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Jacqui
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12/21/2011 : 09:10:47
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Hi - just purchased PC Stitch and want to print graphs of 5 grandchildren's faces. However I try to 'adjust' the colour, brightness etc on the initial imported photo (doing them all separately) the choice of DMC threads is either too deep or mainly greens and violets.
Can someone please give me advice on how I can reproduce natural flesh and hair colours that translate into the DMC colours. So far I've tried importing and adjusting 7 times and still can't get it right.
Here's hoping there is someone who has come across this problem and knows how to combat it. Many thanks in advance.
Jacqui Williams |
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Dragonlair
USA
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Posted - 12/21/2011 : 10:01:49
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First of all, what you see and what the computer sees may be very very different.
Another point is if your pixel to stitch ratio is too big, then you may be trying to merge many different colors into a single stitch and that may be very different than what you want. Remember that your image needs to be TINY! It should be the same size in pixels as your final design in stitches (1/1 pixel/stitch ratio is best).
Also, you need to make your background simple. If it is too complex then the system may draw off too many of your "allotted" colors to use there instead of the foreground forcing odd color selections.
A final point is there are only so many of any color possible no matter what palette you choose. You can limit the total number of colors to use and that may make it possible to get what you need.
One extra point - be ready to tweak! An import of an image to a pattern is NEVER in a final form. There should always be some manual adjustments made to make the pattern better than a computer can possibly make it. Just look over the final pattern. If there are a lot of "confetti" stitches, consider manually changing them to another color (nearby) to remove the confetti and actually make the pattern look better. Similar for shading lines and even change colors. It can take far longer to tweak the pattern to what you want than the initial import. That import is just the FIRST step in creating a good cross-stitch pattern.
Good Luck,
Diane
There is no such thing as a stupid question
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Jacqui
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 04:20:25
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Dear Diane
Very many thanks for all the pointers, I'm obviously going to do them all. I mistakenly thought it was simple, but some of the points you made are extremely valid and need to be done. The initial photo has been cropped from a normal 4 x 6 and the face and hair alone taken out. I endeavour to take most of the background out also, but don't check on all the other suggestions you make.
It sounds as if I'll get there when I put your advice into practice. Again thanks so much for your time.
From a happy stitcher : Jacqui |
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Jacqui
United Kingdom
4 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2011 : 10:33:19
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Sorry to be a nuisance - just one point to help my adjustments; is there a way that I can keep getting back into the small menu on top left of screen that comes up when you originally upload a photo, so I can make a few adjustments, see what its like, then make some more, etc. So far I can only keep uploading the same photo each time I want to try a different adjustment. Or perhaps I'm going about it in the wrong way. Can't find anything that explains this in the help area.
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Dragonlair
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 12:38:06
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According to Mark, there is no "save" feature in that area to stop part way and then try something else. Just keep notes to remember what you've tried.
Diane
There is no such thing as a stupid question
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Jacqui
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 13:04:00
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| Thanks again, I'm off now to give it a go |
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Photo Colour v Thread Colour
