Another year, another blockbuster!
2012 is our 20th Anniversary year. We can hardly believe it ourselves!
In 2011 we added every new feature we had been asked for. Well, for 2012, we’ve done it again.
...And we’ve made improvements to the things we added last year too.
New for 2012:
Framed View
Quickly see what your finished piece would look like in a variety of frames and borders.
Export that to the clipboard or a picture file.
And you can add your own frames!
Launch page. Now you could create a chart from a photo in less than 10 seconds!
New: Radically improved image import
2012 edition (left) vs 2011 edition (right), using ‘photo’ option
Insert your logo into a design
PDF Compression
PDF files in 2011 could easily reach many megabytes in size. Now we have compression in the PDFs, and the file size is much smaller, making them easier to email or download.
Savings of up to 90% in file size!
Tent Stitch View
Motif Browser
Just one click to add a motif to your design. And now you can categorise motifs into folders and sub folders.
Alphabet Browser and Alphabet Designer
Just click a letter and place it on the grid.
New Thread Definitions
The 2012 editions ship with 30 manufacturers threads, adding such names as
Cosmo, Crescent,Dimensions, Belle Soie, Danish Flower Threads, HDF, Mayflower, Rosace
and with revised versions of the standard DMC, Anchor etc
Rotate through 45 Degrees
to 
BackStitch Lines totally flexible, (not limited to 9 points on square), IF you press SHIFT
And more, including:
Added thin and thick line settings to Export to PDF to allow for lower res printers
Added choice of dotted or solid lines for the thin lines in PDF
Added option to have overlaps in PDF
Added bounding and crop areas to PDF to improve compatibility with Adobe
New: automatically archives every chart you save into a ZIP file in the application data folder. If you lose a file, or overwrite one at a later date, this means that you can usually recover it in an emergency.
Larger symbols and letters on printed key
Help files come from the web instead of being installed which speeds up the download and allows more languages to be provided. But can be printed or turned into a PDF file with ease.
Threads can be sorted in the thread chooser
Bold and Italic on text option
Hold CTRL when choosing flip or rotate actions and the selected area will be deleted instead of left alone.