Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Importing image data into Layout & Editing

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Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Cross Stitch Function)

In this section, we are going to use the Cross Stitch function to automatically create a cross-stitch embroidery pattern from an image.

This procedure will go through each step of the basic operation.

Step 1	Importing image data into Layout & Editing
Step 2	Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern (Cross Stitch function)
Step 3	Displaying a preview of the embroidery
Step 4	Saving the embroidery design
Step 5	Transferring the design to an original card

Step 1 Importing image data into Layout & Editing

First, we need to import the image that will be converted into an embroidery pattern.

For this example, we will use the tulip image (tulip.bmp) provided with this application.

2Import the image.

1Start up Layout & Editing.

Click Image, then Input, then from File.

Click , then select All Programs,

then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Layout & Editing.

Double-click the ClipArt folder to open it.

Select the sample file tulip.bmp, and then click Open, or double-click the file’s icon.

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