Home » Brother International Manuals » Sewing Machines » Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 » Manual Viewer

Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 147

Basic Design Center Operations, Creating an Embroidery Design From an Image, Image

Get Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 PDF manuals and user guides

View all Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 manuals

Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 147 highlights

Basic Design Center Operations Creating an Embroidery Design From an Image Design Center is used to create an embroidery design from an image. During this procedure, the image design can be modified, the outlines and regions can be edited in detail, and sewing attributes can be specified. The most appropriate images to use are those with few and distinct colors. Images or photos that are intricate or have gradations are not suitable since it is difficult to extract their outlines. An embroidery design is created in the following four stages. Stage 1 Original Image Stage Stage 2 Line Image Stage Stage 3 Figure Handle Stage Stage 4 Sew Setting Stage Open an image file, and select the colors to be used for creating the outlines. The original image is converted to a black-andwhite line image. Outlines can be drawn or erased. The line image is converted to a figure handle image. Points in the figure handle image can be edited to change the design. The sew type and thread colors are specified in the outline to complete the embroidery design. Example: The stripes in the scarf are erased. Stripes are added to the scarf. Example: The eyes are moved, and the facial expression is changed. A star is added to the tail of the plane. Example: By applying colors different than in the original image, the design is given a different appearance. • If the data is saved, work can be stopped at each stage, then started again. • Line image data is saved in the .pel format, and figure handle data is saved in the .pem format. • The embroidery data is saved in the .pem format. To transfer .pem data created in Design Center to an embroidery machine, import the pattern into Layout & Editing, and then write the data to an original card. c "Importing into Layout & Editing" on page 152" and "Transferring the design to an original card" on page 17". This section describes the basic operations performed in Design Center. For details on the procedures or settings, refer to "Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)" on page 153. Basic Design Center Operations 145

Section	Page
PE-DESIGN8 Instruction Manual	1
Turn Any Design Into Original Embroidery With PE-DESIGN	4
What You Can Do With PE-DESIGN	6
Sew Types	8
Basic Operation Map	10
New Features of Version 8	11
Table of Contents	13
How To Use Manuals	15
Support/Service	16
Online Registration	16
Checking for the Latest Version of the Program	16
Tutorial	17
1. Importing Embroidery Patterns	17
2. Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design	21
3. Drawing Shapes to Create an Embroidery Design	31
4. Entering Text	37
5. Combining Embroidery Patterns	40
6. Print and Stitch	44
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)	49
Layout & Editing Window	49
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs	49
Checking Embroidery Patterns	53
Editing Embroidery Designs	54
Reshaping Embroidery Patterns	58
Editing a Stitch Pattern	64
Specifying the Design Page Size and Color	70
Changing Application Settings	71
Drawing Shapes	72
Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)	79
Adding Text	82
Entering Monograms	92
Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions	95
Editing Regions	116
Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Lock	119
Importing Image Data	122
Changing the Image Settings	125
Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)	127
Saving and Printing	140
Basic Design Center Operations	147
Creating an Embroidery Design From an Image	147
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)	155
Design Center Window	155
Original Image Stage	156
Line Image Stage	158
Figure Handle Stage	160
Sew Setting Stage	165
About the Instruction Manual (PDF Format)	172
Tutorial (Advanced)	173
Entering Monograms	173
Creating Appliqués	176
Creating Split Embroidery Designs	178
Creating Design for Multi-Position Hoops	184
Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)	189
Design Database Window	189
Starting Up Design Database	189
Checking Embroidery Designs	190
Opening Embroidery Designs	191
Organizing Embroidery Designs	192
Searching for an Embroidery Design	194
Converting Embroidery Design Files to Different Formats	195
Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card	196
Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery Designs	198
Basic Programmable Stitch Creator Operations	201
Programmable Stitch Creator Window	201
Creating Fill/Stamp Stitch Pattern	201
Creating Motif Stitch Pattern	205
Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)	207
Opening a Pattern File	208
Creating a New Pattern	209
Viewing the Pattern While Creating It	210
Creating a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode	210
Editing a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode	211
Creating Embossing/Engraving Effects in Fill/Stamp Mode	213
Creating a Pattern in Motif Mode	214
Editing a Pattern in Motif Mode	215
Saving Patterns	216
Changing the Settings	217
Basic Font Creator Operations	219
Font Creator Window	219
Manually Creating Custom Font	221
Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)	227
Opening a File	227
Selecting a Character and Preparing the Template	228
Creating a Font Character Pattern	231
Editing Font Character Patterns	232
Editing the Points of a Font Character Pattern	233
Checking the Created Font Patterns	234
Saving Font Character Patterns	236
Changing the Settings	237
Tips and Techniques	239
Enlarging/Reducing Stitch Patterns	239
Sewing Direction	239
Sewing Order	239
Sewing Wide Areas	240
Jump Stitch and Jump Stitch Trimming	240
Fonts Suitable for Embroidering	241
Creating Outlined Characters (Using Text Converted to Outline Object)	242
Converting Characters (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc) to Embroidery Patterns	243
Menus/Tools	245
Layout & Editing	245
Design Center	251
Design Database	256
Programmable Stitch Creator	258
Font Creator	261
Troubleshooting	264

Match case Limit results 1 per page

145

Basic Design Center Operations

Creating an Embroidery Design From an

Image

Design Center is used to create an embroidery design from an image. During this procedure, the image design

can be modified, the outlines and regions can be edited in detail, and sewing attributes can be specified.

The most appropriate images to use are those with few and distinct colors. Images or photos that are intricate

or have gradations are not suitable since it is difficult to extract their outlines.

An embroidery design is created in the following four stages.

This section describes the basic operations performed in Design Center. For details on the procedures or

settings, refer to “Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)” on page 153.

Stage 1

Original Image Stage

Stage 2

Line Image Stage

Stage 3

Figure Handle Stage

Stage 4

Sew Setting Stage

Open an image file, and

select the colors to be used

for creating the outlines.

The original image is

converted to a black-and-

white line image.

Outlines can be drawn or

erased.

The line image is converted

to a figure handle image.

Points in the figure handle

image can be edited to

change the design.

The sew type and thread

colors are specified in the

outline to complete the

embroidery design.

Example:

The stripes in the scarf are

erased.

Stripes are added to the

scarf.

Example:

The eyes are moved, and

the facial expression is

changed.

A star is added to the tail of

the plane.

Example:

By applying colors different

than in the original image,

the design is given a

different appearance.

•

If the data is saved, work can be stopped at each stage, then started again.

•

Line image data is saved in the .pel format, and figure handle data is saved in the .pem format.

•

The embroidery data is saved in the .pem format. To transfer .pem data created in Design Center to an

embroidery machine, import the pattern into Layout & Editing, and then write the data to an original card.

“Importing into Layout & Editing” on page 152" and “Transferring the design to an original card” on

page 17".