Back in January I shared Everything You Need to Know About the New Cricut Explore™. One of the really cool features about the new Cricut Explore is that it comes with Cricut Design Space for free. And an even cooler feature is that you can now upload your own images! Today, I’m going to walk you through a very basic tutorial on how to upload your own images in Cricut Design Space. It is super easy and in less than a minute you’ll have an image uploaded, stored in your library, and ready to cut!
Once your logged into Cricut Design Space, select “start a new project”. Then on the left hand side bar select “Insert Image”. This is the screen you will get when you select that option.
Next, select “browse” and choose the image you want to import into Cricut Design Space. I got this image from USF.Edu I have an upcoming project that involves a lot of these beauties!
Then, select what type of image quality best matches the image you just uploaded. In my case, my image is VERY simple, so I selected “Simple Image”.
Once you click on “continue to step 2” this screen will appear. This is where you will remove all the white space that you do not want cut. Right now, if I was to leave it as is it would cut a big rectangle. Click on the little magic wand highlighted in green on the left hand side and begin removing the white space that you do not want cut.
You’ll notice, all of the white space is gone. Now click on “continue to step 3”.
Next up, name your file. This will help you find your file later on down the road. Also, make sure you tag your image. I chose 3 simple tags, but you can do as many tags as you want. Once your done, click “save image”.
Once you’ve uploaded your image you can do one of two things. You can upload another image into the library or you can “insert images”. I just wanted to upload one new image so I chose the “upload images” option. You’ll notice that there is a green check mark on my image. This just means that this one image will be uploaded onto my mat in Cricut Design Space.
There you have it. Easy as that, I’ve uploaded my OWN image into Cricut Design Space. It’s a super simple and easy process. I do want to let you know if your image has multiple colors you will need to upload EACH color separately. In my case, I’ve uploaded a silhouette for a fish and I know that I only need it one color.
Hope this helps out everyone who is new to Cricut Design Space! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below and I’ll try to answer to the best of my knowledge!
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Comments & Reviews
Kathy says
Hi, I have an older cricut machine. I’m just getting back into using it and noticed that you can’t buy many cartridges anymore. I tried to buy the computer cord but the website wouldn’t work (that’s another story), anyway, will the cord allow me to get designs I’m looking for? I need a fish design to cut out on my machine. I know your not their “customer service” person, but any help on an obviously “OUT OF TOUCH” user, would be very much appreciated and the fish you have here is perfect for my project. Thank you for your time. 🙂
Katie says
Hi Kathy, yes, unfortunately, everything is going digital. If you have a new explore or newer you can just upload a file for a fish in design space. If you have the older machine you will has to look for and buy the image. I’m not well versed on the older machines any more since I’ve been on the Explore model for over 3 years now. Hope that helps a little and hope you can get a hold of someone from Cricut. If you can’t I can email my personal Cricut customer service rep to assist you. If you want to go that route please send me an email at sewwoodsy@gmail.com
Jason Franks says
Hi i just bought a explorer air 2 and when uploading black and white silhouettes to cut out there are gaps in the lines so when i try to cut out the picture is still connected to whatever material i am cutting. How can I fix these line gaps in the picture and or smooth out the rough edges? thanks!
Katie says
Hi Jason–I’m stumped. Did you ever get this to work? If not I can have my Cricut customer service rep contact you.