Use the Choose Picture page to select the picture you wish to convert to a design. Select a picture from clipart, or one you have previously scanned or created in an image editor. Alternatively, paste a captured picture.
Select File
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Click Select File to open one of the Samples subfolders such as: /mySewnet/Samples/Digitizing/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 Picture File
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Click the Select File button and the Open dialog appears.
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Browse to the desired folder, for example /mySewnet/Samples/Digitizing/Pics.
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Click on a picture.
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Click Open to use the picture in the Choose Picture page.
Click Cancel to exit without selecting a picture.
Other Sources
Paste
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Paste an image from the Clipboard.
Services
Use Services to import a picture.
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Camera: Import a picture from an integrated MacBook® camera.
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Capture Full Screen: make a screenshot of the whole screen.
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Capture Selection from Screen: make a screenshot of part of the screen.
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Import Image: import a picture from a camera or scanner connected to the computer.
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 Design Type page.
Continue
Go to the Rotate and Crop Picture page.