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As long as your printer pulls paper perfectly straight. I have a
vertical load printer (smaller footprint) which often pulls a bit to one side. Isn't there a way to create a watermark in Word? Could you do a graph paper watermark? I know there are other programs which allow background and foreground images so a graph background should be possible. I just don't have those programs... Jan Lennie wrote: I've done the put it in Word bit and instead of plain paper , put graph paper in the printer and it worked ok -- Brenda Lewis WIP: "Pink Baby" photo frame, Candamar |
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I had an idea along these lines (I'm sort of trying to do this with a
flame alphabet) the other day and no one really answered it, so I'll try it he Has anyone done a saying/picture/etc. in a Word document and *then* printed it out on graph paper? I haven't yet tried it, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.... Long time lurker here! My DH is a big-time John Lennon fan, so as a surprise gift for him, I scanned the simple line self portrait you see of John Lennon everywhere. I also scanned an autograph of his I found on the net. I saved both as jpgs and then, using 14 count graph paper that I got at my LNS (Totty's Framing and Cross Stitch Corner for those of you in the North Texas/Fort Worth area). I then printed the saved jpgs directly onto the graph paper. It then became a simple matter of smoothing out the design on the graph paper by adding 1/2 stitches and back stitching as needed. I stitched it and my DH LOVED it!! It hangs in the front entry to our home and is the first thing that visitors see!! I was soooo happy that he liked it so well. It's a pretty easy method and worked well for me. You might consider doing this since the counted cross stitch graph paper is readily available from most LNS and over the net. As I recall, Craftsoft will even graciously provide a free downloadable program to create your own graph paper on most Windows compatible printers (http://www.craftsoft.com/cgi/b?L1=So...L2=All&L3=1101). This method should work with any saved image files (scanned or created in any image creating program). I hope this gives you some additional ideas to play with. pray for peace, Velia |
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On 1/9/04 8:33 AM,"Brenda Lewis" posted:
As long as your printer pulls paper perfectly straight. I have a vertical load printer (smaller footprint) which often pulls a bit to one side. Isn't there a way to create a watermark in Word? Could you do a graph paper watermark? I know there are other programs which allow background and foreground images so a graph background should be possible. I just don't have those programs... That's a great idea. Yes, you can do watermarks, but it may depend on what version of Word you have. In a graphics program like Illustrator, you work in layers (as in Photoshop), and can always put things on top, behind, etc. If you are comfy using the layers you can actually have different parts of your picture on the layers - as if they were all drawn on clear sheets stacked up - and it makes editing complicated things easy. Plus, you can print just one layer, or some combination of them so you can edit without the grid interfering with what you see. But, most people don't bother buying full-featured graphics programs like Illustrator or Canvas or Fireworks as these are expensive and not really necessary unless you do a lot of graphics ;^) Ellice - very attached to Illustrator 10, and my MAC Jan Lennie wrote: I've done the put it in Word bit and instead of plain paper , put graph paper in the printer and it worked ok |
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BUT................ You could get Photoshop Elements which also allows you
layers, etc. I have it and the only thing I can't do with it is to produce a CMYK file. But....... I also have Acrobat, not just the free Reader, and that allows me to create the few CMYK files that I need to send publishers. -- JoAnn Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat. --Emile-August Chartier "Ellice" wrote in message ... On 1/9/04 8:33 AM,"Brenda Lewis" posted: As long as your printer pulls paper perfectly straight. I have a vertical load printer (smaller footprint) which often pulls a bit to one side. Isn't there a way to create a watermark in Word? Could you do a graph paper watermark? I know there are other programs which allow background and foreground images so a graph background should be possible. I just don't have those programs... That's a great idea. Yes, you can do watermarks, but it may depend on what version of Word you have. In a graphics program like Illustrator, you work in layers (as in Photoshop), and can always put things on top, behind, etc. If you are comfy using the layers you can actually have different parts of your picture on the layers - as if they were all drawn on clear sheets stacked up - and it makes editing complicated things easy. Plus, you can print just one layer, or some combination of them so you can edit without the grid interfering with what you see. But, most people don't bother buying full-featured graphics programs like Illustrator or Canvas or Fireworks as these are expensive and not really necessary unless you do a lot of graphics ;^) Ellice - very attached to Illustrator 10, and my MAC Jan Lennie wrote: I've done the put it in Word bit and instead of plain paper , put graph paper in the printer and it worked ok |
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On 1/13/04 1:20 PM,"JL Amerson" posted:
BUT................ You could get Photoshop Elements which also allows you layers, etc. I have it and the only thing I can't do with it is to produce a CMYK file. But....... I also have Acrobat, not just the free Reader, and that allows me to create the few CMYK files that I need to send publishers. That's true - pretty much all the Adobe graphics type software works in layers. And all of them, Elements, Photoshop, Illustrator share some tools, and the layering technique. But, Illustrator has more in the graphic artist type tools, while Photoshop has more in the specific tools for filtering, modifying photo images. I have Photoshop Elements, and Illustrator, plus Dreamweaver & Fireworks (Macromedia products) and there are most definitely things that Illustrator does which neither Photoshop nor Photoshop Elements do. But, you're right, they do all work in layers. And I'm not advocating people rush out to buy a $600 piece of software when they already have Word, or something like PS Elements - a really good $100 software. FWIW, I have a book that came with an awesome CD of tools, called the Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements, by Richard Lynch. It has tools which virtually turn PS Elements into the full version of Photoshop. I got it from Amazon. Very useful. Ellice |
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I have that book as well - a must-have for PSE users. :-)
-- JoAnn Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat. --Emile-August Chartier "Ellice" wrote in message ... On 1/13/04 1:20 PM,"JL Amerson" posted: BUT................ You could get Photoshop Elements which also allows you layers, etc. I have it and the only thing I can't do with it is to produce a CMYK file. But....... I also have Acrobat, not just the free Reader, and that allows me to create the few CMYK files that I need to send publishers. That's true - pretty much all the Adobe graphics type software works in layers. And all of them, Elements, Photoshop, Illustrator share some tools, and the layering technique. But, Illustrator has more in the graphic artist type tools, while Photoshop has more in the specific tools for filtering, modifying photo images. I have Photoshop Elements, and Illustrator, plus Dreamweaver & Fireworks (Macromedia products) and there are most definitely things that Illustrator does which neither Photoshop nor Photoshop Elements do. But, you're right, they do all work in layers. And I'm not advocating people rush out to buy a $600 piece of software when they already have Word, or something like PS Elements - a really good $100 software. FWIW, I have a book that came with an awesome CD of tools, called the Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements, by Richard Lynch. It has tools which virtually turn PS Elements into the full version of Photoshop. I got it from Amazon. Very useful. Ellice |
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Joan wrote:
I had an idea along these lines (I'm sort of trying to do this with a flame alphabet) the other day and no one really answered it, so I'll try it he Has anyone done a saying/picture/etc. in a Word document and *then* printed it out on graph paper? I haven't yet tried it, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.... And then BLMoreno wrote: Long time lurker here! My DH is a big-time John Lennon fan, so as a surprise gift for him, I scanned the simple line self portrait you see of John Lennon everywhere. I also scanned an autograph of his I found on the net. I saved both as jpgs and then, using 14 count graph paper that I got at my LNS (Totty's Framing and Cross Stitch Corner for those of you in the North Texas/Fort Worth area). I then printed the saved jpgs directly onto the graph paper. What a cool idea! As I recall, Craftsoft will even graciously provide a free downloadable program to create your own graph paper on most Windows compatible printers I already had a graph paper program, so tried it and it came out pretty well! There'll be a little tweaking, but I don't think too much. I'll let you know how the design turns out when I'm done with it. Thanks everyone! -- Joan See my first-ever design he http://www.heritageshoppe.com/joan.jpg "Stitch when you are young and poor, frame when you are old and rich." - Elizabeth's (rctn'r) sister's MIL (Barbara Marr) |
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