Magic Markers work best when you have a good Setup so that a the sample stitch sits perfectly on each grid square. See here for how to check your setup and make any corrections.
Once you are sure your setup is correct, you can adjust the sensitivity of the wand, and trim the final selected stitches. This is why Magic Markers can work on so many different charts. If your chart isn’t perfect, picking a sample stitch from the center rather than an edge will work best.
You can change how Magic Markers search. Magic Markers are designed to work with lots of different charts, even paper scans. If you have a lower quality chart or if the chart symbols are very similar to each other, you may want to ask Magic Markers to find more or less matching sts.
1. More/ Less Slider
You can adjust the wand sensitivity using the more/less slider. Show Me
- Slide to MORE if you want the wand to find more matching stitches, because it is not finding them all.
- Slide to LESS if you want it to be more selective and find fewer matching stitches.
Important! Tap the wand after making this adjustment.
2. Handle Color and Greyscale Stitches
If your chart is a colorwork or grayscale chart, Magic Markers can see the color differences. This means you can find sts based on color and shades of gray when you tap the wand.
You can make the magic wand sensitive to color, greyscale, or to even ignore color by using the BW / Color / Gray options. Show Me
- B/W: If you leave the wand at B/W (black and white) it will ignore color on your chart and find all matches to your sample no matter the color. This is the default setting and works well for most charts that are not colorwork.
- Color or Gray: If you select COLOR or GRAY (next to the wand) and then tap the wand, it will find the shade of gray or color you picked as your sample.
Important! Tap the wand after making this adjustment.
3. Trim Selection
Magic Markers are pretty smart, but computers are not always as smart as our human brain! To adjust the selection yourself, tap on a stitch to toggle it on or off.
You can manually trim the search results by tapping a stitch to toggle it ON or OFF. Manually trimming stitches also adjusts the counts.
- Toggle it ON to include it in the search results.
- Toggle it OFF to exclude it from the search results.
Important! Tapping the wand after will clear your manually selection so be sure to adjust more/less and other wand settings first.