Import without the fuzz

I am trying to import the circled cross but when I do it looks very fuzzy. I only have designer 3 so curious if there is anything I can do within designer 3 to clean up and if not what program do I need to look into purchasing to do so?

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I cleaned it up with a photo editing program Paint.net is a good one. Plus enlarged it and gray scaled. Try importing this one. I then saved it as a PNG format (no noise from compressing like JPG files)

I went ahead and made a pattern for you. Attached is the MPC and PTN. If you use the PTN please add medium draft or the text will most likely chip when carving. Plus the larger you carve this the better the text will be (less chance of chipping)

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Originally Posted by AlBCuttnWud

I am trying to import the circled cross but when I do it looks very fuzzy. I only have designer 3 so curious if there is anything I can do within designer 3 to clean up and if not what program do I need to look into purchasing to do so?

Thanks. Attachment 72480

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Your image is very small and in a JPEG format. Making it larger - makes it FUZZY. Will this work?

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Originally Posted by eelamb

I went ahead and made a pattern for you. Attached is the MPC and PTN. If you use the PTN please add medium draft or the text will most likely chip when carving. Plus the larger you carve this the better the text will be (less chance of chipping)

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Thanks so much. I think this will work out perfectly. I'll file this under tricks of the trade…..ha. Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by bjbethke

Your image is very small and in a JPEG format. Making it larger - makes it FUZZY. Will this work?

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Makes sense….I probably should have tried to get a better resolution from the start to get the better quality. Thanks so much for your help, looks like I'll be giving this one a try after work this evening…:)