Create Amazing Laser Designs Faster With Kittl
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2023
- I can't remember a time when tools like Inkscape weren't in my design workflow. But I've recently discovered Kittl, and I will never look back.
If you are looking to unleash your creativity and create stunning laser and CNC designs without the hassle of expensive software and hours of learning, then Kittl is the tool for you! It works in your browser and comes with hundreds of fonts, a rich illustration library, pre-made templates, advanced editing tools, and much more. It even has AI integrated directly into the editor to simplify many repetitive design tasks.
It can be hard to measure the benefits of tools like Kittl, but since I made the switch, I can clearly see how much time I am saving, and
If you would like to try Kittl, you can go here to sign up for a free or pro account: www.kittl.com/?... .
If you use my discount code "STEVEYT" you will save 25% on your first month or first year of a Pro or Expert plan.
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I love you for NOT saying “what’s up UA-cam.”
Thanks Steve! This looks like software even I can use. My husband spends hours designing in Lightburn because I’m not as software savvy as he is. I know he’d love to offload the design stuff to me instead of having me hover over him while he creates 😂. I do miss the old days where you could buy software instead of subscribing to access software but it’s the way of the world now.
Thank you for doing this review and for sharing the fruits of your research; I bet you’ve saved a lot of people a lot of time and strife! Have. Great weekend!
Happy to bring this to light, and hopefully, you find it as easy as I have. All of a sudden I can do art!😀
@@SteveMakesEverything I’m pretty sure you can do just about anything Steve! You’re amazing!
@@CutItOut-xx7qv I wouldn't say that, and you wouldn't either if you saw me trying to draw anything. 😉
@@SteveMakesEverything I always presume a high level of modesty in your self assessments but I can relate. If I had life to do over again I’d put myself in art classes as soon as I could hold a crayon! Looking forward to your follow on Kittl videos. Thank you for everything!
Thanks for sharing Steve! I can see how useful this will become. Heading to the web to check it out! Dave
Hope you like it! You'll probably see it pop up in my project videos more often now too.
Thanks. Super helpful.
You're welcome!
great find...based on your video..this is worth trying for myself
Go for it!
Excellent video! I have looked at kittle myself and I am planning on using it eventually. I'm guessing that clicking on the link will give credit somehow.. This video has motavated me! Thanks!
Clicking on my link only gives recognition that we as a community on this channel are interested in designing with Kittl. I don’t make any money off the link if you subscribe but it lets them know we are a force.
I was thinking that this software would help my new adventures in lasers, but when I got 11 minutes in the Background feature sold me! I make many wood products, and struggle to get any consistency in my photos for sales. This will help immensely !
Thank you once again Steve for sharing your craft. I even subscribed today. (No idea why I hadn't yet, sorry)
Cheers, Bill
This was a pleasant discovery for me too! It's not perfect sometimes; so you may have to run it a couple of times to get what you want, but for me that's a tax I'm willing to pay.
Hello again Steve. I just searched kittl in my MacBook AppStore and nothing showed up. Could it be Windows only?
OK...Skip the above. I just Google searched Kittl and I was able to download from there. Here we go!!
@@billkeogh1591 Kittl isn't an app that runs on your computer. It runs in your browser, so you can use it anywhere - I've used it on my iPad, too, and it works there. If you click that link in the description, it will take you right to the app in your browser and you can start playing right away.
It’s pretty dam cool. I use AI for pictures already, but this has all that I want. I’m going to get it 😊
Good choice!
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure. I hope it helps you.
tips to make the process laser ready as possible since i dont own a laser but sign up to use one in a library, it is a universal laser interface, thank youi for your sharing i find the software friendly and quick.
Not many additional tips. Use bitmaps when you can, and if you are using SVGs, make sure to ungroup everything before trying to load it into Lightburn. Lightburn doesn't hand groups in SVGs very well.
Thanks .
Welcome
2:00. Info starts here.
I just realized that my membership to your channel is not under/connected to our laser channel called Cut It Out. Heavy sigh. This is my lot in life; I am clumsy online.
Anyway, as I said in the other post, this is fantastic content and I’m looking into this software as it really is something even I can use. The AI generator is really compelling.
Hi Dana, no worry since I enabled both of your accounts on my member site. However, if you want to switch for billing reasons, you can do that since there isn't a subscription to this. You just want to do it at the right time of the month so you don't effectively get billed twice for the month.
@@SteveMakesEverything Awww Steve, you’re the best! That is so very nice of you! Thank you! We won’t need to switch it; we are small time until Cameron retires. He watched your video on Kittl last night and I could hear the relief in his voice 🤣. I effervesce with ideas I want to pursue (and I’ve gotten a few more orders) so he’s thrilled to be able to offload some of the design stuff, if not most of it, to me. I’ll use your link for Kittl for sure, and thank you so much for adding our laser channel account to our membership. You’re a peach!
@@danameek5843 Thanks for the endorsement - I'm just happy to be useful to the community. I want to do a couple more videos for other things I've learned about Kittl that save time or enable capabilities that I didn't have before.
The best thing about Kittl is that you can go play with it for free and get a lot of its functionality without paying anything.
Hi Steve, I think we are going to pay for a month at $24.99 because we are both interested in the AI aspect and then, if it pans out for me which we both suspect it will, we will buy a year’s subscription. I use Silhouette Cameo’s Design Studio software successfully and have for years, in addition to Embird embroidery software and Kittl looks friendlier and vastly more powerful than either of those. In addition, I see a lot of similarities between Design Studio and Kittl, so that shortens the curve for me.
As for the community, you’ve already done so much to help us; I appreciate the candor with which you present your content. Your sincere interest in contributing to the maker community shines through in every video you post. I am grateful to have found you here as you are a valuable resource. I hope I can contribute in a meaningful way some day.
@@danameek5843 😊
Have you used Canva? If so, how does this compare for features?
Thanks for the insight into a new product!
Canva was the other tool I looked at, and it is quite powerful too, but it seems more targeted at business/marketing tasks. I just found it more awkward to use than Kiddl because I think it is for a different job than the one I'm trying to fill.
@@SteveMakesEverything Thank you, Steve. I primarily use Corel, after 25y I can zip right thru things. And RE3 is junk for designing. I started with Canva for graphics, but am intrigued by the AI integration with Kiddl. Time to check it out.
@@dian3145 As always, use what works until you discover something better. I just latched onto Kittl quickly, so I'm going to stick with it for project-type graphics design. For the first few projects I did with it, I saved 2-3 hours in total, so it's already well on it's way to paying for itself.
cool. personally i love ai, it's a great tool on our belt (i don't buy into the idea that it will replace humans xD) 👍
Same here! Though for those of us with no artistic ability, AI is certainly a welcome replacement😉
what sort of cnc do you use?
I just upgraded my Onefinity X-35 Woodworker with a Onefinity X-50 Elite Journeyman. I loved my original Onefinity, but I have a customer need for one that has a 4th-axis
I am looking at getting a CNC.
I've reviewed a couple on this channel. I also just upgraded my own Onefinity CNC to a larger Onefinity Elite - maybe I should give some video coverage to that.
@@SteveMakesEverything that would be a great video. There are so many different home CNC machines.
@@charlesm.1638 I've reviewed a couple of good home CNCs recently. I wouldn't call a Onefinity a home/hobby CNC though. They tend to be more like commercial tools - and based on my bank account, they are certainly not cheap.
Is this free ?
There is a free version you can play with that can play with bitmap formats. If you want to export vector formats, then you would need a paid plan. It depends what you do with your laser - if you are mostly engraving images, then the free plan may be all you need.
Why would you go through all this effort for that sub-par results? Just use image dithering instead of trying to re-invent the wheel.
Image dithering? Compared to grayscale? Grayscale is far better than dithering. Thing were gray before they were dithered, so not reinventing anything.