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MOSAIC Comparison of Editions

Features in the: Pattern Maker Edition
Designer Edition
Professional Edition

Features in the Pattern Maker Edition

Design tools

  • Full tile, diagonal half tile and quarter tile
  • Tile Colour Change
  • Borders and centerlines
  • Labels and notes
  • Text Tool
  • Save motifs for use in future charts
  • Standard and Custom Libraries
  • Move, copy, flip, rotate and mirror any section of a chart
  • Rotate whole chart.

Colours

  • Several tile brands available and the ability to choose up to 1000 custom colours per chart
  • Chart with most major tile brands
  • Mix your own colours and match any colour to closest colour in a tile brand
  • Select colours from tile brands by using the on screen sample card or enter the catalog number
  • Automatically match the colours from a tile brand to the closest colours in another brand
  • Automatically remove any unused colors from the palette when a design is completed
  • Used colours are highlighted in the palette
  • Palette Info dialog box shows total tiles in the design

Symbols

  • 500 Custom designed symbols
  • Change symbols at any stage of designing
  • Automatically assign dark symbols to dark colours to give good weighting to symbol charts
  • In symbol on colour mode automatically inverts symbols on dark colours for easy reading

Chart sizing

  • Chart sizes up to 1000 by 1000 tiles
  • Easy chart sizing by measurement (mm, cm, inch) as well as by cells

Grid

  • Accent every 5th, 10th, 12th, 15th gridline or no accent
  • Choose from standard square grid or set your own grid proportions

Viewing

  • On screen simulation of tiles
  • View designs on screen in colors, symbols, symbols on color
  • View grout colour
  • View menu added, including Chart Width View
  • Multi-Document Interface allowing you to view different charts at once
  • Warning & mouse over messages

Printing

  • Print charts in symbols, full colour or as symbols on colour
  • Print symbols at large easy-to-read sizes
  • Print the users key made automatically for all charts
  • Print designs out at full size and place tiles over them
  • Print kit & instruction page
  • Advanced print options

Autosave

  • When enabled Autosave gives a reminder to save every ten minutes if you have not saved

Help & Tutorials

  • Easy access PDF Help Manual by menu command
  • Multimedia Tutorial on CD

Preferences

  • Customize the Mosaic colour scheme

Features in the Designer Edition
(Includes all the features in the Pattern Maker Edition plus the features below)

Design tools

  • Offset tiles, horizontal and vertical half tiles
  • Variegated and Gradient Fill Tools
  • Custom center lines and arrows
  • Rescale your design in one step
  • Colour Probe tool

Photos

  • Quick Photo Conversion feature; Convert photos or pictures to charts automatically
  • Imports BMP, JPEG and PCX files
  • Advanced Photo Conversion features including sepia conversion, custom number of colours and detail options
  • Single Tile Removal Tool to merge all single tiles with the adjacent colour
  • Despeckle Tool to remove single tiles from a selected area
  • Trace feature for charting over pictures semi-manually
  • Improved Photo Conversion Wizard - extra size option, grout options, sepia & grey conversions
  • Re-do Photo Conversion option

Colours

  • Add your own pre-saved palettes to charts during designing
  • Arrange the palette colours automatically by catalog number, tile quantity etc.
  • Multiple Merge feature

Symbols

  • Set the size and line thickness of symbols
  • Change the colour and shading of symbols
  • Set preferences for all aspects of symbols

Chart sizing

  • Chart sizes up to 10000 by 10000 tiles
  • Size charts by inserting columns and rows
  • Size charts to imported pictures

Grid

  • Change the colour, shading, and thickness of gridlines
  • Change the proportions for grid cells from square to any rectangular shape
  • Accent any grid line horizontally or vertically
  • Offset the starting point of the grid
  • Set preferences for all aspects of the grid

Viewing

  • When viewing in symbols on color set the amount of color to show behind the symbols
  • Turn the auto invert symbols option on or off
  • Customize the palette items that show on screen

Printing

  • Print a custom copyright notice on designs
  • Specify a percentage colour wash when printing symbols on colour
  • Network printing
  • Advanced printing

Preferences

  • Customize the design environment
  • Set start up preferences for new charts
  • Customize the Autosave options and automatic backup copies of charts

Features in the Professional Edition
(Includes all the features in the Pattern Maker Edition and the
Designer Edition
plus the features below)

  • Export to Desktop Publishing Programs in PDF, JPG, BMP, EPS, WMF
  • Trapping and GCR options for EPS exports
  • Output at High Resolutions e.g. 1200, 2400 or 4800 dpi
  • Export PDF Kit
  • Export PDF receipt for kit
  • Set Logo in PDF kit
  • Set Hyperlink in PDF kit
  • Mosaic viewer for selling designs on the internet
  • Copy protection features for charts
  • Full four colour process separation for publishing through DTP
  • Print/export as separations for spot colour
  • Preview in EPS Colour
  • Export Simulation option
  • Export Elements option
  • Advanced Export features

 

 

 

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