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which free graphics programme would you recommend please.
Caroline,
Welcome!
We currently don't have a version of the software that will edit a pattern; that feature is currently in development. In the meantime, the best thing to do is use a graphics program to edit your image before you send it in to the freePatternWizard. If you're on a PC, I can give you links to two free and very powerful graphics editing programs. I can't tell you how to use them, as I use an old, old program from, gasp, about 1998, but they do have tutorials and manuals available.
Also, when you edit the graphic, the best thing to do is to ensure a 1:1 relationship of pixels to stitches. This is for width only; for length the program does the calculating, so if you want to change that, you'll have to experiment and add borders to your image until you get it to the length you like. This will change when editing features become available, but the reason we didn't originally make the program work that way was because we were worried people would attempt to resize their images and would truncate or skew them.
Another thing to note is the image format of what you're using. If you're using a jpg, the image will already be "lossy," e.g., colors will bleed and the image won't be sharp. You do need a sharp image for the freePatternWizard, as giving it an image with a gazillion smudged colors will give you an unsatisfactory pattern, so usually a gif or png image would be optimal. However, you can't simply take a jpg and save it out as a gif or png, because if you do, you'll only get a lossy image with a gazillion smudged colors and an unsatisfactory pattern!
I apologize that I don't have a date for when the editing features will be available, so using a graphics program is the best way for now.
Hi, I'm new here and not sure if I've looked around properly or maybe I'm the only that prefers my crochet patterns as a graph as I do better visually!!
Is this possible in here???
Thank you
Line,
Sounds like you must go shopping for yarn in different colors! I see new yarn in your future...
That's a really cute idea, to make them in different colors so everyone knows which coaster their glass is on!
I bet you did far better than you think on your math exam. You're so smart!
It's sad, but I kind of had a feeling the dog wasn't going to last with this guy. He's very sweet, but he's young and I don't think he quite realized what he was getting himself into.
Oh, no, Silver really is doing a number! Sounds like she's testing you
quite a bit. You know, I saw the picture of her sitting
on you...soooooooo cute! Though you probably didn't
think it was quite as cute at the time!
And the urinating on the floor...that's the worst! That smell lingers, even after you clean it up. I know someone who had that
with her dogs when their training was interrupted with a situation
that left them with no training for much too long. So
they didn't learn and they stunk up the entire house.
All of the floors had to be
redone.
And then Silver is jumping the fence?
Man, sounds like she's
getting worse than a kid!
So glad she does listen when she's being called...LOL, and hopefully not just for food?
I'm also hoping our friend's friend is good with training the dog. He really was a beautiful boy, but you could tell he was always raring to go, and not necessarily in a good way. Nervous energy. Like he would rather have been doing other things, and if he couldn't get the challenges he needed, he was going to invent some, sigh.
Thank you so much, hon. Your thoughts are greatly
appreciated! It's going...just trying to
get through everything as well as possible. And of course
in the middle of everything...we had the flu, ugh, despite getting
flu shots last fall.
Hope all is going well with you. How are things going with the
house, boyfriend, etc? How are the kids
doing?
BTW, I don't see them as often as I'd like, but when I do see your pics, they're sooooooo great! You're very photogenic and
your pictures turn out soooooo beautifully, and, well the dogs' do,
too!
Lots of hugs and warm thoughts going right back your way.
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Maja,
Welcome!
You're not
doing anything wrong...the artwork choice is not available at the
moment.
As for editing, after creating a
pattern you can go back and edit your settings, but you can't
actually go into the pattern and edit pixel by pixel. That ability
will be available in a future version, but I'm sorry to say it
isn't now.
The way to edit your settings is
that if you're looking at a PDF pattern on your screen, just close
the PDF to reveal the settings again, set what you think you want,
then you can repeat that as needed.
which free graphics programme would you recommend please.
Caroline,
Welcome!
We currently don't have a version of the software that will edit a pattern; that feature is currently in development. In the meantime, the best thing to do is use a graphics program to edit your image before you send it in to the freePatternWizard. If you're on a PC, I can give you links to two free and very powerful graphics editing programs. I can't tell you how to use them, as I use an old, old program from, gasp, about 1998, but they do have tutorials and manuals available.
Also, when you edit the graphic, the best thing to do is to ensure a 1:1 relationship of pixels to stitches. This is for width only; for length the program does the calculating, so if you want to change that, you'll have to experiment and add borders to your image until you get it to the length you like. This will change when editing features become available, but the reason we didn't originally make the program work that way was because we were worried people would attempt to resize their images and would truncate or skew them.
Another thing to note is the image format of what you're using. If you're using a jpg, the image will already be "lossy," e.g., colors will bleed and the image won't be sharp. You do need a sharp image for the freePatternWizard, as giving it an image with a gazillion smudged colors will give you an unsatisfactory pattern, so usually a gif or png image would be optimal. However, you can't simply take a jpg and save it out as a gif or png, because if you do, you'll only get a lossy image with a gazillion smudged colors and an unsatisfactory pattern!
I apologize that I don't have a date for when the editing features will be available, so using a graphics program is the best way for now.
Hi, I'm new here and not sure if I've looked around properly or maybe I'm the only that prefers my crochet patterns as a graph as I do better visually!!
Is this possible in here???
Thank you
Line,
Sounds like you must go shopping for yarn in different colors! I see new yarn in your future...
That's a really cute idea, to make them in different colors so everyone knows which coaster their glass is on!
I bet you did far better than you think on your math exam.
You're so smart!
It's sad, but I kind of had a feeling the dog wasn't going to last with this guy. He's very sweet, but he's young and I don't think he quite realized what he was getting himself into.
Oh, no, Silver really is doing a number!
Sounds like she's testing you
quite a bit. You know, I saw the picture of her sitting
on you...soooooooo cute! Though you probably didn't
think it was quite as cute at the time!And the urinating on the floor...that's the worst! That smell lingers, even after you clean it up.
I know someone who had that
with her dogs when their training was interrupted with a situation
that left them with no training for much too long. So
they didn't learn and they stunk up the entire house.
All of the floors had to be
redone.And then Silver is jumping the fence?
Man, sounds like she's
getting worse than a kid!So glad she does listen when she's being called...LOL, and hopefully not just for food?
I'm also hoping our friend's friend is good with training the dog. He really was a beautiful boy, but you could tell he was always raring to go, and not necessarily in a good way. Nervous energy. Like he would rather have been doing other things, and if he couldn't get the challenges he needed, he was going to invent some, sigh.
Thank you so much, hon.
Your thoughts are greatly
appreciated! It's going...just trying to
get through everything as well as possible. And of course
in the middle of everything...we had the flu, ugh, despite getting
flu shots last fall.Hope all is going well with you.
How are things going with the
house, boyfriend, etc? How are the kids
doing? BTW, I don't see them as often as I'd like, but when I do see your pics, they're sooooooo great!
You're very photogenic and
your pictures turn out soooooo beautifully, and, well the dogs' do,
too! Lots of hugs and warm thoughts going right back your way.
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