Design Center - Brother PE-Design 6.0 Instruction Manual

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Design Center is used to create embroidery patterns from images created in other applications. With Design
Center, you can also apply stitch patterns created with Programmable Stitch Creator to regions of the
embroidery pattern. The resulting embroidery pattern can then be imported into the Layout & Editing Design
Page and combined with other patterns.
The embroidery pattern is created in four stages:
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Stage 1 (Original Image Stage)
In stage 1, you can open an image (or clip art) from various sources, such as, an image created in Paint
scanned drawing, or purchased clip art.
The image file must be in the uncompressed format, and its file name extension must be .bmp, .tif, .jpg, .j2k,
.pcx, .wmf, .png, .eps, .pcd, or .fpx.
Note that image files in other formats can be converted into the specified format if you have the proper
conversion software.
In stage 1, the image is displayed with its original colors and you cannot modify it.
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Stage 2 (Line Image Stage)
When moving from stage 1 to stage 2, select a maximum of five colors from the image that will be converted
into black outlines. Unselected colors will be converted into white. You can then correct the black-and-white
image using pens and erasers of different thicknesses.
If you save a file in stage 2, its file name extension will be .pel.
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Stage 3 (Figure Handle Stage)
When you move to stage 3, the application automatically detects the outline (black areas) and replaces it with
a set of broken lines. The broken lines can be edited (you can move and delete points or insert new points).
If you save a file in stage 3, its file name extension will be .pem.
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Stage 4 (Sew Setting Stage)
You can set the sew type, thread color, and other sewing attributes for the outlines and regions to complete
the embroidery pattern.
If you save a file in stage 4, its file name extension will be .pem.
If you have to interrupt your work at stage 2, 3 or 4, save the file in order to retrieve it later to resume working
on it.

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