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Cross-Stitch tools: |
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With the cross-stitch digitizing tool you can easily create cross-stitch embroidery designs. With this tool you can draw a rectangle where the cross-stitches will be placed, and immediately start designing!
When the cross stitch area is placed the cross-stitch toolbar comes up: |
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Modes |
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The most important buttons are four last buttons, which are the modes of the cross-stitch. |
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Draw Cross: If this button is pressed, you can add crosses by using one of the first eight drawing tools. |
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Erase Cross: If this button is pressed, you can delete the added crosses, by using one of the first eight drawing tools. |
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Draw Tacking: If this button is pressed, you can add tacking paths, by using one of the first eight drawing tools. |
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Erase Tacking: If this button is pressed, you can delete the added tacking paths, by using one of the first eight drawing tools. |
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Drawing tools |
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With this tools you can add (draw) cross stitches / delete cross-stitches or tacking path (depends on the selected mode) in the created rectangle. |
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Pointer: With this tool you can specify the position where the cross-stitch or tacking path (depending on the selected mode) will be placed. This is the only tool that - if you click on a position with cross-stitch - it erases it. |
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Brush: This tool helps you in adding / deleting cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode) with click and drag. |
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Line: This tool adds / deletes cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode), by specifying lines with click and drag. |
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Flood Fill: With this tool you can add / delete cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode) in an area, which is surrounded with cross-stitches (fill area) |
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Rectangle: This tool adds / deletes a rectangle, made from cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode). |
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Filled Rectangle: This tool helps you in adding / deleting a filled rectangle, made from cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode). |
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Ellipse: This tool adds / deletes a circle, made from cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode). |
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Filled Ellipse: With this tool you can add / delete a filled circle, made from cross-stitches or tacking path (depending on the mode) |
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Text: With this tool you can add text, made with cross-stitches in the current design |
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Selecting tools |
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With the following tools you can select a part of the crosses of the object. The selected can be edited with the Transform tools. |
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Magic wand: The magic wand tool, lets you select a consistently area with cross-stitches, without having to trace its outline. |
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Area selection: With this tool you can select by clicking and dragging the mouse on the screen to draw a rectangle. All of the cross stitches (cells) that are completely within this rectangle will be selected.
In this mode you can also move or copy the selected parts of the cross stitch. |
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Transform tools |
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With the following tools you can edit the selected parts of cross stitches. |
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Area selection: When you have selected the crosses you want with the "Area selection" tool, you can click and drag the selected part to the position you want. |
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Cut:With this option you can remove the selected part of cross stitches and paste it in an other cross stitch object. |
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Copy: With this option you can make a copy of the selected part of cross stitches and paste it in an other cross stitch object or in the same cross stitch object. |
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Paste: With this option you can paste the cross stitch part that you have cut or copied. |
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Clockwise rotation: With this tool you can rotate the selected part of the cross-stitches, 90 degrees clockwise. |
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Non-clockwise rotation: With this tool you can rotate the selected part of the cross-stitches, 90 degrees non-clockwise. |
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Bold vertically: With this tool you can make the selected part bold by adding vertical cross-stitches. |
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Bold horizontally: With this tool you can make the selected part bold by adding horizontal cross-stitches. |
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Vertical mirror: With this tool you can mirror the selected part vertically. |
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Horizontal mirror: With this tool you can mirror the selected part horizontally. |
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Canvas' Tools |
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With this tools you can change the parameters of the created canvas (the area where the cross stitches will be placed). |
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Create same canvas: With this button you can create a similar canvas (like the current one) and this way you can use more than one colors. |
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Canvas size: With this tool you can change the size of the canvas. |
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All the tools are designed to help you create high quality Cross Stitch embroidery designs with the most effective and easy way! |
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module 13 : Cross Stitch 
