JANOME Embroidery Software Instruction Book
Chapter 13 Preparing Images for Automatic Digitizing
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Preparation tool before stitching produces a
poorly stitched design.
Before using the Outlined Image Preparation
tool, make sure that the image contains solid
outlines. If there are gaps, separate color areas will
be blended into one.
If you need to add outlines, close gaps, or reinforce
an outline, you may need to draw it by hand before
scanning the image. Or you may add it after
scanning in a graphics package. See
Editing
images in graphics applications
for details.
Try this! Try darkening the outlines using the
outline appearance slider.
Image preparation summary
Preparing non-outlined images
Use the Image Preparation tool to prepare
non-outlined images for automatic digitizing. The
tool automatically reduces color blocks in
bitmap
images to a single color, removing anti-aliasing and
noise. You can let the software reduce the color
count automatically or specify a precise number.
The latter is useful if you want to match design
colors to an exact number of thread colors.
Try this! Depending on the quality of the scanned
image, you may need to touch it up manually
before processing in JANOME Embroidery
Software. You would normally do this in order to
eliminate backgrounds, flood-fill solid areas with
Image Preparation
used – outlines not
sharpened, poor
stitching
Image with indistinct outlines
Image with solid outlines
Outlined Image
Preparation used –
improved stitching
Image colors blended
Image partially outlined,
some area not closed
Outlined Image
Preparation used
Outlines sharpened
Image outline completed in
graphics package
Outlined Image
Preparation used
Action
Outlined image
Non-outlined
image
Scan image
Scan in RGB
mode
Use sharpening
Scan in RGB
mode
No sharpening
Scan line drawing Scan in two color
mode
Touching up in
graphics package
Crop
Add or edit
outlines
Edit colors
Remove noise
Crop
Edit image
shapes
Edit colors
Remove noise
Use Outlined
Image
Preparation tool in
JANOME
Embroidery
Software
Sharpen outlines
and remove noise
Use Image
Preparation tool in
JANOME
Embroidery
Software
Reduce colors
and remove noise
Digitize
Manual
Click-to-Stitch
Click-to-Design
Manual
Click-to-Stitch
Click-to-Design
Use Digitize > Image Preparation to reduce the
number of colors and remove image ‘noise’ in
non-outlined images.
Summary of Contents for Digitizer MB
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