| Re: Herb, a quick question |
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| Herb (Herb@the.herb.garden) |
2011/11/30 13:01 |
On 11/30/2011 11:31 AM, Ann wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:47:29 -0800, Herb<Herb@the.herb.garden> wrote:
>
>> On 11/30/2011 6:11 AM, Ann wrote:
>>> Herb, you do some great digitizing. What program do you use and how do
>>> you clean up the graphics? Ann
>>
>> Hmmm. Quick question, slow answer!
>>
>> First, most of what I do here is far from great digitizing. It's mostly
>> automatic and quick and dirty. It doesn't use different fills or
>> selected angles, borders, edges and abutments are whatever the software
>> decides to do, and I generally only use two different automatic
>> underlays - none for small designs and one that the software uses for
>> 'woven fabrics' for larger designs (over 3 inches). I also don't create
>> borders around the outside of a design unless they're in the original
>> artwork.
>>
>> For logos, I often do a quick google search to try and find a better
>> image than what's usually provided here. Most sports logos come from
>> Chris Creamer's "Sportslogos.net". The Rochester Institute of Technology
>> isn't a major NCAA team, and I found their graphics on their own websites.
>>
>> For auto-digitizing, I use ClickNStitch Extra (CNS); an old (some might
>> say ancient) version. More on that later.
>>
>> When necessary, I clean up images with Paint Shop Pro, but any photo or
>> paint program would do as well. Because of CNS' limitations, a lot of
>> the clean up involves reducing the number of colors, particularly if the
>> original image was a photograph or screen capture. Where the background
>> color is the same as one of the design colors, it's also necessary to
>> change one of them. The paint program also removes random speckles. All
>> of that took longer to write than it takes to DO!
>>
>> CNS works OK, but not great, digitizing small detail such as small text.
>> If there's small text, I either delete it from the image or make it a
>> separate color so it can easily be deleted after digitizing.
>>
>> I then use Artista to create the text, using its ability to use computer
>> fonts. Any digitizing program that can use computer fonts such as (NOT
>> its own proprietary fonts) such as PE-Design would work as well.
>>
>> CNS also has occasional glitches that result in blank areas where they
>> shouldn't be. Sometimes I have to go back and change some colors before
>> running it and then correcting the colors after the fact.
>>
>> I also use Artista to combine designs, if for some reason it was easier
>> to do parts separately; For the same design in multiple sizes, I
>> sometimes run CNS more than once, and sometimes just resize using Artista.
>>
>> - Herb
>
> Thank you. I use PE6 but my greatest problem is with cleaning up
> artwork to digitize. I've been using windows paint, but it is lousy.
> Thank you for replying. Ann
Windows Paint is essentially unchanged since 1989! Just a few minor
additions.
Paint Shop Pro is often available free after rebates from Fry's, if
there's one near you. I don't know about Frys.com.
A good, full-function, image editor is PaintNet. I haven't used it, but
it certainly appears to be comparable to Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop.
And it's completely free. Try it. Like PSP or Photoshop, it will take a
little getting used to!
- Herb
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