Baby Lock ECS8, Instruction Manual

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
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Color
Click this button to set the thread color for outlines,
inside regions, texts and manual punching patterns.
1.
Click the Color button.
• Palette mode
• List mode
2.
From the Thread Chart selector, select a
thread brand or your user thread chart.
3.
From the list of thread colors, select the
desired color.
c
For details on specifying a user thread
chart or for information on how machines
handle thread colors, refer to “Editing user
thread color lists” on page 110.
c
For details on changing thread colors for
stitch patterns, refer to “Changing colors”
on page 118.
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Special colors
• NOT DEFINED : Embroidery machines that
feature automatic thread color display will
automatically switch the display to the
specified color. If you are using such a
machine and if you want to be able to select
manually the color for a monochrome
pattern, you can select
NOT DEFINED .
• Colors for creating appliqués : You can
create appliqués using the three special
colors shown in the above illustration.
APPLIQUE MATERIAL marks the outline
of the region to cut from the appliqué
material.
b
Memo:
• To view the details about the thread colors,
click on To List mode button in the bottom
left corner of the Thread Color dialog.
• To view the colors without the details, click
on To Palette mode button in the bottom
left corner of the Thread Color dialog.
b
Memo:
At the top of the Thread Color dialog box for
TrueType font character patterns and outline
data, you can select the type of stitching
(
Line , Region1 or Region2 ) whose color is
being selected.
Line: Line color
Region1: Region color
Region2: Additional color for blending
( Region 2 can only be selected if a gradation
with a blending effect is specified.)
c
“Creating a gradation/blending”
on page 115.
NOT
DEFINED
APPLIQUE MATERIAL
APPLIQUE
APPLIQUE
POSITION