                         X_STITCH.TXT

X_STITCH.EXE demonstrates how "BMP Tools F. P. C." can read one or
more files to create the contents of another. This program actually
deals with 13 individual bitmaps during its execution.

This application was written to convert bitmap images into 
cross-stitch patterns; for my sister Linda. This is actually
one of the main reasons I wrote this whole thing.

The file SAMPLER.BMP, included in this zip, is the original file,
and CHART.BMP will be the result after you run the program. 
SAMPLER.BMP is provided only for you to see the "before" image.
Changing this file will have no effect on the execution of 
X_STITCH.EXE. The original bitmap is permanently compiled into
this application, and SAMPLER.BMP need not even be on your hard drive.
On the other hand, 1.BMP through 11.BMP do need to be present,
and in the same directory as X_STITCH.EXE for it to work.

CHART.BMP was designed to be printed on a 360 dpi color printer,
at printer resolution (100%) - and without screen matched color.
It will fill up most of an 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper,
and the grid produced will be exactly 10 squares to the inch.
If you have a 300 dpi printer, change the file dpi of CHART.BMP to
300. This picture won't fit on one page at 100%, and the squares will
be 8 to the inch instead of 10. There is no sense in reducing this
image to make it fit. Try it, you'll see. This is a good example
of size = detail.
