Auto Cross-Stitch® - SINGER Futura Support
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1. 7 NM Custom colors 8 Click anywhere ggg g Hue 1155 Red 5 PE E E Sat 173 Green 85 efine Custor ColorlSolid m 136 Bs 224 Cancel 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 Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch Text Text preview View of current text Font attributes Name Selected font Maiandra GD Garamond O Gautami Georgia Available style O Latha O Lucida Console Lucida Sans Current Wi nd OWS font O Lucida Sans Unicode gt Maiandra GD Mangal Enter text here Make it Yourself Typing area Make it Yourself Effects Special handling Style Size Strikeout Bold 40 Underline Regular Italic uid Justification Left Script Center Western f Right Approve text setup lt There is a Pencil 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 X a a a 4 Click to join lines Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch O SINGER If you close line it can be filled with color using the Paint Bucket Also make geometri2. 2 9 4 0 FOZ SCS DO g 8 Inside Show hide image Turn on or off image as background on the working screen Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch 13 x Ld O 2
3. 4 4 da ba 1 i a F 2 Yon a 3 rh d Stitch 1 LT ah 4 i i a i 1 rf A 2 E l gt Auto Cro User s Manual SINGER Futura 10 sanGnuog uondo upinis ss01 ojny You must launch the Software see section called How to Open FUTURA to use the Auto Cross Stitch wizard Inside Auto Cross Stitch Auto Cross Stitch is designed to automatically digitize an image artwork into an embroidery design with Cross Stitches Auto Cross Stitch has a Wizard that walks you through a step by step process for creating an automatic embroidery design In this seg ment each step and process will be defined See the section called How to Use Auto Cross Stitch for a quick description of using the Auto Cross Stitch wizard Open Wizard x gt 1 Select Auto Cross Stitch Auto Cross Stitch Wizard E from the Create drop down Introduction page will open z menu D gt 2 Click Next gt 1 Open Image This is the step to choose the image or artwork to be used with Auto Cross Stitch If you are familiar with any Cross Stitch em broidery you will appreciate the fact that simple is better when it comes to artwork 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 ty
4. and save it at the Desktop Ldn 1272003 What you want lo scan pue Fue unam 21 rg Your Scanner Here T oor pacis 3 ah oam Vou 3 Dumb Da hi LENS Inside Auto Cross Stitch 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 Selection Bender Pencil tool 3 Lightest line weight Active color gt QD 2 Black color Basic colors Inside Auto Cross Stitch 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 mmu m mmm
5. fault suggestion box gt 2 Click Suggest The Wizard will look at the image and suggest some colors Inside Auto Cross Stitch lt gt 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 color box and select Remove or gt 1 Check Reduce Colors to and Type in number of desired thread colors gt 2 Click Suggest The Wizard will look at the image and suggest the amount entered colors gt 3 Click Next gt 5 Cross Stitch This 5 step is designed to offer some control over the way that the software automatically handles the Cross Stitch elements of the image The size of the Cross Stitch and connection policy how to travel between blocks will affect the outcome of the Cross Stitch design It is also possible to stitch the background color of the art often white or not gt 1 Click Cross Size move up Cross Stitch will change or down size according to the set value The preview of the image will reflect proposed size gt 2 Check use a Jump Stitch All Blocks will be connected box with a Jump Stitch Continues Inside Auto Cross Stitch SINGER gt 3 Stitch Background Check Stitch Background if color is vital to desig
6. ENT for desired results Image Processing Icon amp Box gt um Image Processing Original Result Click to Zoom Bright amp Contrast 1 JS P uu N Chooses filter hem m Restore Reduction Dieci Defaults 4 Contrast y 55 Me n Median ndirect Majority Mirror Easiness in merging similar colors 40 gt Rotate Resize E 72 4 Size of the smallest object in pixels 6 CU 7 Post processing Majority filter 25 Cancel fi Clean amp soften 7 Flip amp Rotate Resize image Reduce the number of colors in the image Relevent information Image Processing x Mirror Image Fleduchion Deinde A Dor ranira Categories change Z ad relative to subject Uer ee 12 Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch 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 Have you ever had the irresistible urge to paint a moustache on your friend Now s your chance Use any of the drawing tools to further enhance the image Draw new eye color gt s e 1
7. c shapes with the different tools Make it Yoursel Click Paint Bucket 4 0 7 lt Click inside line Use all the different tools and have fun making a new drawing Use the Airbrush to add sophistication Make it Yourself Choose 7 Airbrush E E E Z zi 9 10 Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch S and paint color Exit the Draw Package and create embroidery in Stitch amp Sew Use Magic Wand to make easy work of it Click to exit gt Draw Package CS 0 O OX Mor mai Fil Fill Stitch tk ake it Yourself vk ouire J 2 ite PE Outing Ede Stich Edit Editi Mode Stich 19 99 T JA x al U a em 1 l 2 o nn 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch Lu 0 2 1 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 EXPERIM
8. n gt 4 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 embroidery design Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch Auto Cross Stitch Inside Auto Cross Stitch 4 LL x O z 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 m for step gt 3 5 2 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 If you want to save an image to the computer you must scan
9. pe 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 the Select from the The Open Image dialogue Select Image box box will open gt 2 Choose Image of your choice from folder where your images are stored gt 3 Click Next Inside Auto Cross Stitch 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 It is possible to change the Unit of meas gt 1 Click Width or Height box gt 2 Type new value Both dimensions will change urement from CM to MM or Inches in the at once Units box gt 3 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 Au This box is enabled by de tomatically in the Color set
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