Tartan finder showing pleat to stripe

[tyger]

I have been looking at tartans on various websites that have tartan finders. I have not seen an interactive tartan finder that will illustrate what the kilt would look like if it were pleated to stripe. Am I missing something?

[billmcc]

I have been looking at tartans on various websites that have tartan finders. I have not seen an interactive tartan finder that will illustrate what the kilt would look like if it were pleated to stripe. Am I missing something?

No. An application that shows pleating options doesn't exist.

[RockyR]

Try a very simple fix...

Copy paste the picture into MS Paint or some other simple picture program with an edit feature.

'box' (use the dashed line box) in a tall rectangle around the stripe you want to pleat it to.

Copy
Paste
Repeat...
Put them all side by side and you get the same idea.

[tyger]

Thanks Rocky, your suggestion is one that will work; however, I was looking for a quick (interactive) on-the-fly approach. If an interactive site does not exist, perhaps somebody could be encouraged to develop this feature.

[cavscout]

Dooh, (Rocky beat me to it)

What I have done in the past is copy whatever image of a swatch I can find to MS Paint and then copy the section of the swatch that contains the stripe I want to pleat to and paste a series of them together as it would appear on a kilt. This gives me a pretty good approximation of the appearance.