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‘Pumpkinshop’ software, tutorial videos and all documentation are
copyright © 2005 of Fireburg Media, All Rights Reserved.
‘Pumpkinshop’ and ‘Fireburg Media’ are trademarks of Fireburg Media.
Pumpkinshop License Agreement
Please read this software license agreement carefully before installing the software.
This is a legal agreement between you, the licensee, and Fireburg Media, relating to this
software program, tutorial videos and documentation, collectively known as the ‘product’.
Fireburg Media reserves all rights to the product not explicitly expressed within this agreement.
Warning: Pumpkin carving requires the use of knives and/or other sharp objects; adult
supervision is required at all times. You agree to assume all risks involved, including but not
limited to personal injury to you or others, and to not hold Fireburg Media responsible or liable
for any such injuries and/or damages related to the use of this product including suggestions
explicit or implied within the tutorial videos.
You have purchased the right to use this software on a single computer and make one
backup copy. You may not allow the program to be installed or used on more than one
computer at a time. The software itself remains property of Fireburg Media. You may not
attempt to modify or determine the source code of the program. You may not sub license
the program or sell images created with the program. All images created with the program
are copyright of Fireburg Media. You may not use the program to perform any illegal activities.
You agree to comply with the export and import control regulations of the country the product
was purchased from. Any attempt to do any of these restricted activities will terminate your
right to use the program without notification.
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for 90 days from purchase; within this time you may return the product for repair or
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System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
400 Mhz Processor
128 MB RAM
200 MB available hard drive space
Mouse
Keyboard
Printer
Recommended:
1.0 Ghz Processor
256 MB RAM
300 MB available hard drive space
Digital Camera or Scanner
Install Instructions
To install the program, simply insert the Pumpkinshop CD into the CD-ROM drive when your
computer has finished loading Windows®.
Click Install under the Autorun menu and follow the instructions.
If Autorun is disabled and the Pumpkinshop menu does not appear, open up your CD-ROM icon
and double click the Setup.exe file.
Starting the Program
Click on Start and select Pumpkinshop from your Programs Menu.
The CD is not required to run the program.
Viewing the Tutorial Videos
Insert the Pumpkinshop CD in the CD-ROM drive.
When the Autorun Menu appears, click 'Watch Tutorial Videos'.
Click the video you wish to view and the folder will open.
Click the video file to open it in your default .mpg player.
If you have any trouble, you may email our technical support team at
support@pumpkinshop.info
Pumpkinshop Program Instructions
Pumpkinshop is a computer program that will allow you to take any picture on your computer
and render it into a pumpkin carving stencil. The stencil you create can then be printed and
attached to a pumpkin to be carved. You can use a picture of anything: a face, a house, a pet
anything! The following instructions will guide you through the program to help make it as easy
and fun to use as possible. Enjoy.
Pumpkinshop Interface Icons
New
This will allow you to open a new project. Pumpkinshop will ask
you to select a picture file. Acceptable formats include the
following: .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, and .tiff
Save
Save your current work as a .pumpkin file. The save feature will allow you to
save your work at any stage so that nothing will be lost.
Load
Load an existing project from a .pumpkin file (example: Myface.pumpkin).
Your project will load at the stage that you saved it.
Options
You may change the options at any time during your stencil design.
Level (Difficulty):
Simple mode allows for only two layers of carving: completely carved
through and uncarved.
Medium mode displays three layers on stencils: completely carved
through, partly carved, and uncarved.
Advanced mode yields the highest quality stencils, with many layers
to be carved. This is the default mode in Pumpkinshop.
Mouse Cursors Turn mouse cursors off if they flicker on your computer.
Measurements Choose which units (inches or cm) you use for measuring the
height of your pumpkin.
Printing Choose between black and white (B&W) or color. Note that full color
stencils may be easier to follow.
Credits Program Design, Graphics and Carving Instructions by Jeremy Burghall
Programming by Alex Huijsman
Program Instructions by David W. Mitchell
Return Exit options and return to your stencil design.
Exit Click here to exit the program.
Pumpkinshop Program Instructions - Start to Finish
The following will explain how to take an original photo,
digital photo or picture and make it into a paper
stencil that can be used to carve a pumpkin using
advanced mode. I will explain how to do all of this with
diagrams of the process that I followed using a picture of
our vampire character on the front cover. Here we go.
Stage 1
The Crop function allows the user to isolate an area of a picture for a close-up.
On the sides and corners of the picture are zoom toggles. Clicking within the zoom toggle box
and dragging it will allow you to select the area of the picture you would like to focus on.
After moving the toggles around the area you want,
click
. You can use
multiple
times if you want to isolate the area even more.
You can also transform the picture using the rotate
and stretch features. Click
to rotate the
picture 15 degrees counter-clockwise or
to
rotate clockwise.
To
the picture, use the scroll bars by
clicking and dragging the toggle on the
vertical
or horizontal
bar. The picture size will
automatically adjust to fit the sides of the picture box.
When you are finished with the crop stage, press
beginning and allow you to start over.
. Clicking
will take you to the
Stage 2
The Trace function cuts out pieces of the newly zoomed-in portion of the picture to help give a
more precise stencil without any undesired background.
Click and hold the left mouse button on any area of your picture. Then drag the mouse cursor to
create a traced line. You are drawing a line that separates the portion of your picture that will
remain in the stencil from the area which will be removed.
Let go of the mouse button, and you will be prompted by an arrow mouse cursor. Choose which
side of the picture you want to attach the traced line to and click the left mouse button. Note that
you will not be prompted by this cursor if your traced line is already touching a side of the
picture.
You are now prompted by a question mark cursor. This gives you the choice between which of
the two areas created to remove. Hovering over an area will render it darker. The area clicked
will be removed it will then remain dark. You can trace the stencil as many times as you want.
You can also overlap darkened areas in your tracing.
It takes some practice to trace well. If you make a mistake, click
traces as you have made. Once you click undo you can click
trace. When you are finished tracing, click
to continue.
. You can undo as many
to return to the previous
Pumpkinshop Program Instructions - Start to Finish
Continued
Stage 3
In order for your carving to have a good layering
effect, the stencil must be rendered with various
shades of gray to represent different layers to be
carved. The Light function increases the area of
layering that will be cut out completely.
Click and hold the toggle then drag it back and
forth to change the amount of “light” area your carving
will have. Moving the toggle to the left will create
light area. Moving it to the right will create
.
The amount of light area will change when you
release the mouse button.
This light area is colored in white on the stencil and
bright yellow on the sample carving and represents
the area that will be completely carved out.
You may also
the stencil. While using the edit
option, you cannot change the light area of the carving. This option has three tools:
The eye-dropper tool allows you to select a gray shade on the stencil. The current shade
is displayed in the
box.
The pencil tool will allow you to draw on the stencil using the currently selected shade.
You can choose from five different pencil sizes using the toggle .
The paint bucket tool fills in an area of the same shade with the currently selected shade.
The
Click
and
buttons work the same as when tracing.
to return to your light area configuration, this will save the changes made in edit.
You may notice red outlines on parts of your stencil; these are 'islands' that will fall out if carved. If
the outlined area is important to your design you will have to correct it by adjusting the amount of
light area or reconnect the 'island' to the rest of the pumpkin using the edit tools.
Dave’s
Tip The paint bucket tool works best with black or white areas because these areas are
Dave
Tip's
usually quite large in size. Using the paint bucket tool for gray areas usually doesn't fill in any large
area. If you want to change the shading of a gray area use the pencil tool to draw it in yourself.
Stage 4
The Dark function increases the area of layering that
will not be carved at all, giving your stencil the 3-D
carving effect.
The process here is the same as in the light function.
Move the toggle to the left and release it to
decrease the amount of area to be carved, increasing
the area of the pumpkin skin. This area is shown in
black. Move the toggle to the right will increase the
area to be carved, decreasing the amount of pumpkin
skin. When you are satisfied with how the stencil
looks, click
.
Dave’s Tip Once you are finished with the Dark stage, you won't be able to adjust the “lightness”
and “darkness” of your stencil. A good stencil has a lot of layers that overlap each other (in advanced
mode). Experiment back and forth between the Light and Dark stages (3 and 4) to get a good
multi-layered fit.
Stage 5
Here you will see what your stencil will actually look
like printed. While the carving will not look anything like
your stencil, you can see how it will look in the sample
carving. There are a few things to note with the stencil:
Orange areas that are surrounded by a blue line will be
completely cut out, there will be no pumpkin left here. If
you are printing in black and white (B & W in the
Options menu), the orange area will instead print as a
pattern and the blue line will be printed as a black
dashed line.
White areas that are surrounded by a red line will not
be carved and remain as skin. If you are printing in
black and white, the red line will be replaced with a
black solid line.
Gray shades represent partial carving, everything in
between the orange and white areas. Darker gray
shades will be less cut out while lighter gray shades
will be mostly (but not completely) cut out. This is only
for advanced mode. Medium mode will have a single
gray shade representing a single layer that is partially
carved.
There are a number of parameters to look at before printing.
The number beside this icon
represents the height of the pumpkin that you are going to
carve. You can measure in inches or centimeters (cm) check Options to change this. The height
of your pumpkin will determine how large the stencil will print. Measure the height of the pumpkin
you plan to carve and input the number using the
and
buttons.
This mode will print the gray shades of your stencil as they were rendered in the
previous stages.
This mode will print the gray shades in a smoother, more aligned pattern. These
shades will not reflect the appearance of the picture that was used to make the stencil, but it
makes for easier carving.
Clicking this icon will display your sample carving in the work screen, much like if you
click on the sample carving in any other stage. However, in the print stage, you can click
to see it up close.
If you click print with the sample carving in the work screen, it will be printed, not the stencil.
Whatever appears in the work screen on the left is what will be printed when you click print.
Clicking
will put the stencil back on the work screen.
If you want to make any changes before printing, click
. When you are completely
finished, click
. Your printer settings may temporarily take you out of the program to give
you instructions on printing. Now it's off to carving! Watch the carving tutorial videos to learn how
to turn your stencil into a terrific pumpkin!
I hope you found these instructions useful. Please visit our website at www.pumpkinshop.info