but I have not gotten good results when importing those files to Silhouette Studio. If you have a paid version of Silhouette Studio (Designer, Designer Plus or Business Edition), you can follow steps 1-3 above and import the SVG you created in Photopea into the Studio software with no problems.īut, if you use the free Basic version of Silhouette Studio, the only vector format you can open is DXF.

In an effort to make this tutorial inclusive for Silhouette users, I wanted to include steps you can take to make this technique work with the same effort for use with Silhouette Studio. Option: Convert Signature to DXF for Silhouette Studio You can put in more time in Photopea before you vectorize your script to clean up small details, but these are the basic steps of turning a signature or other handwriting into an SVG file you can cut with a Cricut or other vinyl cutter. So that’s the quick and dirty 2 minute method for converting a signature to an SVG file.

Inkscape svg tutorial for cricut