Having fun! DMC 742 and 972.

[F.James Cripwell]

On the pattern of my latest maiden, the computer has selected a sustantial
area dominated by two colors, DMC 742 (RGB 247,169,51) and 972 (RGB 244,
172,42), which I find are not very different in color. The distribution
seems to be pseudo-random, and keeping an accurate count, and putting the
right color in the right square is quite a challenge. I cannot imagine
any designer would ever do this sort of thing. The problem is that these
computer patterns can produce wonderful subtle effects, and one doesn't
know what the result is until the piece is finished. So I hope I am up
the the challenge in stitching my maiden exactly as the computer has
decreed, even though I know in my heart that if I make a mistake, I wont
be able to see the difference anyway. Jim

[F.James Cripwell]

Jangchub ) writes:
> How many colors do you set the program to accept to translate the
> image into a graph?
>
> I have the old PM Stitch 2.0 and if I enter more than thirty colors I
> get so many confetti stitches. In the years I've onwned this software
> I've yet to stitch anything using it's created chart.
>
> Is there a better program out there?
>
> victoria

I set Patternmaker to 90 colors, the maximum allowable. And yes, it
produces lots and lots of confetti stitches. There is an art of selecting
a picture to turn into a pattern that is worthwhile stitching. How I do
it for myself, I have no idea, but over the years I can start to be able
to look at a picture and know if it is right for me. I doubt if the
program you use makes any difference.

[newsgroup]

I checked my DMC colour card book by DMC itself, and it looks like the
difference is 742
is in the yellow shade field while 972 is in the orange shade field. It
looks like one could 'goof'
and use either one for the other and you would not see any difference by
most people.

I use Easy Cross 2004 enterprise version, and it has 255 colours as the
maximum. Your program
might be trying to blend colours as near that it is allowed which means that
it is getting the selection
that you see with your project.

If you look at the original print that your project is based on, and you see
an actual variation in colours
then after looking at the colour card, you could try 741 for 742 and that
will give you more a difference
in the two colours.

Hope this of some help.

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"F.James Cripwell" > wrote in message
...
> On the pattern of my latest maiden, the computer has selected a sustantial
> area dominated by two colors, DMC 742 (RGB 247,169,51) and 972 (RGB 244,
> 172,42), which I find are not very different in color. The distribution
> seems to be pseudo-random, and keeping an accurate count, and putting the
> right color in the right square is quite a challenge. I cannot imagine
> any designer would ever do this sort of thing. The problem is that these
> computer patterns can produce wonderful subtle effects, and one doesn't
> know what the result is until the piece is finished. So I hope I am up
> the the challenge in stitching my maiden exactly as the computer has
> decreed, even though I know in my heart that if I make a mistake, I wont
> be able to see the difference anyway. Jim

[Joan E.]

On Jul 8, 12:26 am, "newsgroup" > wrote:
> I checked my DMC colour card book by DMC itself, and it looks like the
> difference is 742
> is in the yellow shade field while 972 is in the orange shade field. It
> looks like one could 'goof'
> and use either one for the other and you would not see any difference by
> most people.

Just a thought, Jim, since "newsgroup" has so kindly researched it and
come up with this answer, maybe a solution would be to blend the two
colors in the areas where the 'puter can't decide which to put where,
effectively making a larger "block" of one "color".

HTH,

Joan