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To return to the normal view, click Display, 
then Realistic Preview, or press the   
key.
Step 4Saving the embroidery 
design
Once the embroidery design is finished, you may 
want to save it in order to retrieve it later.
Click File, then Save.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the file name.Click Save.
Step 5Transferring the design to 
an original card
By writing a pattern to a media that can be used in 
your embroidery machine and transferring it to 
your embroidery machine, you can actually sew 
the pattern. For this example, we will transfer the 
pattern to an original card.
Insert an original card into the USB card
writer module.
Esc
bMemo:
For other media you may use include floppy 
disks, compact flash memory, USB media and 
etc.
aNote:
The original card is inserted correctly when 
you hear it snap into place.
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Transfer the embroidery design.
Click File, then Write to Card.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
Quit Layout & Editing.
Click File, then Exit.
aNote:
Before using the original card, make sure 
that the designs on the card are no longer 
needed or make sure to store them on your 
hard drive or other storage media.
aNote:
 If the card writer module is not correctly 
connected or powered, an error message 
of “No card writer module is connected. 
Please connect card writer module.” will 
appear.
 If the original card is not inserted or is 
defective, an error message of “No 
original card is inserted. Please insert an 
original card.” will appear.
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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 1Importing 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.
Start up Layout & Editing.
Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Layout & 
Editing.
Import 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.
Step 1Importing photo data into Layout & Editing
Step 2Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern
Step 3Displaying a preview of the embroidery
Step 4Saving the embroidery design
Step 5Transferring the design to an original card
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Adjust the image size and position.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected image 
to the desired size.
Move the pointer over the selected image, and 
then drag the image to the desired position.
Step 2Automatically converting the 
image to an embroidery pattern
Next, the image will automatically be converted to 
an embroidery pattern.
Select the conversion method.
Click Image, then Image to Stitch Wizard.
Click Photo Stitch 1, then Color, and then 
click Next.
Specify the area (mask shape and
position) of the photo to be converted
the embroidery pattern.
Select the shape of the mask.
bMemo:
If the handles have disappeared, right-click 
the image, and then click 
Modify Image in the 
menu that appeared.
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Status bar
Handles
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Drag the handles to adjust the mask to the 
desired size.
Move the pointer inside the mask, drag the mask 
to the desired position, and then click 
Next.
Check the preview of the area to be converted, 
and then click Next.
Convert the image to an embroidery pattern.
Click Select from Candidates....
→There are six patterns with different 
brightness and contrasts based on the 
original image. The image showing the 
current settings is selected in the Select 
from Candidates dialog box.
bMemo:
Areas not set to be sewn are shown filled with 
a crosshatch pattern.
bMemo:
While converting an image into an embroidery 
pattern, various changes can be specified 
manually. (For more details, refer to page 84.)
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Select one of the candidates and click OK.
→This preview changes to the selected 
image.
Check the preview, then click Finish.
→The generated embroidery pattern is 
displayed.
Step 3Displaying a preview of the 
embroidery
Preview the finished embroidery.
Click Display, then Realistic Preview.
To return to the normal view, click Display, 
then Realistic Preview, or press the   
key.
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Step 4Saving the embroidery 
design
Once the embroidery design is finished, you may 
want to save it in order to retrieve it later.
Click File, then Save.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the file name.
Click Save.
Step 5Transferring the design to 
an original card
By writing a pattern to a media that can be used in 
your embroidery machine and transferring it to 
your embroidery machine, you can actually sew 
the pattern. For this example, we will transfer the 
pattern to an original card.
Insert an original card into the USB card
writer module.
Transfer the embroidery pattern.
Click File, then Write to Card.
bMemo:
You can also use Floppy Disks, Compact 
Flash Card, and USB Media to save designs.
aNote:
The original card is inserted correctly when 
you hear it snap into place.
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→The following message appears.
Click OK.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
Quit Layout & Editing.
Click File, then Exit.
aNote:
Before using the original card, make sure 
that the designs on the card are no longer 
needed or make sure to store them on your 
hard drive or other storage media.
aNote:
 If the card writer module is not correctly 
connected or powered, an error message 
of “No card writer module is connected. 
Please connect card writer module.” will 
appear.
 If the original card is not inserted or is 
defective, an error message of “No 
original card is inserted. Please insert an 
original card.” will appear.
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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns 
From Images (Design Center)
In this section, we are going to manually create an embroidery pattern from an image. 
This procedure will go through each step of the basic operation.
Step 1Opening an image file 
(Original Image Stage)
First, we need to import the image to be used to 
create the embroidery pattern.
For this example, we will use the flower image 
(Flower.bmp) provided with this application.
Start up Design Center.
Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Design Center. 
Click .
Open the image.
Click .
Select the sample file Flower.bmp, and then 
click Open, or double-click the file’s icon.
→The image appears in the Design Page 
and in the Cut out to Line Image dialog 
box.
Step 1Opening an image file (Original Image Stage)
Step 2Extracting the outlines by selecting colors
Step 3Editing the outlines (Line Image Stage)
Step 4Specifying sewing attributes (Sew Setting Stage)
Step 5Displaying a preview of the embroidery
Step 6Saving the embroidery pattern
Step 7Transferring the design to an original card
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Step 2Extracting the outlines by 
selecting colors
After opening the image, we will continue to the 
Line Image Stage, where we will select the colors 
of the areas to be used to create the outlines for 
the embroidery.
Move the pointer over the image.
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
Click any part of the outline.
→The selected color appears in a box on 
the right side, and   appears in the 
check box to show that the color is 
selected.Click Preview to preview the line image.
When the line image appears as desired, click 
OK.
bMemo:
To display the image enlarged (or reduced), 
move the ZOOM slider up (or down). When 
the image is enlarged, you can scroll through 
it to display different parts.
bMemo:
If a color other than that for the outline was 
selected, clear the check box beside the color 
to deselect it.
bMemo:
If the preview is covered by the dialog box and 
cannot be viewed, move the pointer over the 
title bar of the dialog box, and then drag the 
dialog box to a more convenient place.