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    Question Tartan finder showing pleat to stripe

    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tyger View Post
    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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