Pattern making program-free to try

Nancy-ID · #1 02-17-2007, 10:18 AM

Thought someone might be interested in this pattern resizer program. Theres a free trial download, and inexpensive if you decide to buy it. I found it in the back of WCI #38. The url is:
http://www.RapidResizer.com/carving

I think its pretty cool. Open any photo or drawing and go through just a few simple steps and have a pattern. See the one I made below from an actual photograph. Turned it into a line drawing and then give the demensions you want it to be and save/and or print.

GeorgiaCarver · #2 02-17-2007, 10:29 AM

Darn cool! Thank you for posting the link. Me thinks the program might have some use arround the old chip shop.

Again, thanks

Greg

GeorgiaCarver · #3 02-17-2007, 10:45 AM

I have been playing with the program. How did you get such clear lines? also, the thick linke around the outside.

When I convert a picture it turns into a mosaic of lines not really looking like the original.

Also not able to save a copy of the line drawing?

Does it require the full version?

Greg

whitecree · #4 02-17-2007, 12:20 PM

Interesting link, but Corel9 does pretty much everything they talk about.

Shimmy · #5 02-17-2007, 12:51 PM

Irfanview is a free program that you can resize any picture or pattern to what you want.After scanning something from magazine ,open it in Irfanview and resize and print.

Nancy-ID · #6 02-17-2007, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaCarver

I have been playing with the program. How did you get such clear lines? also, the thick linke around the outside.

When I convert a picture it turns into a mosaic of lines not really looking like the original.

Also not able to save a copy of the line drawing?

Does it require the full version?

Greg

Greg, what I did was opened the photo in a different program that allowed me to remove the background by erasing or selecting the area and deleting it. Then I added "stroke" to the pig which put in the heavier dark line around it. Then I opened it in the RR program. There change it to grayscale, them manually ajust the line thickness with the slide provided untill you like what you see.

Saving . . .ah yes. Was a bit of a problem trying to "save as". I save mine in .jpg but when i tried to open it in another program I couldn't. Instead of "save as", use "export", name your pattern "whatever.jpg" and put in whatever folder you want. Then it will work. The "copy' from the RR program and "pasting" into another program and then "saving as" work also. Let me know if this helped you out. Below is the side view that I just did.

kcwaterguy · #7 02-17-2007, 02:12 PM

Nancy, can you tell us the initial program you used to crop the background and such?

Sean

Nancy-ID · #8 02-17-2007, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kcwaterguy

Nancy, can you tell us the initial program you used to crop the background and such?

Sean

Sean, I use Photoshop but there are a lot of different programs that will have the tools to "erase" background. A good photo editing program is what you need, needn't (is that a word?) be expensive.