edpatterson Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I searched the forums but it turns out 'pattern' is a really silly search term :-) My sister is trying to recreate/repair a quilt my mother made. It consists of many 8x8 embroidered squares sewn together. Genius that I am I figured I could simply take a photo of each square, load it up into paint.net, add a layer and trace over the lines. Turns out I really, really suck at tracing. Next I tried embossing the image and finally posterizing (sp?) it. Now I am here. What is the easiest way to make a pattern from a photograph. This are pretty simple line art kind of things, lots of chain stitches. I would be more than happy to send a sample picture of one of the squares if that would help. I'd like to get the patterns done before she figures out just how much work she is in for :-) Thanks, Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Hi Ed, Welcome to the forum! Are we talking about "peggy" squares (crochet in wool) or embroidery (fancy stitching on a backing fabric)? A pic of the square and one of a sample pattern would help us figure out if there is an easy transition from one to the other. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edpatterson Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thanks, here is a sample. I put a yard stick on there for a size reference. Hi Ed, Welcome to the forum! Are we talking about "peggy" squares (crochet in wool) or embroidery (fancy stitching on a backing fabric)? A pic of the square and one of a sample pattern would help us figure out if there is an easy transition from one to the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Give me a few hours and I'll see if I can come up with a simple, repeatable method of isolating the pattern. At first impression I'd be thinking of using the Isolate Lineart plugin on a greyscale version of the image. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadJik Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Majority in "Reduce to primal color" seems to work well with this image... Quote My DeviantArt | My Pictorium | My Plugins | Donate via Paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 First attempt: 1. Adjustments > Black and White 2. Effects > Color > Color to Alpha (Strength around 136 - everything else at defaults) Second attempt: 1. Effects > Artistic > Ink Sketch (Ink outline = 28, Coloring = 36 ( a nice option if you wish to retain some color information) Try those and madJik's suggeston and see if we're getting close with any. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowman Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 If you have a scanner, and if the quilt is thin enough, then try to put a solid sheet or a book behind the squares shapes, wrap and stretch them well and scan them instead of photo them, then use EER and/or MadJik methods. You can scan them in black/white or gray scale. Quote My GalleryMy YouTube Channel "PDN Tutorials" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edpatterson Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thanks! I'll give them a try. I live in Florida, she lives in Iowa so it would be real nice if I could get it all done while I am visiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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