Brother International PEDESIGN 7.0 Users Manual - English - Page 86

Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Layout & Editing/Image to Stitch Wizard) Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard) The Image to Stitch Wizard gives step-by-step instructions for converting an image into an embroidery pattern. Toolbar button: 1. If no image is displayed in the Design Page, use one of the commands on the Input submenu of the Image menu to display the image that you want to convert to an embroidery pattern. 2. Click Image, then Modify, and then re-size and re-position the image for creating the embroidery pattern. 3. Click , or click Image, then Image to Stitch Wizard. → The following dialog box appears. selected" or "If Photo Stitch 1 (Mono) is selected") Photo Stitch 2: Select this option to automatically create realistic photo embroidery in 4 colors (Color) or 1 color (Mono). (Proceed to "If Photo Stitch 2 (Color) is selected" or "If Photo Stitch 2 (Mono) is selected") Cross Stitch: Select this option to create a cross stitch pattern. (Proceed to "If Cross Stitch is selected") Design Center: Select this option to start up Design Center with the Design Page image. (Proceed to "If Design Center is selected") b Memo: To quit the operation and close the dialog box, click Cancel. a Note: The dialog box will not appear if no image is displayed in the Design Page. Instead, a dialog box appears, allowing you to open an image file. 4. Select the type of embroidery that you want to create, and then click Next. Auto Punch: Select this option to automatically extract the image for creating the embroidery pattern. (Proceed to "If Auto Punch is selected") Photo Stitch 1: Select this option to automatically create a realistic photo embroidery pattern. This option can be used to create embroidery patterns in color (Color) or black and white (Mono). (Proceed to "If Photo Stitch 1 (Color) is a Note: Although a custom Design Page size can be specified, since processing will take too long when trying to create an extremely large pattern with the Photo Stitch function, the message "Too large image to convert" will appear. If this message appears, use the Modify command to reduce the size to 500 mm (16.69 inches) or less. 80