Brother PE-DESIGN V7 → a preview of the embroidery pattern appears, Pattern appears

Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)

→A preview of the embroidery pattern appears.

b Memo:

To zoom in (or out), click (or ) on the Tool Box, and then click the desired area of the embroidery pattern.

2.To leave the preview display, repeat step 1., or press the Esc key.

a Note:

The embroidery pattern cannot be edited while the preview is displayed.

3. To display a realistic preview of the

embroidery pattern, click Display on the menu

bar, and then click Realistic Preview.

An alternate method is to click the Toolbar

button indicated below.

Realistic Preview

→ A realistic preview of the embroidery

pattern appears.

b Memo:

To zoom in (or out), click (or ) on the Tool Box, and then click the desired area of the embroidery pattern.

4.To leave the realistic preview display, repeat step 3., or press the Esc key.

a Note:

•The embroidery pattern cannot be edited while the realistic preview is displayed.

•The Realistic Preview function cannot display a clean preview of the pattern if the monitor is set to 256 colors or less. The monitor should be set to at least 16-bit High Color (65536 colors).

■Changing realistic preview settings

You can change the realistic preview settings to better view the embroidery pattern. (This function is available only in the Sew Setting Stage.)

1.Click Display, then Realistic Preview Attribute Setting.

→A Realistic Preview Attribute dialog box similar to the ones shown below appears.

2.Use the Thread Width slider to set how wide the thread will appear.

3.Use the Contrast slider to set the contrast.

4.Use the Brightness slider to set how bright the display is.

5.Click Apply to display a realistic preview of the patterns with the new settings (when the realistic preview is displayed).

Or, click OK to save the settings for the next time that the Realistic Preview function is select (when the realistic preview is not displayed).

b Memo:

To close the dialog box without applying the changes to the settings, click Close or Cancel.

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