![]() ![]() For this example I used a font called Handy, designed to be 8 pixels tall. There are hundreds of free pixel fonts at sites like. Although you can theoretically use any font, there are specific fonts (called bitmap or pixel fonts) that are great for cross stitch because they are designed to be readable at small resolutions. ![]() This is much easier than in the cross stitch programs I’ve used, because you can go back and edit the text, move it around, change the size and font, etc. Use the Type tool to add any text that you want. Bumping up the tolerance and clicking on the body color again selects all the pixels that are sort-of-body-colored, and makes it easy to make all the pixels the same color with the paint bucket. In the image above, you can see that this makes it easier to spot the pixels that aren’t the same color as the rest of the body (left image). Right side: the magic wand with ‘0’ tolerance Left side: the magic wand with tolerance at ’30’įor example, setting the magic wand tolerance to 0 means that it will only select pixels that are the same color as the pixel I click on. The magic wand selects pixels based on tone and color, so you can use it to easily find pixels that are not the right color, or to select everything that is sort-of close to the right color and make all those pixels one color, without individually changing the pixels using the pencil tool. Here is a way better tutorial on the magic wand than I could ever write, but I’ll try to give you the basics. So let’s take a look at both of these features. The magic wand tool is super useful & I haven’t found a cross stitch program that does something similar some cross stitch programs will do text but I find using an image processing program like Photoshop makes adding text so much easier and less frustrating. Now, you may be thinking, ‘Hmm, these are all things I can do in my cross stitch chart program, why would I want to use another program?’ I would give two answers: 1) the magic wand tool, and 2) adding text. Use the pencil & eraser tools to clean up and simplify the image.įor this cat, I first selected the dark brown outline color and drew in the outline before selecting the other colors and cleaning up the nose, eyes, white patches, and body color. I think that “nearest neighbor” works best for making cross stitch patterns.Īfter resizing, your image might be kind of messy. The different options are different algorithms the program uses to make the image smaller. You’ll want to make sure that you choose to resample your image (step 3). Here’s what the steps look like in Photoshop: For this image, I decided to make it 4 inches wide on 18 count aida, so I resized it to be 72 pixels/stitches wide (4 times 18 = 72). There are many cross stitch calculators on the web (like this one) or if you already have a size (in inches) in mind, multiply that by the stitch count of your intended fabric. Then, resize the image so that it is as many pixels wide (or tall) as the number of stitches wide (or tall) you want the finished project to be. First, crop the image down to just the part you want to use in the design. The first thing you likely need to do is resize your image to the size you want your stitched project to be. I used this free cat clip art from Sweet Clip Art Start by opening your image in Photoshop and saving a copy as a Photoshop document. a cross stitch chart program - I have used and liked MacStitch (paid, Mac & Windows options available) & KG-Chart (free, but Windows only) there are many, many others (including web-browser based ones) - as long as they have an image-to-chart conversion feature they should work. ![]() some familiarity with using Photoshop or GIMP - there are many tutorials online for both of these programs, if my explanations are unclear: here’s a getting started guide for Photoshop & a list of tutorials for GIMP.Adobe Photoshop, (or GIMP, which is free).It’s not nice to use other people’s art without their permission an image (or images) that you want to incorporate into your cross stitch design - remember to use images that you have the rights to, even if you’re just making a design for yourself.This is how I start with pretty much every pattern I make. Hello dear readers! Today I will show you how to use Photoshop to make images that are easy to convert into cross stitch charts (using a program like Macstitch or KG-Chart). ![]()
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