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I don't see how to search through the Q&A so please forgive me if this has been previously asked. I found a few patterns on Pinterest that I would like to make for my son. They indicate created using stitchboard free pattern wizard but I am not finding them in the patterns listing here. I printed them from Pinterest but the patterns have colors that are so similar I can't tell which is supposed to be used. How do I either find the original patterns or convert the Pinterest images to a pattern using symbols?
Hi.
There are times that the program will not use one or more of the colors you choose if others selected are closer to certain colors in the image.
A simplified example would be if you send it a pattern with only black, white, red, and green, and tell it to use red, green, and blue, it would probably turn the black into blue, white possibly red, green or blue, red would probably be red, and green would probably be green. If you're working with line art like a logo, it's easier to manually select colors to use. Photos are more difficult.
Actually I just ran this example and it turned black into green, white into blue, and did match the other colors. Apparently the green I selected is closer in color and brightness than blue to the black in the image. And apparently the blue I selected is closest to the white in the image.
As far as introducing a non-selected color, I'm about to make a change to the program that might take care of this. It sometimes tends to happen when the original image does not have black and/or white. When it does happen, it usually adds a gray. I'll post again when I make the update relating to this.
Terry
Melanie,
Initially I was looking for the pattern for the rug below.
Couldn't find this one, then saw the other one that I asked your help on. Anyway, I have now come across the rug below, it is called "Splendid" by Patricia Kristoffersen, is in the out of print pamphlet "Wonderful Doilies" (American School of Needlework #1277), which is not available on Amazon.
I think it is really pretty as well, I just love texture.
Janice
Anna and Kazzee,
Terry will take care of that tomorrow.
We just got finished moving
all of our sites to different servers, so it's taken all of his
attention!
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Foreveroctober,
Welcome!
The problem
isn't with fonts being allowed or disallowed. What's happening is
you're taking a font that's been made into an image and that image
is being turned into a grid.
So if you're
using a font that contains thick and thin lines, the thin lines may
not be well represented when changed into a grid.
Also, one of the best things to do if you're designing
an image to be used as a pattern is to make the cleanest image you
possibly can, generated as a .gif or a .png file, where pixels =
stitches. So if you're trying to make a piece that's 100x100
stitches, you'd ideally want to make your image 100x100
pixels.
The freePatternWizard isn't actually
a graphics program, so if you give it a very large image with the
idea of creating a very small pattern, it will do its best, but it
will be forced to pick what to keep, and that may not be what you'd
want it to keep. This is why it's best to give it exactly the size
of image in pixels that you want in stitches.
The best fonts of all for such an endeavor would be
uniform thickness. If you can find a font where the thin lines
wouldn't tend to get lost, that would also work.
It's not impossible and I've seen fonts that do work
well, just that not all fonts are created equal, so looking at it
from a standpoint of what will translate well to a grid is very
helpful to determine if a font will ultimately give an optimal
result.
I don't see how to search through the Q&A so please forgive me if this has been previously asked. I found a few patterns on Pinterest that I would like to make for my son. They indicate created using stitchboard free pattern wizard but I am not finding them in the patterns listing here. I printed them from Pinterest but the patterns have colors that are so similar I can't tell which is supposed to be used. How do I either find the original patterns or convert the Pinterest images to a pattern using symbols?
Hi.
There are times that the program will not use one or more of the colors you choose if others selected are closer to certain colors in the image.
A simplified example would be if you send it a pattern with only black, white, red, and green, and tell it to use red, green, and blue, it would probably turn the black into blue, white possibly red, green or blue, red would probably be red, and green would probably be green. If you're working with line art like a logo, it's easier to manually select colors to use. Photos are more difficult.
Actually I just ran this example and it turned black into green, white into blue, and did match the other colors. Apparently the green I selected is closer in color and brightness than blue to the black in the image. And apparently the blue I selected is closest to the white in the image.
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| Original Image | Pattern |
As far as introducing a non-selected color, I'm about to make a change to the program that might take care of this. It sometimes tends to happen when the original image does not have black and/or white. When it does happen, it usually adds a gray. I'll post again when I make the update relating to this.
Terry
Melanie,
Initially I was looking for the pattern for the rug below.
Couldn't find this one, then saw the other one that I asked your help on. Anyway, I have now come across the rug below, it is called "Splendid" by Patricia Kristoffersen, is in the out of print pamphlet "Wonderful Doilies" (American School of Needlework #1277), which is not available on Amazon.
I think it is really pretty as well, I just love texture.
Janice
Anna and Kazzee,
Terry will take care of that tomorrow.
We just got finished moving
all of our sites to different servers, so it's taken all of his
attention!friends
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