I'm trying to import and chart a Korean language Christmas greeting. When I import it, it gives me all kinds of different shades even though I want it to be monochromatic. Also, the spaces inside the "letters" (like inside an O shape) are filled in which obviously I don't want. Any suggestions as to how to get this pattern without having to do it manually on graph paper? I would like to get this done before the middle of November so any help is wonderful.
What I'd do is: reduce the picture's colours to 2 (in case your imaging software allows it) and then tell the software use only 1 or 2 colours when importing.
I tried that once with alephbets (the source was image of my surname in Hebrew) and it worked out ok.
"To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -- Robert Orben
Thanks for your hints Periphaeria. My original document is Black lettering on a white sheet so I don't understand why it still comes out in several colours. Also, when I try to tell PCStitch to use only one colour, the image disappears. What am I doing wrong? (I wish I could attach the photo here so you could see what I'm trying to work with.)
Because the black is not completely black in images, but consists of shades of grey (that's why you should try editing the image to bicolor, as it'd just leave black and white).
If you allow only one colour my guess is that it chooses white. Set the colours to two and you should get the black too.
"To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -- Robert Orben
Charting Korean symbols
Posted - 10/16/2007 : 13:00:14
Also, when I try to tell PCStitch to use only one colour, the image disappears. What am I doing wrong? (I wish I could attach the photo here so you could see what I'm trying to work with.)