Brother International PEDESIGN 7.0 Quick Reference Guide - English - Page 9

Features • Improved Photo Stitch function: - Easier process to create an embroidery file from a Photo - Improved processing speed and color selection Design Center: • "Detect Outlines" function to select the outline of an image in "Cut out to Line Image" dialog • "Figure Handle Stage" has the ability to connect/split a line • Enables the color of a portion of the outline to be changed in the Sewing Setting Stage • New button to easily export a design from Sew Setting Stage to Layout & Editing • Allows up to 20 Undo/Redo operations • Enables to display template image on Figure Handle Stage and enable to display original image on Sew Setting Stage in the Reference Window Design Data Base • Can drag and drop a design from the Design Data Base into Layout & Editing • Can write to an Original card from Design Data Base • Property box when outputting CSV files and printing, enables to output the thread codes ■ General • New Font Creator program to create custom fonts • Automatically checks and updates the newest version • Additional sample files for images and embroidery patterns Applications of the Software This package consists of five applications. ■ Layout & Editing Layout & Editing is used to automatically create embroidery patterns from images, and to combine images and text to create embroidery patterns that can be written to an original card. The images may come from scanning a printed image or can be created with an application like Paint®. After assembling the different parts of your embroidery pattern, you can use the layout functions to adjust their relative position, orientation and scale. When an embroidery design is complete, you can save it and write it to an original card. The original card can then be inserted into your embroidery machine for the embroidery design to be sewn. 7