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which free graphics programme would you recommend please.
Hi Kathy,
I am looking for a solution to the problem Caroline is having or similar to it. I want to make a graph from a photo, but I want the background solid. Would you be able to help me? If you could email me at lilbj48@yahoo.com that would be wonderful as I will probably forget to come back to this message when I log out!
Amy,
Welcome!
I'm not sure I can give you a very simple answer, because what I'm guessing is you're not just looking for a step by step, "Do this in step 1, do this in step 2." I'm guessing what you really want is to know how to properly size your image so your blanket won't be too large or small? If I'm wrong about this, please let me know.
First, the most critical thing is your gauge swatch. Nobody likes to make the rotten things, LOL. But for sizing things properly, they're crucial.
What you need to do is make at least a 4 inch by 4 inch swatch using your chosen fiber and hook, then measure to determine how many stitches and rows in 4 inches. Then you'll take the number of stitches and the number of rows and divide each by 4 to get the number of stitches and rows per inch.
So if your gauge is 4 stitches per inch and you want your blanket to be 20 inches wide, you'll multiply 20 inches x 4 stitches per inch to = 80 stitches.
On the image side, the best image to use is a GIF or a PNG, and it's also best if your image is sized so pixels=stitches, as the freePatternWizard isn't a graphics program. So you would want to create an image that's 80 pixels across, for 80 stitches. (For the length it's a bit trickier, because you can't figure it to a particular length. For now, you'll have to play around with the image a bit, adding borders to get the correct length. In the future, our software will allow you to change the length to a specific, but it was originally written not to allow that, so people wouldn't skew or truncate their patterns.)
One caveat, though: if your image is a JPG, you can't simply save it as a GIF and expect it to behave like a GIF. It will still technically be a JPG, and will behave like one. It will have unexpected colors and not look very nice from things like antialiasing and smoothing of the image.
Hope that's not too much to throw at you at once! And I hope I've answered your questions!
Hello from Ontario, Canada. I learned to crochet over 25 years ago now.
Thanks to admin for hosting this board and site.
Laura
Neave,
Ugh, I know that one.
It's really annoying,
especially if your goal is to make something in particular, and you
just want to get started.
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which free graphics programme would you recommend please.
Hi Kathy,
I am looking for a solution to the problem Caroline is having or similar to it. I want to make a graph from a photo, but I want the background solid. Would you be able to help me? If you could email me at lilbj48@yahoo.com that would be wonderful as I will probably forget to come back to this message when I log out!
Amy,
Welcome!
I'm not sure I can give you a very simple answer, because what I'm guessing is you're not just looking for a step by step, "Do this in step 1, do this in step 2." I'm guessing what you really want is to know how to properly size your image so your blanket won't be too large or small? If I'm wrong about this, please let me know.
First, the most critical thing is your gauge swatch. Nobody likes to make the rotten things, LOL. But for sizing things properly, they're crucial.
What you need to do is make at least a 4 inch by 4 inch swatch using your chosen fiber and hook, then measure to determine how many stitches and rows in 4 inches. Then you'll take the number of stitches and the number of rows and divide each by 4 to get the number of stitches and rows per inch.
So if your gauge is 4 stitches per inch and you want your blanket to be 20 inches wide, you'll multiply 20 inches x 4 stitches per inch to = 80 stitches.
On the image side, the best image to use is a GIF or a PNG, and it's also best if your image is sized so pixels=stitches, as the freePatternWizard isn't a graphics program. So you would want to create an image that's 80 pixels across, for 80 stitches. (For the length it's a bit trickier, because you can't figure it to a particular length. For now, you'll have to play around with the image a bit, adding borders to get the correct length. In the future, our software will allow you to change the length to a specific, but it was originally written not to allow that, so people wouldn't skew or truncate their patterns.)
One caveat, though: if your image is a JPG, you can't simply save it as a GIF and expect it to behave like a GIF. It will still technically be a JPG, and will behave like one. It will have unexpected colors and not look very nice from things like antialiasing and smoothing of the image.
Hope that's not too much to throw at you at once! And I hope I've answered your questions!
Hello from Ontario, Canada. I learned to crochet over 25 years ago now.
Thanks to admin for hosting this board and site.
Laura
Neave,
Ugh, I know that one.
It's really annoying,
especially if your goal is to make something in particular, and you
just want to get started. friends
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