Originally Posted by crazicorn
Originally Posted by sewcrafty
Have you guys done the lessons in the book or just tried it on your own? I got soooo discouraged at myself when I just started playing with it without doing the lessons. Finally decided, OK if I want to use this, bite the bullet and do the lessons. They have been soooo useful. Then I re-watched some of the videos and its really all coming together. Also, if you have anything that you can't figure out, you can call EQ and they'll assist you.
I went and pre-ordered EQ7. Some of what the new enhancements are were too much for me to pass up!!! Its suppose to be easier than EQ6, as was EQ6 is easier than EQ5.
Have I made you more confused!!! :? Sorry! :-D :-D
The one I have is EQ5. I did the lessons and keep the book handy for quick reference. If you don't use it very often it is easy to forget all of the great features. I also think that EQ7 has too many new enhancements to pass up.
For whatever it's worth I agree. I just completed lesson 4 in the EQ6 manual and am really having fun working with it and am trying to figure out how to take 2 quilts into the program to build them out to fit a bed. We did a large no & seams star in and another round robin quilt and both fit the center of my queen sized bed and I'd like to enlarge both out to fit a twin to become heirlooms for my 7 grandchildren - every future quilt has this goal in mind. The kids have already been instructed that whatever quilts they can get from away from Dad are to be divided up among them and the grandchildren but Dad, hubby, gets to have first choice and no argument. When he's done with them, they are to get them.
Anyway, the more I work with the program, the more potential for us I'm seeing and ideas I'm getting. I've got the start of the large star quilt set up but am going to redo it. I did the lesson as set up but have a few ideas of my own and think I'm about ready to set up the star quilt at least. You just can't be afraid of it and yes, you do need to do those lessons and I've that book that was recommended earlier by someone in this exchange is a wonderful book to use. I hope they have one for 7 but I'm getting the impression that the books they currently have no can easily work with 7 which I find interesting. I know the lady with 5 was able to help me get going with 6, up to a point and that point was when I was using features new to 6 that she had no clue how to access. All of the ladies in my users group carry their manuals with them and keep them by their computers to look things up and say it's a necessity as we all, no matter how sharp our brains our, tend to forget steps that are necessary to success. It's a great program.
As to the differences between user friendliness between 5,6,7; I bet there is quite a bit as the designers learn more about setting up those manuals as they go. When I first bought paint shop pro 5, I was in way over my head and now I'm on version X and love it but X is by far the most user friendly of the bunch. I never was comfortable in 5 and like many with EQ 5 just plain didn't use it but I use psp X all of the time but I had to set aside time each week to work in it until I became comfortable. The toughest part for me is that I detest tutorials but I had to swallow my pride and do them to learn and I'm doing them with EQ 6 and will with 7 when it arrives. I can't wait for it to arrive but first I need to finish the last 2 tutorials in 6 - just have too before starting on 7.