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Posted by KCat on July 25, 2005, 11:36 pm
well, I downloaded demos of 4 packages. Thus far, PatternMaker Pro (and
even the standard version) have the others beat.
I can't imagine a cross-stitch package that costs as much as XS Studio
costs, without having a quarter-stitch capability. Am I the only stitcher
who uses quarter stitches in their designs?
PM Pro excells over the standard by having the capability to do freehand
selection, a tool I also would have considered should be standard. That
it's not standard in *any* of these packages is disappointing. But I will
probably save up for the Pro package if the next 3 days of evaluation go as
well as day one did.
but it is just one day - long-term use might reveal other issues. Stitch
Simplicity didn't want to let me zoom in on a pattern. grrr..
usual disclaimers. my opinion, no association,etc.
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Posted by F.James Cripwell on July 26, 2005, 6:41 am
"KCat" (kcattx@sbcglobal.net) writes:
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> But I will
> probably save up for the Pro package if the next 3 days of evaluation go as
> well as day one did.
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> KCat
Dont forget that you can contact Scott Horton any time you may have a
query. A friend of mine asked for an extension of the evaluation time,
and it was granted.
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This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter,
shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"
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Posted by on July 26, 2005, 9:44 am
I again agree with Jim here ;o)) ... Scotty is a first rate serviceman
for his software! Had my PMP for years now and he STILL answers any of
my (sometimes dumb) questions in a jiffy. PMP has won me over a long
time ago with all it's options like:=A9 insertion & loads of stitch
diversity for instance ... pitty I don't get commissions for promoting
it ... *rotflmbao*.
Hope you'll make the right choice for you KCat ... PMP is that to me!
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F=2EJames Cripwell wrote:
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> "KCat" (kcattx@sbcglobal.net) writes:
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> > But I will
> > probably save up for the Pro package if the next 3 days of evaluation g=
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> >(snip)
> > KCat
> Dont forget that you can contact Scott Horton any time you may have a
> query. A friend of mine asked for an extension of the evaluation time,
> and it was granted.
> --
> Jim Cripwell.
> From Canada. Land of the Key Bird.
> This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter,
> shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"
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Posted by Cynthia Armistead on July 31, 2005, 3:34 pm
KCat wrote:
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> PM Pro excells over the standard by having the capability to do freehand
> selection, a tool I also would have considered should be standard. That
> it's not standard in *any* of these packages is disappointing. But I will
> probably save up for the Pro package if the next 3 days of evaluation go as
> well as day one did.
I bought the standard version at Michael's, using one of their weekly
discount coupons from the paper. Then I upgraded to the Pro version.
That's cheaper than buying the pro version outright :-)
Namaste,
Cyn
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Posted by KCat on August 1, 2005, 2:14 pm
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> KCat wrote:
> I bought the standard version at Michael's, using one of their weekly
> discount coupons from the paper. Then I upgraded to the Pro version.
> That's cheaper than buying the pro version outright :-)
> Namaste,
> Cyn
actually, i was going to look into that and see if that might be the case.
There's a good bit of software out there that I find is significantly
cheaper that way. good to know. I was considering buying the standard
version now, then upgrading when we upgrade my PC. wonder if that same
method would work across platforms, though. Right now I have 98 on that
particular PC and would be upgrading to XP. So would the upgrade from
standard 98 version to pro XP version be the same price? hmm... I'll check
it out. thanks for pointing this out because I had thought about it then it
slipped my mind.
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> probably save up for the Pro package if the next 3 days of evaluation go as
> well as day one did.
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> KCat