Guides
Short, practical walkthroughs of the moves CUTWORK is built for · each one runs on a real image, free, in the browser.
Wrap text around a cut-out, in the browser
Lift a subject out of a photo, trace its edge into a live path, then run a headline along that silhouette · t…
Print real ink separations, online
Pull a palette from your image, print it as overprinting ink plates, and export one film per ink · ready to b…
Link text across frames, and let it reflow
Pour one story through several linked text frames · copy that overflows one frame flows into the next, and cu…
Turn one motif into a repeating pattern
Make a single strong mark, then let the pattern engine repeat it across the sheet · grid, brick, mirror, glid…
The pen tool workshop · close a loop, sculpt it, keep it
Place anchors, close the loop, then sculpt the curve by hand · and keep the path to flow type along, fill as…
Effect stacks, Looks, and the remix dice
Every effect joins a live, non-destructive stack you can retune any time · bottle a whole treatment as a Look…
Letterpress type effects, online
Set a word big, then print it with intent · echo, woodtype shadow, inline, misregistered fill and loose sorts…
The giant glyph · one huge letter as the layout
Set one enormous letter, trace it into a shape you can sculpt, then run small type along its own curve · the…
Print with crop and registration marks
Preview your page as the press sees it · on its paper, inside crop marks, registration targets and the bleed…