Load Design Wizard — Add Alignment Stitches
Use the Add Alignment Stitches page to add stitches at the beginning of the embroidery that you can use to align the picture with the embroidery. A special blue color layer is added before any other stitches in the embroidery, that is intended only for the stitches used for alignment.
This page of the wizard is only used if you have loaded a picture.
Move the pointer over the picture and the pointer will be a cross 
where you may place alignment stitches. Click to place alignment stitches, which are shown as blue crosses. Each cross is 10mm across. Two or three alignment crosses should be sufficient in most circumstances. Click Next or select None if no alignment stitches are needed.
There is a 5mm boundary inside the edge of the hoop where you may not place cross alignment stitches. This is so the alignment stitches are only placed entirely within the hoop.
Choose this option to automatically place alignment stitches that are aligned with all four corners of the picture. The alignment stitches are corner shaped, so they can be used even if your picture goes up to the edge of the chosen hoop. They are only shown as crosses on the preview so that they are easy to see.
If you have clicked on the picture to add cross alignment stitches, these are removed when the Automatic Corners option is selected.
Choose this option if you do not wish to add alignment stitches. This option is recommended if you are going to load an embroidery that already has alignment stitches for the selected picture.
If you have clicked on the picture to add cross alignment stitches, these are removed when None is selected.
If no alignment stitches are added, the blue color layer will not be added at the beginning of the embroidery.
Some machines have special positioning features which do not require alignment stitches.
Click Reset to remove all the cross alignment stitches from the screen and start again.
Use the Zoom functions to change the view of the picture.
Use Zoom In
to magnify the view of the picture. Move the pointer over the picture and the pointer changes to the zoom in pointer
. Then either click a point on the picture you want to zoom in towards, or click and drag a rectangle around the area you want to zoom in to and release the mouse button to zoom. When zoomed in, use the scroll bars to move around the picture.
Use Zoom Out
to shrink the view of the picture. Move the pointer over the picture and the pointer changes to the zoom out pointer
. Then click a point on the picture you want to zoom out from.
Click Zoom To Fit
to fit the picture to the preview area.
to view the picture at its actual size in pixels. This means that one pixel of the picture uses one pixel of the screen.
Back
Return to the Picture Size page of the Load Design Wizard.
Finish
Close the Load Design Wizard and show the picture on the work area.
If you have modified the picture in the Load Design Wizard by rotating and/or cropping it, use Save Picture to save the new version of the picture.