The best size for a background picture for a character for mySewnet™ Font Digitizing is 800 pixels wide x 1200 pixels high. A smaller picture should be relative to this size. Scale down a larger picture in mySewnet™ Draw & Paint to fit your work area, then save the edited original. When a picture for a SuperDesign is saved as a thumbnail, the size is set so that it can be reloaded in the same position.
To use a scanned picture, use the software provided with your scanner to save the picture. Alternatively, scan a picture into mySewnet™ Draw & Paint, make adjustments, then select and save the desired part of the picture before using it in mySewnet™ Font Digitizing.
Load a Picture as a Background in mySewnet™ Font Digitizing
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In mySewnet™ Font Digitizing, click the View tab, then click Edit Background
to open mySewnet™ Draw & Paint.
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Use Insert
or Open to load your picture. -
Select the part of the picture that you wish to use as a background picture in mySewnet™ Font Digitizing.
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Save the edited picture under a different name, then return to mySewnet™ Font Digitizing.
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For a SuperDesign, use Save Picture
to save a thumbnail of the picture.
mySewnet™ Draw & Paint opens with a work area the size of your work area in mySewnet™ Font Digitizing.
While adjusting the picture, toggle between mySewnet™ Font Digitizing and mySewnet™ Draw & Paint. You will not be able to edit anything in mySewnet™ Font Digitizing, but you can preview adjustments made to the background picture in mySewnet™ Draw & Paint.
The picture under a character or SuperDesign is not stored as part of the font or SuperDesign file. Therefore, save your background picture in mySewnet™ Draw & Paint if you have moved and resized it. If you wish to edit the character or SuperDesign later, the modified picture will be available for reloading.