Adjusting the Imported Image

  • Photos that show an enlargement of the object to be embroidered or are bright and sharp are most appropriate for conversion.
  • The following types of photos are not appropriate for creating embroidery patterns.
    • Photos where the subject is small, such as in photos of gatherings
    • Photos where the subject appears dark, such as photos taken in a room or taken with backlighting

  1. Save the picture to be converted into embroidery data onto a USB flash drive or transfer to the machine using “IQ Intuition Positioning App”. (IQ Intuition Positioning App)

  2. Touch [Picture Play Embroidery].

  3. Touch the desired source.

    For details on available image data files, refer to Specifications.

    If two USB media are connected to the machine, check the USB media names that are displayed, and then touch the name of the USB media that you wish to use.

    1. Retrieve from a USB media.
    2. Retrieve image data sent from IQ Intuition Positioning App. (IQ Intuition Positioning App)

  4. Select the image to be retrieved, and then touch [Set].

  5. Check the embroidery pattern size and adjust it.

    1. Change the size of the image data file. In order to return to its original size, touch .
    2. Rotate the image data file 90 degrees.
    3. Change the size to fit the embroidery frame size. (Refer to step 7)
    4. Frame an area of the image. (Refer to Framing the Image)
    5. Remove the background. (Refer to step 6)
      • The recommended sizes of embroidery patterns are listed below.
        • Face only: 100 × 100 mm (approx. 4 inches × 4 inches) or larger
        • Head and face: 130 × 180 mm (approx. 5 inches × 7 inches) or larger
        • The subject for detailed embroidery: 75 × 75 mm (approx. 3 inches × 3 inches) or larger
      • The image framing functions (4) and the background removal (5) cannot be used at the same time.

  6. If necessary, remove the background. Touch , select [Auto (AI)], and then switch on [Background removal]. Touch [Preview] to confirm the cropping area, and then touch [OK].

    If [Auto (AI)] is selected and [Background removal] is set to on, the machine will automatically remove the background. If the desired results are not achieved, refer to Removing the Background in [Custom] Mode.

  7. If necessary, touch to change the size of the pattern to fit the selected embroidery frame size.

    The embroidery frames that can be used with this function are listed.

  8. After editing of the image is finished, touch [Next].

Framing the Image

  1. Follow steps 2 through 5 of Adjusting the Imported Image.

  2. Touch . Select the image area to be framed, and then touch [OK].

    1. Drag to select the image area to be framed.
    2. Select a shape to frame the image with.

  3. Follow steps 7 through 8 of Adjusting the Imported Image.

Removing the Background in [Custom] Mode

For this example, the background will be removed from a photo of a flower.

  1. Touch [Custom] in step 6 of Adjusting the Imported Image.
    For this example, first touch [Preview] to display the cropping area.

    • The cropping area is highlighted in cyan.
      • The results from using [Custom] mode to detect the cropping area without first specifying it may differ from the results from using [Auto (AI)] mode to remove the background.

  2. With the pens, mark the areas to be, and not to be, extracted. And then touch [Preview] to confirm the cropping area.

    1. With the pink pen, mark the areas to be extracted (will be added to the cropping area).
    2. With the yellowish green pen, mark the areas not to be extracted (will be removed from the cropping area).
    3. Trace over lines drawn with 1 or 2 above in order to erase the drawn line.
    4. Erases all drawn lines.
    5. Hide all lines drawn with pen 1 or 2.
    6. To undo the previous operation.
    7. To redo the last operation that was undone.
      1. Select , and then use the yellowish green pen to mark areas not to be extracted.
      • When selecting areas to be added to or removed from the cropping area, the entire area does not need to be completely filled with pen marks.

  3. Continue drawing lines and touching [Preview] until the desired cropping area is achieved.

    1. Select , and then use the pink pen to mark areas to be extracted.

  4. Touch [OK].

    Touch to hide all lines drawn with pens.

  5. Touch [Next].

    • To specify the cropping area before it is detected, perform step 1 without touching [Preview]. Roughly mark the areas to be and not to be extracted in step 2, and then touch [Preview]. And then continue with step 3.
      1. Select , and then use the pink pen to mark areas to be extracted.
      2. Select , and then use the yellowish green pen to mark areas not to be extracted.

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