Pictures for Express Embroidery
Many types of picture are suitable for creating an Express Embroidery. The primary factor, however, is to use pictures with well defined color areas and/or well defined outlines. Pictures that have complex color areas, such as photographs or scanned pictures that have not been cleaned up, can be used to create an Express Embroidery, but you may not get the best result unless some time is spent modifying the original picture.
Keeping and Removing Parts of the Background
In some pictures, you will want to use the option to remove all of the background color. However, this may also mean that some parts of the picture you wish to keep will not be included in the design. For example, if you have a cartoon character, the whites of the eyes or teeth might be removed if you remove all of the background color. To prevent this, use a false color, such as gray, to flood fill the white parts you want to keep, then change the gray thread color to white after finishing the ExpressDesign Wizard.
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The eyes are white, and so are the gaps between body and legs |
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The eyes are gray and will no longer be removed with all background areas |
Some pictures may have graduated backgrounds, but you need to remove all of the background. In this case, use Pick Color to select the main background shade, then flood fill all the other shades in the graduated background so that the background is a single color. This will also prevent the multiple colors in the graduated background from interfering with color optimization on the Choose Thread Colors page of the ExpressDesign Wizard.