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Post by pas2 on May 7, 2016 12:43:06 GMT
Is it worth it to buy the Ultimate Silhouette Guide from the Silhouette School or can I find all the same information just buy reading through all the tutorials on the site? I would love to hear anyone's reviews of this guide.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on May 7, 2016 15:29:51 GMT
I looked at the description. It says that nowhere can you find as much information in one location, or as well organized. However, I do not know the author, so it is hard for me to know if the book is worth the price. She may be very good, but not necessarily. I don't visit Silhouette School enough to make a judgment.
I suggest that you find tutorials by her and see how well you feel she guides you through the process. If you can't find any freebies by her, I would probably not buy the book. Until you see a person's ability to teach, you cannot just assume they teach well. The way one person teaches may work well for someone, yet not for me.
I am pretty adept at using my Silhouette. Even so, I have considered taking the classes by Kerri Bradford, because so many people have raved about them. I have never taken the plunge, though, because it is so easy to find tutorials on the internet. YouTube and Silhouette Plus are good places to find tutorials for free.
If you do decide to buy it, let us know what you think of it.
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Post by iowgirl on May 7, 2016 16:26:09 GMT
Everyone of the tutorials is online somewhere. She gleaned a ton of her tutorials from the Facebook message boards. We would put one up - and she would "replicate" it on her blog shortly after. She does all her own screenshots, etc - but sometimes it would be a direct copy of a tutorial Kay Hall did earlier. I kind of lost my enthusiasm for her when I started seeing this.
Join some FB groups. There are many great help groups - and some downright scary ones too! LOL
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Post by tiffanytwisted on May 7, 2016 16:45:05 GMT
While it doesn't surprise me that most of her material isn't original, for me, it was worth it. I don't go on FB or YouTube very often, so I like having all the info in one place, easy for me to reference rather than trying to find what I'm looking for by clicking around searching for it. I also prefer print to video, but that's just me.
I've only used my Cameo twice since I bought the guide, but I referred to the it both times and it was really helpful.
It's obviously a personal thing, but I'm not sorry I bought it.
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Post by Loydene on May 7, 2016 18:59:03 GMT
I thought it was pretty expensive for information that can be found elsewhere. I don't begrudge people from making a living on ORIGINAL content ... I read the Silhouette School blog and she gives plenty of information, but there is a "hard sell" feel about her page
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Post by scrapnnana on May 8, 2016 1:36:43 GMT
Everyone of the tutorials is online somewhere. She gleaned a ton of her tutorials from the Facebook message boards. We would put one up - and she would "replicate" it on her blog shortly after. She does all her own screenshots, etc - but sometimes it would be a direct copy of a tutorial Kay Hall did earlier. I kind of lost my enthusiasm for her when I started seeing this. Now that I know this, there is no way I would ever recommend purchasing the Ultimate Silhouette Guide under the circumstances. |
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Post by anniefb on May 8, 2016 17:27:12 GMT
Hmm that's not very good. I must say there's such a lot of stuff around on blogs YouTube etc that I probably wouldn't bother buying any particular guide.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 6:01:44 GMT
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Post by htstepper on May 10, 2016 13:48:16 GMT
Personally, I love Youtube. I am more apt to watch a video than read a book. There are so many good Youtube tutorials for any type of Silhouette function!
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Post by anniefb on May 10, 2016 18:07:03 GMT
Agree htstepper and if I have a particular issue question, I just google that quickly, rather than reading through a whole manual. |
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Post by iowgirl on May 11, 2016 13:37:44 GMT
If you are not a member of any of the Facebook groups - I would suggest finding one. There are many, and you can get instant help!
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Post by anniefb on May 11, 2016 19:41:10 GMT
If you are not a member of any of the Facebook groups - I would suggest finding one. IThere are many, and you can get instant help! I just joined Silhouette Cameo Project Inspiration which seems very active  |
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Post by iowgirl on May 12, 2016 12:52:44 GMT
It is! "Silhouette For Beginners" is also a great one. This is one of the FB groups the "Silhouette School" blogger learned a lot of her skills from. They have a huge Table of Contents (TOC) at the top of the Facebook page, if you want to know where to buy vinyl, supplies, heat presses, etc. So they generally direct questions like that (that get asked dozens of times a day) there.
They also ask that there is no business talk, so if someone comes in and asks about pricing, or "my customer wants" - the delete those comments pretty fast. It is a huge group (over 60K) - but you can get some amazing help from it.
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Post by scrapnnana on May 13, 2016 22:17:55 GMT
Thanks for mentioning those Facebook groups. I wasn't aware of either one of them. I have since joined.
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