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The background color can be changed to see how the design and its colors would look on a garment or fabric of
a specific color, or to view threads that would otherwise be the same color as the background.
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Changing the background color
To change the color of the background:
1
On the
Options
drop-down menu, click
Background
. The
Background
dialog box appears.
NOTE: To reset the background color to white, click the
Default
button.
2
Click the
Set Color
button. The
Select Background Color
dialog box, a standard Windows 95 color-picker box,
appears.
3
Do either of the following:
◆
Select the desired color from the
Basic colors
or the
Custom colors
palettes.
◆
Click the
Define Custom Colors
button to display the color panel. Create the new color, click the
Add to
Custom Colors
button, and then select the new color from the
Custom colors
palette.
NOTE: To create a new color, click in the large color palette to change the hue and saturation, and
then move the slider in the color gradient to change the luminescence, or type in values for the
Hue
,
Sat
and
Lum
settings or for the
Red
,
Green
and
Blue
settings. The new color appears in the
Color|Solid
box.
4
Click the
OK
button in the
Select Background Color
dialog box.
5
Click the
OK
button in the
Background
dialog box.
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Displaying a background image
To display an image in the background:
1
On the
Options
drop-down menu, click
Background
. The
Background
dialog box appears.
2
Click the
Select Image
button. The
Select Image
dialog box appears.
3
In the
Files of type
drop-down list, select the file format for the image that you wish to display in the back-
ground.
4
In the
Look in
drop-down list and the list below it, select the folder containing the desired file, and then
select the file that you wish to display in the background.
5
Click the
Open
button. The image is displayed in the
Background
dialog box.
NOTE: The
Scanner DPI
box shows the resolution of the image that was selected. To change the resolu-
tion of the image, type the appropriate value in the box.
To remove the image from the background (for example, if the image is very large and you need
to free up the memory), click the
Clear Image
button.
To keep the image selected, but not displayed in the background, clear the
Enable image
check
box. The check mark will disappear.
6
Click the
OK
button in the
Background
dialog box.
Figure 117
Chapter 39: Changing the Background