What's new in WinStitch 2015 9.3.9
Oct 7, 2015
- Multi-language
- Add notes..
- See what the results will be BEFORE you stitch them!
- New thick drawing brushes.. saves time!
- New text options, including text as petit point..
- New: Lasso Selection tool
- New: Add a mini-key right into the chart
New in WinStitch 2012 7.4 (Apr 16, 2013)
- Vastly reduced screen flicker.
- New options for non-square grids, such as Crochet shapes.
- Made knots and beads more responsive to a quick click (previously you had to move the mouse slightly)
- Closing the last window now asks if you want to close the program instead of just closing.
- Numerous other small bug fixes.
New in WinStitch 2012 7.0 (Dec 7, 2011)
- Framed View:
- Quickly see what your finished piece would look like in a variety of frames and borders
- Export that to the clipboard or a picture file
- You can add your own frames
- Launch page. Now you could create a chart from a photo in less than 10 seconds
- New: Radically improved image import
- Insert your logo into a design
- PDF Compression:
- PDF files in 2011 could easily reach many megabytes in size. Now we have compression in the PDFs, and the file size is much smaller, making them easier to email or download
- Savings of up to 90% in file size
- Tent Stitch View
- Motif Browser:
- Just one click to add a motif to your design. And now you can categorise motifs into folders and sub folders
- Alphabet Browser and Alphabet Designer:
- Just click a letter and place it on the grid
- New Thread Definitions:
- The 2012 editions ship with 30 manufacturers threads, adding such names as
- Cosmo, Crescent,Dimensions, Belle Soie, Danish Flower Threads, HDF, Mayflower, Rosace
- With revised versions of the standard DMC, Anchor etc
- Rotate through 45 Degrees:
- BackStitch Lines totally flexible, (not limited to 9 points on square), IF you press SHIFT
- Added thin and thick line settings to Export to PDF to allow for lower res printers
- Added choice of dotted or solid lines for the thin lines in PDF
- Added option to have overlaps in PDF
- Added bounding and crop areas to PDF to improve compatibility with Adobe
- New: automatically archives every chart you save into a ZIP file in the application data folder. If you lose a file, or overwrite one at a later date, this means that you can usually recover it in an emergency
- Larger symbols and letters on printed key
- Help files come from the web instead of being installed which speeds up the download and allows more languages to be provided. But can be printed or turned into a PDF file with ease
- Threads can be sorted in the thread chooser
- Bold and Italic on text option
- Hold CTRL when choosing flip or rotate actions and the selected area will be deleted instead of left alone
New in WinStitch 2011 6.7 (Dec 7, 2011)
- New: Crop to area
- New: export to Word in WinStitch
- New: Added Contrast button to import screen
- New: Added 'remember last palette width'
- New: Added 'remember last view mode'
- New: Added new 'add copyright here' option for chart text boxes
- New: Added Italian ,Spanish and Catalan manuals
- New: Can now show centre lines in the Export to PDF option
- New: If an onion skin image is present when saved, the program will attempt to reload it when the chart is re-opened.
- Fix: 'help' in Mac version was reporting a PDF error
- Fix: half stitch icons were reversed in meaning
- Fix: Image import defaults to last used hpi setting
- Fix: WinStitch sometimes showing MacStitch logo
- Fix: Rotate 180 was losing part if not square shape
- Fix: Borders again show thumbnail views in the list.
- Fix: recent files menu now shows previews of saved borders
- Fix: removed 'install myriacross' issue.. (was repeatedly asking to install)
- Fix: Toolbar buttons now correctly show previously selected drawing mode after fill or eyedropper operation
- Change: main grid background to a more neutral grey color
- Change: blue marker lines now show as full pink row/columns to better highlight position
- Change: revised color matching in image import
- Change: centre weighting now has only 3 settings: centre weighted, no weighting, weighted towards edges
- Change: Image import preview now pops up a preview window, as the 'live' preview caused problems on some machines by firing over and over.
- Change: File selector shows external drives on Mac
- Change: Add Border leaves original chart open to allow for experimentation
- Change: Program remembers settings on the PDF export screen for next time
- Change: PDF output now uses smaller previews (Adobe having trouble displaying although other viewers OK) and produces smaller files.
- Change: Increased range of possible HPI settings for petit point use