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手を動かしながらエディターを覚えましょう。

「画像がある」から「本当に刺したくなるきれいなPDFがある」までの最短ルート。実際の画面の場所とショートカットに沿った、短く実践的なページです。

ひまわりの図案とDMCの糸のパレットを表示したStitchmateのクロスステッチ図案エディター

Stitchmateは、ブラウザで使えるクロスステッチ図案エディターです。面倒なデスクトップソフトなしで、きれいで印刷しやすい図案を作りたい方のために作られています。ニードルポイントやダイヤモンドアートの図案も作れます。ツールは同じまま、ステッチや材料、用語はそれぞれの手芸に合わせて切り替わり、図案を別の手芸へワンステップで変換することもできます。

このハンドブックでは、写真のインポートやパレットの調整から、ブラシ、選択、図形ツールでの描画、刺繍枠にすぐ使える複数ページのPDFのエクスポートまで、すべての機能を順に紹介します。

各ページはひとつのツールや考え方に絞り、画面のどこにあるかと、作業を速くするキーボードショートカットをまとめています。まずは下の8ステップから始めて、あとは各セクションを自分のペースで読み進めてください。

ここから始める

「画像がある」から「本当に刺したくなるPDFがある」までの8ステップ。

Getting Started

New to Stitchmate? What you can make, the four ways to start a pattern (a photo, a PDF chart, a pattern file or a blank grid), and where your patterns, palettes, motifs and threads live.

Home (the screen Stitchmate opens on)

Image Import

Turn a photo into a pattern in three steps: Photo (crop, straighten, erase the background), Pattern (size, threads, colors, detail, clean up), and PDF.

Home → Create → From an image. From a pattern made this way: Size & colors (top left of the editor), or File → Back to Size & Colors…

Editing Colors

Change colors without breaking your pattern: swap a thread everywhere or in one area, merge look-alikes, see where a color is used, and give every color a clear symbol.

Right panel → Palette

Palette Tools

Rework every color in your pattern at once: recolor it with another palette, switch thread brands, warm or brighten it, cut it down to fewer threads, and save palettes.

Palette → Palette tools

Confetti Cleanup Tool

Get rid of confetti, the lone single stitches that make a pattern tedious to stitch. Clean the whole pattern in one press, preview a stronger pass, protect faces and text with a mask, or brush away speckles by hand.

Left toolbar → Clean Up Confetti / Right panel → Check

Brush Tool

B

Paint and erase stitches with a round brush: block in shapes fast, add partial stitches, mirror your work with symmetry, scatter two colors, and draw with stylus pressure.

Left toolbar → Brush

Selection Tool

V

Mark part of your chart, then copy it, move it, fill it, erase it, or hand it to Transform to flip and rotate.

Left toolbar → Selection

PDF Export

Export your cross-stitch pattern as a printable PDF: choose the paper and chart style, split the chart into pages, and set up the cover, key, and branding.

Editor → Export

まずは画面に慣れる

画面の移動、表示の切り替え、作業の整理。

Getting Started

New to Stitchmate? What you can make, the four ways to start a pattern (a photo, a PDF chart, a pattern file or a blank grid), and where your patterns, palettes, motifs and threads live.

Home (the screen Stitchmate opens on)

Canvas Navigation

Zoom in on a few stitches, move to another corner, and get back to the whole pattern in one keystroke, with a mouse, a trackpad or your fingers.

Canvas

View Options

Choose what you see while you work: colors, symbols or a realistic stitched look, plus grid, fabric, backstitch and rulers in stitches, centimeters or inches. None of it changes your PDF.

Top right → View (eye icon)

Layers

Keep the text, a border or a risky idea on its own layer, so you can move, hide or delete it without touching the rest of the pattern.

Left toolbar → Layers

Source Image Overlay

U

Lay your original photo or drawing over the chart while you edit, to trace outlines, check a face still reads, or compare colors. It never prints.

Left toolbar → Overlay

Keyboard Shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut in Stitchmate, grouped by where you use it: the editor tools, canvas navigation, colors, progress tracking, the import screens, and search fields.

Editor → Help → Keyboard Shortcuts

Cloud and Local Patterns

On the Stitchmate desktop app your patterns are files on your computer. Sign in and you can also keep a copy in your account. What "linked" means, what the badges say, and what happens when you open, upload or change a pattern in two places.

Help → How Cloud and Local Patterns Work · Home → On this computer / In my account

ツール

毎回の作業で使う基本の編集ツール。

Brush Tool

B

Paint and erase stitches with a round brush: block in shapes fast, add partial stitches, mirror your work with symmetry, scatter two colors, and draw with stylus pressure.

Left toolbar → Brush

Fill Tool

G

Fill a whole area of your pattern in one click: block in a background, recolor a shape, clear a region, or fill only inside a selection. One Undo puts it back.

Left toolbar → Fill

Gradient Tool

Shade a sky, a petal or a background by blending two or more thread colors across it. Drag to set the direction, pick the shades, and Stitchmate places the stitches.

Left toolbar → Fill dropdown → Gradient

Shape Tool

R

Draw frames, circles, hearts, stars and other shapes in stitches, filled or as an outline. Adjust, move and rotate a shape before it turns into stitches.

Left toolbar → Shape

Line Tool

L

Draw straight rows of stitches for borders, sampler bands, stems and geometric designs. Adjust both ends before the line turns into stitches.

Left toolbar → Shape dropdown → Line

Text Tool

T

Letter a sampler, a name and date, or a short quote. Pick a pixel, smooth or backstitch font, then move, resize and restyle the text until it fits.

Left toolbar → Text

Selection Tool

V

Mark part of your chart, then copy it, move it, fill it, erase it, or hand it to Transform to flip and rotate.

Left toolbar → Selection

Selection Transform Tool

T

Resize, rotate, flip or warp the stitches you selected, with a preview until you press Enter. One undo puts it all back.

Selection tool → Selection mode → Transform

Confetti Cleanup Tool

Get rid of confetti, the lone single stitches that make a pattern tedious to stitch. Clean the whole pattern in one press, preview a stronger pass, protect faces and text with a mask, or brush away speckles by hand.

Left toolbar → Clean Up Confetti / Right panel → Check

Backstitch Tool

K

Add crisp outlines and detail lines on top of your stitches. Draw lines and paths, place shapes, outline a color area in one click, or trace outlines from your photo, then fine-tune any line.

Left toolbar → Backstitch

ちょっとしたコツ

いちばん役立つ考え方
インポートが「素材」を用意し、パレットツールが「絵の具」を整え、描画ツールが「ステッチ」を形にし、エクスポートがすべてをまとめます。
仕上がりが気になるときは
FLOW Scoreと単独の目の表示で確認し、気になる箇所を「単独の目を整理」できれいにしましょう。
ショートカットは効きます
ショートカットを使って何度か作業すると、エディターが手になじんできます。