and I wholeheartedly recommend Kathy's tutorials to EVERYONE wanting to learn to digitise using Embird.

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So the question was ..............

Hi Kathy.
From all the videos on your website, which one in your estimation, would be the best one for a NEWBIE to buy?

Kathy's reply.........................

the best thing you can do is begin with the tutorial on my web site "Beginning Steps with Studio" .

It explains all the tools and what you can do with them. It also gives you some insight into why you digitize, so it is handy to keep and have for reference purposes. It isn't a video, but simply a text file.

After that you need to decide what you want to learn.

I would recommend the three tutorials I have,
"Digitizing Outlines with Studio",
"Digitizing with the Fill Object Tool in Studio" and
"Digitizing a Design in Studio one Column at a Time".

These three tutorials teach you how to use the three tools you will use most often in Studio - the outline tool, fill tool and
column tool.

I would recommend that you leave the column tutorial till last and work through the other two first. By that time you will be ready to tackle the column tool.

The best thing anybody new to digitizing can do is find a design you really, really, really want to digitize and work with that design. You will want to do it, so you have an incentive to learn right there. And always use colours you like, not the colours suggested because if you use colours you don't like, believe it or not, you won't be happy with the digitizing, even if it is perfect, because you don't like the colours.

So work with what you want to digitize in the colours of your choice.

If you have any more questions, let me know and if you do work on a design of your own, don't hesitate to post to the list to ask questions. That's what this list is for - everyone to help each other with digitizing.

Kathy Jones

http://www.flyingneedle.ca/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flyingneedle_studio/

mailto:kathy@flyingneedle.ca

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I have said this many, many times before, you will not find a better teacher for Embird than Kathy and I can guarantee you, you will not find better value for money tutorials ANYWHERE!

With each tutorial you get videos, lots of videos, (usually around 25-30) along with a full written explanation of each lesson in PDF format, as well as the artwork necessary for each lesson all for only $12.00 a lesson. You can not go wrong!!!!!

And NO, I get nothing out of this and I am not affiliated with Kathy in any way, but I do purchase her tutorials and, when I have time, I really enjoy watching them.

So, in my view, this is the BEST information I can share with other Cuties, beginners or otherwise.

So please Cute Family, tag this message for future reference.
Hugs and love to all,
Meganne