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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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
Opening an image
When you click the From Image button in the How
do you want to produce embroidery? dialog box,
the From Image dialog box appears.
1 Open Image File
Click this button to open a previously saved
image file and paste the image in the Design
Page.
There are many different types of files that can
be imported.
c
“Image file formats” on page 19.
2 From Clipboard
Clicking this button pastes the image on the
Clipboard into the Design Page. This function
can only be used when there is an image on the
Clipboard.
3 From TWAIN device
Click this button to import an image from a
TWAIN device (such as a scanner or digital
camera) connected to your computer, then
paste it in the Design Page.
4 Use Current image
Click this button to use an image opened in the
Original Image Stage. This function can only be
used when an image is opened in the Original
Image Stage.
Tips for scanning illustrations
for Design Center
• If the outline is not clear, trace the outline
on tracing paper.
• Better scanning results may be produced
by reducing the tone of the image.
Opening a file
A file can be opened directly without using the
wizard.
1. Click , or click File, then Open.
2. Select the drive and the folder.
3. From the Files of type box, select Image file.
4. To open a file, select it, and then click Open,
or double-click the file's icon.
b Memo:
To import an image from a file TWAIN device
• Connect the TWAIN device to the
computer, and then click
File
, then
Select TWAIN Device
, or click
From
TWAIN device
in the
From Image
dialog box. When the
Select Source
dialog box appears, select a device.
Next, click
File
, then
Input from
TWAIN device
.
• For information on using the driver
interface, refer to the help manual for
that interface, or contact the
manufacturer of the interface.
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b Memo:
• If a .pel file is selected, the file is opened in
the Line Image Stage.
• If a .pem file is selected, the file is opened in
the Figure Handle Stage or the Sew Setting
Stage.