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The number one reason for converting your photos to cross-stitch designs is the desire to create something personal and meaningful to you. Picking the right flesh tone colours may be the hardest part of the designing patterns of people. Under the heading-Threads-in the Resource Area are some links that may be helpful for picking flesh tone colours. I have better results when I use only a portion of a photo. This is because a regular 4x6 photo has many thousands of pixels. That's alot of data to transfer into a design and to get accurate detail the design created would be exceptionally large. By cropping to just a portion of my photo I can design a reasonable sized pattern. Other than black and white photos I create my designs the same way as the pumpkin in the Step by Step area. In black and white photos I use just a portion of the photo as well but I do not use any artistic filters on the image. I ensure the image is a true black and white image (disgard colour information) and transfer to my cross-stitch program. I have found that the use of filters in black and white simplifies the image too much and the result has a blotchy look. |
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Just a portion of the original photo With just a few simple changes such as cropping and replacing the background with a solid colour or texture, you can dramatically change the dynamics of an ordinary photo and create a stunning cross-stitched heirloom. |
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Original Photo This photo was endearing but unsuitalbe for a design.The photo in red inset is the cropped, lightened and colour corrected photo I used for my pattern. I resized it , saved and transferred to my cross-stitch program. |
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In a Nutshell In an image editing program I crop the photo to the desired design size. I make all the necessary corrections to the photo. I then apply filters and/or any effects to the image. I resize the image to the desired pattern/design size and then save the image. It is this final image that I import into a cross-stitching program where I'll pick the number of colours I'll use in this design and make my final corrections. Then, voila, I can print my design and start stitching. |
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