I want to make patterns of my own from scratch, not with importing a photo. Is this software good for that?
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Yes , it's really good , that is what I looking for , easy to use, u won't regret .
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Yes. But it takes a bit of learning curve. Not as easy as in Adobe. But still doable
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You can, using the software that comes with it but it is not as easy as it sounds. The computer takes the image and adjusts the color itself along with the kind of stitches needed. It takes practice and trial and error to take the image and stitch it. If you have lots of small color areas it will be difficult to have it transferred accurately.
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The software comes with lots of premade templates. However you can put your own way of putting your text. I don't know if you can use other software.
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Hi Kateyn, I have use the photo side of this software for 10+ years to do any number of editing. I would say it is not a 100% match to Photoshop feature for feature, but it is all that a sophisticated non-professional needs in a photo editor. You can do so much with it and the learning curve is not so steep. Has very useful tutuorials and plenty of online forums with great user interaction. It all comes down to price, features and your intended use. It is a wonderful application for the price. I like to have fun editing my photos and to this day, I have never felt a need to spend the extra money for Photoshop. I hope this helped. :-)
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No, it works independently. It has been a couple of years since I used it, but it worked fine to copy off all the patterns.
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That is what I thought too.But if you look closely,there is a little square ,a picture of what the assembled pieces would look like.It is up to you if you want to follow it to the "T" or you want widen the pattern or shorten it or add your own variation.It all work!
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I'm not sure what type of software you currently are using but I've been using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to process, catalog and store all of my RAW images. However, there are many free RAW image processors available. I would suggest doing a google search for free RAW image processing software and try some out. Hope this helps!
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I would use googles picassa free software. it works great and it's free!no you do NOT have to use the camera software, i never have and never will. besides with winkflash who needs to print photos? winkflash (or other web based services) will have them for you in a few days or overnight!-costs more for that. quality is great and price can not be beat! it's usualy .06 per print (4x6) and $1.00 for an 8x10! archive quality too.
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To follow the patterns you will have to purchase a laser light. You can purchase the plastic templates and with the attachment follow the design that way. if you want computerized patterns, then you'd need to purchase the computerized programs. If you have further questions, please let us know.
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I never tried to do that, but this software will allow you to change background, colors, etc. It is very similar to PhotoShop.
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Yes, I would strongly recommend it. I have created several designs using Corel Draw. I am self taught and learned more from watching YouTube videos.
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My daughter messed up her favorite drawing. I scanned it, creating an image file on the computer, then edited out the smudge. I then sent the plate to be made via their website that takes photos. It worked well. I imagine you could do the same, inserting a photo however you wished. You'll just have to use their online service and may not need this product at all.
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Yes, I create my own vector designs and import them from adobe illustrator. You will have to trace your cut lines once your image is imported so that can be a bit tricky but the silhouette program has a feature that makes it a bit easier.
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It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take time to learn and I recommend taking notes when you do something, saves effort next time you try it.Enjoy It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take... » Read More It's up to your imagination in what you can do by using layering to move objects from one photo to another, or just remove objects. It's by far the best bang for the buck, make sure you get the ultimate and when you load it, do both the 32 and 64 bit version as there are many existing tools that only run on 32 bits that you can import, you can even import Adobe images. I extracted a red rose from a bush, and filled the background in black after changing the rose to soft white, came out beautiful. Best of all, there are both text and video help for the tools even on youtube. It will take time to learn and I recommend taking notes when you do something, saves effort next time you try it.Enjoy « Show Less
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I own the 550XL but the software should be the same: The machine will come with AutoPunch and HyperText; this software allows you to open other people's designs and create text from any font on your computer. Technically this software will allow you to load an image and convert it to a digital file but I've found this aspect of the software to be somewhat limited with anything but the most basic of objects but it'll get the job done. My machine did *not* come with PhotoStich which allows you to take a photo (like from a camera) and convert it to a digital file. Also not included will be the CrossStich, which will create digitized images in a series of X's instead of solid stitches or lines.
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I use Paint.net (free) and Photoshop. I don;t know what, if anything, comes with the camera software-wise.