Choose Picture

 

Use the Choose Picture page to select the picture you wish to convert to a PhotoStitch embroidery.

After selecting a picture, the preview box shows the selected picture with its name underneath.

Select File

• Click Select File to open a picture from one of the Samples subfolders, such as: mySewnet/Samples/Cross Stitch/Pics. Alternatively, browse to a folder elsewhere on your computer.

Note: Click Show as Icons

to view thumbnails of the pictures.

 

The following popular file formats may be loaded: Bitmap (.bmp), Encapsulated PostScript (.epi, .eps), Graphics Interchange Format (.gif), JPEG-JFIF Compliant (.jpg, .jfif, .jpeg), JPEG 2000 (.jp2, jpf), JPEG Multi-Picture Object (.mpo), Photoshop (.psd), Portable Document Format (.pdf), Portable Network Graphics (.png), Postscript (.ps), Tagged Image File Format uncompressed (.tiff, .tif), Camera RAW (.raw & many others), High Dynamic Range (.exr, hdr), High Efficiency Image Format (.heic).

These additional formats can also be loaded: Apple Icon (.icns), Fax (.fax & many others), Linux Icon (.xbm), Macintosh Picture (.pct, .pic, .pict), MacPaint (.mac, .pnt, pntg), Microsoft Icon (.cur, .ico), Silicon Graphics (.rgb, .sgi) and Truevision TGA (.targa, tga).

Select a Photo for a PhotoStitch

1. Click Select File. The Open dialog appears.

2. Browse to the desired folder, for example mySewnet/Samples/Cross Stitch/Pics.

3. Click on a photo.

4. Click Open to open the photo onto the Choose Picture page, and to close the dialog.

Click the Cancel to exit without selecting a picture.

Other Sources

Paste

• Paste an image from the Clipboard.

Import Image

• Import a picture from a camera or scanner connected to the computer.

Services

Use Services to import a picture.

• Camera: Import a picture from an integrated MacBook® camera.

• Capture Full Screen: make a screenshot of the whole screen.

• Capture Selection from Screen: make a screenshot of part of the screen.

Create New Picture and Edit Picture

Create a new picture or edit an existing picture in mySewnet™ Draw & Paint.

Go Back

Return to the Choose Embroidery Type page.

Continue

Go to the Rotate and Crop Picture page.

PhotoStitch into Hoop

PhotoStitch into Rectangle

Selecting and Editing Pictures

PhotoStitch Assistant Examples

Choose Embroidery Type

Rotate and Crop Picture

Remove Background

Design Size

Choose Thread Colors

PhotoStitch Embroidery Options

Color Tile Options

Linear Embroidery Options