Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Drawing a New line image freehand

Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)

2.Click the outline color(s) that you want to convert into black outlines.

→When the pointer is moved over the image, the shape of the pointer changes

to .

→The selected color appears in a box on

the right side, and appears in the check box to show that the color is selected.

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.

•You can repeat step 2. to select up to five colors. If more than five colors are selected, only the last five colors selected remain in the list.

•To deselect a color, clear the corresponding check box.

3.Click Preview to preview the line image in the Design Page.

b Memo:

If necessary, the settings can be changed. After changing the settings, click Preview to preview the outline with the new settings applied.

4.Click OK.

→All of the selected colors are converted to a black outline (line image), which is displayed in the Design Page of the Line Image Stage.

b Memo:

•To quit the operation and go back to the Original Image Stage, click Cancel.

•It is recommended to select just as many colors as necessary to create a clear outline of the image.

•If you do not like the result, select the menu command Stage – To Original Image to go back to the Original Image Stage, and then create the line image again.

Drawing a New line image freehand

Toolbar button:

1.Click , or click File, then New Line Image.

→If the current Design Page has already been saved or has not been edited, a new Design Page immediately appears in the Line Image Stage.

→If the current Design Page has not been saved, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

b Memo:

In the Line Image Stage, the file will be saved as a .pel file.

c “Saving embroidery patterns” on page 234, and “Drawing a New figure handle image freehand” on page 202

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