Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 119)

Advanced Opreation Layout & Editing
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Layout & Editing
Inputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
Importing Image Data
Importing image data
Image data from an existing file can be imported into
a Design Page and used as a guide for creating an
embroidery pattern. The file name extension must
be one of the following: Windows bitmap (.bmp),
Exif (.tif, .jpg), ZSoftPCX (.pcx), Windows Meta File
(.wmf), Portable Network Graphics (.png),
Encapsulated PostScript (.eps), Kodak PhotoCD
(.pcd), FlashPix (.fpx), JPEG2000 (.j2k).
1. Click Image, then Input, then from File.
→ An Open an image file dialog box similar
to the one shown below appears.
2. Select the drive, the folder and the desired file.
b
Memo:
If the Preview check box is selected, the
contents of the selected file will appear in the
Preview box.
3. Click Open to open the file.
→ The image appears in the work area.
b
Memo:
• Double-clicking the file name also opens
the file and closes the dialog box.
• To quit the operation, click Cancel.
• If the image was saved at a specific
resolution, it is displayed at that resolution.
• If the image currently displayed in the
Design Page has not yet been saved, you
will be asked whether you want to save it.
• To display, hide, or display a faded copy of
the image that remains in the work area,
click Image, then Display Image, and
then click the desired display setting.
• To display the original image, click
On.
• To display a faded copy of the image,
click Faded.
• To hide the original image, click Off.
Importing image data from a TWAIN
device, such as a scanner
Images can be imported into the current Design Page
from a scanner or other TWAIN device and used as a
template for creating an embroidery pattern.
b
Memo:
TWAIN is an application interface (API)
standardization for software that controls
scanners and other devices.
1. Check that the scanner or other TWAIN
device is correctly connected to your
computer.
2. Click Image, then Select TWAIN device.
→ A Select Source dialog box similar to the
one shown below appears.
3.
From the Sources list, click the desired device
to select it.
a
Note:
• With .pcd and .fpx files containing many
pages, only the first page can be opened.
Tiff files with LZW compression cannot be
opened.
• You can change the size and position of
an imported image, and then save that
information with the .pes file. The next
time that you import the same image into
the saved .pes file, a message appears,
asking whether to input the image at its
previously saved position and size or at its
original position (the center of the Design
Page).
• Only one image can be added to the work
area. If you try to display a different image,
it will replace the previous one.
a
Note:
If no TWAIN device is installed, there will be
no names displayed in the Sources list.
First, install the driver software for the
TWAIN device that you want to use.
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