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03-19-2012, 10:12 PM

I hope this is the correct place to address this - if not, please let me know and I'll move it. I am new to scroll sawing and want to create a pattern from a photo (portrait). I downloaded GIMP and plan on using it to develop a pattern. Is this a good program to use for this purpose? Any words of wisdom as to how to best approach this project? Thanks.

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03-19-2012, 10:57 PM

I use a combination of GIMP and Inkscape, both are free. I started out using this tutorial http://www.scrollsawer.com/forum/scr...ials/17247.htm
Once you get onto it you will find alternate steps to refine your patterns. Good luck.
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03-20-2012, 07:13 PM

Great! Thank you.

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