Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- PE-DESIGN8 Instruction Manual
- Turn Any Design Into Original Embroidery With PE-DESIGN
- What You Can Do With PE-DESIGN
- Sew Types
- Basic Operation Map
- New Features of Version 8
- Table of Contents
- How To Use Manuals
- Support/Service
- Tutorial
- Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
- Layout & Editing Window
- Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs
- Checking Embroidery Patterns
- Editing Embroidery Designs
- Reshaping Embroidery Patterns
- Editing a Stitch Pattern
- Specifying the Design Page Size and Color
- Changing Application Settings
- Drawing Shapes
- Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)
- Adding Text
- Entering Monograms
- Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions
- Editing Regions
- Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Lock
- Importing Image Data
- Changing the Image Settings
- Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)
- Saving and Printing
- Basic Design Center Operations
- Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
- About the Instruction Manual (PDF Format)
- Tutorial (Advanced)
- Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
- Design Database Window
- Starting Up Design Database
- Checking Embroidery Designs
- Opening Embroidery Designs
- Organizing Embroidery Designs
- Searching for an Embroidery Design
- Converting Embroidery Design Files to Different Formats
- Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card
- Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery Designs
- Basic Programmable Stitch Creator Operations
- Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
- Opening a Pattern File
- Creating a New Pattern
- Viewing the Pattern While Creating It
- Creating a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Editing a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Creating Embossing/Engraving Effects in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Creating a Pattern in Motif Mode
- Editing a Pattern in Motif Mode
- Saving Patterns
- Changing the Settings
- Basic Font Creator Operations
- Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
- Tips and Techniques
- Menus/Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Index
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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Pattern edited with the round mask
Pattern edited with the adjustable mask
3. In the Select Mask dialog box, click Next.
4. Adjust the image size and position.
• Drag the image to the desired position.
• Drag the handle to adjust the image to the
desired size.
• Embroidery pattern size that will be created
can be checked in the lower left corner of
the dialog box.
5. Click Next.
6. Specify the settings for creating the
embroidery pattern.
c
“Sewing Option” and “Color Option” on
page 131.
c
For details on clicking Select from
Candidates, refer to step on page 26.
a Note:
With a small original image, it may not be
possible to reduce the size of the mask.
b Memo:
Image Tune
• Clicking the
Image Tune
button in the
Select Mask
dialog box displays an
Image
Tune
dialog box.
• Move the
Original – Sharp
slider to adjust
the sharpness of the image’s outlines. A
setting more towards
Sharp
makes a more
noticeable boundary between bright and
dark areas.
• Move the
Dark – Bright
slider to adjust the
brightness of the image.
• Move the
Low – High Contrast
slider to
adjust the contrast of the image.
b Memo:
Click
Fit to Page
to adjust the mask to the size
of the Design Page.
Embroidery
pattern
size
7