PANTONE® has just introduced 175 new colors to the PANTONE FASHION, HOME + INTERIORS Color System. The 98 new colors are nicknamed "New age pastels", while the remaining 77 are called "The Shadows". The total number of colors is now 2801. Now you can use...
During the summer, we have inserted in ArahWeave another 1000 weaves, this time not from a collection of weaves, but from an Italian weaving textbook from 100 years ago. Oscarre Giudici, Tessuti di Lana e di Cotone, seconda edizione, Hoepli, Milano 1925. The inner moto...
Superimpose weave is a technique for constructing new weaves by layering one or more weaves on top of the other. In the video below we used an example from Oscarre Giudici's book Tessuti di Lana e di Cotone, published by Ulrico Hoepli in 1925 in...
We added a new smart function in ArahPaint6 that shows used colors in a design in rows and columns. It is very useful for making corrections on larger images consisting of several colors, to detect an unwanted colored pixel easily. It is also very convenient...
Our ArahWeave CAD program already has a large collection of weaves included in the standard installation. The enitre weave database has about 41.000 weaves. The weaves were collected and digitized from known weave collection books including Serrure, Poma, Donat, Fressinet, Griswold, Gunetti, Posselt, Pinchetti. We have...
In ArahWeave, ArahDrape and ArahPaint you can now set custom date format. You can set the following: the order of date elements (date, month, year) display month name or month number display full year or the last two digits display day and month with or without...
We are exciting to introduce a new and unique function in ArahPaint6 with which you can rotate and zoom the brush pattern. When drawing with brushes you can set the angle and zoom of the brush pattern. And it gets even better: even if rotated...
We issued a new short document containing a selection of new features developed throughout the last year, from January 2023 to January 2024. You will find new interesting functions in ArahWeave and ArahPaint software that will help you with your design and weaving processes. In ArahWeave...
In this video tutorial you will learn how to create a multi-layer dobby fabric in ArahWeave, where the layers are self-stitched with the warp yarn. This type of weaves are common in technical fabrics, where the structure of the weave is essential for fabric...
In ArahWeave you can now rotate an image at an angle in seamless repeat! It's not as simple as it sounds to rotate an image at a specific angle and maintaining the repeat at the same time. Our colleague Anton did his homework and calculated all...
