[plug] File formats for embroidery machine

[Chris Caston]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 13:46, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <1072070253.1770.8.camel at syngery>
> on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 01:17:34PM +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> > My grandma has recently brought a brand new embroidery machine.
> 
> And your challenge to is to top that for Christmas ;-)
> 
> > It embroid's
> 
> Or embroiders?
> 
> > Anyway it apparently can also import from .bmp
> > 
> > What I am worried about, however, is losing quality if I have a .gif or
> > .png from the web that I save as bitmap then import
> 
> Not quite sure what you're specifically thinking the problem will be,
> unless it's that the software doesn't work. I'm guessing that the
> machine comes with specific recommendations about the maximum size of
> the embroidery area and the maximum bitmap size. If not, perhaps you
> could just do a calculation yourself (e.g. convert width of thread to
> DPI, work out the required pixels, and assume the physical sewing
> capability is a tad lower than that)? Of course, if you get an image
> from the web you'll want to download the 'print' or 'original' version
> rather than the 'for web' version (because, of course, the 'web'
> versions of graphics are generally useless for anything other than
> on-screen viewing). Presumably, too, you'll need to convert the image
> from 'millions of colours' down to 'colours of available cotton'. At
> this stage, I'm guessing that this conversion is one of the tasks that
> Customizer 10000+ would *have* to provide.
> 

Yeah at first your had me shaking me head thinking:

Man this is going to be a lot of work but I'm sure once it's sused it's
going to be quite easy.

> I've just had another thought -- I've you're worried about saving the
> image "at a particular DPI", I would suspect that you needn't be
> worried. As long as you have a sufficient number of pixels in your
> image, the Customizer 10000+ will presumably allow you to adjust the
> "final size" correctly.
> 
We can hope (:
> > Does anyone know of any Debian clipart already in .wmf .sew or .bmp
> > format that would likely embroid well?
> 
> The open-use PDF and XCF files at <http://www.debian.org/logos/> might
> be sufficient for conversion to either WMF or BMP, as you please. I
> would guess that it's easier to use The Gimp to 'Save As...' BMP than
> to wield a to-WMF converter.

Your probably right I'll see how it comes out.
> 
> > Let me know if your interested.
> 
> It's "you're" -- but a lot of people are using 'your' in the last few
> days, for some reason -- must be drunk ;-P

your welcome. (;