Template open – Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 User Manual
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If you are not running Design Center or if it does not contain a
pem
file, the first or the second mes-
sage will appear.
See also:
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Template Open
Purpose:
Opens a background image that can be used as a guide to draw a new embroi-
dery pattern.
Shortcut key:
No shortcut key for this function
Toolbar:
No button for this function
Operation:
1
Click
File
, then
Template Open
.
A
Open template file
dialog similar to this will display.
2
Your Design Page will display the image:
See also:
“Template-On, Faded, Off” on page 191
◆
Click
OK
to exit.
◆
Select the drive, the folder and the file name.
•
If the
Preview
check box is checked, the
contents of the selected file displays in the
Preview window.
◆
Click
Open
to open the file.
•
Double-clicking the file name will also
open the file and close the dialog.
◆
Click
Cancel
if you want to exit the function.
•
This application can handle only uncom-
pressed files.
•
The file extension must be one of the fol-
lowing: Windows BMP (*.bmp), Exif (*.tif,
*.jpg), ZSoftPCX (*.pcx), Windows Meta
File (*.wmf), Portable Network Graphics
(*.png), Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps),
Kodak PhotoCD (*.pcd), FlashPix (*.fpx).
NOTE:
For pcd and fpx files that are saved on
many pages, only the first page can be
opened. Tif files that have used LZW com-
pression can not be opened.
•
The image cannot be directly embroidered. You
can only use it as a guide to draw an embroidery
pattern (using broken lines, curves or manual
punching).
•
Design Center allows you to make an embroidery
pattern from an image with more precision.