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Title: photo to scrollsaw
Post by: scrollsaw on May 22, 2010, 06:44:06 pm

hi everyone, does anybody use a program to make patterns  out of photos? i want something easy to use but not too expensive. i have seen coyote stencil shop in the scrollsaw books ,anyone ever used it? know of another program? thanks
chuck

Title: Re: photo to scrollsaw
Post by: sgood on May 22, 2010, 07:09:39 pm

Hi Scrollsaw, I have a few videos in my video archive.

Here is one using Paint Shop Pro
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/44/5ABYcdzshYI (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/44/5ABYcdzshYI)

Coyote Review
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/66/gJ53XJo4pqA (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/66/gJ53XJo4pqA)

Photo Plus 6 Free
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/145/do48wCBqBX4 (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/145/do48wCBqBX4)

Corel Draw
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/153/fu9MutXvCxs (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sdgood#p/u/153/fu9MutXvCxs)


Hope this helps.

Title: Re: photo to scrollsaw
Post by: Dawie on May 23, 2010, 02:01:39 am

Going to check out Photoplus, was muddling on in picassa, but saw your video on photoplus, thinks that will work a lot beter, steve thanks.
David.

Title: Re: photo to scrollsaw
Post by: Rightarm on May 23, 2010, 08:36:56 am

    We have a Kodak camera. I can down load my pictures to the Kodak program. One of the options can make a picture into a coloring book type picture. I'm going to try this and see if it works. Don't know why it would'nt. Dave

Title: Re: photo to scrollsaw
Post by: budprine on May 24, 2010, 08:14:57 pm

Right on que, Steve comes to the rescue.

Title: Re: photo to scrollsaw
Post by: cloetpatrick on May 25, 2010, 03:43:05 am

 :) I, I use Photoshop, this software is not free but professional in my opinion the best for editing images or pictures.
I am for those who want a quick tutorial this image, to make plans for scribing from photos, Here (pdf).

Picture with PhotoShop (http://sd-4.archive-host.com/membres/up/62652096914315950/PDF/Picture_with_PhotoShop.pdf)