Hello,

I try to scan a small pattern piece (fits on a single letter size paper) to BMP.
When I load it to PM, it is so big, does not fit to the screen at all... What I'm doing wrong? How can I scan it in 1:1 ratio?

Thanks for help,
Judit

Hello Judit,

Thanks for your question. Here are a couple of posts I think might be helpful. Let me know if they are, or ask questions if they are not.

Tracing a Background Image

Created originally by JK Smith The Professional Studio gives you the option of placing an image in the background of the drawing area. This allows you to trace the image with the Poly tool. Once the image is an editable shape, you can cut it apart, put it back together, and scale it up or down. Images can be scanned from books, drawings, or actual patterns (be aware of copyright laws). A particularly large item might need to be taken to a professional shop to be scanned. Printing businesses …

Scale a Pattern Proportionately

Originally created by JK Smith We have paid no attention to how large the traced pattern is. Once the pattern is traced, we can scale the pattern (change the height and width proportionately) or resize the pattern (change the height independently from the width) to any size desired.In this example, I will first scale the entire garment so that the center back neck to waist measurement of the pattern will equal the center back neck to waist measurement of my mannequin. Be sure that you can s…

Resize a Pattern with Different Height and Width

The resize command allows for independent height and width adjustment. This example uses the bust circumference measurement. You can use any horizontal measurement you like--waist, shoulder width, etc. Move/rotate the pattern pieces so they will be next to each other. This will make it easy to measure the bust circumference of the pattern. Select the Resize tool from the tool box. Select All. Right click in the drawing space to indicate that you are done selecting. Select the x Measure too…

Gary
PatternMaker Software

Thank you Gary for the quick answer.
I understand how to use the background image once it is in PM.
My problem is the scanned picture. The piece fits in the scanner, I scan it and save as bmp. If I open in a viewer, it still looks like one page.
If I load to PM, it loads only part of it.... I measured this part, its about 10 times bigger than the original.
I opened in paint, just to see... same thing.. its much bigger. I do not know how to set up the scanner to get the original size, saved as bmp...
Could you help me with this please?

Thank you,
Judit

You must first resize your .bmp. Do it smaller. The size has to be about 360 kb - I think. You can do this with Paint the windows program.
After this you can load it into PM and are able to copy it with poly line.
Now to get the right size:
It is helpfull if you draw a straight line inside your pattern before scanning.
After redrafting you scale the piece using the measurement derived from this line.

lg heidi

Thank you Heidi ! I will try today. I did not think about the line inside the pattern! It is so simple, but very good idea.

Thanks again,
Judit

Resizing in paint works
Thank you again,
Judit