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by eggyannie 16 Jun 2010 ( edited Jul 14'10 19:12 )
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not expencive to purchase but as i want the cd version to use on an old computer that i keep just for the machine work, the folk are in Austria at the momment but you can get the download version right away. for those who may be interested here it is

http://www.dpsoftware.com/
i will put up some designs as soon as i get to grips with it and know it will sew out ok .
annie inthe uk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/craftingaroundtheworld/

Comments (8)
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by suet 16 Jun 2010
+6
Will be very interested to see how you get on with this. Keep us posted. Sue in the UK
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by shazells 16 Jun 2010
+5
sounds great I wasnt into x stitch on machine at first till a friend did some animals they look great Hugs Shazells
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by lenamae 16 Jun 2010
have not seen you on here for quite some time .Lenamae
by eggyannie 17 Jun 2010
had a shoulder operation that put me out of typeing and general stuff for a few months but starting to get the movement back again now. you can't keep a good woman down
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by 02kar 16 Jun 2010
+4
I love cross stitch designs. I hope that you will be able to share some of the designs in the DBC section and in pes format. How is that for being selfish and making demands. Sorry, but I do love cross stitch.
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by nanniesara 16 Jun 2010
+4
Good luck, can't wait to see your work. Have fun learning and don't give up to easy.
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by honeychyle 16 Jun 2010
+3
Sounds like something I would enjoy. Be sure to let us know how it works out for you.
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by daisy530 16 Jun 2010
+3
Just remember that you must have the rights to the artwork that you convert if you are planning on sharing in Designs by Cuties. Have fun!
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by eggyannie 17 Jun 2010
should be able to use royalty free jpg for this work
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by jjjj 16 Jun 2010
+3
I have have got and have used very successfully the DPS software for hand cross stitch. I have found this is a great company and they have always answered any query I may have had. I live in England and purchased the software here.
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by eggyannie 17 Jun 2010
i live in the uk near worcestershire i could instant download the software for machine embroidery but i want the disc so i can put it onto an old computer i keep for this work not internet connected
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by bejoscha 14 Jul 2010
+1
Don't want to spoil other people's bussiness (in particular fellow-Austrians), but if you have a paint-program you can rather easily "convert" any image into a "X-stitch" image simply by rescaling.

THIS IS FOR MANUAL X-STICHING, not for a machine-file, though!

Scale it smaller to the "pixel dimension" you want to stitch out, e.g. image size 80x100 for 80x100 stitches, and then scale it bigger by a certain factor (e.g. 10, 100,...) to make it bigger and better visible.

If you're looking for a good (free) and quick image viewer with suitable scaling possibility, I'd recommand IrfanView. (It is a great tool to have on your PC regardless of the Xstitching...)

If you have a more professional drawing program (e.g. PhotoShop) you can apply various filters to reduce number of colors etc., but most often a simple scaling and a simple reduction of colors (also possible in IrfanView) does the trick.

I did lot's of "x-stiching" sheets for my grandma this way when I was younger.
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[1] http://www.irfanview.com/
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