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jesscronin

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Posted - 10/01/2008 :  15:48:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
What size (pixel wise) should a photo be before it is imported into the program??

Jess

Dragonlair

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Posted - 10/01/2008 :  16:04:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The pixel dimensions should be very close to the stitch size you wish for the final product.

For example: If you want a design 8 X 10 inches on 14 count then you want your pixel size of 112 X 140.

It will look TINY but it gives the best conversions. You want to have 1 pixel = 1 stitch for the best conversion.

Diane
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jesscronin

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Posted - 10/01/2008 :  17:27:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks, I would have thought the more pixels the better.

Jess
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Dragonlair

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Posted - 10/01/2008 :  17:46:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Jess,

If you have more than one pixel / stitch the software has more difficulty deciding which pixel has the dominant color. It may or not be a shading issue and can actually confuse things. Also, you want to keep the number of colors as small as is reasonable to minimize the number of inevitable confetti stitches. I don't know about Standard, but with Pro you can limit (by percentage) how many of the colors can be used for the background. That also limits confetti stitches.

Diane
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