Difference between revisions of "KXStitch/Features"

Revision as of 15:04, 2 June 2014

The detailed feature list and other planned features is shown here.

Creation of new patterns
- User defined size
- Selection of material type (not yet supported)
- Selection of material color
- Insertion of a multiple background images for tracing
- Importing of various image formats
- Importing options allow
  - Limiting the number of colors
  - Limiting colors to a specific palette
  - Scaling to a finished size
  - Cropping of the image (not yet supported)
  - Support for transparency in images
  - Allow the use of fractional stitches

Editing of existing patterns, Editing tools will include
- Open and filled rectangles
- Open and filled ellipses
- Filled poly-lines
- Painting
- Lines
- Erasing stitches, knots and backstitches
- Color selection from existing stitches
- Swapping two colors
- Replace one color with another
- Text with user defined fonts and sizes
- Cut, copy and paste of rectangular regions. Stitch type and color masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
- Undo, Redo with full history
- Mirroring, horizontally and vertically. Stitch type and color masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
- Rotation, 90, 180 and 270 degrees anti clockwise. Stitch type and color masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
- Resizing of the canvas
  - Extend canvas left, top, right, bottom
  - Cropping canvas to pattern
  - Cropping canvas to selection
  - Inserting rows and columns
  - Center the pattern on the canvas
- Conversion between floss schemes

Use of standard floss pallets, DMC, Anchor and Madeira.
Create customized floss pallets
Specify the number of threads for stitches and backstitches
Calibration of floss colors
Mapping of symbols to flosses
Create new colors for any floss pallet
Save / Load current palette
Use of standard stitches
Free use of backstitching
Creation of custom stitches (not yet supported)

Pattern library manager
- Create new library patterns
- Insert library patterns into a design
- Export selected patterns (not yet supported)
- Import patterns from an external source (not yet supported)
- Drag and drop from the library to the pattern
- Assign key press to patterns for use with the Alphabet tool

Printing of completed patterns and floss keys with fully customized layouts

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 ** User defined size
 ** Selection of material type (not yet supported)
-** Selection of material colour
+** Selection of material color
 ** Insertion of a multiple background images for tracing
 ** Importing of various image formats
 ** Importing options allow
-*** Limiting the number of colours
+*** Limiting the number of colors
-*** Limiting colours to a specific palette
+*** Limiting colors to a specific palette
 *** Scaling to a finished size
 *** ''Cropping of the image'' (not yet supported)
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 ** Lines
 ** Erasing stitches, knots and backstitches
-** Colour selection from existing stitches
+** Color selection from existing stitches
-** Swapping two colours
+** Swapping two colors
-** Replace one colour with another
+** Replace one color with another
 ** Text with user defined fonts and sizes
-** Cut, copy and paste of rectangular regions. Stitch type and colour masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
+** Cut, copy and paste of rectangular regions. Stitch type and color masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
 ** Undo, Redo with full history
-** Mirroring, horizontally and vertically. Stitch type and colour masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
+** Mirroring, horizontally and vertically. Stitch type and color masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
-** Rotation, 90, 180 and 270 degrees anti clockwise. Stitch type and colour masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
+** Rotation, 90, 180 and 270 degrees anti clockwise. Stitch type and color masks can be used to limit selections. You may also exclude backstitches and knots
 ** Resizing of the canvas
 *** Extend canvas left, top, right, bottom
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 *** Cropping canvas to selection
 *** Inserting rows and columns
-*** Centre the pattern on the canvas
+*** Center the pattern on the canvas
 ** Conversion between floss schemes
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 * Create customized floss pallets
 * Specify the number of threads for stitches and backstitches
-* Calibration of floss colours
+* Calibration of floss colors
 * Mapping of symbols to flosses
-* Create new colours for any floss pallet
+* Create new colors for any floss pallet
 * Save / Load current palette
 * Use of standard stitches
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 ** Assign key press to patterns for use with the Alphabet tool
-* Printing of completed patterns and floss keys with fully customised layouts
+* Printing of completed patterns and floss keys with fully customized layouts