I have been scrolling for several years (new to the Village). I am interested in now starting to make my own patterns, mostly portrait from photos. I have tried "Rapid Resizer" and "Coyote Stencil" results were a modest OK. I hear a lot about GIMP and Inkscape. What do you pattern designers use and why. I really don't want to dabble in two programs, I would rather learn one and go with it. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, so one trick at a time is all I can handle.