To the embird users. I have worked out where I need to change colours on a design, but how do I do it so it is saved? I want to change in the middle of a single colour....more inside
2497 Meganne, have a look out your back door into your garden, with all the help you have given me, I have just re-landscaped the whole yard in pretty orange flowers. You are a gem, thanks so much for the help. I will certainly join the forum.
2497 Oh, if you are changing the colours in Manager, just underneath the design and the colours, once you make any colour change, three tabs will appear, 1- apply colour changes; 2- save colour palette; 3 restore colour palette, you need to use the first two of these OR, when you go to quit the design it will ask you do you want to save changes in colour palette? Say yes! hugs Meg
44621 I just discovered there's another way to do it too but it only works with designs with more than one colour, when you want to change the colour or even remove parts of a design.Open the design in Editor, then go to the very bottom right panel where it shows all the different colours and stitches, right mouse click in that little section and in the text box you will see "separate all items" select that and watch what happens, really cool and gives you so much control. hugs Meg
44621 Hey Libster; here is an answer to a Q
someone else asked from Embirdtime group. I
found it soooo helpful so I just cut and
paste it here for you to copy and print it
out, it works. JOIN the group, you
won't be sorry, hugs M
I presume we're talking Embird Editor
here, not Digitizing Tools ???
The trick is to notice how the design sews.
Sewing Simulator is invaluable for that. Do
the wings sew out separately from the other
parts? If yes, then you can split out the
wing(s) by noting the beginning and ending
stitch numbers for the wing(s).
For an example, open squirrl2.dst (a file
that comes with Embird). Let's decide
he should have a red tail.
Run the Stitch Simulator and watch it
stitch at a fairly fast stitch rate, just
to get a feel of where it begins, the path,
and where it ends. Now run the Stitch
Simulator set at maybe 50 stitches/second
or slower. The trick is to stop it when it
begins to stitch the tail. If you overshoot
or undershoot, you can slide the marker on
the black bar to the right of the
stitches/second indicator a bit left or
right, to move the stitching point down or
up.
As a quick approximation, I chose stitch
#472 as the beginning of the tail. So I
clicked the "Split" icon (above
and to the left of the stitches/second
box). Now I have the squirrel's back
as a unique object, ready to color or
change as I wish. But I wanted his tail, so
I run the simulator again, and stop at
stitch #1536, and click Split. Now I have
95% of his tail as a unique object.
There's a bit more work for anyone who
really wants red squirrel tails, but I hope
you get the idea of using the Stitch
Simulator to separate the design elements.
There are more precise mechanisms, mostly
using editor to verify the stitch numbers
where you want to split.
You will learn different techniques for
other types of designs. For instance, where
colors are involved, it's super-simple
(and accurate) to split out your design
elements. I would probably use the Freehand
Select Mode to select and split the
un-selected part of the tail.
44621 Sorry girls, bringing this one to the top in the hope that someone can help me.
2497 I want to change in the midst of a single colour, as it is far too much of one colour and looks silly, it is for a car and want the wheels to be a different colour to parts of the car which are the same colour but different part of the car. Does any of this make sense?
by lbrow 08 Jun 2008
No Not to me but it will to some of the others libster & I'm sure someone will know how to do it. I've got a good idea what u want to do but even though I have embird I'm not that good *4U
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Oh wow! they're so beautiful! And the perfume is intoxicating! :-} And you're most welcome, glad i could help. hugs, M