Brother PE-DESIGN 8 - Manual (Page 97)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
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Color
Click this button to set the thread color for outlines,
inside regions, texts and manual punching patterns.
1.
Click the Color button.
• Palette mode
• List mode
2.
From the Thread Chart selector, select a
thread brand or your user thread chart.
3.
From the list of thread colors, select the
desired color.
c
For details on specifying a user thread
chart or for information on how machines
handle thread colors, refer to “Editing user
thread color lists” on page 110.
c
For details on changing thread colors for
stitch patterns, refer to “Changing colors”
on page 118.
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Special colors
• NOT DEFINED: Embroidery machines that
feature automatic thread color display will
automatically switch the display to the
specified color. If you are using such a
machine and if you want to be able to select
manually the color for a monochrome
pattern, you can select NOT DEFINED.
• Colors for creating appliqués: You can
create appliqués using the three special
colors shown in the above illustration.
APPLIQUE MATERIAL marks the outline
of the region to cut from the appliqué
material.
b
Memo:
• To view the details about the thread colors,
click on To List mode button in the bottom
left corner of the Thread Color dialog.
• To view the colors without the details, click
on To Palette mode button in the bottom
left corner of the Thread Color dialog.
b
Memo:
At the top of the Thread Color dialog box for
TrueType font character patterns and outline
data, you can select the type of stitching
(Line, Region1 or Region2) whose color is
being selected.
Line: Line color
Region1: Region color
Region2: Additional color for blending
(Region 2 can only be selected if a gradation
with a blending effect is specified.)
c
“Creating a gradation/blending”
on page 115.
NOT
DEFINED
APPLIQUE MATERIAL
APPLIQUE
APPLIQUE
POSITION