Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 158

Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center) Line Image Stage After opening the image, continue to the Line Image Stage, where the color(s) that will be used to create the line image (outline of the image) will be selected. In the Line Image Stage, you can edit the image using the pen and eraser tools. You may also want to use these tools to create outlines that are easier to draw by hand, for example, free-hand writing. For details on drawing and erasing outlines, refer to Step 2, "Line Image Stage", on page 147. Extracting the outlines of an image Toolbar button: 1. Click , or click Stage, then To Line Image. → The Cut out to Line Image dialog box appears. 1 a Note: If you started with the Figure Handle Stage by opening a Figure Handle Stage file, you cannot go to the Line Image Stage. 2. Click the outline color(s) to convert into black outlines. 2 3 1. ZOOM slider Use this slider to adjust the zoom ratio for displaying the image. 2. Tone slider Use this slider to reduce color tones in images where it is difficult to select the outline color. 3. Noise Reduction slider Use this slider to reduce image noise (distortions) in images where the outline is not clear. b Memo: • We recommend using a 16-color image, since it may be difficult to pick colors from a 256-color or truecolor image during the conversion to the Line Image Stage. When using a 256-color or truecolor image, use the Tone slider to adjust the image. To extract the color boundaries, click Detect Outlines check box. b Memo: • When the extracting color boundaries using Detect Outlines, the colors are converted to line image as shown below. • To deselect a color, clear the corresponding check box. 3. Click Preview to preview the line image in the Design Page. 156