Color Reduction Function - Brother PEDESIGN 5.0 Instruction Manual

NOTE:
If you started in Stage 3 by opening a Stage 3 file, you cannot go to Stage 2.

[Color Reduction function]

If you click the
Image Tune
and you can reduce the colors of the image data (posterize) or reduce the noise.
With this function, you can apply an even gradation to make the image smoother. You can use
to select colors easily, even from image data that was taken from a scanner or other device,
Colors
and does not have clear outlines.
NOTE:
This operation is done so that the operations in the Cut Out to Line Image dialog can be done, so
the image that results from these operations cannot be saved.
button in the above dialog, a
Image Window
N If necessary, scroll and zoom the image.
N Select the color(s) that you want to convert into
black. To do this, move the cursor over the
image. The shape changes to
color. The color moves to the upper box under
s and a
Pick Color
to show that the color is on. You can repeat to
select a total of five colors. If you try to select
more, colors are scrolled down, and the color
that was at the bottom is deselected.
•
If you selected a color by mistake, simply click
its check box to deselect it.
N Click
to see the effect of your selection.
View
You can repeat this step after clicking on the
check boxes of the selected colors to toggle
them on/off, or after selecting different colors.
N Click
to confirm.
OK
N Click
to exit.
Cancel
dialog similar to this will display,
Image Tune
N Image Window displays the image
resulting from the current operations.
N
sets the amount of color reduc-
Tone
tion (posterization). The right side
(High) shows the original image. The
farther to the left side (Low) the setting
is made, the greater the amount of
color reduction.
N If
Noise Reduction
small areas of noise are deleted.
N Click
to show the finished image on
OK
the Design Page and on the Cut Out to
Line Image dialog, and close the dialog.
Before you open this dialog, the Pick
Colors that were picked out in the Cut
Out to Line Image dialog are reset.
N Click
Cancel
. Click on a
appears in the check box
Pick
is checked, the very
to close the dialog.
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