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Tutorial
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
Quit Layout & Editing.
Click File, then Exit.
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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Importing Image Data
Importing image/photo data
Different types of clip art or photos can be imported 
into Layout & Editing to create embroidery patterns.
There are many different types of files that can be 
imported:
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)
To get the best results, use clip art or photos that are 
clear and have a distinguishable outline or color 
borderline for importing.
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.
3.Click Open to open the file.
→The image appears in the work area.
Importing image data from a 
scanner or digital camera
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.bMemo:
If the Preview check box is selected, the 
contents of the selected file will appear in the 
Preview box.
bMemo:
 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.
 The displayed image can also be imported 
into Layout & Editing by dragging the image 
file into the Layout & Editing window.
aNote:
 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.
bMemo:
TWAIN is an application interface (API) 
standardization for software that controls 
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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.
4.Click Select to choose the selected device 
and to close the dialog box.
5.Click Image, then Input, then from TWAIN 
device.
→The driver interface for the device selected 
in the Select Source dialog box appears.
6.Specify the necessary settings for importing 
an image, and then import the image.
→When the image transfer between the 
scanner (or other device) and the driver is 
completed, the imported image will be 
pasted into the Design Page at its original 
size. 
Creating a portrait image
Combine images of facial features provided with the 
application to create an original portrait image.
1.Click Image, then Input, then from Portrait.
→The Portrait Properties dialog box 
appears.
2.From the Facial Feature selector, select the 
overall contour (appearance) of the portrait 
(for example, narrow, wide, or child-like)
3.From the Part selector, select the part of the 
portrait to be changed.
4.Move the Part Variation slider to select the 
desired part variation.
aNote:
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.
bMemo:
To quit the operation and close the dialog box, 
click Cancel.
aNote:
For information on using the driver interface, 
refer to the help manual for that interface, or 
contact the manufacturer of the interface.
bMemo:
 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 hide the original image, click 
Off.
aNote:
Only one image can be added to the work 
area. If you try to display a different image, it 
will replace the previous one.
bMemo:
The preview area shows the setting changes 
that you make.
bMemo:
The part of the portrait to be changed can also 
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5.To select a part feature (for example, standard 
size, slightly larger, slightly smaller, wider or 
taller), move the Part Feature slider, if it is 
available.
6.To change the color of the parts, click the 
Color tab, click the selector for the color that 
you want to change, and then select the 
desired color from the color list that appeared.
7.Click OK.
→The portrait image is displayed in the 
Design Page.
Importing image data from 
the Clipboard
Image data can be imported into the Design Page 
from the Clipboard. This allows you to import an 
image without saving it first.
1.Click Image, then Input, then from 
Clipboard.
→The image is displayed in the Design 
Page.
bMemo:
 To change both sides of a part together, 
such as the eyes or ears, select the 
Change Both Left and Right check box.
 The selected part variation is shown in the 
sample image.
 To display all variations of the selected part, 
click .
 To display the images of all parts 
combined, select the 
Display With 
Other Parts
 check box in the Part 
Variations List dialog box that 
appeared.
 Select a part from the list, and then 
click 
OK.
bMemo:
 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 hide the original image, click 
Off.
aNote:
Only one image can be added to the work 
area. If you try to display a different image, it 
will replace the previous one.
aNote:
This can only be done when there is image 
data on the Clipboard.
bMemo:
 The image is displayed with a resolution of 
100 dpi for both the height and width.
 If the image currently displayed in the 
Design Page has not yet been saved, you 
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Changing the Image Settings
Changing the display of the 
background image
The image that remains in the work area can be 
displayed or hidden, or a faded copy of the image 
can be displayed.
1.Click Image, then Display Image, and then 
select the desired setting.
To display the original image, click On (100%).
To display a faded copy of the image, click the 
desired density (75%, 50% or 25%).
To hide the original image, click Off.
Changing the size and 
position of the image
The size and position of the image can be adjusted.
1.Click Image, then Modify.
→A red line and handles appear around the 
image.
Moving an image:
1.Move the pointer over the image.
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
2.Drag the image to the desired location.
Scaling an image:
1.Move the pointer over one of the handles.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, ,  or , depending 
on the handle that the pointer is over.
2.Drag the handle to adjust the image to the 
desired size.
Deleting an image:
1.Press the   key, or click Edit, then 
Delete.
→The image will be deleted from the Design 
Page.
bMemo:
 This function is not available if no image has 
been imported into the Design Page.
 Press the shortcut key ( ) to switch 
between displaying the image (
On (100%)) 
to displaying it faded at each density (75%, 
50% and 25%) to hiding the image (Off).
bMemo:
 The status bar shows the dimensions (width 
and height) of the image.
F6
bMemo:
  is for scaling the width.
  is for scaling the height.
  and   are for scaling both 
dimensions at the same time. (The height-
to-width proportion is maintained.)
 If the   key is held down while a handle 
is dragged, the image is enlarged or 
reduced from the center of the image.
Shift
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Automatically Converting an Image to an 
Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)
The Image to Stitch Wizard gives step-by-step instructions for converting an image into an embroidery pattern.
Toolbar button: 
1.If no image is displayed in the Design Page, 
use one of the commands on the Input sub-
menu of the Image menu to display the image 
that you want to convert to an embroidery 
pattern.
2.Click Image, then Modify, and then re-size 
and re-position the image for creating the 
embroidery pattern.
3.Click  , or click Image, then Image to 
Stitch Wizard.
→The following dialog box appears.
4.Select the type of embroidery that you want to 
create, and then click Next.
Auto Punch:
Select this option to automatically extract the 
image for creating the embroidery pattern.
(Proceed to “If Auto Punch is selected”)
Photo Stitch 1:
Select this option to automatically create a 
realistic photo embroidery pattern. This option 
can be used to create embroidery patterns in 
color (Color) or black and white (Mono).
(Proceed to “If Photo Stitch 1 (Color) is selected” or “If Photo Stitch 1 (Mono) is 
selected”)
Photo Stitch 2:
Select this option to automatically create 
realistic photo embroidery in 4 colors (Color) 
or 1 color (Mono).
(Proceed to “If Photo Stitch 2 (Color) is 
selected” or “If Photo Stitch 2 (Mono) is 
selected”)
Cross Stitch:
Select this option to create a cross stitch 
pattern.
(Proceed to “If Cross Stitch is selected”)
Design Center:
Select this option to start up Design Center 
with the Design Page image.
(Proceed to “If Design Center is selected”)
aNote:
The dialog box will not appear if no image is 
displayed in the Design Page. Instead, a 
dialog box appears, allowing you to open an 
image file.
bMemo:
To quit the operation and close the dialog box, 
click 
Cancel.
aNote:
Although a custom Design Page size can be 
specified, since processing will take too long 
when trying to create an extremely large 
pattern with the Photo Stitch function, the 
message “Too large image to convert” will 
appear. If this message appears, use the 
Modify command to reduce the size to 500 
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Automatically converting an image to 
an embroidery pattern (Auto Punch)

If Auto Punch is selected
→After the image has been analyzed by the 
software, an Image Analysis dialog box 
similar to the one shown below appears.
1.Select the desired settings.
To display the resulting analyzed image, click 
the Result View tab. The embroidery pattern 
will be created with this image.
To adjust the zoom ratio that the image is 
displayed in, move the slider between   
and .
To display the outline extracted from the 
analyzed image, select the Show Outline 
check box.
Use the following sliders to specify the 
settings for analyzing the image.
Noise reduction: Sets the level of noise 
(distortions) that is removed from the image.
Segmentation sensitivity: Sets the 
sensitivity for the image analysis.
Max. Number of Colors: Sets the number of 
colors used.
From the Thread Chart selector, select the 
desired thread color chart. The most 
appropriate thread colors from the selected 
thread chart are selected. A user thread chart 
can also be selected.
To display the original image, click the 
Original View tab.
2.On the Result View tab, click the areas of the 
image to select whether or not they are to be 
sewn.
3.If necessary, in the Omit Colors list, click the 
colors to select whether or not they will be 
sewn.
4.After selecting the desired settings, click 
Finish.
→An embroidery pattern is created from the 
analyzed data, the appropriate thread 
colors and sew type settings are applied, 
and then the pattern is displayed in the 
Design Page.
bMemo:
 After changing the settings, click Retry to 
display the image with the new settings 
applied. If 
Retry is not clicked, the new 
settings are not applied.
 To quit the operation and close the dialog 
box, click 
Cancel.
 To return to the previous dialog box, click 
Previous.
bMemo:
Areas not set to be sewn are shown filled with 
a crosshatch pattern.
bMemo:
Colors that are crossed out are set to not be 
sewn.
These areas 
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Automatically converting a photo to an 
embroidery pattern (Photo Stitch 1/Photo Stitch 2)

If Photo Stitch 1 (Color) is 
selected
→A Select Mask dialog box similar to the 
one shown below appears. 
1.From the list at the bottom of the dialog box, 
select the desired shape that the image will be 
trimmed to (mask).
2.In the image preview box, move the handles of 
the mask until it surrounds the desired part of 
the image.Pattern edited with the round mask
Pattern edited with the adjustable mask
bMemo:
The sew type settings of the created 
embroidery pattern can later be changed in the 
same way as the settings for other patterns.
aNote:
If the width or height of the image exceeds 
500 mm, the following message appears. 
When this happens, adjust the original 
image size.
bMemo:
 To quit the operation and close the dialog 
box, click Cancel.
 To return to the previous dialog box, click 
Previous.
bMemo:
 To display the Image Tune dialog box, 
where you can adjust the image, click 
Image Tune.
 To display the image enlarged (or reduced), 
move the 
ZOOM slider up (or down).
 When the dialog box appears, the square 
mask is selected. 

To create any shape of mask, select 
, and then move, enter or delete 
points to adjust the mask shape. To add 
points, click the outline of the mask. To 
delete points, select the point, and the
n 
press the   key
.
 If Auto Generate was clicked,   is 
selected, and the points in the outline of the 
mask can be moved, added or deleted.
 With a single-colored background, click 
Auto Generate to automatically detect the 
outline of the image. The outline can be 
adjusted by moving or deleting points.
aNote:
With a small original image, it may not be 
possible to reduce the size of the mask.
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3.In the Select Mask dialog box, click Next.
→The image is analyzed, and the Check 
Mask Shape dialog box appears.
4.Click Next.
→The Photo Stitch 1 Parameters dialog 
box appears.
5.Specify the settings for creating the 
embroidery pattern.
bMemo:
Image Tune
 Clicking the Image Tune button in the Select Mask dialog box displays an Image 
Tune dialog box similar to the one shown 
below.
 The image window displays the image 
resulting from the current settings.
 Move the 
Original – Sharp slider to adjust 
the sharpness of the image’s outlines. A 
setting more towards 
Sharp makes a more 
noticeable boundary between bright and 
dark areas.
 Move the 
Dark – Bright slider to adjust the 
brightness of the image.
 Move the 
Contrast Low – High slider to 
adjust the contrast of the image.
 Click 
OK to display the adjusted image in 
the Select Mask dialog box and to close 
this dialog box.
 To close the dialog box without applying the 
changes to the settings, click 
Cancel.
bMemo:
Areas not set to be sewn are shown filled with 
a crosshatch pattern.
bMemo:
 To return to the previous dialog box, click 
Previous.
 To quit the operation and close the dialog 
box, click 
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Sewing Option
Color Option
DetailSpecifies how detailed the created 
embroidery pattern will be. Selecting a 
setting closer to Fine creates more 
details in the pattern and increases the 
number of stitches. (The stitches will 
overlap)
Run PitchSets the sewing pitch. The pattern is 
created with this setting value as the 
minimum length. When the value is 
lowered, the sewing pitch will be 
shortened, resulting in finer stitching.
Range: 2.0 to 10.0 mm (0.08 to 0.39 
inch)
Default: 3.0 mm (0.12 inch)
Sew Page 
ColorIf this check box is selected, the data for 
the parts of the pattern that are the 
same color as the Design Page will be 
created. Clear the check box to keep 
the fabric the same color as the Design 
Page. 
Default: Selected
Conversion 
PrioritySelect what parameter is given priority 
when converting to embroidery pattern.
Stitch Quality: Creates a pattern while 
giving priority to the stitching quality. 
However, many jump stitches will result.
Jump Stitch Reduction: Creates a 
pattern while giving priority to reducing 
the number of jump stitches in order to 
reduce complications during 
embroidering. However, the stitching 
quality will be slightly reduced.
Image TypeIf Photo is selected, the thread colors 
will be mixed together, which will result 
in a more natural look.
If Cartoon is selected, the thread colors 
will not be mixed together, which will 
result in a more simply colored look.
Select Photo for image data from a 
photograph, etc. Select Cartoon for 
image data from an illustration, etc.
Auto SelectSelect this check box to automatically 
select the thread colors.
As a default, this check box is selected.
If this check box is cleared, select the 
thread colors manually.
Manual 
SelectAppears when the Auto Select check 
box is cleared.
Click this button to open the Manual 
Select dialog box, which lets you 
manually set the thread colors to be 
used when creating the pattern (see 
below).Thread ChartSelects the thread chart for selecting 
the thread color with the Auto Select 
function.
The most appropriate thread colors 
from the selected thread chart are 
selected.
A user thread chart can also be 
selected.
Max. Number 
of Colors
Sets the number of colors selected by 
the Auto Select function.
Range: 1 to 50
Default: 10
Brightness / 
ContrastThe top slider is used to adjust the 
brightness. Move the slider to the right 
to increase the brightness or to the left 
to decrease the brightness. The bottom 
slider is used to adjust the contrast. 
Move the slider to the right to increase 
the contrast or to the left to decrease 
the contrast. Click on Update Preview to 
see changes made.
Select from 
CandidatesClick this button to open the Select 
from Candidates dialog box. Variations 
of the image with different degrees of 
brightness and contrast are displayed. 
Click one of the variations, and then 
click OK to apply the settings and 
display a preview of the image.
Update 
PreviewClick this button to update the 
previewed image after settings have 
been changed.