'Lite' Editions

In answer to many requests for a more economical version of MacStitch and WinStitch, we are pleased to release both MacStitch and WinStitch Lite.
These editions contain everything you need to make your own cross stitch patterns, without some of the more advanced facilities built in to the more up-market editions.
Essentially the same programs at heart, here is a comparison chart showing how the various editions compare.

Note: MacStitch and Winstitch Lite are based upon the 2009 versions of our software, and therefore do not contain any of the new features introduced for 2010.

(The help files that ship with all editions are the same. This allows 'Lite' edition owners to see features available should they choose to upgrade)

MacStitch WinStitch Lite Editions
---- TECHNICAL ----
OSX 10.2 or greater, including Snow Leopard x x x
100mb Disc space x x x
B/W or color printer x x x
Optional: Scanner
Can be installed on a USB drive x x x
---- VIEW/EDIT MODES ----
Color Blocks x x x
Black Symbols x x x
Color Symbols x x x
Black Symbols on color x x x
Virtual Stitches x x
Beads x x
Knots x x
Outline/Backstitches x x x
Full Print Preview x x x
---- RANGE ----
Charts up to 999 x999 x x Charts up to 250 x 250
Up to 255 colors per design x x x
Can rename and recolor the threads x x x
---- THREAD OPTIONS -----
DMC Silks x x x
Anchor Silks x x x
Madeira Silks x x x
Coates Silks x x
Appleton Tapestry x x
DMC Tapestry x x
Anchor Tapestry x x
Paterna Tapestry x x
Custom (Add your own!) x x
---- LANGUAGE ----
English x x x
French x x x
German x x x
Dutch (menus only) x x x
Italian (menus only) x x x
---- UTILITIES ----
Symbol Editor (redesign the symbols) x x
Thread Editor (add new colors and ranges) x x
Scan Directly
---- EDIT TOOLS ----
Full x x x
Half x x x
Vertical x x x
Horizontal x x x
French Knots x x
Beads x x
Backstitch (from point to point) x x x
Backstitch Shapes x x
Backstitched letters x x x
Motif library (create/add) x x x
Truetype fonts into text x x x
Automatic Outline x x
Automatic Halfstitching (smoothing) x x
Flood fill x x x
Eyedropper x x x
Flash a color x x x
Remove unused colors x x x
Search and replace x x x
View thumbnail and jump to an area x x x
Flip H/R x x x
Mirror x x x
Rotate 90/270/180 x x x
Sort the palette x x x
Threads can have alternative color for printing x x
Bar chart showing thread usage x x x
4-way Symmetry x x x
Circles and boxes - filled, hollow, or beaded x x x
Lines x x x
Multi-level undo x x x
Shrink area to used area x x x
Increase design size x x x
Automatic Adjust for knitting x x
Onion Skin mode (use image as background) x x
Create and Apply Borders x x
Supports additional threads from Myriacross.com x x
Print with an overlap x x x
Open up to 4 designs at once x x x
Import PCStitch (.PAT) files x x x
Properties / Copyright dialog / chart comments x x x
File Icon includes a preview image x
File / Open previews the file x x x
---- EXPORT OPTIONS ---
Save as 'Read Only' x x
Save as JPEG x x
Save as PDF x x
Tunisian Crochet x x
---- IMAGE IMPORT ----
Imports BMP, PCX, TGA, DIB, JPG, PNG pictures x x x
Choose the source from: x x x
-->Clip Art x x x
-->Clipboard x x x
-->Disc/CD x x x
Set the size of the cloth x x x
Set the number of thread colors x x x
Choose a make (eg DMC, Anchor etc..) x x x
Preview the results before you hit OK x x
Optional: x x
-->Change Brightness x x
-->Crop the image. x x
---- 2010 Features ----
Petit Pointxx
2x2 stitchesxx
3x2 stitchesxx
Variable thickness backstitchxx
Sepia Tonexx
Image Editorxx
Right mouse button erasingxx
Full PDF exportxx
High quality printingxx
Knitting viewxx
Rectangular gridxx
Icons with previewsx
Text boxesxx
Symbol editorxx
Balloon viewxx
Thick brush stylesxx
One click access to cut/pastexx