Solution to my Pattern Maker problem.

Hi Jim. Since I don't know the software, can you explain what happened? It sounds like you used a color-matching feature of the s/w that has some limitations. If I understand correctly, you're saying that PM will select the best match for an existing pattern/image but won't constrain the possibilities to "floss only" or "beads only"? That seems short-sighted on the part of the developers if that's the case.

thanks for your help. it's little stuff like this that can turn me off of a program. kcat

I have used Pattern Maker several times, so I produced my latest pattern. When I came to the list of floss required, it listed Mill Hill beads 03003. I do not want to use beads. It turns out that for some reason, the list of DMC colors in the Pattern Maker palette, includes two Mill Hill beads. Why, I have no idea. I thought of simply substituting a close color match to these, but then decided the elegant way was to get Pattern Maker to redo the pattern, making sure it did *not* select the Mill Hill bead. Which I accomplished by making the RGB values of the bead to be something which would never be selected for that pattern/picture. Hope that is clear.

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

I think so... i guess what bothers me is that IMO such pricey software should have a checkbox that says "do not select beads" when you run the pattern matching process. that seems to me, an obvious filter. I would even say there should be other checkboxes or drop-down lists allowing you to exclude a particular brand of floss or bead. it doesn't seem like you should have to go the round about way by changing RGB values.