All Crafters Can Use New Plastic Canvas Design Studio; Tutorial For Novices, Custom Designs For Intermediate and Advanced Crafters.DAYTON Dayton, city (1990 pop. 182,044), seat of Montgomery co., SW Ohio, on the Great Miami River where it is joined by the Stillwater River; inc. 1805. It is the trade center for a fertile farm area, but is best known for its involvement with industry, invention, and , Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- No matter what your skill level or experience, the Plastic Canvas Design Studio is the only software program you will ever need to create exciting, unique and useful plastic canvas projects. Plastic Canvas Design Studio is the newest craft software from M&R Technologies, developers of the popular PCStitch program. "Plastic Canvas Design Studio is a complete package for plastic canvas projects," said Troy Troy, ancient city, Asian Turkey Troy, ancient city made famous by Homer's account of the Trojan War. It is also called Ilion or, in Latin, Ilium. Its site is almost universally accepted as the mound now named Hissarlik, in Asian Turkey, c.4 mi (6. Riegle, who is the "R" in M&R Technologies. The "M" is his partner and company co-founder Mark Miller. The product is great for the beginner. Included with the software is a startup (STARTing UP) "At startup" means when the computer is first turned on or when a program is first loaded. See Startup folder. kit that contains everything the crafter needs to complete their first plastic canvas project. "The software includes full, multimedia tutorials that teach the beginner the basics of plastic canvas," said Riegle. "You can follow these presentations at your own pace and create a rainbow magnet from the materials in the startup kit." Experienced crafters can skip the tutorial An instructional book or program that takes the user through a prescribed sequence of steps in order to learn a product. Contrast with documentation, which, although instructional, tends to group features and functions by category. See tutorials in this publication. and begin using Plastic Canvas Design Studio to make unique, custom patterns. The Plastic Canvas Design Studio includes many drawing tools to aid the crafter in drawing patterns from scratch. Crafters can also create patterns by importing clipart or other illustrations from a scanner (1) See also antivirus program. (2) An optical device that reads a printed page or transparency and converts it into a graphics image for the computer. The scanner does not recognize or differentiate in any manner the content of the material it is scanning. , digital camera. The colors in the image are automatically mapped to yarn yarn, fibers or filaments formed into a continuous strand for use in weaving textiles or for the manufacture of thread. A staple fiber, such as cotton, linen, or wool, is made into yarn by carding, combing (for fine, long staples only), drawing out into roving, then colors available at their local craft store. "From teaching the beginner, to creating detailed projects of your own design, the Plastic Canvas Design Studio is a great product for any level crafter at any age!" said Riegle. "Crafters frequently tell us how easy our cross-stitch software, PCStitch is to use. We use the same interface in Plastic Canvas Design Studio. This is a very easy program to install and operate. Although we do offer a tech support hotline 1. (company) Hotline - Hotline Communications Ltd.. 2. (messaging) Hotline - Hotline Connect. , we seldom get any calls because few people need help using our programs," said Riegle. After the image is transferred to Plastic Canvas Design Studio, it can be cropped, resized, and the colors can be changed. The colors displayed by Plastic Canvas Design Studio include all the popular yarns offered by Red Heart and Needloft. After the final design is ready, the project pattern can be printed out in color or black & white. The ability of the software to print the pattern at any scale makes outlining and cutting the canvas a snap. Plastic Canvas Design Studio can be used on any PC running Windows 95 or higher. Images can be converted from most popular file formats, digital cameras, and any "Twain Compliant" scanner. Plastic Canvas Design Studio is sold at most major stores that sell computer software and many the large hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of term A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, and craft stores. The software also can be downloaded from M&R's web site at: http://www.pcstitch.com. M&R Technologies, founded in 1989, is one of the leading developers of software for craft and hobby applications. M&R Technologies, P.O Box 9403, Dayton, OH 45409; or 1934 Southtown Blvd Blvd abbr (= boulevard) → Bd , Suite C, Dayton, OH 45439. Phone 800-800-8517; Fax 937-294-1989; web site http://www.pcstitch.com. |
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