This is definitely a faced paced tutorial. Didn't want to make a loooooong , slow paced, software tutorial but we also wanted to cover all the features!
I've been using the "combine" feature but there are some things I'm not clear on when using it. I was hoping you would cover that feature in the future.
You're welcome! We have made several xTool related videos thus far and intend to make more. We are beginners at this as well and hope we are able to teach others about the successes and failures we have run into while working with the M1 and the xTool Creative Space software. We wish to take this moment to thank you for taking the time to watch our video and for leaving a comment. We sincerely appreciate it. 😊
We are truly pleased that you enjoyed the video. We have several other M1 related videos we have posted and we have many more planned for the future. Are are actually beginners with lasers and we are hoping we can share the successes and failures so others can find it easier to accomplish similar things. Thank you so very much for taking the time to watch our video and for your kind comment.
I watch your video I'm a beginner on the XTOOL D1 and I would like to know if you can do arch lettering in text using xcs software that's come's with Xtool or do I need to look at other software
This is the kind of comment that really puts a smile on our faces. We thank you so very much for watching our video and for leaving such a kind comment.
Great instructional video both. I won't be buying an M1 as I have my eye on a LaserPecker 2 which would be very useful for what I make. I did enjoy this video and you both have an ability to impart knowledge to someone so it is easily understood. Take care both. Cheers, Huw
@@Poor_Mans_DIY I just watched your video. It was very helpful and informative. I am ready though to move on to the next step....and that is importing svg files that I have already kept for use on my cricut maker. How do Import an svg file to a new project is the xcs?
@@kdkusmc That is a great question. You will not believe how easy it is. All you have to do is open XCS, then drag and drop your SVG file onto the XCS canvas. There are two other ways to accomplish this. you can click on the File button at the top left of XCS, then scroll down and select Import Image, then locate and select your SVG file. The last method is to click on the Image icon/button on the top left of XCS, navigate to where your SVG file is located then select it. I hope this helps. :-)
Hi, I like your video - very useful for a beginner like me. Although, I have no idea how you made disappear the background from the cut out snowflake, as no matter what sort of image I use I can cut out the required area, but cannot make the shape/image background to disappear even I am following your video step by step. I've printed out a snowflake, to do this, then scanned a pawprint from a flat object, used another file, etc. but I've found no way to make disappear a white or other coloured background even from simple monochrome images. Any idea of yours, where I've gone wrong, please?
I am so sorry this did not work for you. May i trouble you to send the snowflake image to our email at poormansdiy@hotmail.com? I will test it and provide you with additional instructions if i get it to work.
I have made a way to create a curve but it is somewhat tedious. First I create a circle that consists of the curve that I want to create. I then create another circle and place the edge of the second circle at the end of the curve that I want to make. I then use the Combine feature that will erase the second circle and parts of the first circle , up to the end of the curve I want to make. I repeat this on the other end of the curve. This is a crazy long way to do it. I would recommend using on online free image editing software to create the curve as a JPG or PNG pile and then import it into XCS. I will probably be easier. I am sorry I am unable to offer an easier solution. I would not be surprised if someone knows how to properly draw curves.
I am sorry but I do not have a definitive answer. You may have to reach out to xTool support directly. If I were in your shoes, I would uninstall the program, reboot and reinstall to see if it picks up the material list.
Great video! I have a question.. when I do text..my text shows up way off from my creative space area...it's wa over to right...I'm not sure how to get it back over into that area...I want the box to pop up in the creative space area. Any suggestions?
Ms Karen, we are so happy you enjoyed the video. As for the trouble you are experiencing, my initial thought is you are uploading a text (image) file that was created outside of Creative Space. If this is the case, I would first try to hold down your "Ctrl" key and use your mouse wheel to scroll up or down. This will zoom in and out. You should then be able to find and move your letters to the print area. Have you used XCS to type text or do you use text created elsewhere. If you only use text created elsewhere, try typing letters using XCS itself and see if the letters appear on screen or off. It using XCS causes the problem, I would uninstall the program, restart the computer, and reinstall XCS to see if the problem has been resolved. If this still does not correct the problem, I would recommend you reach out to the xTool helpdesk. Please let me know if I can help further.
Greetings Ms Garcia, I am not 100% sure I understand the question but I would very much like to try to help as best I can. May I trouble you to send me more specifics , screen captures or even the XCS file you are having issues with and I will see if I can provide a proper resolution. Please email me at poormansdiy@hotmail.com
click on the image after you loaded it in XCS. Click "Reflect" on the top row and then click Reflect Horizontal. It will flip the image reverse. I hope this helps. :-)
Sir, that is a brilliant question. Unfortunately, I am not aware of how to do it if possible. I create curved text on other photo editor and the hace XCS cut it out.
Be sure to download the newest version of XCS. It now has the ability to export to SVG. Before this upgrade, i used Lightburn to extract to SVG then import to XCS. I hope this helps but if you have questions, please feel free to ask
Ms Holly, I am sorry but I am only aware of xTool Creative Space being able to export files to .XCS format, which can only be read by xTool Creative Space (XCS). There might be a time consuming option in which you take a screen capture of the image in XCS and manipulate the captured image in a photo editor, which can then be converted to PDF. If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out again and we will do our best to provide a proper resolution.
@Poor Man's DIY thank you. I was afraid of that. I made a design for some hat patches that a customer paid for. He asked for the design to be emailed to him. Now I ha e to try to recreate it in another program.
Great intro video folks. Greatly appreciate it. Waiting for my F1 Ultra to come in and get rolling.
We are thrilled to learn the video might be helpful to others. Thank you for taking the time to watch our video and for leaving the comment
Everything about this machine looks like it has been well thought out.
We are definitely having some serious fun with it.
Great video! Thanks for helping support the M1 community with this handy video.
Thank you sir. We see that you have been making awesome content for the M1 and definitely look forward to seeing more.
@@Poor_Mans_DIY Yes. Making the content helps me learn the M1 more and hopefully helps others along the way. Keep up the great work!
Great video! I have a S1, but I found your video to be very informative.
It is comments like yours that make this so fun for us. We are so pleased to hear you found it useful!
This is definitely a faced paced tutorial. Didn't want to make a loooooong , slow paced, software tutorial but we also wanted to cover all the features!
I've been using the "combine" feature but there are some things I'm not clear on when using it. I was hoping you would cover that feature in the future.
this is very helpful guys. thank you both. have a blessed day. Peace
It is so wonderful to hear that things we have done, are actually helping people. Thank you for watching our video and for your kind words.
You all made it look easy. Looking forward to when you start making some cool stuff. Have a great week !!
xTool has done a great job . They really did make it easy. Exactly what a couple of old people need. :-)
Thank you ❤
You're welcome! We have made several xTool related videos thus far and intend to make more. We are beginners at this as well and hope we are able to teach others about the successes and failures we have run into while working with the M1 and the xTool Creative Space software. We wish to take this moment to thank you for taking the time to watch our video and for leaving a comment. We sincerely appreciate it. 😊
Fabulous video and hope you make more of them teaching us all about the software...well done guys
We are truly pleased that you enjoyed the video. We have several other M1 related videos we have posted and we have many more planned for the future. Are are actually beginners with lasers and we are hoping we can share the successes and failures so others can find it easier to accomplish similar things. Thank you so very much for taking the time to watch our video and for your kind comment.
Thank you for this video.
You are so very welcome. We hope we were able to help. We sincerely appreciate your taking the time to watch our video and for your kind words.
I watch your video I'm a beginner on the XTOOL D1 and I would like to know if you can do arch lettering in text using xcs software that's come's with Xtool or do I need to look at other software
I am not 100% certain but I have not been able to find a way to arch letters so I use photo editing software.
I like your approach to explain... keep it up!
This is the kind of comment that really puts a smile on our faces. We thank you so very much for watching our video and for leaving such a kind comment.
Nice video. Great instructions on the xTool software. Thanks for sharing! : )
Thanks for watching! We sincerely appreciate your support all the time.
Love it thank you so much
We are extremely happy to know that you enjoyed the video. We sincerely thank you for taking the time to watch our video.
Great instructional video both.
I won't be buying an M1 as I have my eye on a LaserPecker 2 which would be very useful for what I make.
I did enjoy this video and you both have an ability to impart knowledge to someone so it is easily understood.
Take care both.
Cheers, Huw
Thank you, sir. That really means a lot to hear that someone actually understands our teachings. :-)
@@Poor_Mans_DIY I just watched your video. It was very helpful and informative. I am ready though to move on to the next step....and that is importing svg files that I have already kept for use on my cricut maker. How do Import an svg file to a new project is the xcs?
@@kdkusmc That is a great question. You will not believe how easy it is. All you have to do is open XCS, then drag and drop your SVG file onto the XCS canvas. There are two other ways to accomplish this. you can click on the File button at the top left of XCS, then scroll down and select Import Image, then locate and select your SVG file. The last method is to click on the Image icon/button on the top left of XCS, navigate to where your SVG file is located then select it. I hope this helps. :-)
Thank you so very very much. I'm going to try this in just a few minutes. I'm thrilled by your immediate reply and assistance!!
It worked!!! You are amazing!!!
Hi, I like your video - very useful for a beginner like me. Although, I have no idea how you made disappear the background from the cut out snowflake, as no matter what sort of image I use I can cut out the required area, but cannot make the shape/image background to disappear even I am following your video step by step. I've printed out a snowflake, to do this, then scanned a pawprint from a flat object, used another file, etc. but I've found no way to make disappear a white or other coloured background even from simple monochrome images. Any idea of yours, where I've gone wrong, please?
I am so sorry this did not work for you. May i trouble you to send the snowflake image to our email at poormansdiy@hotmail.com? I will test it and provide you with additional instructions if i get it to work.
Can you please tell me how to draw a curve line on xtool creative space please
I have made a way to create a curve but it is somewhat tedious. First I create a circle that consists of the curve that I want to create. I then create another circle and place the edge of the second circle at the end of the curve that I want to make. I then use the Combine feature that will erase the second circle and parts of the first circle , up to the end of the curve I want to make. I repeat this on the other end of the curve. This is a crazy long way to do it. I would recommend using on online free image editing software to create the curve as a JPG or PNG pile and then import it into XCS. I will probably be easier. I am sorry I am unable to offer an easier solution. I would not be surprised if someone knows how to properly draw curves.
Co you know why my creative space does not show an material list, just user define? Thanks
I am sorry but I do not have a definitive answer. You may have to reach out to xTool support directly. If I were in your shoes, I would uninstall the program, reboot and reinstall to see if it picks up the material list.
Great video! I have a question.. when I do text..my text shows up way off from my creative space area...it's wa over to right...I'm not sure how to get it back over into that area...I want the box to pop up in the creative space area. Any suggestions?
Ms Karen, we are so happy you enjoyed the video. As for the trouble you are experiencing, my initial thought is you are uploading a text (image) file that was created outside of Creative Space. If this is the case, I would first try to hold down your "Ctrl" key and use your mouse wheel to scroll up or down. This will zoom in and out. You should then be able to find and move your letters to the print area. Have you used XCS to type text or do you use text created elsewhere. If you only use text created elsewhere, try typing letters using XCS itself and see if the letters appear on screen or off. It using XCS causes the problem, I would uninstall the program, restart the computer, and reinstall XCS to see if the problem has been resolved. If this still does not correct the problem, I would recommend you reach out to the xTool helpdesk. Please let me know if I can help further.
Hi! Do you have any advice for the combine function. I can't get it to highlight no matter what kind of image/shape I use. Thank you!
Greetings Ms Garcia, I am not 100% sure I understand the question but I would very much like to try to help as best I can. May I trouble you to send me more specifics , screen captures or even the XCS file you are having issues with and I will see if I can provide a proper resolution. Please email me at poormansdiy@hotmail.com
Hello how do you reverse the image?
click on the image after you loaded it in XCS. Click "Reflect" on the top row and then click Reflect Horizontal. It will flip the image reverse. I hope this helps. :-)
My go to for info! Ty!!
That is one of the nicest compliments and it means so much to us. Thank you so very much.
Can you arc text in creative space?
Sir, that is a brilliant question. Unfortunately, I am not aware of how to do it if possible. I create curved text on other photo editor and the hace XCS cut it out.
my version doesn't have the extract
Be sure to download the newest version of XCS. It now has the ability to export to SVG. Before this upgrade, i used Lightburn to extract to SVG then import to XCS. I hope this helps but if you have questions, please feel free to ask
@@Poor_Mans_DIY I have the latest version and it still doesn’t have extract
is there a way to take a design made in xtool design space and download it as a pdf?
Ms Holly, I am sorry but I am only aware of xTool Creative Space being able to export files to .XCS format, which can only be read by xTool Creative Space (XCS). There might be a time consuming option in which you take a screen capture of the image in XCS and manipulate the captured image in a photo editor, which can then be converted to PDF. If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out again and we will do our best to provide a proper resolution.
@Poor Man's DIY thank you. I was afraid of that. I made a design for some hat patches that a customer paid for. He asked for the design to be emailed to him. Now I ha e to try to recreate it in another program.
send me the xtool .xcs file and I will see if I can quickly make it into a pdf file for you. You can email it to poormansdiy@hotmail.com
@@Poor_Mans_DIY i sent it
Anyone looking for an M1 RA2 PRO I am selling a new one $200+ actual shipping.
I appreciate the generous offer but will pass.