Compare our cross stitch software versions

Price
Prices
 Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Download:
£42 + vat
£75 + vat
£240 + vat
£49 + vat
*Prices obtained from our distributors websites at time of writing.

Application
Use for: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Symbol charts Yes Yes Yes No
Machine stitching No No No Yes

Stitch Types
Stitch Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Cross Stitch Yes Yes Yes Yes
3/4 Stitch + 1/4 Yes Yes Yes Yes
1/2 Stitch (/,\) No Yes Yes No
4 x 1/4 Stitch No Yes Yes No
Long Stitch Yes Yes Yes No
Split Cross No Yes Yes No
Back Stitch (BS) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi thickness BS No Yes Yes No
BS to centre No Yes Yes Yes
Kloster Block Yes Yes Yes No
Woven Bars Yes Yes Yes No
Spiders Webs Yes Yes Yes No
French knots Yes Yes Yes No
Beads Yes Yes Yes No
Knitting Yes Yes Yes No
Blackwork Manual Auto Auto Auto
Custom No Yes Yes No

Colour features
Feature Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Thread ranges 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+
Colours per design 75 220 220 220
Blending No Yes Yes No
Hue Change No Yes Yes Yes
Edit/add colours No Yes Yes Yes
Change BS colour No Yes Yes Yes
Swap Clr in area No Yes Yes Yes
Match colour Yes Yes Yes Yes
Merge Colour Yes Yes Yes Yes
Change symbols Yes Yes Yes N/A
Sort palette No Yes Yes Yes
Remove Duplicates Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remove unused Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delete colour Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pick palette Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reduce Colours Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vary Brightness Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vary colour balance Yes Yes Yes Yes
Selective display Yes Yes Yes Yes

Drawing Tools
Tool: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Filled shapes 6 20+ 20+ 20+
Unfilled shapes 6 6 6 6
Pen width 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4
Line of stitches Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rotated borders Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backstitch pen tool No Yes Yes Yes
Draw with mirrors No Yes Yes Yes
Curve drawing No Yes Yes Yes
Undo operation Yes Yes Yes Yes
Stitch by stitch undo No Yes Yes Yes

Area Operations
Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Define rectangular Yes Yes Yes Yes
Define irregular Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cut,Copy,Paste,Del Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delete stitch type Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fill Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reflect X,Y Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mirror Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rotate 90 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rotate any angle Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto Backstitch Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto Move/Copy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Resize area Yes Yes Yes Yes
To layered object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Magic wand select No Yes Yes Yes
Swap colour No Yes Yes Yes
Hue change Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto BS colours Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto BS outline No Yes Yes Yes
Selective display Yes Yes Yes Yes

Automatic Tools
Tool: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Backstitch Yes Yes Yes Yes
Floodfill Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fill tolerance No Yes Yes Yes
Fill with motif No Yes Yes Yes
Custom fill pattern No Yes Yes Yes
Half density fill No Yes Yes Yes
Quarter density fill No Yes Yes Yes
Blackwork fill No Yes Yes Yes
Blackwork patterns No Yes Yes Yes
Smooth No (manual) Yes Yes Yes
Despeckle No Yes Yes Yes
Screen shot Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thread length calc. Yes Yes Yes No
Thread costing No Yes Yes No
Variable formula No Yes Yes N/A

Image Importing
Feature: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Scanning Yes Yes Yes Yes
Crop image Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reduce colours Yes Yes Yes Yes
Match thread range Yes Yes Yes Yes
Match to chosen Yes Yes Yes Yes
select size Yes Yes Yes Yes
Interpolate on resize Yes Yes Yes Yes
Preview design Yes Yes Yes Yes
Repeat last image Yes Yes Yes Yes
File formats Many Many Many Many
Twain support Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB compatible Yes Yes Yes Yes
Patternmaker V1, Aspire2, Stitchcraft, PC-Stitch 5,6,7 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Clipboard import Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multiple TWAINs Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scan with petitpoint No Yes Yes No

Display
Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Max Design Size 500 x 500 stitches 1200 x 1200 2000 x 2000 1200 x 1200
Colours per design 75 220 220 220
Fabric count 1-99 1-99 1-99 1-99
Realistic Aida Yes Yes Yes No
Realistic Linen Yes Yes Yes Yes
Realistic Tapestry canvas Yes Yes Yes No
Realistic Plastic Yes Yes Yes No
Realistic Rug Yes Yes Yes No
Plain Grid Yes Yes Yes Yes
Image as b'ground No Yes Yes Yes
Blank background Yes Yes Yes Yes
Set aspect ratio Yes Yes Yes No
View framed Yes Yes Yes Yes
Realistic Crosses Yes Yes Yes Yes
Realistic Tapestry stitches Yes Yes Yes No
Knitting Yes Yes Yes No
Block display Yes Yes Yes Yes
Symbol Display Yes Yes Yes No
Symbol + Block Yes Yes Yes No
Colour Symbol Yes Yes Yes No
Centre marks Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alignment targets No No Yes No
Zoom Levels 13 13 13 13
Scroll bars Yes Yes Yes Yes
Superview navigate Yes Yes Yes Yes
No. Designs open 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+

Layered Object functions
Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Area to Object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Motif as Object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Move Object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Resize Object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Restore Object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Convert to stitches Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rotate No Yes Yes Yes
Reflect No Yes Yes Yes
Duplicate No Yes Yes Yes
Bring to Front Yes Yes Yes Yes
Send to back Yes Yes Yes Yes
Move forward Yes Yes Yes Yes
Move back Yes Yes Yes Yes
Align Tops No Yes Yes Yes
Align Bottoms No Yes Yes Yes
Align Left No Yes Yes Yes
Align right No Yes Yes Yes
Combine No Yes Yes Yes
Group No Yes Yes Yes
Split No Yes Yes Yes
Text Objects Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vector CAD edit No No Yes No

Text to stitches functions
Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine
Use TrueType fonts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cross Stitch Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cross & 3/4 stitch Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backstitch outlined Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backstitch fonts No Yes Yes Yes
Multiple line No Yes Yes Yes
Auto Centering No Yes Yes Yes
Design own fonts No Yes Yes Yes
Pictorial capable fonts No Yes Yes Yes
Change object font Yes Yes Yes Yes
Resize text object Yes Yes Yes Yes
Change object text Yes Yes Yes Yes
Layer text objects Yes Yes Yes Yes

Printing
Function:
Professional
Professional Plus
Publisher
Machine
Sizes
Infinite
Infinite
Infinite
N/A
Black Symbols
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Colour Blocks
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Colour crosses
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Blocks and symbols
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Colour symbols
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Wash out colours
No
Yes
Yes
No
Use white symbols
No
Yes
Yes
No
Auto Tiling
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Overlap shading
No
Yes
Yes
No
Print selected page
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Print any area
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Key on same sheet
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Separate sheet key
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Turn off grid
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Print selected clrs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Spot Clr separation
No
No
Yes
No
Selectable grid nos.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
3/4 stitch separators
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Thread organisers
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Thread lengths
Yes
Yes
Yes
No(but produces thread order text file)
Framed view
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Print Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Life size model
No
No
Yes
No
Machine version prints framed view only - not charts

 

Special Publisher features

Add formatted text and graphics anywhere on the pattern using built-in word processor

Add callouts, arrows and cutouts into the grid in multiple shapes and coloursPrint life size models in photo-realistic stitches and canvas backgrounds without having to stitch anythingGenerate silk screen colour separations in up to 219 spot colours with oversizing according to adjacent colours

A variety of additional stitch types

Assign colours to chart symbols and use the same symbol for multiple thread colours, making it more difficult to copy charts.

CMYK separated prints and exports

Vector CAD package included for adding custom chart objects.

Combine multiple pdf files, rotate pdf pages, re-order pdf pages.

 

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Change Backstitch Colour
This tool is used to change the colour of a backstitch without having to delete and redraw it. Simply rubbing the tool over existing backstitches causes them to change to the currently selected colour.

A split cross stitch is simply a standard cross but taking up either half the normal width or half the normal height. It allows much more detail to be used in charts and is particularly effective in allowing thin vertical or horizontal lines.

The chart shows a reduced size symbol near to the top, bottom, left or right side of the grid square. Two split crosses in the same grid square are thus represented by two symbols side by side or one above the other.

Split crosses can also straddle a stitch position (half in one square and half in the next square) in which case the symbol is shown over the grid line.

Used in Hardanger design. The program allows the drawing of an entire Kloster block by simply dragging a box over the required number of grid lines. Additional stitch types and corners can be added using the backstitch line tool.