Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
aNote:
If a .pes file is saved with objects extending 
off the Design Page or with the number of 
stitches or number of colors for the objects 
exceeding the Design Page limitations, the 
designs cannot be saved on an original card.
Only the embroidery designs displayed in 
the writing list will be written to the original 
card.
bMemo:
 To remove an embroidery design file from 
the writing list, click  , or right-click it, 
and then click 
Remove...

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Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
7.Continue until all embroidery designs that you 
want to write to an original card are selected.
8.After the embroidery designs to be written to 
the original card appear in the writing list, click 
 to write the designs to the card.
→The following message appears.
9.Click OK.
→The embroidery design in the writing list 
are written to the original card.
10.To check the embroidery design file being 
written to the original card, click  .
→If a card...

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Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery 
Designs
Printing
Images of all embroidery designs in the selected 
folder can be printed as a catalog.
1.In the folder pane, select the folder containing 
the embroidery designs that you want to 
catalog.
2.Click File, then Print Setup.
→A Print Setup dialog box similar to the 
one shown below appears.
3.Under Print Layout, select whether each 
design is printed on a separate page, 4 
designs are printed on a page...

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Outputting as a CSV file
A .csv file containing the sewing information (file 
name, dimensions, number of stitches, number of 
colors, file path, file properties (.pes files only) and 
the names of thread colors and thread numbers) for 
selected embroidery designs can be outputted.
1.In the folder pane, select the folder containing 
the embroidery designs that you want to 
catalog.
2.Click File, then Create CSV.
→A Save As dialog box similar to the...

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Tutorial (Advanced)
Automatically Converting a Photo to an 
Embroidery Pattern (Photo Stitch Function)
We will be going through basic operations on how to use a photo to create a beautiful embroidery pattern using 
the Stitch Wizard.
In this section, you will also learn how to make manual adjustments to the within the Stitch Wizard to achieve 
a beautiful embroidery pattern.
Step 1Importing photo data into 
Layout & Editing
First, we need to import the image that will be 
converted into an embroidery...

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Tutorial (Advanced)
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.
bMemo:
If the...

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Tutorial (Advanced)
Select the area (mask shape and position) of
the photo to be converted the embroidery
pattern.
Select the shape of the mask.
If Round mask is selected
Drag the handle 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.
If  is selected
To create a mask of a desired shape, click 
.
Move, enter or delete points to adjust the mask 
shape.
To add points, click the outline of the mask. To 
delete points,...

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Tutorial (Advanced)
→The image is analyzed, and the Check 
Mask Shape dialog box appears.
Check the preview of the area to be converted, 
and then click Next.
Step 3Setting up the Color 
Option
While viewing the preview image, adjust the 
color and brightness.
Adjust the brightness and contrast with the 
Brightness/Contrast slider.
Sets the number of colors selected by the Auto 
Select function.
Click Update Preview.
bMemo:
With a single-colored background, as in this 
example (girl_face.bmp), click...

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Tutorial (Advanced)
Check the preview of the conversion, and then 
click Finish.
→The generated embroidery pattern is 
displayed.
Step 4Displaying 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.Esc 

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Step 5Saving 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 6Transferring the design to 
an original card
By writing a design to a media that can be used in 
your sewing machine and transferring it to your 
sewing machine, you can actually sew the design. 
For this example, we will transfer the design to...