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Kathy,
Wow! Thanks for all the input. Like I said before, the version that's live right now does have some instances where choosing manual colors does not work properly. I fixed it in the next version.
Again, let me go through all your input. One other thing I can try if you're open to it. If you can send me your original image via email (posting it here in the Community will not work the same), I can run it through the existing software that's live now and I should get the same incorrect results as you're showing.
Then I can run it through the next version and be sure it's fixed. If not, I can be sure to address it right away. Also like I mentioned before, there are something like 20 fixes and updates in the next version. Several are in beading but the manual color choosing problem happens across all the stitch types and I did fix that.
So let me know if you would be willing to send a copy of your original image and I'll email you. You can then reply to my email and attach your image. I'll then let you know the results of my testing. If the next version does fix your issue, I'll make it so you can access it before I make it live. I still have a couple updates to do with it but they're both in the beading area so you could use it right away if it fixes your issue.
Terry
Kitti,
If you're referring to word patterns, they're not in word format...sorry, I see where that would be confusing! Word patterns (for crochet so far) are in PDF format. This means when you make a PDF and you opt for your PDF document to have either a graph and a word pattern or a word pattern by itself, your PDF will contain instructions that give your colors row by row and in what order they're to be stitched.
It's not possible to give a length to the freePatternWizard, because if you were able to do so, your image might either end up truncated or much too short or skewed to fit, and it probably wouldn't be a pleasing result. So what you'll need to do is add borders to your original image, and I can't tell you how wide or tall, because I know nothing about your image. Anyway, since we don't limit you to trying the freePatternWizard only once, you can try different sized borders around your image, either top/bottom or side/side (but not both), until the end result is as close as possible to the 184 x 280. And it will also depend on your image. For instance, if you're using an image that's got a tiny figure on it and is blurry, you'll never be able to get a good graphical pattern out of it.
If you don't have a graphics program and you're using a computer, you can download free graphics programs to edit your image - one is called Gimp and the other is called Paint.net and they're available here:
http://gimp.org/
http://getpaint.net/
If you have questions about how to use either of these programs to add borders, you'll have to ask them of the particular program's support, as I don't use either of those...I use an ancient version of Paint Shop Pro, so that's why I've never used those programs, and would be just as confused as you about what to do.
I've noticed you've been asking a lot of questions about how to make images of certain sizes, and the answer is the same every time until we have a feature (likely a premier feature) to resize images. The answer is always to add borders to your image until the freePatternWizard produces the correct result. You'll find that sometimes it will be off in one direction or another, and that will prompt you to add different combinations of borders until it works the way you want it, which likely won't be the exact numbers you want, unless you're lucky. But you should be able to get it near the right size with borders. I'm guessing you really want me to give you a specific fix for this issue, but I would be remiss if I did.
If you don't want to mess around with your image and just want to make something that exact size, you can wait until we offer a premier feature that will then properly resize your image; however, I don't have a date as to when this will be ready.
Stoogalishus,
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ZumaLove,
Welcome! 
We don't allow
saving patterns on the site in the current version, but you can
output your patterns to a PDF file that you can save to your own
device for later use.
As for printing, the
PDFs the freePatternWizard outputs can be printed to various paper
sizes.
Kathy,
Wow! Thanks for all the input. Like I said before, the version that's live right now does have some instances where choosing manual colors does not work properly. I fixed it in the next version.
Again, let me go through all your input. One other thing I can try if you're open to it. If you can send me your original image via email (posting it here in the Community will not work the same), I can run it through the existing software that's live now and I should get the same incorrect results as you're showing.
Then I can run it through the next version and be sure it's fixed. If not, I can be sure to address it right away. Also like I mentioned before, there are something like 20 fixes and updates in the next version. Several are in beading but the manual color choosing problem happens across all the stitch types and I did fix that.
So let me know if you would be willing to send a copy of your original image and I'll email you. You can then reply to my email and attach your image. I'll then let you know the results of my testing. If the next version does fix your issue, I'll make it so you can access it before I make it live. I still have a couple updates to do with it but they're both in the beading area so you could use it right away if it fixes your issue.
Terry
Kitti,
If you're referring to word patterns, they're not in word format...sorry, I see where that would be confusing! Word patterns (for crochet so far) are in PDF format. This means when you make a PDF and you opt for your PDF document to have either a graph and a word pattern or a word pattern by itself, your PDF will contain instructions that give your colors row by row and in what order they're to be stitched.
It's not possible to give a length to the freePatternWizard, because if you were able to do so, your image might either end up truncated or much too short or skewed to fit, and it probably wouldn't be a pleasing result. So what you'll need to do is add borders to your original image, and I can't tell you how wide or tall, because I know nothing about your image. Anyway, since we don't limit you to trying the freePatternWizard only once, you can try different sized borders around your image, either top/bottom or side/side (but not both), until the end result is as close as possible to the 184 x 280. And it will also depend on your image. For instance, if you're using an image that's got a tiny figure on it and is blurry, you'll never be able to get a good graphical pattern out of it.
If you don't have a graphics program and you're using a computer, you can download free graphics programs to edit your image - one is called Gimp and the other is called Paint.net and they're available here:
http://gimp.org/
http://getpaint.net/
If you have questions about how to use either of these programs to add borders, you'll have to ask them of the particular program's support, as I don't use either of those...I use an ancient version of Paint Shop Pro, so that's why I've never used those programs, and would be just as confused as you about what to do.
I've noticed you've been asking a lot of questions about how to make images of certain sizes, and the answer is the same every time until we have a feature (likely a premier feature) to resize images. The answer is always to add borders to your image until the freePatternWizard produces the correct result. You'll find that sometimes it will be off in one direction or another, and that will prompt you to add different combinations of borders until it works the way you want it, which likely won't be the exact numbers you want, unless you're lucky. But you should be able to get it near the right size with borders. I'm guessing you really want me to give you a specific fix for this issue, but I would be remiss if I did.
If you don't want to mess around with your image and just want to make something that exact size, you can wait until we offer a premier feature that will then properly resize your image; however, I don't have a date as to when this will be ready.
Stoogalishus,
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