LionsDragon

Well then it is the softest, most luxurious grass I've seen in some time! I envy your characters for getting to walk on it.

@sunmaggot, wow, it looks like panne velvet! Excellent use of the plugin!

Thank you, my dear friend! It's been a doozy of a week.

Awwww...sweet dreams!

@Joshua Lamusga 96 dpi...I got to that and didn't feel like doing the math for everything else.

*does math* That...works out to 53.33 feet wide by 41.72 feet high. What were you doing, decorating the side of a building?

In other words, COFFEE!!!!

Oh great, I don't drink so does this mean I get cleanup duty?

Beautiful as always!

@Cauptain, you're welcome! And thank you, @toe_head2001! I didn't even realize I had this plugin installed (would have saved me some aggravation on a previous project). I'll be needing this later!

I believe @Pixey meant the white panel that first opens up for a new file. Then, you would import/create the other pieces as new layers on top of that.

Freaking weird...@DragonsLion has an AM music collection on, and just as I came to this post "Make Her Cry" by Undecided? came on. Annnnnd, MadJik's party is jamming in perfect rhythm to it. Awesome work though, @MadJik!

*yelps* Snake! Holy cow that's impressive!

*nodnodnod* Good field work! The randomness of the symbols has always frustrated me. And don't get me started on trying to match a color to the one in the picture, especially when, as you observed, they don't always match. Thus, the need for color keys. Anything to simplify that system would be amazing.

We're glad you're okay too!

New fractal toy! *pounce* Thank you! Oof...that second animation, accompanied by "Incense and Peppermints," is what I saw when the dentist gave me laughing gas..... O.o

Well, the good news is that the format hasn't changed in over 30 years and doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. As for the line thickness, in magazines these are often printed in black ink on white paper; the thicker line shows up better. For myself, I'm flexible; I rarely do graphed work anymore tbh. My eyes can't handle it. I jumped in mostly to help with ideas for formatting. What I've seen from this and other threads though is a desire to take a picture--say one made in EER's "Tile World"--and assign numbers to the individual colors. The numbers would appear in the squares on the chart that matched the colors in the design--say, a picture of a Yule tree. If dark green is number 7, the green squares on the chart would all receive a number 7 in them. The numbered chart could then be printed/converted to .pdf/whatever in black and white, so the artist could pick beads or fiber that corresponded to the numbers. Hm, a color/number key would probably be a good idea too; they're usually included in patterns, but I honestly can't see how that would be feasible to create in a plugin. Maybe suggest the artist create a key as a separate document when they assign numbers?

I've seen it pretty often; the lines help keep track of where the artist is in the pattern. Larger graphs often have row numbering at the edges, but I can't see that being anything but a headache to code!

Here's a pretty standard chart I found online (copyright belongs to an artist named Shona Davidson): Each square represents a single bead or stitch in the finished item.

Oh believe me, this would be REALLY useful. I can think of several people I know personally who would be interested in it. To "graph out" just means to create a design in a grid/on graph paper, with each square representing a bead, stitch, or stitch cluster. Sorry. I zoned out into fiber mode there for a second.

@MJW, I'm just gonna put in my two cents as an artist and teacher: yes. Off the top of my head, I can only think of three possible situations that MIGHT call for more: beading/perling, needlepoint, and graphed crochet. However, these would be insanely elaborate projects and tbh, I've never actually seen someone do it. *ponders more* The Crocheted Coral Reef probably has more than 96 colors, but it also couldn't be graphed out in a program like PDN. However...making such a plugin would greatly increase the prospective userbase. Most graphing programs are pretty pricey.

Thank goodness! *HUG!

DeviantArt and PostImage have been the two most popular lately.

@Woodsy--daaaaang! You are a genius, my friend! (Is there a coffee counter in that store of yours by any chance?)

Thank goodness!