The Future Of Affinity Has Arrived – And It Is A Little Underwhelming

October 30, 2025 John - Gentleman CrafterLeave a comment

The other day I wrote a blog post about the buzz surrounding changes at Affinity. Well, the wait is over. What was all the excitement about? A lot if you are part of the marketing team at Affinity.

Affinity now has a new logo, oh, and they have decided to give the software away for free. Well, mostly free, for everyone, forever. Not entirely sure why but, there you have it.

Anyway, in the spirit of “full-circle” and closing off the question that I asked the other day, let’s have a quick look.

The Future of Affinity Designer – What We Know So Far (Hint, It’s Not Much).

October 19, 2025 John - Gentleman Crafter5 Comments

For those of you that use Affinity Designer to create your SVG cut files, you may have noticed the “buzz” around the date, 30th October.

Why? Well, no-one seems to know, so here is a bit of a potted history of the journey so far to see if we can figure it out …

Scan N Cut Online Course – On Sale Now

October 1, 2019October 21, 2019 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

Hi all. I may have been a bit AWOL of late but it’s not because I’m ignoring you. In actual fact I have been working on a range of exciting projects and collaborations.

One exciting thing is that I am back in the ‘studio’ filming new content for the online video course for the Brother Scan N Cut that I created back in 2018. This is due to be released later this month and will include some cool new content.

Updated, Expanded and Installable Single Line Font Now Available

May 22, 2019May 19, 2023 John - Gentleman Crafter65 Comments

After much hard work, I have finally been able to put together an installable font that will act as a single line font for use with your electronic cutting machines – and it is available right here!

Brother Scan N Cut Online Course Updated – Preparing Fabrics

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 John - Gentleman Crafter5 Comments

I am very pleased to let you know that I have now been able to add a section on preparing fabric for cutting with the Brother Scan N Cut to the very popular online confidence building course hosted on Udemy.

Single Line ‘Font’ For Your Scan N Cut Or Other Electronic Cutting Machines That Take SVG Files

February 21, 2019February 20, 2019 John - Gentleman Crafter11 Comments

A few years ago I created a set of single line SVG file set in order to help folk create the stylish handwritten sentiments with their electronic cutting machines.

Since the changes to my online store, this has only been available in the Massive Cutting file bundle. Until today!

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More Fun With Daz3D Studio

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

A while back I started to play with some software that is both free and used by some big hollywood studios for their productions.

It took some getting used to but I am finally getting my head around it.

Fancy a look?

Rhinestone Starter Kit Stamp Starter Kit Foiling Starter Kit

Three New Sections Added To The Scan N Cut Online Course

January 19, 2019June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter3 Comments

Proud to say that I have managed to add three new sections to the online Scan N Cut course this month.

designing a positive and negative drawn design in canvas workspace desktop version

Creating A Positive/Negative Split Image For Use With A Scan N Cut

January 19, 2019June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter2 Comments

I had an idea the other day – I wondered if I could create a split image effect that I could then draw on my Scan N Cut.

Well, I am pleased to say that the answer is yes and, you will be please to know that I recorded this process to share with you.

Creating A Lattice Vanity Screen Card In Canvas Workspace Desktop Version Low Res

Creating A Lattice Vanity Panel Card In Canvas Workspace Desktop Version

January 12, 2019June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter8 Comments

A slightly lengthier tutorial today with this cool card style which I create from scratch in Canvas Workspace desktop version.

Creating A Cut Frame With Draw Fill Detail In Canvas Workspace Online

January 5, 2019December 29, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter9 Comments

Welcome to the first of my Scan N Cut YouTube videos for 2019.

This time, I will be sharing the process that I go through to create an aperture frame that has some draw fill detail added.

Designing A Lacey Edged Card Front In Canvas Workspace For The Brother Scan N Cut BLOG

Scan N Cut Saturday Designing A Lacey Edged Card Front In Canvas Workspace For The Brother Scan N Cut

November 10, 2018November 9, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter7 Comments

A nice, simple and quick tutorial today for you Scan N Cut users. This time I would like to share with you an easy and quick way of creating lacey edged card front panels.

Designing A Cut Front Greetings Card In Canvas Workspace For The Brother Scan N Cut

Scan N Cut Saturday Designing A Cut Front Greetings Card

November 3, 2018June 17, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter10 Comments

Hall you. Been a while since I popped a tutorial out onto the tinterweb about that there Brother Scan N Cut so after I finished creating and uploading yesterday’s design pack on Digital Craft Emporium I sat down for a bit of a tinker.

This, is the result…

Accessing Alternate Characters With Character Map and Canvas Workspace Blog Image

Scan N Cut Saturday – Accessing Alternate Characters With Character Map

October 13, 2018October 8, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter1 Comment

Many true type fonts come with alternate characters however these are not directly accessible in Canvas Workspace so today’s video shares a quick tip on how to access these using Character Map in conjunction with Canvas Workspace.Read More »

Canvas Workspace Update

August 30, 2018 John - Gentleman Crafter18 Comments

For any Brother Scan N Cut users out there I thought that you might like to know that the Windows installable version of Canvas Workspace has been updated to Version 2.