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1. W Internet Haftix home page W Internet cross stitch pattern download W internet gallery of cross stitch prepared based on patterns created in Haftix Launch colour calculator separate application launches the HaftiX colour calculator application Manual PDF opens this instruction About basic information concerning HaftiX version author contact etc Internet links to web pages connected with Haftix Cross stitch on Screen If you select the Cross stitch on Screen function in the tools window the application will react the following way eit will fade all colours e with the exception of the colour selected on the left list of the tools window which will be drawn in black eit will show a grid eit will show a slightly transparent field with a window in the middle 10x10 crosses large and guidelines with numbers of columns and rows You may grab the cross stitch window by clicking with the left mouse button on the yellowish area does not apply to arrows and move against the pattern If you click one of the four arrows the window will move in a given direction by 10 crosses You may also use the arrows on the keyboard at the same time pressing them will result in the same action Selecting the colour which is to be drawn in black consists in selecting an appropriate entry on the colour list in the tools window e Haftix full versio
2. is similar in case of dithering options the stronger it is the harder it is to cross stitch and the nicer it is to admire similarly in the situation with the size expressed in crosses the larger it is the better the result eThe following tools are useful at the process of final corrections of the pattern the tool for eliminating single crosses ry and change of display method If you set displaying of one colour cl h highlighted H and black colouring a of the chosen colour you will be able to check whether there are single crosses which later cause problems during cross stitching If there is a single cross which is not an important element of the pattern process click it with the tool for elimination The application will replace it with a different colour It is good to check all colours in that way selecting them from the list of used colours in the Tools window eThe cross stitch pattern showing a face presented on a uniform background does not usually require more than 30 35 colours elf you create a pattern from a black and white image remember that the offer of each manufacturer includes only several or a dozen neutral colours grey shades In case of such a small number the application may use bluish greenish or other shades eDo not forget to save the ready pattern on your hard drive If you introduce any changes it is recommended to save changes from time to time You may use the Ctrl S keyboard shor
3. frames First choose a colour and next choose one of frames At the end it is enough to click on a given place on the pattern where the corner of the frame is to be placed a enables a tool for eliminating single crosses After clicking on a cross in closest surrounding of which equal to the distance of two crosses there is no cross of exactly the same colour it will be changed to the most similar colour in the surrounding enables a tool for the colour pattern change Choose a colour on the thread lists and next click on the cross that you want to take this colour on Then colours of the whole image will be changed in such a way that the image in the place you clicked corresponds to the selected colour to the largest degree It is impossible to undo the operation and it also influences the image loaded It is possible to restore the original image again by opening it from file clipboard or scanner contains a submenu with cross stitch resize options adding or removing columns and rows of crosses For example ag add rows at the bottom delete rows at the bottom After you click them you will see a window with a question how many rows or columns should be deleted or added EA open a window in which you can calculate an estimated number of threads used and costs of purchase There is also a function of preparing a printout useful in a shop a list of all threads used Please
4. that is in the working area of the application as an image it may be a source image or for instance cross stitch simulation This option should not be used for saving patterns on the hard disk since it will later be impossible to extract_any information with regard to the cross stitch pattern from JPG file e Save cross stitch pattern HFT file used in order to save a cross stitch pattern to a file Use this option to save a created pattern It is possible to open and edit HFT files without loss of indispensable information about a given pattern e Conversion of chart into other palette opens a window for replacing colours of the whole pattern with a selected palette e Information about pattern open a window with information about the author number of colours etc e Close to finish work with the application Using commands Open image from file Paste image from clipboard and Open image from scanner you will load an image into the application which you want to transform into a cross stitch pattern At first launch of the function for opening from a scanner or a digital camera you will be asked to set the TWAIN source the device from which you will open the picture In future use you may choose another TWAIN source by choosing Choose scanner option from the menu Image window window After you open an image you may process it to some extent if it requires so Of course it is n
5. Haftix User Manual After the installation is completed and the application launched you will see the window below El Haftix niezarejestrowany krolik1_thumb jpg i x Thread no Zoom 100 Pani coe ie R Main HaftiX window with an image loaded The buttons mean the following File open menu with loading and saving options Image open or close window of operations which may be performed on the source image Conversion open or close a window of conversion from the source picture to a chart Printing open or close a print window Help open a menu with options of opening user manual about window or launching colour calculator Zoom slider change scale of the visible image Tools open close the window with a number and types of threads that have been used as well as the set of tools used for drawing and pattern optimization Thumbnail open close the miniature view of the cross stitch Buttons for switching the view 1 display one thread colour In the non registered version it is TA limited to a field of 50 x 50 crosses simulation of cross stitch view crosses as colourful uniform squares crosses as colourful uniform but greatly lighter squares selected colour marked black active after selecting display of a single colour Draw black symbols representing a given colour Draw symbols representing a g
6. Hold the Shift key on the keyboard and click one of the buttons to get a list of available suggestions If you press the Shift key with any of the above mentioned buttons you will see a list of ten colours most similar to the given one If you click the second button you will see a list of the most similar pairs of colours sorted according to their their similarity Along with the name of the colour you can see a number of crosses in brackets E Tools Threads used 85 mi Available colours 483 Pencil Ey Pencil size 1 es if you select the colour which is currently being used the left column and one of the available colours the right column you will be able to replace the current colour with a different one in the whole pattern If you replace a given colour with any other colour which is already used in the cross stitch the number of colours used will decrease by one A set of colours is created from threads selected to the image conversion which means that if you use all threads of one manufacturer and the pattern consists of 20 colours then you can still introduce changes with use of the whole palette of that manufacturer 4a It decreases the number of used colours by one choosing the colour which is the least frequent and replacing it with another one from the others displays and hides all the additional edit options colourful fields show the currently selected colou
7. MC BLANC 6 x EERE E z T Set minute lines Distance from Y edge 13 C Outline minute dots Distance between minute dots and hour lines 0 dots colour outline colour Canas a DMC BLANC 62 gt Distance between digits and hour lines edge 3 a Numbers A 1 a ee M3 6 9 12 O E ERB ye teen V Outline digits font height type of digits J0 F d zA a 1 2 3 4 fn 123 4 x Ta a colour outline gt ta Canvas F DMC BLANC 62 gt E st ey MV 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 ra e M Outline digits al an font height type of digits B ae f kT ae l f 2 3 4 z m a 234 E I a colour outline F aaee i Canvas z DMC BLANC 6 7 Fi X Cancel f Confirm Defining the hour lines and clicking on the arrow on the left Le l Set min 3 Outline will transfer the chosen colours to all of the remaining elements All changes have immediate effect on the pattern so it is best to experiment first The centre of the clock face will be marked with one cross or a few crosses without colour definition canvas on the pattern Remember you will fit clock hands in the middle so you will have to make a hole in the canvas That is why you do not need to cross stitch the central part The size of the hole depends on the thickness of clock hands axes e if you want to apply a frame on the clock face it may happen that it covers a part of the pattern so you need to leave an ap propriate gap between dig
8. a cross as well as its size The target size of the cross stitch expressed in crosses is presented in red All underlined navy blue captions are at the same time links to additional options To enter them just click the caption The Choose own colour palette caption will open a window which allows defining sets of colours used later in the conversion with the option I will use my own colour palette selected Choose colours you have xj Available colours have those colours choose colour palette DMC rmulina moulin DMC BLANC DMC ECRU DMC 309 DMC 301 Cancel f Confirm Enter appropriate threads in the left column selecting their manufacturer You may create a list of threads you have or which you want to use by selecting them in the left column and pressing the button or by dragging them with the right mouse button into the right column You may remove a thread from the list by selecting it and clicking the ff button The f buttons are used to save and open the saved colour list If you use only one list there is no need to save it The application will remember it automatically At selecting the colours you may use Shift and Ctrl buttons in order to select more than one item at the same time When you think the list is complete press the Confirm button to save it Applying specific threads may result in effects which are not necessarily realistic but interesting An example has been presented
9. above in the description of the dithering method Clicking the Choose manufacturer s palette colour caption will open a window in which you may choose the manufacturer whose threads you would like to use for example they are more easily available cheaper or offer broader colour range Choose thread manufacturer xj Choose a Choose manufacturer man ufactu rer s fro m Ariad 330 Madei j pE na sasira the list on the top and DMC mulina moulin 482 http www madeira de then click the Puppets kardonek pearl cotton 8111401 Z Madeira 101 Madeira 102 M Madeira 103 M Madeira 104 Madeira 105 sf Confirm button The colours which have been defined once will be used every time the application is started until they are changed the application does not require them to be redefined every single Cancel wf Confirm time Clicking Choose canvas colour opens a context menu where you can choose a canvas colour If the canvas size list does not contain the desired size choose the most similar one Clicking the Choose picture resize method caption allows you to choose from two available methods smoothing and sharpening Smoothing is the standard process Sharpening is a method used in application version 2 x and it has been restored at the clients request During the conversion try both settings to see the difference and choose the method you find better Clicking any of the w Convert butt
10. better thereafter eThe more time you spend working on the process of pattern creation the less time you will spend cross stitching it Try to use tools which allow decreasing the number of colours in the pattern Sort the list of the threads used in accordance with the number of crosses Check if there are any colours at the bottom of the list which could be replaced with other more frequent colours Use the tool for searching the most similar colour maybe there are colour pairs which may be replaced with one of them eCreate the pattern starting with conversion limiting the number of colours to an amount 30 larger than you expect Next remove selected colours using the available minimizing tools The effect achieved is quite often better in comparison with the effect obtained after conversion with colours limited to the expected number eWhen you remove colours which are not very frequent make sure that they are not present in the crucial elements of the pattern the function of displaying a single colour highlighted may be useful Sometimes you will need to leave the colour used only in several crosses because it is important for example the colour of lips which takes little space but is unique and different from the rest elt is your task to find a compromise between pattern quality and pattern complexity The more colours in the pattern the finer it will usually be but you will have to do more work at its cross stitching It
11. ed to the conversion of the opened file into a cross stitch pattern Open appropriate window by clicking the Conversion button in the main application window In the window you can choose the conversion options You may decide to use threads produced by a single manufacturer option I will use colour palette of a thread manufacturer or threads which you currently have I will use my own colour palette Conversion xj X Close vf Convert Colours of threads and canvas will use my own colour palette Choose own colour palette will use colour palette of a thread manufacturer Choose manufacturer s colour palette Canvas colour choose canvas colour clicking field above Cross stitch size 25 4 x fis cm Choose canvas size canvas not selected Canvas size crosses x Choose picture resize method sharpenin l Ditheing P E dithering intensity _ Minimize number of colours to 20 more means nicer final effect but it is more difficult to cross stitch it X Close f Convert By clicking on the Canvas colour you may choose a colour of the background on which you will put the cross stitch The Dithering option is best to be explained on example None of the manufacturers possesses the sufficient number of colours in order to reflect all of discernible colours It creates a problem of the quality of pattern which has to be prepared with insufficient colour palette Ditheri
12. ingle cross for the caption to be legible Upon choosing the colour tab you will see the following tools image colour With the sliders of Contrast Brightness and Saturation you may manually correct the relevant a features of the image There is a preview of changes fon the right The L buttons shall set all sliders in Brightness adjusts the brightness and contrast but remember that a this is not a perfect mechanism which is able to HIII f predict user s intentions Therefore own settings are Saturation often better than the automatic settings gj Black and Peete eeeeeeeeees Three buttons l auto Sepia Eme allow decreasing the Colouring se colour scale to two colouring with a single colour ee Clicking on the Colouring will open a dialogue 5 Sepia window in which you can choose a colour to be used 5 Colouring on the image It is best to choose dark colours since they give the best effect Contrast prseesesesssensesssessessssssesnes After clicking the Confirm button all operations executed in this window will be applied to the original image and become irreversible The application does not change the image files but only own copy of the image stored in the memory In order to return to the initial image open it once more from file clipboard or TWAIN device scanner digital camera Conversion window Now you can proce
13. its and the edge If you are going to hang the clock high on the wall the lower part of the frame may cover the digit indicating the position of 6 o clock B Haftix full version Po a a ae Ee a Bes Thumbnail Er Important eThe application is only a tool The quality of the pattern to a large extent depends on the user eHaftiX does not have its taste It uses mathematical transformations and tries to mirror in a precise manner what it finds in the source image If you open an image of a face which is too violet the application will select threads with a dominating violet colour and not in skin colour eimages scanned from papers are not a good source material for a pattern Images in books and magazines are usually of poor quality If you still want to use them choose the smoothing option during conversion eThe same colour looks different displayed on almost every display If you want to be sure of the result compare the chosen thread colours on the display with real threads eThread colours in bulb light look different than in sunlight If you compare colours try to do it during daytime eWhen converting an image try to do it a few times using various settings of dithering and method of the image resize in the Conversion window and then choose the best one elt is also recommended to enter the Image window then choose the Auto function and check whether the picture does not not look
14. iven colour Colour of the symbol is selected in contrast to the colour it represents display a grid a Sh ED Register open a window with all the information and tools necessary to register the application In order to start the work just open an Open image from file Choose scanner image or load an image from file or a Open image from scanner device with TWAIN driver e g a scanner Paste eg frem cipboard i or a digital camera Relevant functions T3 New cross stitch pattern empty canvas can be found in the File menu E open cross stitch pattern HFT file i Recently opened HFT files gt Available functions ENET e Open image from file for opening m a photo or any other image in a JPG ee T BMP GIF or TIFF file e Choose a scanner for choosing a Close TWAIN device usually a scanner e Load image from scanner for loading an image from a TWAIN device e Paste image from clipboard after copying an image from any other application to the system clipboard it may be pasted into Haftix e New cross stitch pattern empty canvas for creating a new canvas on which you can draw a pattern e Load cross stitch pattern HFT file for opening a file with a pattern created in Haftix e Recently opened HFT files for accessing a list of recently opened or created patterns e Save view as JPG for saving everything
15. may darken the picture since the symbols on very dark grids will be printed as white and on light grids as black There is a preview next to the slide which shows in real time how the pattern grid may look like In the Size of grid on printout edit field you may choose size of a single grid on the printout The larger the cross is the more legible the pattern then it consumes more pages You can choose a by clicking Choose printer If it turns out that a part of the printout does not fit the given page you may set printout margins on your own Set margins Before printing it is recommended to try to change the paper orientation to check at what settings the pattern consumes the smallest number of pages You may change the number of pages by changing the size of grid The smaller the grid the less pages will be necessary but on the other hand it will be more difficult to read the pattern A caption on the right gives the number of pieces of paper which is necessary to print the whole pattern pages with a legend are not included The non registered application version allows printing one page only if the given pattern is to be distributed on a several pages it will be the last one which contains the legend Help window The last of the buttons in the main window Help opens menu where you can choose a several functions Bs Launch colour calculator separate application Manual PDF About
16. n EESE f DMC 3756 Zoom 100 i 1 4 i i trot DMC 3747 340 PUSS 5 1 DMC 85200 1554 ME e it DMC 747 256 OM 12 Thumbnail DMC 818 10 DMC 3866 468 PY DMC 3743 199 A DMC 211 20 Close Clock Project If you select the Clock Project function in the tools window a window with a clock project will open Before you start designing you need to know what size is the clock face where you wish to insert the cross stitched background and on what canvas the pattern will be made It is recommended to check whether declaration of the canvas manufacturer is true i e to measure actually how many crosses corresponds to a unit of length Generally it is best to determine the size of the cross stitch in crosses which may be counted by putting the canvas against the clock face The size is determined as early as at the stage of conversion and the clock project function adds only a clock face on the existing pattern The clock project window consists of three parts You can define colours of lines and dots indicating hours and minutes in the left top part Below colours and types of digits In the right part you can set distances and sizes of the individual elements oix X Cancel f Confirm all values given in crosses aes Thickness of hour lines 2 line colour outline colour Length of hour lines 6 F l Canvas z x D
17. ng is a half measure solution Lets assume that you have the following picture eo If you convert it into a cross stitch pattern by finding the most similar colours from all of the available threads you will get with the following result Dithering is also referred to as error diffusion It allows obtaining the effect of increasing the number of colours by their proper arrangement With the application of this technique the fragment shown above will be as follows the number of thread types remains the same This is an example of a pattern prepared with use of dithering and with only one thread colour A disadvantage is that such patterns look much better from a distance than from the close up Hence there is a slider in the dithering option with which you may adjust the diffusion level to obtain the best possible effect Clicking on the icon above will open a window of additional conversion options These functions allow division the generated pattern into a few parts Each part will be a separate file This facilitates division of the pattern for several persons who simultaneously work on various parts of the same cross stitch The application allows automatic minimization of the number of colours used Enter their maximum number into the field in option Minimize number of colours to In the Conversion window you can also define a type of canvas number of crosses per 10 cm or per inch or size of
18. ons you will transform the image opened into a cross stitch pattern Madeira 107 Madeira 108 Madeira 109 _ Madeira 110 Madeira 111 Madeira 112 x Bi Haftix non registered Zoom 50 ona Simulation of cross stitch view after conversion Tools window Pressing the Tools button on the left side of the main window a window will open with a number of all thread colours applied their names as well as quantity expressed in crosses The list may be sorted according to the number of crosses shade and thread number To do it use the three small buttons from above the list PI R xi Threads used 85 DMC 775 51 DMC 3753 329 DMC 712 17 DMC 818 10 DMC 162 64 DMC 3756 1334 DMC 747 256 DMC 3865 30 DMC B5200 1554 DMC BLANC 63 OMC 3861 106 4 MOMC 3862161 OMe 3863 174 pe Sa DMC 3864 428 DMC 3865 30 I DMC 3866 468 DMC B5200 1554 Close Tool window Clicking right mouse button on one of the three buttons marked with a triangle on the bottom right side will open a menu for selection of tools located in a given group AS after clicking on the pencil button you may choose colours from the list and correct the cross stitch pattern in accordance with your preferences you can draw on a given picture You may select this tool by pressing the N key on the ke
19. ot a necessary action before converting it into a cross stitch pattern In order to edit the image open the Image operations window by clicking the Image button in the main window Image operations image colour J Crop Rotate Ab Add caption f Confirm Cancel Window of image operation The original image is on the left the image on the right has been processed cropped converted to sepia and with a frame added In the window you can see two images The one on the left is a source image while on the right you can see the result of processing On the top of the left image there are two icons scissors inform that the image has been cropped the image on the right is a part of the image on the left the another icon shows the angle at which the given view has been rotated Their function is solely informative The following tools are in the image edit window Crop Rotate Add oval Add caption and on a colour bookmark not visible in Figure above there are Contrast Brightness Saturation Automatic correction adjustment Conversion to grey scale Conversion to sepia Colouring image with a single colour In order to define the frame to be cropped grab red squares on the left side of the image with mouse cursor click on them with the left mouse button and hold it down move them so that the visible rectangle su
20. price after a space It is useful to prepare a list of threads when going to the shop The 1 application treats the canvas as one Print Close of the threads and it depends on you whether you leave it unstitched or fill it in with embroidery floss of the same colour as the canvas Print window window After you finish the work you may print the pattern out press Printing in the main application window Printing xf Divide into pages IV Pring pattern from fi to B pages Ry IV Print legend X IV Print cross stitch view ee J Print organizer Size of grid on printout 4 40 mm 7 IV Colouring Colouring intensity Choose printer PDF Creator Full print 6 pages D Set marings L 22 0mm A 15 0mm T 15 0mm B 1 Paper orientation O a Close X Print Print window The application allows for a few types of print Print parameters section For black and white printers it is best to select Symbols only since colours on the printout may darken the image From the technical point of view it will also be a good solution in case of weaker printers or those which print in eco mode Selecting the Colouring option may facilitate cross stitching Deselecting both options will result in printing a grid The Colouring intensity slide is used to determine the intensity of printout colours If they are too intensive they
21. refer to the description below CALIBR if you have a calibration pattern of a given manufacturer you may easily add its threads to the database or update them The calibration patterns may be found at the HaftiX website Calibration pattern is a simple HFT file which contains all colours of a given manufacturer activates the Screen cross stitching window Description below opens a Clock Project window Description below ity searches and selects such crosses on the pattern that have no cross of the same colour in the surrounding After executing this operation you may edit only selected crosses Pig searches and selects crosses of the same colour on the pattern First choose a colour by selecting it on the colour list on the left in the tools window After executing this operation you may edit only selected crosses replaces colours of the crosses selected with tools referred to above with the most similar colour in the surrounding of each cross After the replacement the crosses are deselected and the whole pattern can be edited DK deselects selection created with the above mentioned tools of the same group Other tools between colour lists include Ge GH two buttons used to search for the most similar colours The upper one searches the closest colour to the one selected on the list on the left The lower one finds two most similar colours
22. rrounded a part of the image which is to be transformed into a cross stitch pattern Next click on the amp Crop button You will see the result on the right The operation may be repeated if the effect is not satisfactory In order to rotate the image or a chosen frame by 90 use the G Rotate button Each click results in a 90 clockwise rotation The Figure above presents the result of cropping rotating colouring and adding an oval frame You can add an oval frame by clicking the Add oval button You will be first asked to specify a colour of the frame You can also add a caption After clicking the Ab Add caption button you will see a context menu from which you can choose the next tasks ab Add caption Eg Edit caption Change font and or size Set caption position Confirm caption e Edit caption you will be asked to enter a caption e Change font and or size decide about the size colour and type of font You may also use styles such as underlining or bold e Set caption position after selecting this option the caption will follow the cursor Move the cursor over the picture on the left and set its position on the image then click in the place e Confirm caption the caption will be applied on the original image After confirming the caption you may add next ones Remember that the font size should be comparatively large in comparison with the size of the s
23. rs on both lists If you click on one of them you will choose a given colour to use opens windows which allows adding thread colours from other palettes to a given palette You can also perform the following actions with a keyboard eCirl Z shortcut undo the last change e Cirl Shift Z shortcut redo the undone change eCirl Tab shortcut swap the colour selection the colour selected in the left column will be selected in the right one and vice versa provided that the given colours are on both lists at the same time eif you press Alt and click on the pattern a thread colour will be selected If you click with the left mouse button this colour will be selected in the left column if you click with the right mouse button in the right one gj The Report window which mNumber of strands to be used in cross stitth allows calculating the threads used 1 strand and their costs looks as follows 2strands r aes It is a default setting at the 4 6 strands calculations that each embroidery floss consists of six strands and is 8 Type of cross hall cross full cross X m 8 7 yd long Choose the number of threads used to cross stitch the Price per embroidery floss 8m 8 7 yd ttern t e of cross full cross embroidery floss pa yp resembles X semi cross is half of X Wf Calculate i e as well as the price per embroidery floss You may also define a currency next to the
24. tcut eThe number of pages to be printed depends only on your settings If you think that there are too many pages you may decrease the size of the cross stitch or decrease the size of the grid on the printout but in such case it will be much more difficult to read it since the symbols will be smaller Before printing check the number of pages for vertical and horizontal page setting in the Print window Results can vary choose the best option eThe pattern is good the moment you like it
25. yboard Undo the last pencil drawing by pressing Cirl Z keyboard shortcut You can draw a straight line clicking on the line initial cross and then clicking on the final cross keeping the Shift key pressed down If you select this type of tool as well as some of others you will see a tab with a tool size slide If you need to go to the right list of colours just choose appropriate tab next to to the tool size tab E Threads used 85 A Available colours 483 Pencil Pencil size 1 a fy oo wc cage DMC 775 51 DMC 3753 329 DMC 712 17 DMC 818 10 Y DMC 162 64 DMC 3756 1334 4 DMC 747 256 DMC 3865 30 DMC B5200 1554 i DMC BLANC 63 Close lt S filling in a group of single colour crosses with a required colour Select the tool may by pressing the K key on the keyboard To undo the last filling in press Ctrl Z keyboard shortcut Holding the Cirl key pressed you may move the picture without filling it with a colour If you hold the Ctrl Alt keys and click on the pattern the colour from the left column will be spilled on all of the adjacent crosses stopping only at the the colour chosen in the right column Y press it to introduce backstitches on the cross stitch pattern on ck a tool used to delete backstitches wn riz awa D they support the process of drawing

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