Easy Cross Enterprise

(£99.95)

Easy Cross de luxe

(£49.95)

Easy Cross

(£29.95)

Stitch types including full stitch, half stitch, quarter stitch, backstitch and French knot

23

16

16

Thread charts including DMC, Anchor and Madeira

39

39

3

Fabric charts (Zweigart, Frank Stone and Fabric Flair)

3

Number of colours per design

255

255

255

Maximum size of design

2000 x 2000

2000 x 2000

2000 x 2000

Browse thumbnails of designs and files

Yes

Yes

Yes

OLE compatible (add to other programs)

Yes

Yes

Design thumbnail given on screen

Yes

Yes

Yes

Database: Keep track of designs

Yes

Supplied with templates and design your own [dimensions and apertures]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Print to bitmap files including Postscript format

Yes

Print preview and tiling for larger designs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Flexible printing: With or without key, grid or centre marks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Variety of different print styles including black & white symbols and colour block

Yes

Yes

Yes

Print: Set colour of overlap when Tiling and change centre marks

Yes

Yes

Print selected stitches: Change printout colour, font type and key layout

Yes

Yes

Print: Change margins, line thickness and add design information

Yes

Yes

Yes

Converts photographs into cross stitch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Direct scanning and supports 72  file formats

Yes

Yes

Yes

Convert part of an image; merge 2 conversions

Yes

Yes

Convert an image into the backdrop, along with the ability to spray backdrop colours

Yes

Yes

Copy, move, cut and paste areas including irregular shapes if required

Yes

Yes

Yes

Copy Cross Stitch only, Backstitch only or both

Yes

Yes

Yes

Flip, mirror, rotate, scale up and down

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rotate to any angle and change colours when placing

Yes

Yes

Smooth stitches automatically inserts ¾ stitches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatic repeat of edits

Yes

Yes

Pick colour, stitch or colour and stitch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change or delete a colour or Backstitch section

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatic Backstitch outline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set rectangular area for exclusive edits to take place in

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add lines, squares, rectangles, diamonds, circles, ellipses, arcs, triangles, angled squares, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, stars

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create your own shapes

Yes

Yes

Adjust fill styles for flood fill, filled shapes or text

Yes

Yes

Auto Shading option adds shading to your design

Yes

Yes

Flood fill and draw filled shapes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Flood fill to Backstitch

Yes

Yes

Yes

Insert additional designs into the current design

Yes

Yes

Yes

Save and use motifs from the library and use to create a border

Yes

Yes

Yes

Supplied Motifs 

439

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Use any True Type font to add text to a design

Yes

Yes

Yes

True Type Text art: Transform and apply patterns to the text

Yes

Yes

Create square, rectangle, circle and ellipse borders using the built-in or your own repeats

Yes

Yes

Optionally objects allow re-positioning of areas once they have been placed

Yes

Yes

Add, change colours and remove unused colours to palettes: Save & load palettes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add and change blended colours with a realistic appearance in the stitched view

Yes

Yes

Conversion between thread manufacturers and change & add colour to thread charts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically merges colours used less than a given number of stitches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Anti photocopying symbols

Yes

Multiple Colour Schemes in one design

Yes

Yes

Select fabric colours & count:: Edit the colours in the thread charts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Symbols for cross stitch and backstitch are assigned according to darkest

Yes

Yes

Yes

Specific symbols can be assigned to a colour in the thread chart, so the colour will always use the same symbol.

Yes

Yes

Edit symbols and use True Type Fonts as symbols

Yes

Yes

Set thread chart preference

Yes

Yes

Yes

Flexible zoom levels include full view and ability to pan around design

Yes

Yes

Yes

Full screen view

Yes

Yes

Flexible grid, ruler and toolbar settings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Select a frame from the library or add extra frames

Yes

Yes

Show and print coloured mounts

Yes

Yes

Show and print coloured template

Yes

Yes

Yes

Various stitch display including Stitched View

Yes

Yes

Yes

Show and hide colours

Yes

Yes

Change and add colours to fabric charts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Annotation: Add text, arrows, lines and quick key

Yes

Yes

Crop, extend, scale and centre designs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Scale using quarter stitches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change one stitch type to another

Yes

Yes

Remove  lone stitches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Insert/delete rows and columns

Yes

Yes

Show design statistics such as thread usage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Extra settings for thread usage calculation

Yes

Database: Keep track of your threads

Yes

To Do List - add reminders for work to do on your designs

Yes

Use the built-in backup program to keep copies of your work

Yes

Yes

Up to 100 undo, redo options

Yes

Yes

Yes

Page Layout is a built-in simple desktop publisher which can create brochures and leaflets

Yes

Page Layout: Copy, cut, paste, delete, resize & move areas, place areas to front or back and use available alignment tools

Yes

Page Layout allows multiple pages and add designs; keys; pictures & text

Yes

Create simple thread organiser & using built-in print layouts

Yes

Thread organisers with symbols & colours automatically taken from the design and add text & logos

Yes