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- STITCHMEISTER DEMO
- by
- Bill Mills
-
- Copyright 1990
-
- INTRO
- Stitchmeister is written and compiled in GFA BASIC 2.0.
- Stitchmeister is the first and only counted cross-stitch design
- program for the Atari ST (that I know of). Stitchmeister operates
- in low resolution, and converts Neochrome compatible graphics files
- into photorealistic patterns for counted cross-stitch.
- Stitchmeister works with both 16 color, and 16 grey level images.
- Stitchmeister does not print color palette information, as the
- color designations of the cross-stitch floss will vary by
- manufacturer. Color matches can most easily be obtained by
- comparing floss samples to the palette as it is displayed in
- neochrome. The pattern designates the colors
- 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,and F. These correspond directly
- from left to right with the neochrome palette.
- I have found the most success in using pictures that were
- digitized in 16 (or 8) grey levels, and using 16 shades of the
- same color floss. (ie. black, very dark blue,dark blue... light
- blue, very light blue, white) With the appropriate shades of
- brown, the effect of an old sepia-toned photograph can be
- achieved.
-
- COPYRIGHT
- Stitchmeister Demo is copyright 1990 by Bill Mills. You (the
- user) are granted permission to use Stitchmeister Demo for
- unlimited personal, nonprofit use. You are also granted
- permission (and highly encouraged) to distribute unaltered copies
- of SMEISTER.ARC, and or SMEISTER.PRG, so long as this file is
- included. A complete version of Stitchmeister which includes
- the option of saving a pattern as a text file for export to a word
- processor, or desk top publisher, a color palette display,
- patterns printed without the "NOT FOR SALE" message, as well as
- license for commercial use is available for $25. (if you have a
- video camera and digitizer, or scanner, a nice profit can be made
- through local craft stores generating patterns from photographs of
- grandchildren etc. at $5 or so a pop.) Simply send a blank disk, a
- self stamped and addressed return disk mailer, and a check or
- money order for $15 (On a U.S. Bank, please) to:
- Bill Mills
- 4909 N.Backer Apt.127
- Fresno, CA 93726
- USA
- I can be reached via e-mail, or UNIX talk at:
- billm@zimmer.csufresno.edu
- bill@csufres.csufresno.edu
- The above addresses are as of Sept 1990 and are not expected to
- change for at least two years.
- Please feel free to contact me with any comments, questions, or
- discussions about Stitchmeister or paintball. (I am the captain of
- BOB's BIZ BOYS) Also, keep an eye out for DiscoDaddy
- (DISCODAD.ARC) the hip disco video game, and SPLAT! (SPLAT.ARC)
- the paintball video game.
- By the way, since Stitchmeister Demo is the first version that I
- wrote, not only are some of the additional features of
- stitchmeister missing, but so are a lot of error traps, so if you
- find a way to crash it, just don't keep doing what ever it was
- that caused the crash!
-
- USING STITCHMEISTER
-
- Stitchmeister uses the Standard GEM drop down menus, from which the
- commands are selected. Most commands require the clicking of the
- mouse button to return to the menu, once their task is complete.
-
- DESK MENU
- ABOUT STITCHMEISTER
- The usual bruhaha title screen.
-
- DESK ACCESSORIES
- Stitchmeister allows you access to all of your .ACCs.Make
- sure you close each .ACC when you are done with it, as they will
- operate simultaneously with stitchmeister, and can do odd things
- to the screen updates.
-
-
- FILE MENU
- LOAD SCREEN
- Selects and loads, a .NEO (or any neochrome compatible file)
- file from disk to the workscreen. It does not alter the current
- color palette.
-
- UPDATE COLOR
- Sets the current palette to the palette of the last loaded
- .NEO file.
-
- QUIT
- It's pretty self explanatory :-)
-
- PRINTER MENU
- PRINT
- Prints out a selected stamp (see stamp menu)as a counted
- cross-stitch pattern. Every 10 lines a one line copyright message
- is inserted into the pattern, to prevent commercial use.
-
- COMPRESS TEXT
- Sets the text mode of a Panasonic KX-P1090 to horizontally
- compressed text. To allow more information per page than a
- standard printout.
-
- SHORT TEXT
- Sets the text mode of a Panasonic KX-P1090 to vertically
- compressed text. I believe that the text adjustment commands are
- the same for EPSON printers, as the KX-P1090 is supposed to be
- "EPSON compatible" (That's what I tell it every time I find yet
- another Atari software package that won't work with it)
-
- SEND TEXT
- Asks for, and then sends text to the printer. This is for
- adding comments, such as palette info to the printout.
-
- SEND CHAR
- Asks for the decimal value of an ascii character. It then
- places that character in a string which is sent to the printer
- with SEND RETURN. This is for setting the print modes on printers
- other than the KX-P1090. See your printer manual for more
- details.
-
- SEND RETURN
- Sends the string created with SEND CHAR to the printer,
- followed by a return.
-
- STAMP
- Instead of simply printing an entire screen as a pattern,
- Stitchmeister creates stamps, or reduced images of the screen.
- (320x200 is a LOT of stitches) The size of a stamp is determined
- by the step. The step is the amount of reduction applied to the
- screen to produce a stamp. (eg. a step of 6 produces a stamp 1/6
- the size of the screen, while a step of 1 will produce a stamp of
- the entire screen) Stitchmeister demo does not check the step
- settings of individual stamps, so it is important that when
- printing a stamp, the step is set the same as when the stamp was
- cut or reduced.
-
- SET STEP
- Displays the current step rate, and asks for a new one. The
- default step is 5.
-
- REDUCE IMAGE
- Creates a stamp by reducing the current screen to a stamp at
- the current step rate. When a stamp is created, Stitchmeister
- will ask for a number by which the stamp may be identified, this
- number must be between 0 and 100. The size of the stamps will
- determine the limit of stamps that can be created.
-
- SHOW STAMP
- Displays the stamps. Move the mouse up and down to find the
- stamp you are looking for.
-
- CUT STAMP
- Allows a stamp to be cut from a picture. Select the stamp
- number, and then place the rectangle in position and click.
-
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