Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.6 Users Manual - English - Page 82

PeDesignV6Eng.book Page 74 Thursday, July 8, 2004 11:59 AM Design Center Stage 2 (Line Image Stage) b Memo: • To quit the operation and go back to stage 1 (Original Image stage), click Cancel. • It is recommended to select just as many colors as necessary to create a clear outline of the image. In the above example, only a single color was selected. • If you do not like the result, select the menu command Stage - To Original Image to go back to stage 1 (Original Image stage), and then create the line image again. Image tuning Clicking the Image Tune button in the Cut out to Line Image dialog box displays an Image Tune dialog box similar to the one shown below. Image window From this dialog box, you can reduce the colors of the image data (posterize) or reduce image noise (distortions). By applying an even gradation to make the image smoother, you can select colors more easily, even from image data that was taken from a scanner or other device and does not have clear outlines. 1) The image window displays the image resulting from the current settings. 2) Move the Tone slider to set the amount of color reduction (posterization). Set to High to show the original image. Set towards Low to increase the color reduction. 3) If the Noise Reduction check box is selected, the smaller areas of noise are removed. 4) Click OK to show the corrected image in the image window on the Cut out to Line Image dialog box and to close the dialog box. 74 b Memo: • To close the dialog box without applying the changes to the settings, click Cancel. • Clicking OK resets the Pick Colors list on the Cut out to Line Image dialog box. a Note: The image adjustments selected in the Image Tune dialog box apply only to the image displayed in the Cut out to Line Image dialog box; the image that results from these adjustments cannot be saved. Creating a new Design Page in stage 2 (Line Image stage) Toolbar button: 1. Click , or click File, then New Line Image. → If the current Design Page has already been saved or has not been edited, a new Design Page immediately appears in stage 2 (Line Image stage). → If the current Design Page has not been saved, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes. b Memo: In stage 2 (Line Image stage), the file will be saved as a .pel file. c "Importing image data from a TWAIN device" on page 72, "Saving" on page 104, and "Creating a new Design Page in stage 3 (Figure Handle stage)" on page 78 Drawing and erasing outlines Drawing outlines 1. On the Tool Box, click the button for the pen with the desired thickness. → The shape of the pointer changes to . 2. To add a dot, click once. To draw a line, drag the pointer.