There are many ways to develop weaving drafts for dobby looms using Photoshop Elements. Combining Elements with the weaving software you already have can add a whole new dimension to your weave designs. This quick reference guide can get you started. Click here to order now.
Our interactive tutorials are designed to help all you weavers out there get your laptops and your looms playing together. At the moment, most of our tools are directed at the PC folks, but one of these days, we plan to offer a couple of goodies for you Mac weavers as well.
For a description of our tools and how to order them, just keep scrolling down. You will find links to sample pages and other interesting stuff.
Pop the CD into your CD-ROM drive and learn some new ways to approach the creative process using any of four popular weaving programs.
Decode the secret language of weaving drafts.
Explore color interactions on your PC.
If you already have a weaving program, you can learn to use it in an entirely new way.
If you are considering buying one, (or buying another one!) The Textile Design Studios can help you understand the special capabilities that each of them offers.
If you're looking for a specific recommendation, you might not find it here: I love them all!
In The Textile Design Studios, you will find interactive tutorials that can help you use these weaving programs in creative (and fun!) new ways. If you don't already have a copy, you can follow these links to download a demo version.
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Your Windows PC is a great weaving tool, even if you don't have weaving software. But if you don't have a lot of experience with computers, you may not be aware of this potential. And if you are like a lot of other folks, you may have encountered some serious frustration in your previous encounters with the keyboard!
If you are reading this page, then you have already managed to overcome at least a few of those frustrations. To sweep away the rest (or at least a lot of them), just spend a few minutes a day with The Weaver's H.U.G.
You will soon be creating spreadsheets to make all your warp calculations and store all of your dye formulas. You will be able to build databases to store all your project information. You will be able to automate the process of generating the mailing list for your guild newsletter.
The Weaver's H.U.G. is a multimedia workshop on a CD that makes your PC not only more user-friendly, but more weaver-friendly