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Tutorial

Automatically Converting a Photo to an Embroidery Pattern (Photo Stitch Function)

In this section, we are going to use the Photo Stitch function to automatically create an embroidery pattern from a photo.

This procedure will go through each step of the basic operation of Automatically converting a photo to an embroidery pattern using the Stitch Wizard, with the simple method of selecting the optimum pattern from the “candidates”.

Step 1	Importing photo data into Layout & Editing
Step 2	Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern
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 photo 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 photo of the girl (girl.bmp) provided with this application.

1Start up Layout & Editing.

Click , then select All Programs,

then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Layout & Editing.

2Import the image.

Click Image, then Input, then from File.

Double-click the Photo folder to open it.

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

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