Cross-stitch software? - Page 2

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> Oh oh... Thanks for your efforts, Jim, but my e-mail address isn't a
> working one. :o( Sorry that you went to all the trouble, but I
> appreciate the try.

> MtnTraveler (mtntraveler@vernizon.com) writes:
>> Oh oh... Thanks for your efforts, Jim, but my e-mail address isn't a
>> working one. :o( Sorry that you went to all the trouble, but I
>> appreciate the try.
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> It has not bounced yet, but here is the gist of my thoughts. It is a
> question of detail. Pictures are around 1500 dots per inch (dpi); we
> stitch normally at around 14 or 16 per inch. So this causes a loss of
> detail. Basically you need to look at any potential picture at one pixel
> per stitch. You need to decide how big, in stitches, the final picture
> needs to be before you are prepared to all that stitching, then reduce
> the picture to that many pixels and take a good look at it. If it has
> lost too much detail, you wont be satisfied with the result.
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> Similarly with number of colors. My Pattern Maker allows 90, which I
> always use. This produces lots of detail, but also lots of "confetti"
> stitches; widely scattered single stitches. These are a b*tch to do.
> Both objections can be partially overcome if you have the capability of
> editing any pattern, which I cannot do. Pat Porter knows quite a bit
> about this, I believe.
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> My email address works. If you want to, send me a picture and let me look
> at it for you, and I will offer some advice. Jim.
>

> Can anyone recommend a good, easy-to-use software that will take a scanned
> photo and turn it into a nice pattern? Preferably one that will allow the
> user to chose the number of different yarns needed. I've found quite a few
> mentioned, but can't find any threads discussing them. Thanks.

> Hope this will be helpful. I purchased Easy Cross 2004 Enterprise
> and did the vista update when I received it from the UK in the last
> 2-3 years.
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> It works pretty well for most things, including the converting of
> pictures or photos to a pattern. Editing the results at that point can
> and does make the chart come out to your final likes and also lets
> you add things such as words and motifs if you require. Not being
> one to smooth over things, some pictures can be a pain the a**
> and seem to take forever to get a perfect result that works for you.
> Yet, unless you just don't care you can have a chart finished in
> about 5 minutes using the pre-sets which will work for the average
> amount of photos. Then it would seem that one just happens to
> get that one odd pic at the right time, and it takes what seems to
> be forever to complete a chart that will look great when worked.
>
> My version is the professional edition, yet the standard version will
> still complete the conversion for you just the same. The major
> difference between the 3 versions is how much legal detail that is
> added to the file and what method of final output you get as in
> settings for the local printer shop, the standard home user doesn't
> need this and so it is not in the cheapest standard version. While
> the middle version is, as one would figure be the middle ground
> between the home user and the semi-pro.
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> I also have the program PC Stitch that I was given a couple of years
> back to use. It does have a bit of different GUI but overall they are
> not that much different. It is just the details, such as the method
> one programmer picked to do the conversion. I do find the convert
> method in PC Stitch easier and a little faster for that final chart when
> one counts doing the adjustments but then you can do like at times
> that I do and that is do the photo in PC Stitch and move it to Easy
> Cross 2004 for the printing output setup. I just like the output format
> better in one over the other for most chart due to how I put them
> together with my comb binder.
>
> As a side note, if you can get an older program called PM Stitch Creator
> it does the conversion right away using a method that is like how
> Paint loads graphics. As with all, it does allow adjustments but it has
> the picture in a chart just by loading. I have a copy that has a notice
> from the early 2000's, so far I haven't found a newer version. I don't
> use this program but have left it installed cause of this feature, it lets
> me see how hard the conversion might be and if it is worth doing.
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>> Can anyone recommend a good, easy-to-use software that will take a
>> scanned photo and turn it into a nice pattern? Preferably one that
>> will allow the user to chose the number of different yarns needed.
>> I've found quite a few mentioned, but can't find any threads
>> discussing them. Thanks.
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