Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.6 Users Manual - English - Page 27

Basic Operation PeDesignV6Eng.book Page 19 Thursday, July 8, 2004 11:59 AM Automatically Creating Embroidery Patterns Using the Auto Punch Function In this section, we are going to automatically create an embroidery pattern from an image. Follow the instructions in this section step by step. If you have to interrupt this exercise for any reason, it is recommended to save the file (refer to Step 6, "Saving the embroidery pattern", on page 23). You will be able to retrieve it later and resume your work. The complete procedure will take you through the different steps of a normal working session using the Auto Punch function. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Starting up Layout & Editing Opening an image file Adjusting the size and position of the image Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern Displaying a preview of the embroidery pattern Saving the embroidery pattern Transferring the pattern to an original card Quitting Layout & Editing page 19 page 20 page 21 page 21 page 22 page 23 page 24 page 24 Step 1 Starting up Layout & Editing 1. Click , select All Programs, then PE-DESIGN Ver.6. Select Layout & Editing to open the Layout & Editing window. b Memo: If a shortcut for Layout & Editing was created, for example, on the desktop, double-click it to start up the application. → The Layout & Editing window appears. b Memo: • To fill the entire screen with the Layout & Editing window, click the maximize button on the right end of the title bar. • At this time, you can change the Design Page properties by using the menu command Option - Design Page Property. (For more details, refer to page 77.) For this example, we will not change the Design Page settings. 19