Brother International PEDESIGN 7.0 Users Manual - English - Page 2

Table of Contents How to Use This Manual 1 Screen configuration 1 Operation buttons 1 How to use Support menus 1 How to use Menu areas/Main text areas ....... 2 Printing 3 How to use the Search function 3 Displaying related Web pages 3 Features 4 What You Can Do With This Software 4 Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern From an Image 4 Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern From a Photo 4 Easily Create Custom Font Patterns 5 Have Fun Creating Embroidery Patterns Manually 5 Create Embroidery Patterns Using All Four Applications 6 Description of New Features 7 Basic Operation Map 8 Support/Service 9 Online Registration 9 Checking for the Latest Version of the Program 9 Starting up/Exiting Applications 10 Starting up Layout & Editing 10 Starting up Design Center 10 Starting up Font Creator 11 Starting up Programmable Stitch Creator ....... 11 Starting up Design Database 12 Exiting the Application 12 Understanding Windows and Using Tools 13 Layout & Editing Window 13 Design Center Window 14 Font Creator Window 15 Programmable Stitch Creator Window 16 Design Database Window 17 Tutorial 18 Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function)..... 18 Step1 Importing image data into Layout & Editing 18 Step2 Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern 19 Step3 Displaying a preview of the embroidery 20 Step4 Saving the embroidery design.......... 20 Step5 Transferring the design to an original card 21 Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Cross Stitch Function) .... 22 Step1 Importing image data into Layout & Editing 22 Step2 Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern (Cross Stitch function 23 Step3 Displaying a preview of the embroidery 24 Step4 Saving the embroidery design.......... 25 Step5 Transferring the design to an original card 25 Automatically Converting a Photo to an Embroidery Pattern (Photo Stitch Function).... 27 Step1 Importing photo data into Layout & Editing 27 Step2 Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern 28 Step3 Displaying a preview of the embroidery 30 Step4 Saving the embroidery design.......... 31 Step5 Transferring the design to an original card 31 Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center 33 Step1 Opening an image file (Original Image Stage 33 Step2 Extracting the outlines by selecting colors 34 Step3 Editing the outlines (Line Image Stage 35 Step4 Specifying sewing attributes (Sew Setting Stage 38 Step5 Displaying a preview of the embroidery 41 Step6 Saving the embroidery pattern ......... 42 Step7 Transferring the design to an original card 42 Arranging Embroidery Patterns (Layout & Editing 45 Step1 Importing an embroidery pattern from Design Center 46 Step2 Adding text 47 Step3 Drawing shapes 51 Step4 Displaying a preview of the embroidery 58 Step5 Saving the embroidery design.......... 59 Step6 Transferring the design to an original card 59 i