KG-Chart / StitchSketch blog

This version includes following fix and improvements.

• Exporting an image could output wrong color and vertically inverted.
  
• Generating a PDF from Gallery is no longer available
  Of course you can still generate a PDF - Open a chart, and use the "PDF/Print" menu on the file menu.
  

When exporting as an image, it now uses PNG format instead of JPEG format.
Also, the UI provides more options:

• Zoom: x1 x8 x16
  
• View options (Full version only)
  You can choose: "Mark only", "Color Only", "Mark & Color", Real mode(Cross Stitch, Beads, Iron Beads, Knitting)
  
• Grid on/off
  
• Transparency on/off
  If on, the background will be transparent (PNG file w/alpha channel).
  If off, the background color will be the background color specified in a chart information.
  

With view options, it is now easy to generate "real" image of your chart (Full version only):




When generating a PDF, it has an option to turn on/off the color table.

KG-Chart Pro is now available at Amazon.com!
It is called "Amazon Digital Download" - you can buy & download it, and the "product key" is immediately available for use. It's easy, fast, and safe!

This version includes following fix:

• When using iOS 5 and landscape mode, the grid could get miscalculated and not displayed correctly
  

The opening screen is now "home" screen.
This way, when starting a new chart, it is always explicit what kind of chart you are going to create and what are the parameters are.


Also an edit screen has "close" menu item, so that you can explicitly close the chart.

If you were using StitchSketch LE, and later purchased StitchSketch Full version, you might wonder where are all those files you created with LE version?

Those are still in the document folder of StitchSketch LE application.

In iOS, Apple made it clear that each application has its own "sandbox", in which all the data for the application are stored in it, and no other application can access that. (It's good security protection)

So, to open those files with StitchSketch Full version, you need to transfer them from LE version's folder to Full version's folder.

The document "StitchSketch 101 Transferring a Chart" (In StitchSketch User's Manual Page) explains how to transfer chart files.
In summary:

• Use "email" to yourself. You then can open it using either LE version or Full version.
  
• Use iTunes on PC/Mac. Just copy files from LE to Full.
  
• Use "Dropbox". Just copy files from LE to Full.
  

Using these method, you can use your chart files with Full version.

Here is the highlight of ver 1.52:

The primary goal of this project was of course the performance improvement.
This version is much better and most of the case it is very smooth - About x6 to x60 times faster than before.

Technically speaking, it is a switch from HTML5/Canvas/JavaScript to CoreGraphics/OpenGL ES2/C++.

A little bit change of look & feel.
For drawing tools, a color list is on the right side of the screen for easier selection of colors.


Now it is possible to resize the chart (Shrink/Enlarge the chart). (This is different from resizing a canvas size)


Due to improvement of graphics engine, it is now possible to do better real view.
A peg view added.
Beads view improved.



This helps you trance a photo and convert to a chart. You have to trace manually. You can change the transparency of the image.

Load a photo for tracing.


Change the transparency.


Trace it!


On/Off the image to check your tracing.

• new: Gallery: page performance improvement
  
• new: Gallery: Thumbnail size options - big/small/list options now available
  
• bug fix: PDF generator bug fixes, including knitting symbols with purl issue
  
• bug fix: When numbering from bottom to top on ruler, some bugs fixed
  
• bug fix: When cell's height/width ratio changed, the grid doesn't draw correctly
  
• bug fix: When using rectangular cells which has longer width, symbol could be hidden
  
• bug fix: When first time StitchSketch launched, the default chart information got blank.
  
• Other bug fixes