cross stitch program for original art work
Jackiemark
I have a friend who is an artist. Her work is usually done in acrylics or
chalk. She wants me to help her convert the art to patterns. I'm not sure what
program to look at because it is not a photograph that we are converting but an
actual drawing that is painted with arylic or pastel chalk. Any advice would be
greatly appreciated.
Jackie :)
San Antonio
"I know that God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he did
not trust me so much." Mother Theresa
Indy...@worldnet.att.net
Jackie
How big is the original work? Perhaps placing it on
a flatbed scanner and scanning it directly into the
chart software package will work. If the piece is
very large, another alternative is to take a pic of
it with a digital camera and import the image to the
software. Several software programs have scanning
capablilities; you can do this with the original piece
just as you would in a phot-to-chart conversion.
I'd opt for the flatbed scanner if the piece were the
correct size. In fact, I did something very similar
to this a many time. You can even put some 3-D objects
on the flatbed (such as flowers) and scan them in ...
the result is very nice ... and they are fun to work with.
Just my thoughts.
Meri Abrams
indy...@worldnet.att.net
http://crossstitch.miningco.com
Julie Holm
Indy...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> Jackie
> How big is the original work? Perhaps placing it on
> a flatbed scanner and scanning it directly into the
> chart software package will work. If the piece is
I got a flatbed scanner (as opposed to any other kind) because I have a
kid who is an artist and I wanted to be able to do this kind of work. It
does work! He helps me put stuff together. Its nice ot have a live in
artist!
Jackiemark
In article <6ivg6c$5qp$1...@bombay.ziplink.net>, Julie Holm
<ho...@zip1.ziplink.net> writes:
I have a flatbed scanner. I guess I'm frustrated because I'm not sure if I can
import it to a demo program--in this case Patternmaker, to see if that program
is any good. So far the demo won't allow me to "aquire" from my scanner. Am I
doing something wrong??
Hrswoman
>So far the demo won't allow me to "aquire" from my scanner. Am I<BR>
>doing something wrong??<BR>
>Jackie :)<BR>
Jackie,
I think something is wrong. When I downloaded the Patternmaker Demos they let
me import without trouble. Check your scanner software installation. If you
have a Twain scanner it should import into Patternmaker.
Leslie
There is so much bad in the best of us,
and so much good in the worst of us,
it ill behooves any of us,
to talk about the rest of us.
Hrswoman
>I have a friend who is an artist. Her work is usually done in acrylics or
chalk. She >wants me to help her convert the art to patterns. I'm not sure what
program to look at >because it is not a photograph that we are converting but
an actual drawing that is >painted with arylic or pastel chalk. Any advice
would be greatly appreciated
If you get a transparency adaptor for a flatbed scanner you can take a slide of
the work and scan it in. Or you can take a photograph and scan it in. You
will probably have to correct the colors somewhat.
Lewis Byerly
Jackiemark wrote:
>
> I have a flatbed scanner. I guess I'm frustrated because I'm not sure if I can
> import it to a demo program--in this case Patternmaker, to see if that program
> is any good. So far the demo won't allow me to "aquire" from my scanner. Am I
> doing something wrong??
What you need to do is scan the image into a paint or graphics program
(I use Corel Photo House) and save it . Then import it into
Patternmaker.
I personally use PC Stitch (it was inexpensive and does a very good
job).
Lewis
No affiliation with Corel or PC Stitch.
ahe...@dorsai.org
jJackie - I don't import directly from the scanner. I scan the
object/picture and save it in a graphics program (like Photoshop).
Then I import the graphic into PatternMaker. I don't have the demo
version. Does your version have Import listed under the File menu?
Alison
>>
>>I got a flatbed scanner (as opposed to any other kind) because I have a
>>kid who is an artist and I wanted to be able to do this kind of work. It
>>does work! He helps me put stuff together. Its nice ot have a live in
>>artist!
>>
>>
>
>I have a flatbed scanner. I guess I'm frustrated because I'm not sure if I can
>import it to a demo program--in this case Patternmaker, to see if that program
>is any good. So far the demo won't allow me to "aquire" from my scanner. Am I
>doing something wrong??
Jackiemark
In article <3553E5DC...@sprintmail.com>, Lewis Byerly
<Lewis...@sprintmail.com> writes:
>>
>> I have a flatbed scanner. I guess I'm frustrated because I'm not sure if I
>can
>> import it to a demo program--in this case Patternmaker, to see if that
>program
>> is any good. So far the demo won't allow me to "aquire" from my scanner. Am
>I
>> doing something wrong??
>
>What you need to do is scan the image into a paint or graphics program
>(I use Corel Photo House) and save it . Then import it into
>Patternmaker.
>I personally use PC Stitch (it was inexpensive and does a very good
>job).
>
>Lewis
I finally got it into Patternmaker, but now I can't figure out how to shrink
the art so it doesn't make such a big pattern. I feel like such a yo yo
head....... Any thoughts??
Faunus
Jackiemark wrote in message
<199805092134...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
When you first import a graphic into Patternmaker, it gives you an option to
change the count size. If it is really huge, you get a warning message that
the pattern will be "xxx by xxx stitches". I use Patternmaker all the time
& like it a lot better than any other chart program I have tried. If you
need further help, feel free to e-mail me directly.
Good luck!
Anne Chesnutt
Dave Peters
Try Cross Stitch Pro from www.dpsoftware.co.uk
You can scan directly into the demo and the program asks you what size
chart you want to create and in how many thread colours. Thatas all you
have to do. Of course you will have to purchase to print out the final
pattern but at leat you can try it out.
Regards
Dave Peters
DP Software
In article <199805081500...@ladder03.news.aol.com>, Jackiemark
<jacki...@aol.com> writes
>I have a friend who is an artist. Her work is usually done in acrylics or
>chalk. She wants me to help her convert the art to patterns. I'm not sure what
>program to look at because it is not a photograph that we are converting but an
>actual drawing that is painted with arylic or pastel chalk. Any advice would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Jackie :)
>San Antonio
>
>"I know that God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he did
>not trust me so much." Mother Theresa
>
>
--
Dave Peters
Shakini
I convert my own original artwork. Works the same was as with a
photograph. You scan it in, try to get the colors just right, resize
to a level that is good to stitch, but also good for the artwork in
question, and clean up a lot. Esp with the pastel chalks...but the
acrylics should be easier to work with. I use Easy Cross 5.0 and a
friend is gifting me with an upgrade to Easey Cross Deluxe
*professional version* 6.0. He's a sweety:) And Colin, the creator,
is wonderful. He helps you out in email if you have a question and
answers promptly.
On 8 May 1998 15:00:56 GMT, jacki...@aol.com (Jackiemark) wrote:
>I have a friend who is an artist. Her work is usually done in acrylics or
>chalk. She wants me to help her convert the art to patterns. I'm not sure what
>program to look at because it is not a photograph that we are converting but an
>actual drawing that is painted with arylic or pastel chalk. Any advice would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Jackie :)
>San Antonio
>
>"I know that God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he did
>not trust me so much." Mother Theresa
>
>
Bright Blessings,
Shakini aka Naunet
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