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What’s New in PM Stitch Creator 2.0

The development of second version of PM Stitch Creator was driven by huge volume of feedback obtained from users of first release. We gratefully collected hundreds of suggestions from individual users worldwide as well as the wish lists from our regional distributors. The features that we finally selected and implemented in second version significantly enhance the power, usability, and ease of use which made the PM Stitch Creator so popular among hobbyists all over the world.

		NEW things you can do
		Print design as a chart of colored blocks
		Print designs as chart of colored blocks with color symbols
		Export designs and material list to a graphic file, so that you can put them on Internet, send by email, or use for illustration in other documents
		Save, edit, and re-use your custom color palettes. The palettes may include flosses of different brands.
		Save design without original image to reduce size for easier sharing.
		Choose canvas background color to get more realistic view of stitch pattern
		Copy and paste selected parts of stitchwork


		Things you can do BETTER now
		Print design over up to 100 pages. The result is that there is virtually no limit for chart grid step and even extremely large designs will be readable
		Set option to print marked grid lines as well as row and column numbers
		Convert image to stitch design flawlessly. Mapping of original image colors to thread colors is more accurate now, in particular when the number of colors is low.
		You can sort symbols assigned to floss colors according to color lightness– this will make symbol charts more easily readable.
		You can better rely on calculation of necessary material given in color key – it now uses more accurate formula
		The program now displays stitches in more realistic colors in all zooming level


		Things that make your work EASIER and more effective
		Color selection is much easier, you can pick color by its hue, catalog number, or alias
		Manually assign symbol to color
		Access most usable commands with right-click context menu
		In drawing mode right-click changes your pen to eraser.
		If you choose tool to draw rectangle or ellipse keep SHIFT key pressed to draw squares and circles
		If you run Insert command with CTRL key pressed, the picture or pattern will be inserted in arbitrary shaped selection without distortion.


		Things that make your work a PLEASURE
		New redesigned graphical interface. All visual elements are easily understandable
		You can switch the program looks on the fly, from graphical interface to standard Windows application interface and back.
		Switching between various view modes (pattern, color blocks, symbol chart) is much faster. The redrawing of color blocks for example is now 2-5 times faster.