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Kaleidoscope Kreator 3 Unavailable from Manufacturer Developer: Kaleidoscope Collections Item Code: 4L0590 ISBN / SKU / UPC: 180220000063 Weight: 0.30 lb 10% Off: $35.99 MSRP: $40.00 The FAST and EASY way to make photo kaleidoscopes! Create one-of-a-kind quilts, cards, scrapbook pages, pillows, fabric bowls and more! Over 67 templates to choose from with NEW custom print features! NOTE: Extend your template choices with the add-on Quilter's Polygons Template Pack Minimum System Requirements: Windows 7, Windows Vista™ (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® XP with SP2 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) 45 MB of available hard disk space 1024x768 monitor resolution

Kaleidoscope Kreator™ 3.0!
Review and Operations

by Sharla Hicks © 2009

Kaleidoscope Kreator™ 3.0 bring a new faster interface that quickly generates ideas with a simple interface from any scanned photo, bitmap, png, gif or jpg image. Turn photo memories into quilts, pillow, fabric, scrapbook, card images or any thing that can be printed on.

I found the fastest way to get into the groove of how to use the program and see the potential was to watch the Video Tutorials. They are very well produced and the narration is excellent. I even learned an excellent tip on how to print on an already printed piece of paper or expensive Colorfast Printer Fabric making it well worth my time to watch the video.

Program Operations:

1. To open an image onto the Workspace:

OR Go to top menu bar and select File   Then select Open Image (see below) Browse to an image. Picture formats that can be used: scanned image saved as a: jpg picture file (the less compression the better) gif picture file (more colors gives a higher quality image) bmp picture file (higher quality image) png picture file (higher quality image) downloaded digital photo

HINT: If your photo or image file is not saved to your picture folder, use the folder view of Thumbnails (tiny view of images) in the folder.

2. Go to top menu bar and select a template from the 55 offered in the Kaleidoscope Kreator 3.0 or select one of the 60 Quilters' Polygon Template.

3. When the Template Window opens you have 3 ways to sort when selecting a template style:

• Blue Templates come in Kaleidoscope Kreator 3.0 (55 total)
• Pink Templates are the Add-on Quilter's Polygon Templates (60 total)
• NOTE: The difference between the two is the Polygon Templates all have straight edge polygon cuts conducive to easier piecing when creating quilts. Many have a hole in the center good for adding additional pictures
• HINT to Quilters: When using a template with irregular edges, a background color can be selected and printed for a square finished block.

4. To open a template choice in the workspace, double click on the Template.

After selecting the image and template:
Move, resize, rotate and view the repetition of the template selection.

2 examples courtesy of Kaleidoscope Collections

HINT: Print your kaleidoscope on colorfast printer fabric so you do not have to piece

HINT: Use your own photographs to avoid copyright issues. Your photograph does not have to be perfect because using the rotate, move and resize tool in Kaleidoscope Kreator allows you to find picture perfect section that can be found in every photo. Above & below are excellent examples of how to use a photo to render a very interesting Kaleidoscope.

1. Use the Nodes at the corners of the picture to move, resize or rotate the image as needed for composition inside the template.

2. Note the rendered repetition of the template section is shown in the upper right corner

3. Click the Zoom Tool to open full sized Preview Window.

4. Use the Pinwheel Tool to preview additional variations of an image within the template boundaries.

Pinwheel Variations
of the image in the SAME location within the template.
NOTE: Best used with templates marked with PAW
and pictures without strong directionality.

5. Use to Rotate & Flip the image on the Worktable to generate variation when determining composition of Kaleidoscope.

Rotate & Flip
the image to change position in the Template

6. To explore further, change the wedge selection, a chunky design can quickly become wonder. (See example below)

Chunky Design needs tweaking
Background Color Selected from Photo is NEW in 3.0
Texture in Background is from NEW 3.0 Feature of Adding Texture to Background Color

Select Wedge Icon to open window full of kaleidoscope shapes

Here I selected a wedge with lacy edge and much thinner shape for MORE pleasing design that
accents the beauty of the door knocker's patina wrist without too much emphasis on the fingers.

If you determine that you need to edit the photo and then want to redesign,
Another useful feature is the ability to document the X & Y Positions, Scale and Rotation of the picture

Quilters who love the stack-n-whack and wedge quilts will love the ability to scan their fabric and experiment with the different variations that are possible before chopping into the fabric.

• Printing on fabric requires it be pretreated to make it colorfast. The colorfast treatment products on the market are for cotton and silk. To run through the printer, it must be backed with a paper-like stabilizer that will feed through the printer.
• Note: Pretreated Colorfast Printer Fabric, Bubble Jet Set (a pretreatment product for fabric) & stabilizers are available here at Soft Expressions.

Below are examples of possible Kaleidoscope Kreator combinations for 1 fabric.

Quilters will find experimenting with the background color can be very useful.

See below background color changes and how they affect the design

The new Texture feature combined with the Background adds another excellent variation

1. To save an IN PROGRESS Image, go to the File Menu & use Save Workspace. This saves: current image image size image position image orientation kaleidoscope shape pinwheel mode setting background color HINT: Saving projects as an In Progress images allows the option to open later and do additional editing.	File Menu
2. To save completed project ready for printing, go to the File Menu and select Save Kaleidoscope. This opens the Save Kaleidoscope dialogue box: specify the size and image quality (pixels/inch) of the printed kaleidoscope.

Printing

Use printer medium like photo paper, blank scrapbook paper stock, card stock or colorfast printer fabric

• Printing on fabric requires it be pretreated to make it colorfast. The colorfast treatment products on the market are for cotton and silk. To run through the printer, it must be backed with a paper-like stabilizer that will feed through the printer.
• Note: Pretreated Colorfast Printer Fabric, Bubble Jet Set (a pretreatment product for fabric) & stabilizers are available here at Soft Expressions.

1. To select and print the Kaleidoscope print options, go to the top menu bar and open the File Menu or use the Tool Bar Icon. Select Print Kaleidoscope. When the dialogue box opens, select the printing options.

2. Select the Custom Print Options for multiple pages, poster or printing individual wedges.

New in 3.0 is the ability to Preview Print Image

New 3.0 Print Feature
Change from square to Ellipse

Preview for Poster Sized Printing
(Printing across multiple pages because image is larger than standard 8.5 x 11 paper)

Preview & Print Multiple Kaleidoscope Images on 1 page
Great for Gift Tags, Cards, Repetitive Fabric

Print Individual Wedges