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An age-old hobby comes into the electronic age with PC Stitch 6.0. With this user-friendly program, cross-stitchers can design, preview, and revamp cross-stitch patterns, creating never-before-seen images. It's even possible to use a scanned photo--of a loved one, a home, or anything else--to create a unique project.
Though much of today's home software incorporates scanned photographs, PC Stitch 6.0 works hard to make genuine use of these image files. After importing a picture, it converts it to a cross-stitch pattern. Then it analyzes the colors in the photo and identifies the palette of commercially available cross-stitch floss required to produce the image. Finally, the program displays the finished cross-stitch product onscreen. Users are thus able to tell--in a matter of moments--whether a project is going to be possible given the limitations of floss palettes, and whether it will look good when it is done. In so doing, PC Stitch 6.0 expands the scope of a stitcher's design possibilities while saving both time and labor.
By combining the standard features of an electronic drawing program with the unique requirements of cross-stitch, the program also allows you to draw programs from scratch. This feature is not restricted to simply blocking out a clunky design on the basic PC Stitch grid. Users can assign different styles of stitches to various blocks of color, customizing the pattern as much or as little as they like. And for those who are less inclined to design their own work, PC Stitch 6.0 is Web friendly, linking to a frequently updated database with many new patterns.
PC Stitch 6.0 is an update of an earlier package, and users who have already purchased PC Stitch 5.0 may find that the added features and increased ease of use are an insufficient incentive to upgrade. This is essentially the same package--a bit more polished, but substantially unchanged. In fact, one alteration is almost detrimental. The help library is much more intrusive, tossing up helpful windows at every turn, offering advice so frequently that users familiar with the program may find it quite annoying.
Even so, PC Stitch 6.0 makes it possible to turn inner visions and handily scanned files into blueprints for cross-stitch success. Expanding the creative opportunities of experienced stitchers, it simultaneously cuts down on the time required for a project's design and planning stage. With the Web databases and design options offered in this package, you may find your old pattern books obsolete. --Alyx Dellamonica
Amazon.com Product Description
PCStitch allows you to create cross-stitch patterns from virtually anyimage. It is a full-featured cross-stitch design program with unlimitedzoom levels, cut, copy and paste, and high-quality printouts. It isdesigned with a focus on user-friendliness: there are tutorials, wizards,and online help to answer all your questions. You can make patterns usingyour favorite stitch types, whether full, 3/4, 1/2, or 1/4 stitches. Youcan also place backstitches anywhere you wish, and, with this version,utilize multiple line styles and make use of the new Smart 3/4 stitchtool.
PCStitch makes it easy to turn your favorite photo into a pattern: theImport Wizard takes you though the process step-by-step. Incorporate stitched words or phrases using any TrueType font. And, new in version 6.0 is the ability to create you own stitched alphabets, and justify the lines however you like.DMC, Anchor, and Coats floss lists are already defined. The easy-to-useFloss Palette Window allows you to add or change any floss, and pick theprint symbols.
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69 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent purchase for anyone who wants to design,
By Chris Logan (Nampa, ID USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PC Stitch 6.0 (CD-ROM)
I was given the 5.0 version for my birthday this year - as an addicted cross stitcher, I find this to be an essential addtion to my tools - the software is easy to use, the patterns easy to manipulate, and the overall results are wonderful! if you've ever wanted to create a fabric picture from your photos, this is the only way to go!!
45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Product,
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This review is from: PC Stitch 6.0 (CD-ROM)
I really like this software. It's so easy to use that I didn't even read the directions. I was easily able to transfer my .jpg image into the program and print out my design pattern the first time I used it. The program matches the colors in your design to the floss colors on the market, so you don't have to agonize over which shade of floss might be too light or too dark, etc. A wonderful tool for someone who wants to save time, or is not a good judge of colors.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Use carefully,
By tzefirah "tzefirah" (Media, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PC Stitch 6.0 (CD-ROM)
It's easy to use, and the results are great if you know what you're doing. It takes some practice to learn to create patterns to look exactly what you're seeing in your mind's eye. But I highly recommend this software.
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