New features in EQ6...
The Libraries
- Overall friendlier interface
- View the Library and the Project Sketchbook items in the same dialog
- Select multiple items to add to the Sketchbook with one click
- Select multiple items and delete them from the Sketchbook with one click
- Ability to sort and delete from the Project Sketchbook from within the Library
- Ability to link to other EQ product libraries from within the Library dialog
- Expanded notecards than can flip and be pinned down for viewing continuous items
- Import items from other EQ projects
- Ability to display more items within the dialog
- Ability to build My Library files for all design items
- Efficient copy and paste procedures for building custom libraries
- Unlimited My Library files
- Easy interface for naming libraries and styles
- Search for blocks by pre-defined categories like construction method or skill level
- Search for fabrics by text or color
- Search for layouts, embroidery or photos by text
- Search for thread by text or color
- Import fabric scans or photo images using BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF formats
- Import embroidery designs using EXP format
- Addition of a Photo Library
- Addition of a Thread Library
- Ability to create thread by RGB values
The Project Sketchbook
- Ability to see more than one quilt at a time
- Separate sections for embroidery, photos and thread
- Ability to move the entire dialog
- Expanded notecards that can be flipped and pinned
- Double-click to edit blocks and quilts to the worktable
- Sort capability for all sections
- Context menus for additional functionality specific to the section
Printing and Exporting
- Rotate templates before printing
- Option for larger key block for foundation patterns and rotary cutting charts
- Resizable foundation pattern dialog
- Improved labeling of foundation patterns
- Increased control over EQ’s foundation numbering scheme
- Saving of foundation numbering
- Ability to print partial foundation patterns
- Ability to select setting triangles and print clipped blocks patterns
- Mirror option for printing blocks
- Prints template patterns for text set on quilt
- Export metafiles with fill color or with outline and fill
- Export high resolution images in BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, and TIFF formats
Quilt Worktable
- New on-point layout style
- More options for locking sliders so they move together instead of separately
- More size information readily available within the palettes
- Two new border styles
- Ability to hide or show layers on the quilt as you’re designing
- Option for always starting with a 4x4 horizontal layout
- Default border style is user settable
- Create a custom quilt layout from a block drawing with just a click
- Rulers for the quilt worktable
- Adjustable origin for the quilt rulers
- New Set Applique Text tool
- New Random Recolor tool
- New Set Auto Borders tool
- New Set Photo tool
- New Set Embroidery tool
- New Thread tools
- New Rotate Fabric tool
- New Erase Block tool
- New Paintbrush tools for freehand coloring of patches
- Friendlier interface for viewing block colorings and selecting a coloring
- Ability to add a plain block
- New position for the graph pad
- Ability to center a block in the quilt
- Fussy cut positioning of fabric is saved with the quilt
Block Worktable
- New precision bar for easier drawing board adjustments
- Ability to draw pieced PatchDraw blocks
- Addition of special grids: 8 point star, circle, arc, kaleidoscope, octogon
- New PolyDraw tools
- Settable grid dot size
- Settable color for grid dots
- Ability to hide or show layers on the block as you’re drawing
- Ability to center selected segments
- New Ellipse tool for drawing appliqué
- New Rectangle tool for drawing appliqué
- New Brush Stroke tool for drawing appliqué
- New Freehand tool for drawing appliqué
- Shape Bezier curves by dragging directly on the curve
- Auto selection of segment as soon as it’s drawn
- Tool specific precision bars for greater customization of drawing techniques
- Saving of fussy cut position of fabric
- Auto fill when patches are closed using PatchDraw
- Saving of open patches
- Adjust the stacking order of patching on the drawing layer or the color layer
- Serendipity options for creating new blocks by tilting, merging or framing
- Block palette on the color tab for quick editing of blocks
- Improved options for importing an image for tracing.
Overall
- Fabric scales based on the size of the block or quilt
- Add and remove tools from toolbar
- Display large or small tools
- Customize the style of the tools
- Flyout tools for greater flexibility of tools
- Ability to restore to original default settings
- Large video screen with more videos
- Quick quilt projects
- Dynamic Toolhelp window
- Worktable tools for quickly changing worktables
- Implementation of an intro splash screen
- Tip of the Day option on startup or from the Help menu
That's 99 new features!
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