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Comparison
of Editions
Save PDF Kit
- Saves your chart into a PDF
Kit which can be sent via email
- Kit includes:
- Simulation of Chart
- Sewing Instructions
- Key
- Notes & layout
- Chart
Design Tools
- Full stitch, half stitch, quarter stitch, backstitch,
half backstitch, bargello and french knots
- Borders and centerlines
- Labels
- Notes Text
- Stitch Text for samplers
- Save motifs for use in future charts
- Move, copy, rotate and mirror any section of a chart
- Colour picker
- Stitch Colour Change tool
- Choice of stitch styles
- standard and custom stitch libraries
- Remove Single Stitches tool
Photos
- Quick Photo Conversion feature; Convert photos or pictures
to cross stitch, tapestry/needlepoint n or long stitch
charts automatically
- Modify conversion options easily with Redo Conversion
function
- Imports BMP, JPEG, TIF, TGA, PCT, WMF and PCX files
- More than 200 thread brands and ranges available for
Photo Conversion
Colours
- Up to 1000 thread colours available per chart
- Chart with all the major and most minor thread brands
(Anchor, DMC, Madeira etc..)
- Design with over 9 thread types (Stranded Cotton, Tapestry
Wool, Silk etc..)
- Mix your own colors and match any color to closest colour
in a thread brand
- Select colours from thread brands by using the on screen
shade card or enter the catalog number
- Automatically match the colours from a thread brand
to the closest colors in another brand
- Automatically remove any unused colours from the palette
when a design is completed
- Used colors are highlighted in the palette
Symbols
- 600 Custom designed symbols
- Change symbols at any stage of designing
- Automatically assign dark symbols to dark colours to
give good weighting to symbol charts
- In symbol on colour mode automatically inverts symbols
on dark colorus for easy reading
Chart Sizing
- Chart sizes up to 1000 by 1000 stitches
- Easy chart sizing by measurement (mm, cm, inch) as well
as by cells
- Chart calculator for working out the sewn size of charts
using material count etc
- Thread calculator for working out how much thread will
be needed to complete a design
Chart Types
- Customised chart types for cross-stitch,
needlepoint, bargello, hardanger, long stitch, canvas,
rug hooking, carpet, beading, knitting
Grid
- Accent every 10th or 5th gridline or no accent
- Choose from standard square grid or elongated hand knitting
grid or beading
Viewing
- On screen simulation of cross stitch, tent stitch and
beads
- View designs on screen in colors, symbols, symbols on
colour
- Navigator makes
it easy to move around the chart while designing
- Preview when opening charts lets you see designs before
you open them
- Multi-Document Interface allowing you to view different
charts at once
- Command Bar for easy access to favourite tools
- Mouse Scroll Wheel
support
- Right click
menus
- Tool Tip messages
Printing
- Print charts in symbols, full color,
symbols on colour or stampstitch
- Print symbols at large easy-to-read sizes
- Print Layout diagram for large charts printed over several
pages
- Print the users key made automatically for all charts
- Select different languages to print
Autosave
- When enabled Autosave gives a reminder to save every
ten minutes if you have not saved
Preferences
- Customize the StitchCraft colour scheme
- Multiple Document Interface
- Palette info shows total stitches in design
Documentation & Help
- Comprehensive Help File
- Context Sensitive Help
- PDF Manual available from menu
Design Tools
- Offset stitches
- Horizontal and vertical half stitches
- Variegated Fill Tool
- Gradient Fill Tool
- Fractional Fill Tool
- Custom
center lines and arrows
- Stitch
Outline
- Extra Back Stitch styles
- Cut & Join Tool
- Additional standard and custom library stitch spaces
- Multiple Paste tool
- Despeckle Tool
Photos
- Advanced Photo Conversion features including sepia conversion,
custom number of colours and detail options
- Trace feature for charting over pictures semi-manually
- Custom
conversion colour quantities
Colours
- Add your own pre-saved palettes to charts during designing
- Arrange the palette colours automatically by catalog
number, stitch quantity etc.
- Merge options for different stitch types when merging
stitches of one colour into another
- Multiple Merge feature for reducing the sewing difficulty
of complex designs by merging similar colours
- Customise thread, bead and material colors
Symbols
- 30 backstitch and bargello symbols
- Set the size and line thickness of symbols, backstitch
and bargello
- Change the color and shading of symbols, backstitch
and bargello
- Set preferences for all aspects of symbols
Chart Sizing
- Chart sizes up to 4000 by 4000 stitches
- Size charts by inserting columns and rows
- Size charts to imported pictures
- Design resize & design scale options
Grid
- Change the color, shading, and thickness of gridlines
- Change the proportions for grid cells from square to
any rectangular shape
- Accent any grid line horizontally or vertically
- Offset the starting point of the grid
- Set preferences for all aspects of the grid
Viewing
- When viewing in symbols on color set the amount of color
to show behind the symbols
- Turn the auto invert symbols option on or off
- Customize the palette items that show on screen
Printing
- Print a custom copyright notice on designs
- Specify a percentage colour wash when printing symbols
on colour
- Advanced
printing settings
Preferences
- Customize the design environment
- Set start up preferences for new charts
- Customize the Autosave options and automatic backup
copies of charts
Save PDF Kit
- Allows you to add a receipt page for internet sale
- Saves the kit without the last page that advertises
StitchCraft
- Option to set your own Logo
- Option to set your business Hyperlink
- Option to add a custom image in place of the simulation
- Select the pages to include
Document Protection
- Copy protection features for charts
Printing
- Print Long Stitch layout
- Print Long Stitch Outline
Exporting
- Export all StitchCraft chart types
- Long Stitch layout
- Long Stitch outline
- Export to Desktop Publishing Programs
in PDF, WMF, EPS, BMP, TIF plus more
- Trapping and GCR options for EPS exports
- Output in EPS for High Resolutions e.g.
1200, 2400 or 4800 dpi
- Full four color process separation for
publishing through DTP
- Print/export as separations for spot
colour
- Colour preview options for EPS
Manufacture
- Export Tapestry overlays for silkscreen
printing
- Print/export Stampstitch for silkscreen
printing
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