All Crafters Can Use New Plastic Canvas Design Studio;Tutorial For Novices, Custom Designs For...

DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999--

No matter what your skill level or experience, the Plastic Canvas Design Studio is the only software program you will ever need to create exciting, unique and useful plastic canvas projects. Plastic Canvas Design Studio is the newest craft

"Plastic Canvas Design Studio is a complete package for plastic canvas projects," said Troy Riegle, who is the "R" in M&R Technologies. The "M" is his partner and company co-founder Mark Miller.

The product is great for the beginner. Included with the software is a startup kit that contains everything the crafter needs to complete their first plastic canvas project. "The software includes full, multimedia tutorials that teach the beginner the basics of plastic canvas," said Riegle. "You can follow these presentations at your own pace and create a rainbow magnet from the materials in the startup kit."

Experienced crafters can skip the tutorial and begin using Plastic Canvas Design Studio to make unique, custom patterns. The Plastic Canvas Design Studio includes many drawing tools to aid the crafter in drawing patterns from scratch. Crafters can also create patterns by importing clipart or other illustrations from a scanner, digital camera. The colors in the image are automatically mapped to yarn colors available at their local craft store. "From teaching the beginner, to creating detailed projects of your own design, the Plastic Canvas Design Studio is a great product for any level crafter at any age!" said Riegle.

"Crafters frequently tell us how easy our cross-stitch software, PCStitch is to use. We use the same interface in Plastic Canvas Design Studio. This is a very easy program to install and operate. Although we do offer a tech support hotline, we seldom get any calls because few people need help using our programs," said Riegle.

After the image is transferred to Plastic Canvas Design Studio, it can be cropped, resized, and the colors can be changed. The colors displayed by Plastic Canvas Design Studio include all the popular yarns offered by Red Heart and Needloft.

After the final design is ready, the project pattern can be printed out in color or black & white. The ability of the software to print the pattern at any scale makes outlining and cutting the canvas a snap.

Plastic Canvas Design Studio can be used on any PC running Windows 95 or higher. Images can be converted from most popular file formats, digital cameras, and any "Twain Compliant" scanner.

Plastic Canvas Design Studio is sold at most major stores that sell computer software and many the large hobby and craft stores. The software also can be downloaded from M&R's web site at: http://www.pcstitch.com.

M&R Technologies, founded in 1989, is one of the leading developers of software for craft and hobby applications. M&R Technologies, P.O Box 9403, Dayton, OH 45409; or 1934 Southtown Blvd, Suite C, Dayton, OH 45439. Phone 800-800-8517; Fax 937-294-1989; web site http://www.pcstitch.com.