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Feature list

The current implemented feature list is shown below, with planned options in italics.

• Creation of new patterns
  • User defined size
  • Selection of material type
  • Selection of material colour
  • Importing of various picture formats
  • Importing images from a scanner
  • Importing options will allow
    • Limiting colours to a specific palette
    • Limiting the number of colours
    • Setting of the finished size
    • Cropping of the image
    • Support for transparancy in images
    • Use of fractional stitches
  • Use of an image background for tracing
• Editing of existing patterns
  Editing tools will include
  • Open and filled recangles
  • Open and filled ellipses
  • Filled polylines
  • Lines
  • Erasing stitches and backstitches
  • Colour selection from existing stitch
  • Swap colours
  • Replace colour
  • Cut, copy and paste of rectangular regions
    Stitch type and colour masks can be used to limit the selection
  • Undo, Redo
  • Mirroring
  • Rotation
  • Resizing of the canvas
    • Extending canvas left, top, right, bottom
    • Cropping canvas to the pattern
    • Cropping canvas to selection
    • Inserting rows and columns
    • Centering current pattern on the canvas
  • Conversion between floss schemes
• Display scales in Stitches,CM and inches
• Use of various floss palettes, DMC, Anchor, Madeira
• Creation of custom palettes
• Creation of new colours
• Use of standard stitches
• Creation of custom stitches
• Free use of backstitching
• Printing of patterns and floss keys
  
• Mapping of symbols to flosses
• Calibration of floss colours
• Adding notes to patterns
• Full previews with layout tools
• Pattern library

if you have anything specific you would like included, please email me