STOIK Stitch Creator

STOIK Stitch Creator is a feature-rich software application which integrates tools for creating cross-stitch patterns from pictures. It supports several file types, including JPG, TIF, BMP, GIF, PNG and TGA.

The program integrates two modes for the interface, Graphical and Standard Windows. The first one includes graphic toolbars and a guide, while the other one has standard toolbars for users who are accustomed to common Windows applications. Both of them are user-friendly.

Pictures can be acquired from the hard disk, scanner or digital camera. The app provides several graphic editing tools, allowing you to rotate, flip, crop or resize the images, and to apply filters (e.g. lighter, darker, brightness, contrast).

You can change the canvas size, simulate hand drawing, rebuild the threads table, select the stitch type and floss colors, as well as manipulate objects and layers, just to name a few.

From the Options menu you may specify the rulers measurement unit, modify the canvas background, disable animations and manage brands (e.g. anchor threads, gentle art floss). The project can be saved to file for further modifications, aside from exporting it to one of the aforementioned image formats.

The comprehensive software program includes user documentation, has a good response time to key strokes and mouse commands, and uses a moderate quantity of CPU and system memory. We have not experienced any issues throughout our testing; the application did not hang, crash or pop up error dialogs. Thanks to its intuitive layout yet wide range of configuration options, STOIK Stitch Creator should please the entire audience.