Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
2.
Click the outline color(s) that you want to
convert into black outlines.
→ When the pointer is moved over the
image, the shape of the pointer changes
to
→ The selected color appears in a box on
the right side, and
check box to show that the color is
selected.
To extract the color boundaries, click Detect
Outlines check box.
b
Memo:
• When the extracting color boundaries using
Detect Outlines, the colors are converted
to line image as shown below.
• You can repeat step
colors. If more than five colors are selected,
only the last five colors selected remain in
the list.
• To deselect a color, clear the corresponding
check box.
3.
Click Preview to preview the line image in the
Design Page.
b
Memo:
If necessary, the settings can be changed.
After changing the settings, click Preview to
preview the outline with the new settings
applied.
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appears in the
2.
to select up to five
4.
Click OK.
→ All of the selected colors are converted to
a black outline (line image), which is
displayed in the Design Page of the Line
Image Stage.
b
Memo:
• To quit the operation and go back to the
Original Image Stage, click Cancel.
• It is recommended to select just as many
colors as necessary to create a clear outline
of the image.
• If you do not like the result, select the menu
command Stage – To Original Image to go
back to the Original Image Stage, and then
create the line image again.
Drawing a New line image
freehand
Toolbar button:
1.
Click
, or click File, then New Line
Image.
→ If the current Design Page has already
been saved or has not been edited, a new
Design Page immediately appears in the
Line Image Stage.
→ If the current Design Page has not been
saved, you will be asked whether you
want to save the changes.
b
Memo:
In the Line Image Stage, the file will be saved
as a .pel file.
c
"Saving embroidery patterns" on
page 234, and "Drawing a New figure
handle image freehand" on page 202