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Mel
China
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 Posted - 01/15/2010 : 12:16:50
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This is my frist try at stitching a pattern. I imported a picture of a boat on the ocean and now have all the colours in pattern format. What confuses me is that the pattern does not specify different stitches. It just gives me the different colours. Am I to assume that the entire pattern should be done in full cross stitch, with no back or half stitch.
I guess I am a bit confused looking at the pattern. When I view it on the screen, is it all in full stitch format, meaning if I just start stitching all in full stitch will it come out as it is viewed.
Do I make sense!!
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Dragonlair
USA
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Posted - 01/15/2010 : 15:11:05
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An import of a design into PCStitch is ONLY full stitches. Any fractionals, special stitches, back stitches or anything else must be added manually after the import.
Diane
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Mel
China
4 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2010 : 04:34:04
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Thank you.
Appreciate |
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Sammy
USA
2 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2010 : 22:10:11
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I was just getting ready to type the same question Mel had about the whole stitches. My question is, how do you import the half stitches and back stitches? Also, how do you know where they go when you are using a picture? This is my first time using my software and I am a visual person as far as directions go. I wish pc stitch had a video tutorial. Thanks
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Dragonlair
USA
2937 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2010 : 22:24:39
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Sammy, there is no way to import half cross stitches or backstitches. That is part of the "tweaking" phase of creating a cross-stitch pattern from a photo. You must decide yourself where the special stitches are to be places and you must do it manually.
Just for information. As far as I know, this is not a limitation ONLY with PCStitch. As far as I know, all similar software handles imports the same way. The computer only sees pixels. It decides what color from among those allowed is closest to what it sees and makes a single full stitch from there. That is why it is best to have your photo the same dimensions in pixels as you want stitches. Having the software decide the "right" color for one pixel is relatively easy. Having it do it for multiple pixels to be one stitch is far more difficult.
Diane
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Sammy
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2010 : 14:22:14
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Thanks. One More question, for now. lol How do I figure out what would be the correct size of the picture? In other words if I am looking at a picture that fits in an 8 x 10 frame, how do I figure out what size design I want? I'm sorry if this sounds off the wall.
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Dragonlair
USA
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Posted - 01/28/2010 : 15:10:50
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Sam,
Actually, it works in reverse. You decide what size project you want and what count fabric to use. If you wish your final project to have a stitched area of 8 X 10 and you want to do it on 18 count aida then you want the image you input to be 8*18 X 10*18 or 144 X 180 pixels (1 pixel/stitch). Remember that the actual fabric you use should be at least 6" wider and longer than your actual stitched area (1.5" extra on all 4 sides minimum).
Diane
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first try
