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Cross Stitch Pro Product Comparisons Price Country Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine UK £75 £125 £399 £125 USA $89 $149 $479 $149 *Prices obtained from our distributors websites at time of writing. Application Use for: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Symbol charts Yes Yes Yes No Machine stitching No No No Yes Stitch Types Stitch Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Cross Stitch Yes Yes Yes Yes 3/4 Stitch + 1/4 Yes Yes Yes Yes 1/2 Stitch (/,\) No Yes Yes No 4 x 1/4 Stitch No Yes Yes No Long Stitch Yes Yes Yes No Split Cross No Yes Yes No Back Stitch (BS) Yes Yes Yes Yes Multi thickness BS No Yes Yes No BS to centre No Yes Yes Yes Kloster Block Yes Yes Yes No Woven Bars Yes Yes Yes No Spiders Webs Yes Yes Yes No French knots Yes Yes Yes No Beads Yes Yes Yes No Knitting Yes Yes Yes No Blackwork Manual Auto Auto Auto Custom No Yes Yes No Colour features Feature Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Thread ranges 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+ Colours per design 75 220 220 220 Blending No Yes Yes No Hue Change No Yes Yes Yes Edit/add colours No Yes Yes Yes Change BS colour No Yes Yes Yes Swap Clr in area No Yes Yes Yes Match colour Yes Yes Yes Yes Merge Colour Yes Yes Yes Yes Change symbols Yes Yes Yes N/A Sort palette No Yes Yes Yes Remove Duplicates Yes Yes Yes Yes Remove unused Yes Yes Yes Yes Delete colour Yes Yes Yes Yes Pick palette Yes Yes Yes Yes Reduce Colours Yes Yes Yes Yes Vary Brightness Yes Yes Yes Yes Vary colour balance Yes Yes Yes Yes Selective display Yes Yes Yes Yes Drawing Tools Tool: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Filled shapes 6 20+ 20+ 20+ Unfilled shapes 6 6 6 6 Pen width 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4 Line of stitches Yes Yes Yes Yes Rotated borders Yes Yes Yes Yes Backstitch pen tool No Yes Yes Yes Draw with mirrors No Yes Yes Yes Curve drawing No Yes Yes Yes Undo operation Yes Yes Yes Yes Stitch by stitch undo No Yes Yes Yes Area Operations Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Define rectangular Yes Yes Yes Yes Define irregular Yes Yes Yes Yes Cut,Copy,Paste,Del Yes Yes Yes Yes Delete stitch type Yes Yes Yes Yes Fill Yes Yes Yes Yes Reflect X,Y Yes Yes Yes Yes Mirror Yes Yes Yes Yes Rotate 90 Yes Yes Yes Yes Rotate any angle Yes Yes Yes Yes Auto Backstitch Yes Yes Yes Yes Auto Move/Copy Yes Yes Yes Yes Resize area Yes Yes Yes Yes To layered object Yes Yes Yes Yes Magic wand select No Yes Yes Yes Swap colour No Yes Yes Yes Hue change Yes Yes Yes Yes Auto BS colours Yes Yes Yes Yes Auto BS outline No Yes Yes Yes Selective display Yes Yes Yes Yes Automatic Tools Tool: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Backstitch Yes Yes Yes Yes Floodfill Yes Yes Yes Yes Fill tolerance No Yes Yes Yes Fill with motif No Yes Yes Yes Custom fill pattern No Yes Yes Yes Half density fill No Yes Yes Yes Quarter density fill No Yes Yes Yes Blackwork fill No Yes Yes Yes Blackwork patterns No Yes Yes Yes Smooth No (manual) Yes Yes Yes Despeckle No Yes Yes Yes Screen shot Yes Yes Yes Yes Thread length calc. Yes Yes Yes No Thread costing No Yes Yes No Variable formula No Yes Yes N/A Image Importing Feature: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Scanning Yes Yes Yes Yes Crop image Yes Yes Yes Yes Reduce colours Yes Yes Yes Yes Match thread range Yes Yes Yes Yes Match to chosen Yes Yes Yes Yes select size Yes Yes Yes Yes Interpolate on resize Yes Yes Yes Yes Preview design Yes Yes Yes Yes Repeat last image Yes Yes Yes Yes File formats Many Many Many Many Twain support Yes Yes Yes Yes USB compatible Yes Yes Yes Yes Patternmaker V1, Aspire2, Stitchcraft, PC-Stitch 5,6,7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Clipboard import Yes Yes Yes Yes Multiple TWAINs Yes Yes Yes Yes Scan with petitpoint No Yes Yes No Display Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Max Design Size 500 x 500 stitches 1200 x 1200 2000 x 2000 1200 x 1200 Colours per design 75 220 220 220 Fabric count 1-99 1-99 1-99 1-99 Realistic Aida Yes Yes Yes No Realistic Linen Yes Yes Yes Yes Realistic Tapestry canvas Yes Yes Yes No Realistic Plastic Yes Yes Yes No Realistic Rug Yes Yes Yes No Plain Grid Yes Yes Yes Yes Image as b'ground No Yes Yes Yes Blank background Yes Yes Yes Yes Set aspect ratio Yes Yes Yes No View framed Yes Yes Yes Yes Realistic Crosses Yes Yes Yes Yes Realistic Tapestry stitches Yes Yes Yes No Knitting Yes Yes Yes No Block display Yes Yes Yes Yes Symbol Display Yes Yes Yes No Symbol + Block Yes Yes Yes No Colour Symbol Yes Yes Yes No Centre marks Yes Yes Yes Yes Alignment targets No No Yes No Zoom Levels 13 13 13 13 Scroll bars Yes Yes Yes Yes Superview navigate Yes Yes Yes Yes No. Designs open 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ Layered Object functions Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Area to Object Yes Yes Yes Yes Motif as Object Yes Yes Yes Yes Move Object Yes Yes Yes Yes Resize Object Yes Yes Yes Yes Restore Object Yes Yes Yes Yes Convert to stitches Yes Yes Yes Yes Rotate No Yes Yes Yes Reflect No Yes Yes Yes Duplicate No Yes Yes Yes Bring to Front Yes Yes Yes Yes Send to back Yes Yes Yes Yes Move forward Yes Yes Yes Yes Move back Yes Yes Yes Yes Align Tops No Yes Yes Yes Align Bottoms No Yes Yes Yes Align Left No Yes Yes Yes Align right No Yes Yes Yes Combine No Yes Yes Yes Group No Yes Yes Yes Split No Yes Yes Yes Text Objects Yes Yes Yes Yes Vector CAD edit No No Yes No Text to stitches functions Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Use TrueType fonts Yes Yes Yes Yes Cross Stitch Yes Yes Yes Yes Cross & 3/4 stitch Yes Yes Yes Yes Backstitch outlined Yes Yes Yes Yes Backstitch fonts No Yes Yes Yes Multiple line No Yes Yes Yes Auto Centering No Yes Yes Yes Design own fonts No Yes Yes Yes Pictorial capable fonts No Yes Yes Yes Change object font Yes Yes Yes Yes Resize text object Yes Yes Yes Yes Change object text Yes Yes Yes Yes Layer text objects Yes Yes Yes Yes Printing Function: Professional Professional Plus Publisher Machine Sizes Infinite Infinite Infinite N/A Black Symbols Yes Yes Yes No Colour Blocks Yes Yes Yes No Colour crosses Yes Yes Yes No Blocks and symbols Yes Yes Yes No Colour symbols Yes Yes Yes No Wash out colours No Yes Yes No Use white symbols No Yes Yes No Auto Tiling Yes Yes Yes No Overlap shading No Yes Yes No Print selected page Yes Yes Yes No Print any area Yes Yes Yes No Key on same sheet Yes Yes Yes No Separate sheet key Yes Yes Yes No Turn off grid Yes Yes Yes No Print selected clrs Yes Yes Yes No Spot Clr separation No No Yes No Selectable grid nos. Yes Yes Yes No 3/4 stitch separators Yes Yes Yes No Thread organisers Yes Yes Yes No Thread lengths Yes Yes Yes No (but produces thread order text file) Framed view Yes Yes Yes Yes Print Preview Yes Yes Yes No Life size model No No Yes No Machine version prints framed view only - not charts   Special Publisher features   Add formatted text and graphics anywhere on the pattern using built-in word processor Add callouts, arrows and cutouts into the grid in multiple shapes and coloursPrint life size models in photo-realistic stitches and canvas backgrounds without having to stitch anythingGenerate silk screen colour separations in up to 219 spot colours with oversizing according to adjacent colours A variety of additional stitch types Assign colours to chart symbols and use the same symbol for multiple thread colours, making it more difficult to copy charts. CMYK separated prints and exports Vector CAD package included for adding custom chart objects. Combine multiple pdf files, rotate pdf pages, re-order pdf pages.