English - AutoPunch Software Manual
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1. Inside Autopunch Inside Draw Package FUTURA has a bitmap drawing package on board Create new draw ings and modify existing images to be used for embroidery Use Draw Package Choose New Bitmap in the Create drop down menu You will be directed to the Draw Package screen after approving or setting the size for the drawing The tool bar has different sections for drawing needs Just click on a tool and draw in the white box Active Scenario 1 2 7 Render Pencil tool Line Lightest line weight i Black color Inside Autopunch SINGER Whether you are about to use a drawing painting or text tool you may need to establish a color for drawing If there isn t a color in the basic color blocks double click the foreground front color to open the color palette Choose a color and value and save as a Custom color if desired Select foreground color Active hue amp value Basic colors m roe EE eee EERE NM Custom colors B Click anywhere LBS SZ SG BON Hue 1155 Red 55 FTTTTITT ii E Sat 173 Green 85 efine Custor 5 136 Bs 224 Cancel 7 Add to Custom Colors Wy Add to Custom list If there is lettering in your logo create it with the Draw Package Simply click on the Text icon and follow the dialogue box 10 AutoPunch Inside Autopun2. A i LI Edi LIT if i Ti af ay T l ip s LA a F 29 o om Punch ym ta LI i Je MA fa MAC a F a P b at amp 7 1 iy i a Aut User s Manual 10 516 3 uondo u ungoiny lt gt You must launch the Software see section called How to Open FUTURA to use the Autopunch wizard lt gt Sometimes it is better to include background and delete segments after stitching Inside Autopunch Autopunch is designed to automatically digitize an embroidery design from clean artwork Autopunch has a Wizard that walks you through a step by step process for creating an automatic embroidery design In this segment each step and process will be defined Open Wizard gt 1 Select Autopunch from Autopunch Wizard the Create drop down menu Introduction page will open gt 2 Click Next gt 1 Open Image This is the step to choose the image or artwork to be used with Autopunch It is important to use a clean image for this process A vector type Image like clipart works best If the image was scanned it is a Bitmap type millions of pixels image either bmp or jpg and must have a reasonably high resolution 150 300 DPI is good The software will reduce the colors so that it is feasible to stitch the art in embroidery gt 1 Choose Select from the The Open Image dialogue Open Image box bo
3. Flip amp Rotate Wy Resize image Reduce the number of colors in the image Relevent information Image Processing x igrat Mirror Image Fleduchion Deinde ard 2 ranira Categories change relative to subject emn 14 AutoPunch Inside Autopunch Enhancing images for PhotoStitch helps to make better quality For example draw darker nostrils thicker eyelashes lips and brows add or erase hair Bolder is better for PhotoStitch i E a VPP m BIPZRUMAF AN im Ar O Fon V V OFF ITIIU g LOO 5 Have you ever had the irresistible urge to paint moustache on your friend Now s your chance Use any of the drawing tools to further enhance the image Draw new eye color Lu O D Inside Show hide image Turn on or off image as background on the working screen AutoPunch 15 Inside Autopunch
4. result Inside Autopunch SINGER Inside Scan Image Scan Image Scan Image is a function used to Scan an Image or take a snap shot of the physical artwork A scanner must first be installed on your computer Since each scanner has its own software the instructions are generalized You must become familiar with your own scanner and software How to Scan Artwork gt 1 Place artwork on the scan ner bed gt 2 Select File Scan Image The window for the scanning software will open gt 3 Select Preview if available The scanner will take a snap shot of your artwork for your n ET Tip for step gt 3 approval 1 This is your opportunity to crop gt 4 Select Scan The scanner will take a your artwork to capture the portion snapshot of your artwork that you desire and make desired changes employing any that 2 A DPI of 100 150 is sufficient you selected and bring the for digitizing manually image into your screen If Magic Wand is to be used choose a DPI of 200 or more Note If you want to save an image 1272003 What you want to scan pue ies Uu Fue unam GF emi rg Your Scanner Here bea 15 Lots pea to the computer be d ie m you must scan and save it at the Desktop 3 Bab 7 4 Dumb Da Ti e ab JU
5. the dialogue box Simply right click and drag the image 2 It is also possible to delete segments that you do not want to be digitized Sim ply highlight the color in the Suggested Colors box and select Remove Ec The default value is stating All widths in the image that is 6mm or less generate Satin columns For all widths above 6mm generate Fills 22 Click Suggest The Wizard will look at the image and suggest some colors or gt 1 Check Reduce Colors to and Type in number of desired thread colors gt 2 Click Suggest gt 3 Click Next The Wizard will look at the image and suggest the amount entered colors gt 5 Classify Blocks This 5 step is designed to offer some control over the way that the SINGER software automatically handles different segments of the image Since nearly all embroidery shapes are either columns or filled shapes this feature poses the question At what width do you want columns and at what width fills gt 1 Move slide bar until desired Design will be digitized us width is displayed ing specified values gt 2 Click Next A Simplifying Image progress bar will be dis played Inside Autopunch gt 6 Customize Stitch Blocks At this juncture the software has broken the image into simple blocks given the amount of colors specified in Step gt 4 Now you have the ability to remove cha
6. ch View of current text Selected font Text Text preview Make Font attributes Georgia Available style Current Windows font Typing area it Yourself Effects Name Style Size Strikeout Maiandra GD Bold 40 Underline Garamond Regular O Gautami italic Alignment Bold Justification C Left O Latha Script Center Lucida Console we C Right Lucida Sans Westem Es Lucida Sans Unicode gt Maiandra GD 4 text setup E Enter text here Make it Yourself OK I T Cancel D There is a Pencil and Polyline tool for freehand drawing Use the Polyline like digitizing with left clicks at short distances for curves Simply right click to complete the line Choose Polyline Choose line weight ake it Yours 46 p a 4 amp Click to join lines AutoPunch 11 Inside Autopunch If you close line it can be filled with color using the Paint Bucket Also make geometric shapes with the different tools Make it Yoursel o 4 Fok lt Click inside line Lal Use all the different tools and have fun making a new drawing Use the Airbrush to add sophistication Make it Yourself Choose S amp Airbrush E E E axe Lu m B zB amp 2 paint color 1 12 AutoPunch Inside Autopunch Exit the Draw Package an
7. d create embroidery in Stitch amp Sew Use Magic Wand to make easy work of it Click to exit 5 e E Draw Package lcs 4 E al Fill 1 MM Method Sen ET emake it Yourself x Ld 2 4 EUN ouno Eda Stich eda Eder Mode Somhit 0 ab Make it Yourself Choose Magic Wand amp click Modify Existing Images The Draw Package has a sophisticated Image Processor to enhance images For example most images need to have Brightness amp Con trast adjusted to be a good candidate for PhotoStitch AutoPunch 13 Inside Autopunch Choose Import Image from the Create drop down menu Then choose Draw Package Click on the Image Processing icon and choose from a variety of options EXPERIMENT for desired results Image Processing Icon amp Box 1 Image Processing Original Result Click to Zoom Bright amp Contrast 1 JS P uu N Chooses filter S umm 7 Restore Cok Reduction Defaults 4 s Contrast y Me n Median ndirect Majority Mirror Easiness in merging similar colors 40 ot Rotate Resize E T ai NP Size of the smallest object in pixels 5 CU B Post processing Majority filter 25 Cancel fi Clean amp soften 76
8. he block fill method will be center column changed gt 3 Click Next Inside Autopunch E gt 1 Click block s to be changed The block s will be high More han one block cean with from the Image Preview lighted the use of the Ctrl or Shift buttons on the gt 2 Select stitch type Satinor The block stitch type will be Fill changed gt 3 Set the Density of the Defines the distance be Stitches tween the stitches for the block s to be created gt 4 Set the Angle for the column Defines the angle of the fill stitches that will be gener ated with the use of the column tool gt 5 Choose Underlay type To add underlay stitches of the selected type to the blocks chosen gt 6 Set of Stretch This setting will stretch the stitches out of the original outline to compensate for push pull efect of the fabric gt 7 Click Next Inside Autopunch Connection E gt The final step will allow you to define the type of conenction be wen blocks that will be generated by AutoPunch of the wizard by directly clicking on the Finish button gt 1 Choose either Running or Jump stitch to connect be tween the blocks gt 2 Click Finish The image will be processed showing progress bars until complete Voila Now you have an embroidery design that was created with a minimum of labor and a maximum of control Image 1 Finished Autopunch
9. nge color sequence and change fill method of any block s gt 1 Click Block to be removed The block will be highlight from the Image Preview ed gt 2 Click Remove button in The block will be deleted center column gt 1 Click Block to be moved The block will be highlight from the Image Preview ed gt 2 Click Move Up or Move The block will moved one Down button in center column Inside Autopunch step for each Click lt gt Show Preview window will display preview of the selected block in regards to the whole of the design lt gt More than one blocks can be selected with the use of the Ctrl or Shift buttons on the keyboard Select Stitch Background gt 1 Check Stitch Background if color is vital to design gt 2 Check Stitch blocks that have the same colors as the Background if so required gt 3 Click Next gt 7 Embroidery Settings In this step a Fabric can be selected so that the Embroidery Set x tings will be adjusted Also you have the option in this step to 2 change basic embroidery settings of the design to be created T D gt 1 Click Fabric box A list of Fabrics will open gt 2 Click your choice upon The Embroidery Settings will which the embroidery de be adjusted sign will be stitched gt 1 Click Block to be changed The block will be highlight from the Image Preview ed gt 2 Click Colum or Fill button in T
10. x will open gt 2 Choose Image of your choice from the folder where images are stored gt 3 Click Next Inside Autopunch SINGER gt 2 Crop Image In the 2 step the Wizard is supplying the option to Crop cut the Image Though it is not necessary to crop there may be some areas that are not desired in the embroidery design gt 1 Click on square on the frame around image gt 2 Drag square to Crop gt 3 Click Next gt 3 Set Dimensions The 3 step is your chance to change the Dimensions size of the image gt 1 Set unit of measurement size gt 2 Click Width or Height box gt 3 Type new value Both dimensions will change at once gt 4 Click Next gt 4 Color Selection In this step the software is prepared to reduce the number of colors in the image The Wizard is very self explanatory Remember when in referring to a Bitmap type of image we said it has millions of pixels How many threads colors do you want to change gt 1 Check Reduce Colors tomatically in the Color set suggestion box Continues gt Inside Autopunch Ec You have the option of skipping all steps of the wizard by directly clicking on the Finish button lt gt It is possible change the Unit of meas urement from CM to MM or Inches in the Units box Ec 1 It is possible Pan the image in the small screen on the right hand side of
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