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Add & match image colors ​

You can manually match colors from an inserted bitmap or vector graphic to thread colors in selected chart/s. Alternatively, simply add raw image colors to the palette for later matching.

To add and match image colors... ​

  • Insert a bitmap image for use as a digitizing backdrop.

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  • Select Graphics > Add Bitmap Colors. The Prepare Bitmap Colors dialog opens by default.

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  • Reduce design colors to the minimum necessary before adding to the color palette. Click OK to confirm.
  • Selected colors are displayed in the Add Bitmap Colors dialog.

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  • To add the image colors directly to current colorway, simply click OK. The raw image (RGB) colors are transferred. These can be used as is and thread-matched at any time.

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  • Alternatively, to make thread selections straight away, select the thread chart/s to use from panel.
  • Select an image color and click Match. The system searches for the closest match in the selected chart/s and displays them in the thread color list.
  • To assign the thread color, double-click or click Assign.
  • Repeat until all colors you intend to use in the design have been matched.

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  • Click OK. The selected threads are assigned to the current colorway.

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Note

The maximum number of new thread colors which can be added to the color palette from a bitmap is 128.