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  1. 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?

  2. 1 hour ago, MJW said:

    In that image, each cell, including the grid, is 10 pixels. That would be easy to sample at the approximate center of the cells (the cell size could be settable). I think any numbered version would need to be larger in order for the numbers to fit and be legible. Is the two-pixel grid border, with two-pixel grid lines every 10 cells a standard feature?

     

    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!

  3. @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.

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  4. 14 hours ago, Pixey said:

    Hiya - We are back in our condo and only minimal damage (floors higher up - not so lucky) we were allowed back on the key yesterday and we have power.  I will be able to continue my hosting duties on Saturday :D.  Thank you @nitenurse79 for your offer of help.

     

    Soooooo much catching up on tutorials, comps, etc., on PDN =O

     

    Thank goodness! *HUG!

     

     

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