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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) ■ Color Click this button to set the thread color for outlines, inside regions, texts and manual punching patterns. 1. Click the Color button. • Palette mode • List mode b Memo: At the top of the Thread Color dialog box for TrueType font character patterns and outline data, you can select the type of stitching (Line, Region1 or Region2) whose color is being selected. Line: Line color Region1: Region color Region2: Additional color for blending (Region 2 can only be selected if a gradation with a blending effect is specified.) c "Creating a gradation/blending" on page 115. c For details on specifying a user thread chart or for information on how machines handle thread colors, refer to "Editing user thread color lists" on page 110. c For details on changing thread colors for stitch patterns, refer to "Changing colors" on page 118. ■ Special colors Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) b Memo: • To view the details about the thread colors, click on To List mode button in the bottom left corner of the Thread Color dialog. • To view the colors without the details, click on To Palette mode button in the bottom left corner of the Thread Color dialog. 2. From the Thread Chart selector, select a thread brand or your user thread chart. 3. From the list of thread colors, select the desired color. NOT DEFINED APPLIQUE APPLIQUE POSITION APPLIQUE MATERIAL • NOT DEFINED: Embroidery machines that feature automatic thread color display will automatically switch the display to the specified color. If you are using such a machine and if you want to be able to select manually the color for a monochrome pattern, you can select NOT DEFINED. • Colors for creating appliqués: You can create appliqués using the three special colors shown in the above illustration. APPLIQUE MATERIAL marks the outline of the region to cut from the appliqué material. 95

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

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

■

Color

Click this button to set the thread color for outlines,

inside regions, texts and manual punching patterns.

Click the

Color

button.

•

Palette mode

•

List mode

From the

Thread Chart

selector, select a

thread brand or your user thread chart.

From the list of thread colors, select the

desired color.

For details on specifying a user thread

chart or for information on how machines

handle thread colors, refer to “Editing user

thread color lists” on page 110.

For details on changing thread colors for

stitch patterns, refer to “Changing colors”

on page 118.

■

Special colors

•

NOT DEFINED

: Embroidery machines that

feature automatic thread color display will

automatically switch the display to the

specified color. If you are using such a

machine and if you want to be able to select

manually the color for a monochrome

pattern, you can select

NOT DEFINED

•

Colors for creating appliqués

: You can

create appliqués using the three special

colors shown in the above illustration.

APPLIQUE MATERIAL

marks the outline

of the region to cut from the appliqué

material.

Memo:

• To view the details about the thread colors,

click on

To List mode

button in the bottom

left corner of the

Thread Color

dialog.

• To view the colors without the details, click

To Palette mode

button in the bottom

left corner of the

Thread Color

dialog.

Memo:

At the top of the

Thread Color

dialog box for

TrueType font character patterns and outline

data, you can select the type of stitching

(

Line

Region1

Region2

) whose color is

being selected.

Line:

Line color

Region1:

Region color

Region2:

Additional color for blending

(

Region 2

can only be selected if a gradation

with a blending effect is specified.)

“Creating a gradation/blending”

on page 115.

NOT

DEFINED

APPLIQUE MATERIAL

APPLIQUE

POSITION