PhotoStitch® - SINGER Futura Support
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1. User s Manual SINGER Futura 10 uondo upinso1oug ean3n4 Inside Photostitch Photostitch was designed to simulate an image using special stitch techniques This type of embroidery design is not the tra ditional that includes primarily fills and satin columns variety These stitch techniques require virtually no digitizing skill and very little labor Photostitch 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 x gt 1 Select Photostitch from PPhotostitch Wizard the Create drop down Introduction page will open e 22 Click Next gt 1 Open Image This is the step to choose the image or artwork to be used with Photostitch It is important to use a clean image for this process If the image was scanned it is a Bitmap type millions of pixels im age either bmp or jpg and must have a reasonably high resolu tion 150 300 DPI is good gt 1 Choose the Select from the The Open Image File box will Select Image box open 52 Choose Image of your choice from the folder where your image is stored gt 3 Click Next Inside PhotoStitch 52 Photostitch This 2nd step was designed to offer a variety of options as to how Photostitch will simulate an image There are three different2. Inside PhotoStitch 57 Set Properties This final step will allow you to set the settings the various tech niques will use to fill the photo with stitches As every fill type has it s own unique style to fill the photo with stitches different parameters are available to apply gt 1 Select Rectangle Size in Parameters box 52 Click on Finish to generate the embroidery design gt 1 Select Satin width in Param eters box gt 2 Select Resolution step in Parameters box gt 3 Select Minimum stitch dis tance in Parameters box gt 4 Click on Finish to generate the embroidery design gt 1 Select Density in Parameters box 52 Click on Finish to generate the embroidery design The Default values in the Photostitch Wizard work very well in most instances Experiment and then adjust some of the param eters for different effects Inside PhotoStitch lt gt This step is numbered as step 6 when working with rectangular or satin fill type The Preview button is very useful to display a preview of the design to be generated Try with different values to get the result that you like Remember to always check for the stitch count as the more detailed the result the higher the stitch count Futura PhotoStitch Option English 3 01 15 PhotoStitch Inside PhotoS
3. PhotoStitch fill types Satin Rectangluar and the Running fill type Specifically for rectangular and satin there are two options for color Monochrome one color or Color Fill this uses Cyan Magen ta Yellow and Black in that order The different fill types allow for variations on the effect and the rsult generated to get the best result out of any selected photo while at the same time also choosing the fill type which will ensure a relatively low stitch count Selection of the PhotoStitch fill type is thus a balance amogst the desired fill effect and the resulting stitch count See images below for visual reference of the various PhotoStitch fill types Monochrome Color Monochrome Rectangle Satin Satin SRR RTS Vh a te k Me a Eu T EE PhotoStitch Inside PhotoStitch The Running PhotoStitch fill type only work with in multiple colors and not as monochrome lt gt The Running PhotoStich fill type does only allow rectangular crop Color Rectangle cheb T s E JL lu 8 i E 53 Crop Image In this 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 Also in this step is the option to define the
4. shape of the image as circular or rectangular gt 1 Click on square on the frame around image gt 2 Drag square to Crop gt 3 Click Next gt 1 Check Circular the selec image will be defined tion box and cropped as a Circle or gt 1 Check Rectangular in the selection box gt 2 Click Next The image will be defined and cropped as a Rectangle PhotoStitch Inside PhotoStitch SINGER Selecting Polygonal will allow you to crop and select a specific area on the image Simply clicking on the image will input points which define the area to be cropped You can input as many points required to exactly select the desired area gt 4 Set Dimensions The 4 step is your chance to change the Dimensions or size of the image E gt It is possible to change the Unit of meas gt 1 Click Width or Height box urement from CM to MM or Inches in the gt 2 new value Both dimensions will change Units box at once gt 3 Click Next Tip Try using Photostitch as large as possible You may find that you get more bang for your buck larger embroidery for similar stitch costs 55 Color Refinement In this step the software is offering the options of altering the E Brightness and Contrast of the image Since the software is look ing at the image in order to simulate a likeness it is important to While working with th
5. e 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 d EE 1 2 7 Render Pencil tool Line Lightest line weight i Black color Inside PhotoStitch 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 a Select foreground color Active hue amp value Basic colors mmu roe EE eee EERE NM Custom colors B Click anywhere LBS BON Hue 1155 Red 55 FTTTTITT E Sat 173 Green 85 efine Custor 5 1 136 Bs 224 7 Add to Custom Colors 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 PhotoStitch Inside PhotoStitch View of current text Se
6. e slide bars look at the image on the right hand side of the box It is possible to Pan the image in the small screen on the right hand side of the dialogue box Simply right click and drag the image have a lot of light and contrast Experimentation is key gt 1 Move slide bar until image is brighter if necessary gt 2 Move slide bar until image has more contrast if neces sary gt 3 Click Next Inside PhotoStitch 1 It is possible Pan the image in the small screen on the right hand side of 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 gt 6 Color Reduction ra This step provides the option to reduce the colors of the photo it is only available for the Running fill type 51 Check Reduce Colors Au tomatically in the Color set suggestion box gt 2 Click Suggest The Wizard will look at the image and suggest some colors or gt 1 Check Reduce Colors to and E Type in number of desired thread colors n gt 2 Click Suggest The Wizard will look at the D image and suggest the amount entered colors gt 3 Click Next Attention For Rectangular and Satin fill type please skip this part and move to the next step It is only available for the Running Photo Stitch fill type
7. ic Wand to make easy work of it Click to exit Draw Package 4 E al Fill 1 Method 3 emake it Yourself x 2 v 4 Eda Stach Mode Sitch ft 0 gt 2 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 PhotoStitch 1 J Inside PhotoStitch 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 rT rh N Chooses filter B Restore Reduction C Defaults 4 s Contrast y Me n Median ndirect Majority Mirror Easiness in merging similar colors 40 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 7 Flip amp Rota
8. lected font Text Text preview Make Font attributes Georgia Available style Current Windows font Typing area BE T it Yourself Effects Name Style Size Strikeout Maiandra GD Bold 40 Underline Garamond Regular O Gautami italic Alignment Bold Justification C Left Latha Script Center Lucida Console we Right 0 Lucida Sans Westem 3 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 A BHENM zm Click to join lines LII PhotoStitch 11 Inside PhotoStitch If you close line it be filled with color using the Paint Bucket Also make geometric shapes with the different tools Make it Yoursel 0 o 4 Fok 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 Airbrush E E E axe Lu m B zB 2 paint color 1 12 PhotoStitch Inside PhotoStitch Exit the Draw Package and create embroidery Stitch amp Sew Use Mag
9. te Wy Resize image Reduce the number of colors in the image Relevent information Image Processing 1 Mirror Image Fleduchion Deinde A Dor Categories change relative to subject rem Uer emn 1 4 PhotoStitch Inside PhotoStitch GR Ps Sm FS im Draw on ima 90 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 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 Lu O D Inside Show hide image Turn on or off image as background on the working screen PhotoStitch 1 5 Inside PhotoStitch
10. titch 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 ac Tip for step gt 3 5 27 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 Sp HORS 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 Astra 1272003 What you want to scan pue GF emi rg Your Scanner Here bea 15 Lots pea to the computer MAC m you must scan and save it at the Desktop 3 Bab ol 4 Dumb Da Thi e Inside PhotoStitch Inside Draw Packag
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