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If you are interested in using Tammie Bowser's Quilted Photography techniques with your own photographs then Quilted Photo Xpress™ is for you. It is VERY simple to use and quickly generates several ideas to help you make a decision on how to proceed with your own original design. Quilted Photo Express is the only software made specifically for Quilted Photography™, a software designed to analyze and generate a value rendition of a photo without all the work. Tammie Bowser is always intimately involved in the programming choices every step of the way. Therefore, the software reflects Tammie's vision of a quick and simple process to create a quilted photo design. The software has easy to understand operation instructions. You will be making your own patterns from your own pictures in no time at all!
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Quilted Photo Xpress™ 2.0 & 3.0 Review
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Quilted Photo Express is the only software made specifically for Quilted Photography™. Tammie Bowser was intimately involved in the programming choices every step of the way. Therefore, the software reflects Tammie's vision of a quick and simple process to create a quilted photo design.
This is an extremely simple program to operate. Only basic computer skills are needed. You do need to know how to browse for photo file saved to the computer. This can be a photo that is saved to a CD when film is processed, taken from a digital camera card, scanned, or sent via e-mail.
Any standard photo image file can be used:
The software does not recognize program specific files like Fireworks png files or Adobe Illustrator files. If you wish to use a file from other software programs, save/export them as a bitmap for the best detail rendition of the photo.
| Photo Processing & Printing | Version 2 | Versions 3 |
| Crop Photo in program | yes see below |
yes see below |
| Photo detail adjustment | yes see below |
yes see below |
| # of fabrics to use | yes Slider Bar Adjustment see below |
yes Slider Bar Adjustment see below |
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Version 2 & Version 3
 Offer Click & Drag for Cropping Photo Slider Bar Adjustment for Photo Detail & Fabric Quanity |
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| Color & Value options | Version 2 |
Version 3 |
| Realistic Color Palette | yes see below |
yes see below |
| Grayscale Color Palette | yes see below |
yes see below |
| Sepia Color Palette | no | yes see below |
| Palette printout | Version 2 Printout available for Color and/or Gray scale/Monochromatic Palette | Version 3 Printout available for Color, Grayscale, Fabric or Sepia |
| Contrast & Brightness Adjustment |
Version 2 Tip: Use graphic program for color/cotnrast adjustments that may be needed Color and 3 levels of Black and White Contrast.
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| Photo Angle Adjustment | Version 2 no  See below in rest of review: Tips showing how to rotate picture in a graphic program before importing into Version 2 |
Version 3 |
| Rag Chenille Choices |
Version 2: no
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Version 3: yes |
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Printer choices for printout Select size of square for piecing |
yes Limted to choices listed below No Print Preveiw
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yes Offers direct page setup in Version 3 finished size information
& how many pages will print Unlimited Square Size Selection Print Preview |
| Print Fabric & Use Fabric Selections in Palette Choices | Version 2: no | Version 3: Yes |
NOTE: Each square is numbered, this corresponds to each value assignment
of the fabrics selected.
The program will assign value, size (depending on the picture and square size selected) and generates a palette printout to use when selecting fabrics. The Printout choice will match the pallette selection. Use the printout to help you determine which fabrics and values to select.
Printout adjustments can be made when selecting the printer: Version 2 and Version 3 have differences, see above chart for details.
Printer Resolution (dpi) allows you to determine the print quality.
a. Select Printer Properties Button.
b. Locate a tab or section that refers to print quality.
Your quilt can be very realistic to very abstract.
NOTE: Use the Slider bar to change photo
detail. The change can dramatically
alter the final output of the photo as seen in the examples.
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You also have the ability to crop a photo by using ZOOM: 1. To engage the Zoom feature built into Quilted Photo Xpress™, use the mouse to click, hold and drag across the picture. 2. To explore additional design choices, use Restore Original Button to return to the original photo and repeat step 1.
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How do I process the photo to generate a quilted photo design?1. Locate
the photo you wish to process by clicking the Open Photo Button. 2. The Open Image File dialogue box will open. Browse to the photo file location and open the file.
3. The photo will open on the screen. 4. Use
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Then I brought the photo into Quilted Photo Xpress™ and processed each to see the design potential.
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