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Import ClipArt
and Images to Create Filet Crochet Patterns
You can
create patterns from your favorite ClipArt or Images. It's simple, just Copy
and Paste. To read more about the Filet Crochet software, or order,
click here.
For example,
follow these steps:
1. Bring up
Filet Crochet
2. Click File->Import
3. The Import Wizard displays
4. There are 3 choices for inserting graphics; From a
graphic file, From a crochet pattern or From the clipboard. Choose “From a
graphic file” and click Browse.
5. On your
PC, select any file of the following file types:
- Bitmap file (.bmp)
- CompuServe gif files (.gif)
- Icon files (.ico)
- Jpeg files (.jpg)
- Jpeg network graphics (.jng)
- Multiple network graphics (.mng)
- Portable network graphics
(.png)
6. I chose
this bitmap (.bmp) file of butterflies and flowers I found in my clipart
folder.
7. Click Next
8. In this dialog, you can change the following:
- Brightness
- Contrast
- RGB Color values
- Zoom size
9. I changed the Red, Green and Blue values to
–255.
10. Click Next
11. Using
the mouse, select an area of the pattern you want to import into your pattern.
I selected the image of the butterfly on the flower.
Then, Enter
the max number of rows/columns you want your selection to be imported as. I
entered 100.
12. Click
Next
13. The left side shows your original selection. The right
side shows your selection as it will look on your pattern. The right side is
adjusted to not exceed the maximum number of rows/columns you entered. Use the
Back button to change your maximum selection.
14. Click
Next
15. This screen allows you to reduce the number
of colors in the image before importing. To reduce colors, check Reduce colors
and enter the maximum number of colors. I chose not to reduce colors.
16. Click
Next
17. If your
pattern is in single color mode
then it is
using one color of thread to create it. Your graphic will be converted to black
and white. If your pattern is in multiple color mode
then your picture is preserved
in its full color.
18. Click Next
19. The
image is pasted into your pattern with a paste box drawn around it. Press the
Enter key to paste the image and remove the paste box.
Pasting
Clip-Art directly from other software is easy to do
1. Bring up
any program that can view ClipArt--in this case I
used Microsoft Word
2. Find a
piece of black and white ClipArt that you'd like for your Crochet project
3. In Word,
select Insert->Picture->ClipArt (or select Insert->Picture->From
File to import an image, like a GIF or JPEG from the web)
4. I chose this ClipArt found under Animals
5. Right
click on the picture and select Copy
6. Next, in Filet Crochet, select Paste
from clipboard -> under the Edit menu
7. The image will display with a paste box around it
8. Press the Enter key to complete the paste operation.
9. And it
appears as a pattern where you can edit and improve as you wish…
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