Splitting - Using Initial and Ending Stitch Boxes
Splitting - Using Initial and Ending Stitch Boxes
This tutorial explains how to
split a design using the initial and ending stitch boxes. The Initial Stitch
and Ending Stitch boxes are located on the Main Toolbar at the top of
Editor window. They allow to specify the first stitch number and the last stitch
number of selection. This selection can be then separated from the main object.
Note:
Other ways of splitting
are explained in the following tutorials: Interactive
Free-Hand Splitting, Split Before/After Color,
Separate Color, Auto-Split, Auto-Split
Along Hoop Boundaries and Saving and Sewing
of Split Designs
1 -
Run Embird and click
"Editor" menu to switch to Editor window.
2 -
Select
"File -> Open" menu to open
the design which you want to split.
3 - In this example we want to split the design below into two parts: dog and
barrier. The barrier has colors different from dog colors. Set "Initial Stitch"
to 1. To find the last stitch of the dog (being the same as initial stitch of the
barrier), click several times on "To Next Color" button, which is
located to the right of "Ending Stitch" box. Selected part of embroidery,
i.e. stitches 1 to 6667 are drawn in
red color (Picture No. 1).
Picture No. 1
4 - Once the stitches are selected, click the "Split" button (or "Edit -> Split" menu) to separate the red selection into an individual object (Picture No. 2).
Picture No. 2
5 - Now there are two independent objects in
work area - dog and barrier - as you can see them on the Objects Order Bar at
the right side of the screen (Picture No. 3). To save the first object (dog) into
a file click the left mouse button
on this part. This will select the object.
6 - Use "File -> Save Selected As" command to save
selected object to a file on your disk. Specify the
format and the file name of the new design in the dialog boxes which appear on
the screen.
Picture No. 3
