Needlepoint Software

Jim Cripwell does this and I am sure he will respond. I'm not sure which program he uses but he does some absolutely beautiful charts with whatever it is. I think the only time he works from a commercial chart is when he completes the stitching for another person! Wait about a bit and he will respond to this pos. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

There are far less expensive photo editing softwares available. I use Corels Paint Shop Pro and within that you could take the pixels in a pic and make a chart. You could always try a Free Trial download and run it off lol

I have never done anything elaborate with it, just lettering for an anniversary sampler, it was easy but as I understand it, the problem with the specific programmes is that they create confetti stitches and before using as a chart, you need to refine it down to far fewer colours, and it's a lot of work before you even get to stitching.

I would wait for someone like Jim Cripwell to tell you, he does it but I haven't a clue which programme he uses.

Pardon the shameless plug but maybe something like our online tool can be helpful for smaller projects?

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Shameless plug ? You people are so shameful I wouldn't even give you the time of day !

Thank you everyone,

I e-mailed Jim off-group. What I was looking for a program for was to 'stitch' the family tree. Since this is a life-long project, I was just looking for something simple yet half decent.

Maureen