NLAlston Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 I am VERY INTERESTED in learning how to make my own portrait patterns, for cutting out of plywood sheets. I have scoured the internet for some type of clear, instructional guide, for doing so, but have not been successful, as yet. I just watched a guy on Youtube, though (I didn't link his video, because of not being sure it would be permitted), who was doing a great job of 'painting' in his cutouts of a portrait pattern, and wish that I could gain a handle on his operation. His software was Corel Draw. I don't have that particular software program, but I do own Photoshop Elements 7, as well as Photoshop CS5. Though I've had them for a good while, I haven't integrated myself with them nearly as much as one might think. But, that's about to change, now. I am reasonably sure that what I have could do the same thing, as his software did for him, but he wasn't speaking on his actions - compounded by the fact that he was moving at a rapid pace. I found him by searching Youtube for 'Scroll saw portrait Patterns" (I THINK thats what I typed in). ANY direction, that I could be given - to do as I desire to, would be MOST appreciated. She Thinks It's Big Enough! | Family Feud FamilyFeud Recommended for you 28:37 Dangerous Idiots Extreme Heavy Equipment Excavator Fastest Driver Operator & Fails Skill NQT Worldwide Recommended for you 7:44 Scrollsaw Portrait for a Friend Sterling Davis 16K views 10:02 The Best Of Eagle Attacks 2018 - Most Amazing Moments Of Wild Animal Fights! Wild Discovery Animals Wild Animals Recommended for you 17:36 Hyenas Destroy lioness ❖ Male Lion Comes To Revenge O- K- A tube Recommended for you 10:03 7 Most POWERFUL and Dangerous PISTOLS of ALL TIME MAD LAB Recommended for you 17:02 TOP 3 Ways to Make $100 PER DAY as a Broke Individual Mike Vestil Recommended for you 6:48 Creating Scroll Saw patterns with Corel Draw (Portraits) sdgood 237K views 8:52 Amazing!! Animal Saves Another Animal | Animal Heroes 2016 HD ANIMALBIOLOGIE Recommended for you 12:36 Making a Simple Scroll Saw Box with an Inlayed Top jahellen 6.7K views 8:51 Scroll saw portrait pattern in Paint Shop Pro sdgood 51K views 10:39 Top 10 Incredible Street Performers Videos [AMAZING] Viral Maniacs Recommended for you 17:00 Designing a Name Plate with Inkscape Scroll Saw Goodies 8.9K views Live: Super strength Lion huting Animal ,National Geographic Animals, Animal Documentary BBC 2018.. Channel DMG 9.1K watching LIVE NOW 6:02 What size scroll saw should I buy? sdgood 1.2K views New LIVE: Top 5 Primitive Technology Fishing Big Fish and Cooking Emma's Fishing 21K watching LIVE NOW 4:37 Tree of Life / Scroll Saw Art Sterling Davis 412K views SHOW MORE How to convert an image to a scroll saw pattern Anthony Owens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredfret Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Charles dearing has a video on youtube that shows his method. I use a program called Coyote that works ok but high detail involves a lot of work. Fredfret OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 I use Gimp and or inkscape.. I had a older verson of corel draw.. but that program has way more tools and features we wouldn't need / use for doing patterns.. I like gimp best for doing picture to pattern type patterns.. but for other stuff.. ( word art and other things I like to use inkscape ) both programs are capable of doing both.. I think it's more of what I learned from each program.. Ie I first learned portrait type patterns with gimp so naturally I like it better because I haven't taken the time to "really" learn it on inkscape.. There are a lot of videos right here in the forums on each program and this is where I learned to do patterns years ago.. Steve Good is where I learned corel draw.. but it's expensive software.. I probably could be real good at patterns... but I just cannot get any enjoyment from setting at the computer making patterns when i could just pay someone to make them and spend my time at the saw making sawdust.. so I opt to do just that... then when I need a pattern and I can't get anyone to make one I try doing it myself and I usually can't remember how to do it.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsN Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Have you looked at the pattern making section of this site? Travis has put together some awesome tutorials. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 I'm in the process of learning Gimp. I use Inkscape for word art patterns. Both are easier to use then Corel Draw which I have but haven't kept up on it. Travis has a good video on gimp for doing portraits that may help quite a bit. Link should be in the pattern making section as Katie said. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 There are some new videos on youtube for learning Gimp 2.1. I have just started viewing them. I have also watched just about all of Travis' videos on both Inkscape and Gimp. Gimp has a lot of new stuff since Travis made his videos on it. Check out this site....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLarry Posted July 11, 2018 Report Share Posted July 11, 2018 Our own Village University forum has some fantastic videos and written instructions for portrait patterns using Gimp. Gimp is a free download and is fairly easy to pick up on. Also has videos/instruction on using Inkscape which is also a free download. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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