Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 81)

Advanced Opreation
Design Center
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Design Center
Stage 2 (Line Image Stage)
Continuing to Stage 2 (Line Image Stage)
After opening the image, continue to stage 2 (Line Image stage), where the color(s) that will be used to create
the line image (outline of the image) will be selected. In stage 2 (Line Image stage), you can edit the image
using the pen and eraser tools. You may also want to use these tools to create outlines that are easier to draw
by hand, for example, free-hand writing. Use the zooming tools available to display the image enlarged or
reduced.
Toolbar button:
1.
Click , or click Stage, then To Line
Image.
→ The Cut out to Line Image dialog box ap-
pears.
→ If you were in stage 3 (Figure Handle
stage), you are returned to stage 2, un-
less you have modified the image in stage
3. In that case, a message will appear,
asking you to confirm that you want to
abandon the changes made in stage 3.
b
Memo:
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.
2. Click the outline color(s) that you want to
convert into black outlines.
→ When the pointer is moved over the im-
age, the shape of the pointer changes to
.
→ The selected color appears in the top box
under Pick Colors, and appears in
the check box to show that the color is se-
lected.
b
Memo:
• You can repeat step 2. to select up to five
colors. If more than five colors are
selected, only the last five colors selected
remain in the list.
• To deselect a color, clear the
corresponding check box.
• To adjust the color tone and reduce image
noise (distortions), click Image Tune. (For
more details, refer to “Image tuning” on
page 74.)
3.
Click Preview to preview the line image in the
Design Page.
b
Memo:
If necessary, the settings can be changed.
After changing the settings, click Preview to
preview the outline with the new settings
applied.
4. Click OK.
→ All of the selected colors are converted to
a black outline (line image), which is dis-
played in the Design Page of stage 2 (Line
Image stage).
a
Note:
If you started with stage 3 (Figure Handle
stage) by opening a stage 3 file, you cannot
go to stage 2.
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