PREMIER+ 2 Embroidery User Guide

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

User’s Guide

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Contents

1 Chapter 1: Welcome to PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

5 Chapter 2: Tools and Techniques

5 The PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Window

6 The Toolbar

9 Keyboard Shortcuts and Shortcut Menus

11 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Terms and Conventions

14 Chapter 3: Managing Embroideries

14 New

14 Opening Embroideries

15 Notes and Settings

15 Combine

16 Fix as Stitches

16 Save Embroideries

19 Revert To

20 Chapter 4: Viewing Embroideries

20 View Mode

20 Grid

21 Zooming In or Out

22 Backgrounds

25 Life View

27 Design Player

29 Chapter 5: Editing Colors

29 Design Window

30 Color Select

33 Colors Window

34 Color Tone

34 .ColorSort

35 Chapter 6: Modifying Embroideries

35 Selecting Embroideries

40 Move

41 Resize and Scale

42 Rotate

43 Modify Design

43 Flip Vertical and Horizontal

43 Aligning Embroideries

44 Layout Order

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44 Encore

49 Endless Assistant

52 Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate Selected

53 Delete

53 Undo and Redo

55 Chapter 7: ExpressMonogram Assistant

56 Create a Monogram with a Border

59 Chapter 8: Creating Lettering

65 Letter Options

65 Lettering Shapes

77 Font Manager

79 Import Font from Embroideries

84 Edit Lettering

85 Letter Properties

86 Fixing Lettering as an Embroidery

87 Chapter 9: QuickFont

87 How to Create a Font

89 Create a Pattern Fill Font

92 Chapter 10: Creating SuperDesigns

93 Edit SuperDesigns

94 SuperDesign Properties

95 Fixing SuperDesigns as Embroideries

97 Chapter 11: Frames, Borders & Underlines

97 Creating Frames

100 Frame or Flourish Options

100 Edit Frames

102 Fixing Frames and Flourishes as Embroideries

104 Creating Borders and Motif Underlines

104 Creating Borders

105 Creating Motif Underlines

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Welcome to PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery

Use PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery to adjust, modify, personalize and

combine embroidery designs, frames and flourishes, and add appliqué

and decorations.

To get started with PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, open it and create embroidery

projects using lettering and SuperDesigns, or open an existing embroidery and

modify it. Personalize your embroideries in true 3D in a real hoop. Rotate your

embroideries to any degree, mirror them from side to side or end to end and scale

or resize your embroideries. Adjust an unlimited number of designs and lettering

’side by side’ in multiple windows.

Adjust the colors to the thread shades from your preferred manufacturer, or even

create your own threads, then combine with lettering or shapes. Select multiple

designs and move them as a unit, or use Group to save the selected embroideries

as a group. Cut, copy or paste and duplicate embroideries between PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery System apps. ColorSort to intelligently re-sort the color order of a

design to reduce the number of thread changes.

Use 'Encore' to repeat embroideries in a circle, in 8 line and 28 shape options, or

around the hoop. Use the Endless function to make endless embroideries for any

hoop. Add appliqué and decorations to your designs.

Add multi-line lettering with your choice of 35 lettering shapes and flexibility to

resize and reshape words, and space letters individually. Select machine motif

stitches visually to create new designs or embellish existing ones, or add

SuperDesigns. Surround monograms, names or any design with frames and

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flourishes or an automatic border. Adjust the fill, satin and line settings for many

fonts and SuperDesigns.

Use Design Player to play through an embroidery, and Life View to view the

embroidery in real-world perspective with the desired export options. Save your

project with its design parts kept separate in multipart .vp4 format, and Export in

the desired format according to the chosen options to optimize for sewing.

Create designs automatically from clipart or photos with the ExpressDesign

Assistant and PhotoStitch Assistant. Create monograms, quilt blocks, word

sculptures and fonts with the ExpressMonogram Assistant, Quilt Block Assistant,

Word Sculpt Assistant and QuickFont, and split large embroidery projects into

sections for stitching out with the Split Project Assistant. Finally, view your project

on your desired background.

Use 2D editing in the Modify window to alter individual stitches or whole blocks of

stitches, even insert new stitches. Manage colors in your embroideries: move

colors up or down, merge color blocks and insert color changes. For more

information on editing stitches and choosing stitch properties, see the

PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced Features and Assistants User’s Guide.

■ Open PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery by clicking its icon in the Launchpad, or by

double-clicking its icon in the Finder. The PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery work area

appears.

Assistants

Note: For information on using the ExpressDesign Assistant, PhotoStitch Assistant,

Quilt Block Assistant and Split Project Assistant, see the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced

Features and Assistants User’s Guide. The Quilt Block Assistant and Split Project

Assistant are only available in PREMIER+™ 2 ULTRA.

QuickFont

Use the QuickFont to create new fonts for PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery from most

TrueType® or OpenType® fonts on your computer.

ExpressDesign Assistant

Use the ExpressDesign Assistant to automatically create embroideries from a

picture, either to fit the current hoop or to fit an area you select.

ExpressMonogram Assistant

Use the ExpressMonogram Assistant to create a monogram of up to three letters

from a set of initials, choosing a font style, thread color, shape and size. If desired,

add a border.

Endless Assistant

Use the Endless Assistant to create a continuous embroidery sequence.

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PhotoStitch Assistant

Use the PhotoStitch Assistant to create unique embroideries automatically from

your own photos. Generate a linear pattern of stitches, or a Maze or Spiral effect,

using one thread for a single color result.

Word Sculpt Assistant

Use the Word Sculpt Assistant to create a word design automatically using your

choice of outline, words, and fonts.

Project-in-the-Hoop Assistant

Use the Project-in-the-Hoop Assistant to create an in-the-hoop design using your

choice of project type, style and dimensions.

Quilt Block Assistant

Use the Quilt Block Assistant to create a filled or outline quilt block automatically.

Place a quilting fill around an embroidery!

Split Project Assistant

Use the Split Project Assistant to split your embroidery automatically for your

preferred hoop.

Further Information

This user guide provides instructions to help you design embroidery projects in

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery. In addition to this book, other resources are available.

Reference Guide

The Reference Guide shows how to start the app and provides a quick tour of the

main screen. The Reference Guide is supplied in PDF format , ready for printing,

and contains full reference information.

Help

The integrated help contains full reference information. Click the Help button .

Where available, a help topic appears that is relevant to the selected item.

Alternatively, use the Help menu.

Viewing and Printing PDF Guides

To find all the Reference and Sample Guides for your PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

System, go to Home/Premier+2/Guides, then double-click Reference Guides or

Sample Guides. Select the desired PDF guide.

Note: To view and print the PDF Guides, you may use Preview which is included in

your Mac OS®.

Readme

The most up-to-date details about the PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System are in

the Readme.rtf file available when you install your PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

System.

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Internet FAQs

The FAQ option on the Help menu connects to an Internet database of frequently

asked questions about the PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System. Search topics

relating to the app you are using, or search all topics.

Tu t o r i a l s

Interactive training exercises are available for many of the apps. They provide a

'show-me' experience that will help you learn how to use key features of the

software. The tutorials are found in the online Learning Center on the Internet.

Use the Help menu, or browse to EmbroideryLearningCenter.com.

Sample Files

Samples are included for your use. The sample files are installed to subfolders of

Home/Premier+2/Samples/Premier+2Emb or the folder of your choice.

Note: To navigate to your Home folder, in the Finder click the Home icon on the

Favorites sidebar. Alternatively, choose Go > Home, or press ⇧⌘H.

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Tools and Techniques

Get familiar with the tools you use to create embroideries with

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery.

Each embroidery project that you create with PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery is an

individual document.

The first time you open PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery (by clicking its icon in the

Launchpad or by double-clicking its icon in the Finder), the PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery work area appears. This is where you will create and edit your

embroideries.

The work area is surrounded by the selected hoop.

The PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Window

Showing and Hiding Tools

■ The toolbar gives quick access to the tools needed to create and edit your

embroidery project.

To show or hide the toolbar, choose View > Show Toolbar, or View > Hide

Toolbar (⌥⌘T).

■ The Control Panel gives access to the tools needed to edit your embroidery

To show the Control Panel, choose View > Show Control Panel (⌘G), or click .

■ To load embroideries use File > Insert or File > Open. See “Insert Embroideries”

on page 7.

Toolbar: customize it to show the tools you use frequently

Control PanelWork Area

Menu bar

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The Toolbar

The PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery toolbar gives one-click access to many of the

features you will use as you work in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery. You can add,

remove, or rearrange toolbar buttons as desired.

The default set of toolbar buttons is shown below.

To Customize the Toolbar

1 Choose View > Customize Toolbar. Alternatively, Control–click in the toolbar and choose

Customize Toolbar.

2 Make changes as desired: drag items to add or remove them, to return to the defaults drag

the default set, choose an icon/text type from the Show menu, and select the size.

3 Click Done.

Control Panel

Use the Control Panel to edit embroidery designs, repeat designs with Encore, add

lettering, add SuperDesigns, add appliqué and decorations to the design, and add a

frame or a border to the design.

To Open the Control Panel

■ Click the Control Panel button in the toolbar.

■ Choose View > Show Control Panel (⌘/).

There are 9 windows in the Control Panel:

Assistants: Access the ExpressDesign and other assistants

Actions: Insert, Save, Print and other actions

Enlarge or reduce your view

of the embroidery

Resize/rescale the embroidery

Select Hoop

Load, fade or move background

Realistic, 3D & 2D View

Preview design

Designs & Lettering

Group & Ungroup embroideries

Select a block, a stitch, or all stitches

Add to, replace or remove the selection

Design Change colors in embroideries, edit the notes and settings, rotate

and resize. See “Design Window” on page 29.

Encore Repeat embroideries. See “Encore” on page 44.

Letter Add lettering using single or multicolor fonts and fonts of special

characters. See “Creating Lettering” on page 59.

SuperDesign Add SuperDesigns and adjust their size and appearance. See

“Creating SuperDesigns” on page 92.

Frame Surround a design or letters with one of over 500 decorative frames

and flourishes. See “Creating Frames” on page 97.

Border Create a border automatically for a design or lettering, or add a motif

underline. See “Creating Borders and Motif Underlines” on page 104.

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Menu Bar

The PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery menu bar is visible if PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

is the active window. Each open embroidery or group of embroideries also has its

own document window showing its name.

There are seven menus in addition to the Apple ( ) menu and the application

menu: File, Edit, View, Design, Assistants, Window and Help.

■ To access the menu options, use the mouse to pull them down from the menu bar.

Insert Embroideries

Use the Insert dialog to select embroidery designs to customize.

Note: Use Insert to customize an embroidery as part of a new project, and use

Open to change the original embroidery. See “Open” on page 14.

Work Area

The work area is the area where embroideries are loaded. The work area includes

the area surrounding the selected hoop. It is where you make changes to an

embroidery. The stitch area is the available area inside the selected hoop.

Stitches are drawn in the appropriate colors. The embroideries are shown in either

3D or 2D. The background color and texture can be changed using PREMIER+™ 2

Configure. You can also load or create a background garment, fabric or quilt block.

In Standard 3D view the real hoop is shown, with blue

corners showing the stitch area within the hoop. The

background is shown.

In Realistic 3D view the embroidery and background are

shown without selection boxes, grid or hoop.

In 2D view , the hoop size is shown by a blue outline with

bold corners. Stitches are drawn in plain colors only, and stitches using multicolor

threads are drawn using only the first color in the thread definition. The

background does not use texture in 2D view.

Background Grid

The work area has a grid. Zooming in or out makes the grid squares look bigger or

smaller.

Appliqué Create, view and adjust appliqué pieces. See “Creating Appliqué

Areas” on page 144.

Decorations Decorate your chosen background and embroidery with beads,

sequins, hotfix crystals or nailheads. See “Creating Decorations” on

page 126.

Modify Edit stitches and blocks of stitches, and add color change, stop and

trim commands. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced Features and

Assistants User’s Guide.

Hoop Corner

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Select the Grid and its Size

■ To turn the Grid on or off, choose View > Grid (or ⌘.).

■ To change the size of the grid squares, choose PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery >

Preferences (or

⌘,) and set the size.

Hoop

By default, the hoop is shown at a size so that the hoop fills the window, as if you

had clicked Zoom To Fit .

To Select a Hoop

■ Click Hoop in the toolbar, or choose Edit > Hoop to open the Hoop dialog.

Note: If a selection box has round handles on its corners, part of it is outside the

selected hoop. Move it into the hoop, or change the hoop size.

Design Information

The stitch count , dimensions (height and width ) and number of

colors for the selected embroidery are shown in the Information area of the

Design window.

Color Select

The Color Select area of the Design Window shows the colors used in the

selected embroidery. See “Color Select” on page 30.

Note: Color Select is blank if no embroidery is selected.

Zooming In or Out

You can enlarge (zoom in) or reduce (zoom out) your view of the work area.

Square handles: inside the hoop Round handles: outside the hoop

Use the slider to zoom in and out

Zoom To Rectangle

Zoom Out

Zoom To Fit

Zoom In

Zoom 100%

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Zoom To Fit shows the hoop so that it fills the window. This is the default size.

Click the center marker on the zoom slider to see the embroidery at 100% or real

size. See “Zooming In or Out” on page 21.

Keyboard Shortcuts and Shortcut Menus

You can use the keyboard to perform many of the PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

menu tasks and commands. To see a full list of keyboard shortcuts, open

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery and choose Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Many commands are available from shortcut menus accessed from the design you

are creating.

To Open a Shortcut Menu

■ Press the Control key while you click on a design.

■ Right-click on the mouse or trackpad.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Note: On Mac portable keyboards use Function–Delete or Function–Backspace

(

fn ⌫ ) to delete an object.

↵ Return key

⌘ Command key (cmd)

⇧ Shift key

⌦ Delete - full sized keyboard only

⌃ Control key (ctrl)

⌥ Option key (alt)

⇥ Tab key

← Left arrow

→ Right arrow

fn Function key

⌫ Delete back key (backspace)

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Assistants Menu

You can use the Assistants menu to get quick access to the assistants.

To open the Assistants Menu

■ Click Assistants on the toolbar. The Assistants pop-up menu opens.

Actions Menu

You can use the Actions menu to get quick access to

many functions.

Additional options are available, depending on what is selected; for example,

Properties, stitch types, and so on.

To open the Actions Menu

■ Click Actions on the toolbar. The Actions pop-up menu opens.

Insert Open an embroidery in the current window.

Undo Undo the last action.

Redo Redo the last Undo.

Cut Remove the embroidery from the work area

and place it on the Clipboard.

Copy Make a copy of the selected embroidery(ies).

Paste Paste the embroidery(ies) on the Clipboard.

Paste into

Center

Paste the embroidery(ies) on the Clipboard

into the center of the work area.

Duplicate

Selected

Make a copy of the selected embroidery and

paste it on the work area.

Delete Delete one or more selected embroideries, pieces of lettering or

SuperDesigns.

Zoom Select your desired magnification.

Background

Visibility

Set visibility for the active background to a range of levels.

Save Save the embroidery project in the current window in .vp4 format.

Export Export the embroidery project in the current window in any embroidery

format.

Print Print a worksheet for the embroidery project.

Send Express Send the embroidery project in the current window to the screen of the

connected embroidery machine.

Send to

mySewnet™

Send the selected embroidery to the mySewnet™ cloud for your

mySewnet™ enabled embroidery machine.

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PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Terms and Conventions

For a general overview of terms and conventions, please refer to the PREMIER+™

2 Embroidery System Getting Started Guide.

On-screen pointers

The mouse pointer is most commonly shown as an arrow on the screen.

The following pointers are also used:

I-beam Used when entering text, e.g. in the Notes dialog.

Move A four-headed arrow is used when the pointer is over the

selection box for one or more embroideries, or when Move

Background is selected.

Move crop area A hand is used when moving the crop area in the Rotate and

Crop Picture page of some assistants.

Zoom To Rectangle Used to drag an area to zoom in to.

Adjust/Resize A diagonal double-headed arrow is used when the pointer is

over the square corner handle for a selection box, lettering,

a SuperDesign, or a frame. It is also used when moving a crop

line in the Rotate and Crop Picture page of some assistants.

Rotate Used when the pointer is over the Rotate handle on a selection

box.

Circle Size Used when the pointer is over the square green adjustment

handle for circular lettering types, or when adjusting an Encore

circle.

Horizontal A horizontal double-headed arrow is used when the pointer is

over the flip horizontal handle on a selection box.

Vertical A vertical double-headed arrow is used when the pointer is

over the flip vertical handle on a selection box.

Box Select The Box Select pointer appears when Box Select is chosen. It

also appears when ExpressDesign into Rectangle or

PhotoStitch into Rectangle is chosen in the assistants.

Freehand Select The Freehand Select pointer appears when Freehand Select is

chosen.

Freehand Point

Select

The Freehand Point Select pointer appears when Freehand

Point Select is chosen.

Pick Color The Pick Colors pointer appears when picking colors from a

picture for thread colors in the Choose Thread Colors page of

the ExpressDesign or PhotoStitch Assistants.

Measure The Measure pointer appears when the Get Length function is

selected.

Insert Stop The Insert Stop pointer appears when inserting a Stop

command.

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Dialog Controls

The following control symbols are used in many dialogs.

Information Symbols

The following information symbols are used.

Multi-Touch Gestures

Multi-Touch gestures are used when viewing and moving embroideries in

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery.

■ To set the use of Multi-Touch Gestures, scroll bars and secondary click options,

choose Apple Menu > System Preferences, then select Mouse or Trackpad to set

the preferences for your hardware.

Autoscroll

You can autoscroll on a portable Mac’s Multi-Touch trackpad, a Magic Trackpad or

a Magic Mouse.

When you drag within a document, the autoscroll feature moves the pointer

automatically, changing the view of the work area. This is useful when zoomed in.

Use autoscroll while moving or resizing a selected embroidery.

■ On a portable Mac’s Multi-Touch trackpad, or a Magic Trackpad, use a two finger

swipe.

■ On a Magic Mouse, use a one finger swipe.

Pinch to zoom

You can use Pinch to zoom on a trackpad to zoom in and out.

Proportional

Non-proportional

Rotational Slider

Flip Vertically

Flip Horizontally

Height

Width

Number of Stitches

Number of Colors

Rotate

Height (percentage)

Width (percentage)

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■ On a portable Mac’s Multi-Touch trackpad, or a Magic Trackpad, pinch two fingers

to zoom in, and spread two fingers to zoom out.

Note: You must set the trackpad scroll and zoom options to Zoom in or out. See

“Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad” on page 13.

Secondary click for Control–click

You can set a secondary click for Control–click when using a trackpad or the Magic

Mouse. A short video demonstrates how to use these gestures.

■ Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences, then select Mouse. In Point & Click,

select Secondary Click: Click on right side.

■ Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences, then select Trackpad. In Point & Click,

select Secondary Click, then choose a click method in the pop-up menu, for

example, Click in bottom right corner.

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Pinch to resize or scale

You can use Pinch to resize or scale the selected embroidery on a trackpad.

■ On a portable Mac’s Multi-Touch trackpad, or a Magic Trackpad, pinch two fingers

to reduce the size, and spread two fingers to increase the size.

Note: You must set the trackpad scroll and zoom options to Zoom in or out. See

“Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad” on page 13.

Rotate

Twist your thumb and forefinger to rotate the selected embroidery, block of

stitches, lettering or SuperDesign when using a trackpad.

■ On a portable Mac’s Multi-Touch trackpad, or a Magic Trackpad, twist your thumb

and forefinger to rotate the selected embroidery.

Note: You must set the Trackpad scroll and zoom options to Rotate. See

“Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad” on page 13.

Customizing Multi-Touch Gestures on a Trackpad

The System Preferences options below show short videos of how the gestures

should be used.

1 Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences.

2 Select Trackpad.

3 To use Pinch to zoom, select Scroll & Zoom, and then select the "Zoom in or out"

checkbox.

When Zoom in or out is highlighted, a video demonstrates how to use Pinch to zoom.

4 To use Rotate, select Scroll & Zoom, and then select the Rotate checkbox.

A video demonstrates how to use Rotate.

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Managing Embroideries

Learn how to open embroideries and new windows, how to save and

export embroideries, how to combine your embroideries, and how

to add notes to them. Cut, copy, paste and duplicate your

embroideries, and undo and redo your changes.

New

Use New to open a new PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery window so that you can

adjust pasted embroideries or place lettering, motifs, SuperDesigns or frames.

Note: To load an embroidery into an existing window, use Insert.

■ Choose File > New.

■ Press ⌘N

Opening Embroideries

Open embroideries into an existing or new window.

• Use Insert to load individual files by icon, name or number into the current

window.

• Use Open to load individual files by icon, name or number into a new window.

• Use Open Recent to reopen recently edited files into a new window.

• Use Paste to insert a file from the Clipboard into the current window.

• Double-click on an embroidery file in the Finder. The embroidery will open in a

new window.

Use Insert to load Melco .exp format.

Insert

Use Insert to select embroidery designs to customize. PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

displays the Insert dialog so you can load a saved embroidery into an existing

window, or start a completely new project.

Open

Use Open to load a saved embroidery into a new window. All formats can be

opened except Melco (.exp). PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery displays the Open dialog

so you can select an embroidery to open.

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Note: To avoid accidentally overwriting your original embroidery, it is

recommended to use Duplicate or Save As and work from a copy when using

Open.

Open an Embroidery

1 Choose File > Open (or press ⌘O).

2 Browse to the desired folder in the Open dialog.

3 Click an embroidery to highlight it.

4 Click the Open button to load the embroidery.

Open Recent

Use Open Recent to open a menu of previously used embroideries.

Note: To avoid accidentally overwriting your original embroidery, it is

recommended to use Duplicate and work from a copy when using Open Recent.

Notes and Settings

Use the Notes and Settings to add a description or category to your

embroidery. The Notes and Settings box is found on the Design window.

To Edit the Notes or Settings

■ In the Design window of the Control Panel , select Notes or Settings ,

then click Edit to open the Notes or Settings dialog and add some text.

Note: Use Option–Return or Control–Return to start a new line of text.

Combine

Use the Combine functions, if desired, to merge the embroideries in your project

into a single embroidery. The Notes and Settings from these embroideries are also

merged. Embroideries are combined when exported for stitchout if the default

settings are retained, so it is not required to use Combine before saving.

Note: Use Group to work with several designs as a single unit.

Choose a folder

Click to select an

Click Open to load

Search by name

embroidery

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The embroideries are combined in the exact order that they were loaded into, or

created in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery. This will be the stitchout order.

Combine All

Use Combine All to merge all the embroideries in the current window into a single

embroidery.

Combine Selected

Use Combine Selected to merge the selected embroideries into a single

embroidery.

■ Choose Design > Combine Selected.

■ Press ⌘U

Fix as Stitches

Use Fix as Stitches to fix the selected subdesign or subdesigns as embroidery.

You may wish to fix designs to mirror lettering, or a selection or group; to resize

or scale without constant properties; or to rotate the Appliqué Fabric in a

SuperDesign.

as embroidery when you adjust them in the Modify window in PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery Extra.

■ Choose Design > Fix as Stitches.

■ Press ⌥⌘U

Save Embroideries

There are five methods of saving embroideries:

Note: If you make a mistake when changing an embroidery, use Revert To to

recover the previous version. See “Revert To” on page 19.

Save

This saves the contents of the open window as a multipart embroidery in .vp4

format, with the name you give it, in the Save dialog.

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Note: To use other embroidery formats, choose Export. See “Export” on page 17.

When saving on subsequent occasions, the contents of the open window is saved

under its current name as a multipart embroidery in .vp4 format. A backup is made

of previous versions.

Note: When you save a project, any lettering, SuperDesigns and frames are fixed as

embroidery.

Duplicate

This makes a multipart copy of the open window using that document’s name, with

the word "copy" at the end. Use Save to save this copy under a different name, or

in another folder, in the Save dialog.

Save As

Use Save As to save the contents of the current window as a multipart embroidery

in .vp4 format under a new name.

■ Choose File > ⌥ > Duplicate.

■ Press ⌥⇧⌘S

Save On Close

If you make changes to an unsaved embroidery, then try to close the embroidery

window before saving the changes, a message appears, asking if you want to save

the embroidery.

Note: If you have already saved the embroidery, this message will not appear.

Export

Save the project in the current window in the desired format according to the

chosen options to optimize for sewing. The embroidery must fit in the currently

selected hoop. Use the Design Player to see how the embroidery will be exported

according to the current Optimize for Sewing Options.

Name the embroidery

View the compact Save dialog

Select a folder to save in

Search for a folder or file

Create a new folder

Save the embroidery

18 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Managing Embroideries

The preferred file format for exporting embroideries is Husqvarna Viking / Pfaff

.vp4, as this will preserve the separate parts of multipart designs. It also preserves

thread color information and notes.

You can also export embroideries as Husqvarna Viking /Pfaff (.vp4, .vp3, .vip),

Brother/Babylock/Bernina PEC (.pec), Brother/Babylock/Bernina PES (.pes),

Compucon/Singer PSW (.xxx), Husqvarna (.hus, .shv), Janome (.jef and .sew),

Melco Expanded (.exp), Pfaff (.pcs), Tajima (.dst) or Toyota (.10o).

Note: The initial name is the current file name with "Exported" added. The text

"Exported" may be changed in PREMIER+™ 2 Configure.

Export an Embroidery

1 Create an embroidery project using existing designs, text, frames and SuperDesigns.

2 Save the embroidery.

3 Choose File > Export (or press ⌥⌘S).

4 Choose an embroidery format from the pop-up menu.

5 Select your optimization options.

6 If you are using a multipart hoop, set Intelligent or Straight Line split.

7 Click Continue.

8 The Save or Saving As dialog appears. Save the embroidery as desired.

Note: When exporting an embroidery, the message "Embroidery is too large or will not fit in

hoop." may appear. This means that some part of your embroidery is not entirely within the

hoop, as indicated by round resize handles on the embroidery. If you have multiple elements

that need to be combined, use ? and the arrow keys to step through the embroideries until

you find the item with round resize handles. Drag the embroidery so that it is inside the

hoop. Alternatively, use the Design > Move Into Hoop feature.

Choose an embroidery format

Optimize the embroidery

Go to the "Save" or "Saving as" dialog

Set the options for splitting

Create placement stitches

Rotate the hoop to

for stitching out

for decorations

suit your machine

in a multipart hoop

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Export Appliqué Pieces

Use Export Appliqué Pieces to save or print appliqué outlines ready for cutting.

There are five appliqué piece export methods:

■ Export for Cutter: Save as SVG, DXF or FCM files for use in fabric cutters

■ Export for Cutwork Needles: Save as VP4 or VP3 stitch files that can be used

with INSPIRA™ Cutwork Needles

■ Print Templates: Print as an outline template to stick or pin to fabric and then

cut out

■ Print Appliqué Pictures: Print directly onto printable fabric or an iron-on

transfer; this also prints the image of the appliqué piece

■ Export for Custom Layout: Save as SVG files with the fabric image placed as the

fill for each shape. This is designed for use with fully customized layouts.

Export Decoration Template

Use Export Decoration Template to save a template for all your decorations in a

format for your automated cutter. This can be used to create a crystal transfer

template (or rhinestone template) for pressing hotfix crystals and nailheads

directly onto your work.

Revert To

Use Revert To to return to a previous version of your embroidery.

20 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Viewing Embroideries

Viewing Embroideries

Select the way you view your embroideries. Zoom in and out, switch

between 3D View, Realistic 3D and 2D View, and use a grid for

alignment. Load or create a background, then move and fade it as

desired. Use the Design Player and Life View to view how your

embroideries will stitch out, and in 3D with a real-world perspective.

View Mode

Select Standard 3D, Realistic 3D, or 2D View stitch display with View Mode.

Use 3D View to see embroideries, background and grid in standard 3D mode. The

stitches of the embroideries have three-dimensional shading.

Use Realistic 3D to view embroideries and background in 3D without selection

boxes, grid or hoop.

Grid

Use the grid to help align embroideries. Adjust its size between 2mm and 50mm

using Preferences.

3D View

Realistic 3D

2D View

Grid On Grid Off

2D shows stitches as

lines with no shading

See your embroidery in Standard 3D

Realistic 3D shows no box, grid or hoop

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■ Choose View > Grid.

■ Press ⌘.

Zooming In or Out

You can enlarge (zoom in) or reduce (zoom out) your view of the work area.

Zoom To Fit shows the hoop so that it fills the window. This is the default size.

Click the center marker on the zoom slider, or press ⌘1 to see the embroidery at

100% or real size.

You can select the position and size of an area to zoom in on with Zoom To

Rectangle.

Magnify an Area with Zoom To Rectangle

1 Select Zoom To Rectangle .

The pointer changes to the Zoom To Rectangle pointer .

2 Drag a rectangle around the area you want to zoom in to.

3 Release the mouse button to zoom in.

Zoom To Rectangle is automatically deselected after you

have used it.

Pan

When zoomed in, move around the work area using pan.

Note: The scroll bars may only appear when you are scrolling. To always show the

scroll bars, choose Apple Menu > System Preferences > General > Show scroll

bars: Always.

■ Drag the scroll bars.

■ Swipe with one finger on a Magic Mouse, or two fingers on the trackpad to scroll

in any direction.

Percentage Zoom

You can set zoom percentage levels for the active embroidery from 25% to 800%,

with 100% being the real size of the embroidery.

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Zoom > Percentage Zoom.

Use the slider to zoom in and out

Zoom To Rectangle

Zoom Out

Zoom To Fit

Zoom In

Zoom 100%

22 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Viewing Embroideries

Backgrounds

Use the Background tools to load a background or create a new background with

the Background Assistant, to move a background, or to fade a background.

Note: The Background tools are only available after a Background has been selected

in the Background Assistant.

Load Background

Use Load Background to start the Background Assistant, where you can load a

background or create a new background for your embroideries.

■ Click the Load Background button on the toolbar.

■ Choose View > Load Background.

■ Press ⇧⌘K

The Background Assistant opens.

Background Visibility

Use Background Visibility to open a pop-up menu and select one of the

background visibility options.

• Background On shows the background at full visibility.

• Background Off hides the background.

• Fade Background (or ⌘K) opens the Fade Background dialog where you can set

the visibility for the background garment or fabric.

■ Click the Background Visibility button on the toolbar, then choose Background

On, Fade Background or Background Off from the pop-up menu.

Background On shows the picture

in the background.

Drag the slider to fade the colors

in the background picture (here

by 50%).

Background Off hides the

picture.

Load or create a background with

Fade the background

Move the background

the Background Assistant

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Move and Rotate Background

Use Move and Rotate Background to move the background that you have

placed behind your embroideries. The mouse pointer changes to a four-headed

arrow .

Using Move Background

1 Click the Move Background button . The mouse pointer changes to a four-headed

arrow .

Alternatively, choose View > Move Background (or press ⌥⌘K).

2 Drag the garment or fabric background around the hoop or project area.

3 When the background is in the desired location, Control–click to deselect the function.

Using Backgrounds

Use the Background Assistant to load an existing background, or create a new

background. Preview the embroideries you have designed on a garment, home

decor item, quilt block, fabric, or other background.

The garment, quilt block and fabric backgrounds supplied with PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery have already been set to real size.

Select a saved background type

Load a picture to create

a new background

Load a saved background

Select a picture

on your computer

Import a file from a

scanner or camera

The picture is previewed

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Change the angle of the

picture

Select the whole picture

Automatically exclude the

picture background

Zoom in and out

Drag to place a line

across the picture

Set the background

measurement

Zoom in and out on

the background

Browse to select a

Background category

Give the Background a name

Create a new Background

Category

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Life View

Use Life View to show how an embroidery exported from the project will look

in 3D with real-world perspective. Zoom in to see detail, and move and rotate the

embroidery in a three-dimensional view. All parts of the embroidery that are

within the hoop area are shown, whether or not they are selected.

Use Life View at any time when you want to see the design with no grid,

stitches selected, or markers displayed, and when you want to see the effects of

glow in the dark and solar reactive threads.

Use the position slider to move to another part of the Life View window.

■ Drag the cross marker in the center of the box to view the desired part of the

embroidery, using the zoom slider to control the magnification.

Use the rotation slider to view the stitching in the embroidery in 3D.

■ Drag the cross marker in the center of the box to change the angle at which the

embroidery is viewed, and allow you to visualize the project in varying real-world

views.

■ Alternatively, drag directly in the embroidery preview area to change the angle of

view.

Zoom

Use the zoom slider to change the magnification of the embroidery. The box below

the zoom bar displays the current magnification.

Note: When zoomed in, use the position slider to move around the embroidery.

Design Information

Move around the window

Change the 3D viewing angle

Zoom in and out

Light and dark effects

Reset

Animation

Share a picture or video online

26 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Viewing Embroideries

■ Drag the slider to the right to magnify the view of the embroidery, and to the left

to shrink the view of the embroidery.

■ Click the marker in the center of the zoom bar (100%) to view the embroidery at

a magnification as close as possible to the Real Size setting you chose in

PREMIER+™ 2 Configure.

Design Information

View the dimensions (Width and Height ), the number of stitches and the

number of colors in the embroidery.

Glow in the Dark

Use Glow in the Dark to view the effect of using glow in

the dark threads. The preview darkens to simulate the lights

dimming, and the glow in the dark threads are shown in their

luminescent colors.

Note: Glow in the Dark is only available if glow in the dark

thread colors are present in the design.

■ Click Glow in the Dark to view the effect of luminescent threads.

Solar Reactive

Use Solar Reactive to view the effect of using photochromic threads. The

preview simulates the sun shining on the design, and the photochromic threads

change shade to show the colors they become in sunlight.

Note: Solar Reactive is only available if photochromic thread colors are used in the

design.

Play Demo

Use Play Demo to animate the preview and show the embroidery at different

angles automatically.

■ Click Play Demo to start and stop the animation.

Photochromic threads change color in sunlight.

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Play My Demo

Use Play My Demo to animate the preview using your own

demo. Use the menu options to add the current position as a

point in the demo, or reset to create a new demo.

The My Demo animation is used for Life View in all PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery

System apps. It is stored in the AnimationPath.txt file in the /[User]/Library/

ApplicationSupport/VSMSoftware/Premier+2/System folder.

Note: Copy this file to another location as a backup before creating additional My

Demo animation paths for Life View.

■ Click Play My Demo to start and stop your saved animation.

■ Choose Play My Demo > Store Demo Point to save a point for your demo.

■ Choose Play My Demo > Reset My Demo to create a new demo.

Use Reset to set Rotation, Position and Zoom back to the default settings.Use

Share to save or share a picture or video of your design on your favorite social

media site. Share over Facebook® , Flickr® , Twitter® and YouTube® .

Design Player

Use Design Player to play through the stitches in the embroidery project as if it

was being stitched from an exported embroidery. All parts of the embroidery

project that are within the hoop area are shown, whether or not they are selected.

The current Optimize for Sewing settings from PREMIER+™ 2 Configure are used.

Start or pause play

Control play with

the slider

Design Information

Jump to first stitch

Jump to last stitch

Rewind

Play at double the

current speed

Share a picture or

video online

28 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Viewing Embroideries

Note: All the designs in a multipart embroidery are shown in the Design Player. This

is therefore a good way to see the whole project after adjusting stitches in one of

the designs.

Embroideries that are outside the hoop (within a selection box that has round

corners) are not shown in the Design Player.

Note: If an embroidery contains a felting needle, the project will be shown "flipped",

as it would actually be stitched.

Use Share to save or share a picture or video of your design on your favorite social

media site. Share over Facebook® , Flickr® , Twitter® and YouTube® .

Using the Design Player

1 Choose File > Insert.

2 Browse to Home/Premier+2/Samples/Premier+2Emb/Stitch2/Butterflies and Bugs.

3 Scroll down to "Dragonfly 2.vp4".

4 Click to load the embroidery into the work area.

5 Click Design Player . Alternatively, choose View > Design Player or press ⌘Y.

The Design Player dialog opens and the embroidery is shown being stitched out.

6 Use the Play button at the bottom left to start playing through the stitches in the

embroidery.

7 Use the controls to play forwards or backwards through the embroidery at different speeds

(each time you click the speed doubles), jump to the start or end of the stitches, and stop at

any time.

29 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Editing Colors

Editing Colors

This chapter describes how you can change thread colors, how you

can select thread colors to match colors on your computer, and how

to reduce the number of thread changes before stitching out.

Design Window

Use the Design window to change colors in embroideries, edit the notes and

settings, rotate and resize.

To Open the Design Window

■ Click Control Panel , then click Design .

Change a thread color

Check the embroidery information

Rotate the embroidery 45 degrees (Rotate 45)

Resize or rotate (Modify Design)

Center the embroidery in the hoop

Read the Notes and Settings information

Edit the Notes or Settings information

Adjust the brightness and colors (Color Tone)

Thread effect symbol

To learn how to Go to

Change a thread color See “Changing a Thread Color” on page 30.

Choose a color to use for a thread See “Select a Color for a Thread” on page 33.

Check the embroidery information See “Design Information” on page 8.

Read and edit the Notes and Settings See “Notes and Settings” on page 15.

Rotate the embroidery by 45 degrees See “Rotate” on page 42.

Resize or rotate the embroidery See “Modify Design” on page 43.

Center the embroidery in the hoop See “Center In Hoop” on page 43.

30 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Editing Colors

Color Select

The Color Select area in the Design window shows the order in which the thread

colors are used in the selected design. The group of stitches using a particular

thread color is called a color block.

The Color Select area can be used to change thread colors and, in the Modify

window, to hide and show the stitches in any of the color blocks. The first color in

the embroidery is at the top of the list, followed by all the thread color blocks.

Note: You can move and merge color blocks in the Modify window .

Color Selection Dialog

The Color Selection dialog appears when you click a thread color in the Color

Select area. You may choose any thread shade from the available thread

manufacturers' palettes (for instance, Robison-Anton Rayon 40 or Sulky Rayon 40)

or a thread you have added to My Threads.

When you select a new thread color, the color worksheet will show the change and the

work area will show the block of stitches in the new color (assuming the stitches are not

hidden).

When you select a new thread color, the Color Select area shows the color

change, and the work area shows the block of stitches in the new color.

Changing a Thread Color

1 Hover the pointer over a color you wish to change in the Color Select area. The color block

will be highlighted in the work area.

2 Click to select the color, and the Color Selection dialog appears.

Adjust brightness and colors See “Color Tone” on page 34.

Minimize the number of color changes See “.ColorSort” on page 34.

To learn how to Go to

Choose a thread range

Selected thread ranges

Search by thread number

Click a thread color

to select a thread

View the thread

Use the Colors window

Puffy Foam depth

Twin needle

stitch size & color

Two t h r e a d c o l o r s

Wing needle

Felting needle

Cutwork needle

angle

information

to match a color

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Choose a thread range. The available shades for the thread range are shown in the list.

Alternatively, enter a name in the manufacturer search box, then choose a thread range

from the manufacturer popup list.

Note: To clear the manufacturer text box, click the Close button in the box.

3 Click a color in the list to select a thread shade visually. Scroll to see more threads.

4 If you know the shade number, click in the number search box and enter the shade number.

Alternatively, enter some numbers in the number search box, and choose a thread from the

thread number popup list. The current color is always shown.

5 To choose a color visually, click Colors to select a color in the Colors window. See

“Select a Color for a Thread” on page 33.

This is a quick way to jump to threads of the selected color (for example, click the light

yellow pencil to jump to light yellow thread shades).

6 Click OK to confirm the color selection and close the color selection dialog.

Effects

Use the Effects area to show the results of using thread effects or special needles.

Note: Only one thread effect can be used on any thread. In the Modify tab of

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Extra, most thread effects are not shown in the active

subdesign, as it would be difficult to edit the stitches. They are shown in Design

Player and Life View , in addition to the other tabs.

To use Thread Effects

■ Click the desired color block in the list, then choose an effect:

• If you choose Puffy Foam , set the foam height.

• If you choose Twin Needle , set the Twin Needle size. Click the color

button for the Second Color if you wish to use a different thread color.

• For Dual Thread , it is recommended to change the Second Color.

• For Felting Needle select a color for the roving fiber for felting.

• For Cutwork Needle , choose the angle for your needles.

Puffy Foam

Use Puffy Foam to show the three-dimensional effect of stitching over

embroidery foam.

Dual Thread

Use Dual Thread to show the effects of stitching out

two threads through the same needle. This is particularly

suited to blending threads for special effects, such as mixing a

rayon thread with a metallic thread, as in the center of the

star.

32 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Editing Colors

Tw i n N e e d l e

Use Twin Needle to show the effect of stitching out

the color block with a twin needle. This creates a horizontal

offset between the original thread color in the left-hand

needle, and a second thread color in the right-hand needle.

There are several ways that the Twin Needle effect can be

used, including:

• Use with running stitch to create a ribbon effect, typically

using the same thread color in both needles

• Use with a low density fill area to blend two different

thread colors and also have a lightly shadowed effect

Note: On the screen, the Twin Needle effect is shown

horizontally from left to right. If you rotate an embroidery

for stitching out, the twin needle stitchout will be different

from the effect on screen.

Size: Twin Needle Size is only available if the Twin Needle

effect is selected for the current color block. Choose the

size of the gap between the twin needles.

Preview the effect of changing the twin needle size to help decide which needles to

buy. Ensure that the desired size is recommended for embroidery on your

machine.

Second Color: The second thread color for the twin needle is initially set to the

same color as the original color block. Use Second Color to choose a different

thread for the second needle in the Color Selection dialog. The other color is

displayed in the Twin Needle area.

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Colors Window

Use the Colors window to choose a color for a thread. The nearest shade in the

current thread range is selected.

Use the Colored Pencils to select a color quickly.

Note: Other color models show a greater variety of shades: Color Wheel, Color

Sliders, Color Palettes and Image Palettes.

Select a Color for a Thread

1 Select a thread in the Color Selection dialog.

2 Click Colors to open the Colors window.

3 Click Colored Pencils to select the Colored Pencils color model.

4 Click one of the 48 pencils. The thread color changes in the Color Selection dialog.

The shade nearest to the pencil shade is used.

5 Click OK in the Color Selection dialog to confirm the color selection.

Colored Pencils

Select a color model

Click to select a color

Drag the selected color

to the palette

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Color Tone

The Color Tone page includes the Brightness, Contrast and Gamma sliders,

and the Thread Range box.

Note: Try different settings to enhance different designs. You can combine more

than one Color Tone tool.

In the Thread Range box, convert all the threads in an embroidery to a new thread

range, with or without adjusting the Color Tone options.

To u s e C o lo r To n e

■ Select the embroidery, then in the Design window click Color Tone .

■ Select the embroidery, then choose Design > Color Tone.

.ColorSort

Use ColorSort to reduce the selected embroidery to the minimum number of

color blocks.

The final number of color blocks produced in the ColorSort process can vary,

depending on any overlap between areas. If possible, it leaves only one color block

for each thread color used.

To ColorSort an Embroidery

■ Select the embroidery, then choose Design > ColorSort.

View the original

colors

Preview the changed

colors

Zoom in on the design

Adjust light & dark

Change the color

contrast

Optimize the

light/color balance

Choose a different

thread range

35 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Modifying Embroideries

Modifying Embroideries

This chapter describes how you can select, move and reshape

embroideries, and how you can use Encore and Endless to place

multiple embroideries in lines and shapes.

Selecting Embroideries

Select an Embroidery

In all windows except the Modify window, the currently selected embroidery is

shown with a selection box around it. The selection box has square resize handles

on the corners, triangular flip handles on the top and left, and a circular rotate

handle on the right.

The handles are blue if in resize mode (density retained when resized), white in

scale mode (stitch count retained when resized), and green for lettering,

SuperDesigns and frames before they are fixed as embroideries, and in Encore.

Note: If a selection box has round handles on its corners, part of it is outside the

selected hoop. Move it into the hoop, or change the hoop size.

If no design is selected, no selection box is visible and the Color Select area in the

Design window is blank.

To Select an Embroidery

■ Click the embroidery.

■ Choose Edit > Previous Design (⌘←).

■ Choose Edit > Next Design (⌘→).

When making a selection, only embroideries that are completely enclosed by the

selection line (Box, Freehand Point, Freehand Line) will be included.

The Context Menu and Individual Designs

Use the Context menu to access editing functions for individual designs, such as

size and rotation.

Rotate Handle

Flip Vertical Handle

Resize Handle

Flip Horizontal

Handle

36 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Modifying Embroideries

You can also change the properties for stitch types in

lettering (in addition to font characters, Lettering Shape

and so on), frames and SuperDesigns, or fix them as

stitches.

Adjust the appliqué fabric and margin for lettering,

Frames and SuperDesigns, and decorations for an

embroidery.

Note: Use the context menu to adjust these properties if

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Extra is not owned.

To adjust the properties for an individual design within a group, click Restrict

Groups in the toolbar or context menu, then select the desired item.

To access the context menu

■ Control–click the design, and select the desired function from the context menu.

Multiple Select Features

You can select more than one embroidery at a time. Select embroideries

individually on the work area, or use one of the selection tools on the Edit menu.

Note: When using Box Select, Freehand Select and Freehand Point Select the entire

embroidery must be selected, otherwise it is not included in the selection.

To select more than one embroidery

■ To select more than one embroidery, Command–click the desired embroideries.

■ To select all embroideries in the work area, click Select All Visible .

The selected designs are surrounded by a selection box with a dotted outline, and

orange handles. The faded outlines of the selection boxes for the included

embroideries and other designs can be seen within the larger selection. Lettering,

Selection resize handle

Selection Rotate handle

Green handles for lettering

White handles for embroide

Dotted outline for a selectio

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Modifying Embroideries 37

frames, SuperDesigns and decoration SuperDesigns retain their green handles, and

Monograms retain their light green handles.

The whole selection can be moved, resized or scaled proportionally, or rotated.

When a selection is enlarged or reduced, each item is resized or scaled according

to its individual state.

■ Lettering or SuperDesigns with green handles are resized with constant stitch

density, as are embroideries with blue handles.

■ Embroideries with white handles are scaled.

Note: There are no flip handles. To mirror the whole selection it must be

combined.

The stitch count and thread colors for the complete selection can be seen in the

Design Panel, and the width and height of the selection box are displayed.

If you click outside the selection box, the designs become separate. Select them

again to recreate the multiple selection. To keep the selected embroideries

together after saving, use Group. See “Group” on page 37.

Select All Visible

Select All Visible will select all of the embroideries in the work area, including

any that are outside the chosen hoop.

■ Choose Edit > Select All Visible.

■ Press ⌘A

Deselect All

Deselect All will deselect every selected embroidery, including any that are

outside the chosen hoop.

■ Choose Edit > Deselect All.

■ Press ⇧⌘A

Group

Use Group to make a more permanent group of all the currently selected

designs. You can group designs permanently, or to make a temporary Group while

moving or editing them. Each design in the group in turn is placed after the one

that is earliest in the stitchout order (nearest the back of the project).

The grouped embroideries are surrounded by a selection box with a solid outline,

and orange handles. The faded outlines of the selection boxes for the included

embroideries and other designs can be seen within the larger selection. Text,

frames, SuperDesigns and decoration SuperDesigns retain their green handles,

while Monograms retain their light green handles.

38 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Modifying Embroideries

A group can be moved, resized or scaled proportionally or rotated. When a group

is enlarged or reduced, each item is resized or scaled according to its individual

state.

■ Lettering or SuperDesigns with green handles are resized with constant stitch

density, as are embroideries with blue handles.

■ Embroideries with white handles are scaled.

Note: There are no flip handles. To mirror the whole group it must be combined.

The stitch count and thread colors for the complete selection can be seen in the

Design Panel, and the width and height of the selection box are displayed.

If you click outside the selection box, and then click one of the designs within the

group, the designs will still be grouped.

Create a Group of designs

■ Place several designs in the work area, and select them with a selection tool. In the

toolbar, click Group . The designs are grouped.

Ungroup

Use Ungroup to split a selected group into the designs which make it up.

These may be embroideries, or lettering, SuperDesigns, frames, Decoration

SuperDesigns, and monograms.

Ungroup a Group of designs

■ In the work area, select a Group of designs, and then in the toolbar click

Ungroup . The designs are now separate.

■ Select a group of designs, then Control–click the group and in the Context menu

choose Ungroup.

Note: Ungroup can only be used when a group is selected.

Group orange resize handle

Solid outline for a group

Group Rotate handle

White handles for embroide

Green handles for lettering

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Restrict Groups

Use Restrict Groups to select and edit individual designs within a group. The

designs remain grouped, but they can be moved, rotated, mirrored and resized or

scaled individually.

Change a single design in a group with Restrict Groups

■ Select a group of designs, and then in the toolbar click Restrict Groups . Move

or change any design within the group as desired.

■ Select a group of designs, then Control–click the group and in the Context menu

choose Restrict Groups. Move or change any design within the group as desired.

Christmas Greetings: Multiple Select and Group Designs

1 Click Hoop in the toolbar, and in the Universal Hoop Group

choose 260mm x 200mm - Universal Large Hoop 3, in Rotated

orientation. Click OK.

2 Choose File > New to open a new window, then choose File >

Insert.

3 In the folder Home/Premier+2/Samples/Premier+2Emb/Stitch2/

Holidays load the embroidery 'Gifts & Candy Canes'.

Note: This is an embroidery; it has white handles showing that it is initially in Scale rather

than Resize mode.

4 Move the embroidery to the right side of the hoop.

5 Open the SuperDesign window and choose "Christmas Tree 1" in the

Holidays Category.

6 Set the Size of the SuperDesign to 90mm, then click Apply.

Note: The SuperDesign has green handles. See “Creating SuperDesigns”

on page 92.

7 Move the christmas tree SuperDesign to the left of the hoop, a little

above the gifts embroidery.

8 Open the Letter window and enter the words "Merry Christmas" in

the Letters box.

9 In the Font pop-up menu choose the font Ivy 2C 15-60mm in the Floral Category. Ensure

that the Lettering Shape is horizontal block, and the Size is 15mm.

10 Click Apply and move the lettering to the bottom of the screen, in the middle.

Note: The lettering has green handles. For more about lettering see “Creating Lettering” on

page 59.

11 Open the Frame window.

12 In Type, click the Frames button, and choose banner 3 in the Banners 2 category.

13 Make sure that Group is selected (checked). This places the banner and lettering as a Group.

14 Ensure that the Merry Christmas lettering is selected, and click Apply. The banner is placed

around the lettering.

15 Open the Decoration window (available if you own PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Extra),

and then click Decoration SuperDesign . (In PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, load a star

SuperDesign and go to step 19.)

16 Browse to the folder DecorationDesigns/Miscellaneous, select the design Cross 2, and click

Open to load it into the work area. Close the SuperDesign Viewer.

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17 Control–click the decoration design and select Pearl Sequin Cup 4.0 mm in the Context

menu.

18 Click Color, and in the Colors window, set the sequin color to white, then click OK.

19 Move the Decoration SuperDesign to the top center, to look like a star. It also has green

handles.

For more about Decoration SuperDesigns, see “Decoration SuperDesign” on page 132.

20 Press Control and the left or right key to

see each design in turn. Each is in a

selection box or group with a solid outline

and orange, green or white handles.

21 Use Box Select in the toolbar to select

all of the designs. The selection box for the

selected designs has a dotted outline and

orange handles.

The designs can be moved as a unit.

22 Click outside the hoop. The designs are

separate again.

23 In the ribbon bar, note that the Group

and Ungroup buttons are not

available.

24 Use Select All Visible to select the designs again. The Group button is now available.

25 Click Group . The selection box for the group has a solid outline.

Note: The faded outlines and handles for the designs within the group can still be seen.

26 Click outside the group. None of the designs is selected.

27 Click the Christmas tree. The whole group is selected again,the Ungroup button is

available.

Groups are permanent until they are broken apart with Ungroup.

28 Click Restrict Groups . The Restrict Groups button is highlighted.

With Restrict Groups active you can select and edit the designs within the group

individually.

29 Click Restrict Groups again. The group is now a single unit, and the Restrict Groups

button is no longer highlighted.

30 Click Ungroup . The designs that were in the group now form a selection.

31 Drag to move the selected designs. They move as a unit.

Note: While the block is still selected you can reverse the effects of Ungroup by using either

Group or Undo.

32 Click outside the selection box. The designs are now separate.

Note: Use Ungroup to make major changes to a group, or to use the designs within the

group separately.

Move

Move the selected embroidery(ies), or selected block of stitches by dragging them.

When a block is moved in Modify mode, any stitches which lead to or from the

block will be stretched to accommodate the new position.

Note: If you accidentally move the center of rotation, deselect and then reselect the

design.

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■ Select an embroidery, and then move the pointer over the selection box. When

the pointer changes to a four-headed arrow , drag the embroidery to the

required position.

Nudge

An embroidery or block of stitches can be moved in small amounts to nudge it

accurately into the desired position. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to nudge

an embroidery or block.

You can also position embroideries automatically with Move into Hoop, Center in

Hoop, and the alignment tools.

Resize and Scale

Use Resize to switch between resize and scale for the selected embroidery or

block of stitches. Resize the selected embroidery to any size using free resize or

rescale with the mouse. Alternatively, use Modify Design .

• Resize changes the size of the embroidery while retaining constant density.

• Scale changes the size of the embroidery while retaining constant stitch count.

The handles on the embroidery selection show when resize or scale is selected.

Note: Lettering, SuperDesigns and Frames have green handles before they are fixed

as embroidery. This allows them to be resized from their original design for

optimum results.

To Switch between Resize and Rescale

■ Click the Resize button in the toolbar.

■ Choose Edit > Resize Mode.

■ Press ⌘R

Resize and Rescale an Embroidery

1 Open the Design window of the Control Panel .

2 Select a small embroidery (for example, Toy Soldier.vp4 in Home/Premier+2/Samples/

Premier+2Emb/Stitch2/Toys) and place it in the bottom left corner of the hoop.

3 With a selection box around the embroidery, click Resize until the handles are white.

Blue handles for resize White handles for scale

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4 Look at the stitch count in the Information section of the Design window.

5 Move the pointer over one of the square corner handles and it becomes the diagonal

double-arrow pointer .

6 Drag the handle at the top right until the embroidery is much larger.

Note: When using a trackpad, pinch two fingers on the selected embroidery to decrease the

size, and spread two fingers to increase the size.

Gaps appear between the stitches. Although the size has increased, the stitch count has

remained the same.

Note: Hold down Shift as you drag to resize or scale proportionally. Hold down the Option

key to resize or scale from the center.

7 Click Actions > Undo or ⌘Z to return the embroidery to its original size.

8 Select the embroidery again, and click Resize until the handles are blue.

9 Drag the handle at the top right until the embroidery is several times larger.

The stitching in the embroidery remains dense, as the stitch count has increased greatly.

Rotate

Rotate the selected embroidery or block of stitches to any degree using free

rotation with the mouse. Alternatively, enter a specific angle with Modify

Design or rotate in 45 degree steps.

If desired, move the center of rotation before rotating the embroidery.

Rotate an Embroidery

■ Select the embroidery and use the round rotation handle to rotate it freely.

■ Select the embroidery, and in the Design window click Rotate 45 to rotate the

embroidery by 45 degrees.

■ When using a trackpad, twist your thumb and forefinger to rotate the selected

embroidery, lettering or SuperDesign. Set Multi-Touch Gestures using Apple Menu

> System Preferences.

■ Select the embroidery, and in the Design window click Modify Design . In the

Modify Design dialog rotate the embroidery, then click OK. See “Modify Design”

on page 43.

Move the Center of Rotation

The center of rotation is initially shown in the middle of the embroidery or

selection. Move the pointer over the center of rotation and it changes to the

cross-hair pointer .

Rotate Handle

Center of Rotation

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Modify Design

Use Modify Design to open a dialog where you can resize and rotate the selected

embroidery.

To Open the Modify Design Dialog

■ Select the embroidery, then in the Design window click Modify Design .

■ Select the embroidery, then choose Design > Modify Design.

■ Select the embroidery, then click Actions on the toolbar and choose

Properties.

■ Select the embroidery, then Control–click and choose Properties.

In the Modify Design dialog you can change the height and

width of the embroidery, or rotate the embroidery. The

changes are made when you click OK.

Click the lock button to adjust dimensions proportionally

(lock closed ) or non-proportionally (lock open ).

Flip Vertical and Horizontal

Mirror the selected embroidery or block of stitches vertically or horizontally using

the flip handles on the selection box.

Aligning Embroideries

Use the alignment features to position your embroideries in the work area.

Center In Hoop

Use Center In Hoop to move the selected embroidery or group of

embroideries to the center of the hoop.

■ Select the embroidery to be centered, then in the Design window click Center In

Hoop .

■ Select the embroidery to be centered, then choose Design > Center In Hoop.

Flip Vertical Handle

Flip Horizontal

Handle

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Move Into Hoop

Use Move Into Hoop to move the selected embroideries into the nearest area of

the hoop.

Note: Only the selected embroideries that are outside the hoop are moved.

■ Select the embroideries to be moved into the hoop, or use Select All Visible, then

choose Design > Move Into Hoop.

Alignment Tools

Use the Alignment tools on the Design menu to align embroideries precisely.

Embroideries can be aligned horizontally or vertically. They can also be centered.

Note: The Alignment tools are only available when more than one embroidery is

selected. See “Multiple Select Features” on page 36.

■ Select the embroideries that you want to align, then use an alignment tool.

Layout Order

Use the Layout Order commands on the Design menu: Move Forwards, Move

Backwards, Move to Front, and Move to Back, to move embroideries within the

design. Embroideries at the ’back’ of the design are stitched out first.

Encore

Use Encore to place repeated copies of embroideries in a circle or ellipse, a line, a

shape, or around the edge of the hoop.

Choose the number of repeats, or the margin and gap, and the number of

embroideries used. Set the position to standard or mirrored.

Select an Encore type: Circle, Line, Shape or Hoop

Select a Position: Standard or Mirrored

Set the number of repeats in a Circle or Line Encore

Optimize the Encore

Preview the Encore

Place the repeated embroideries in the work area

Place the Encored designs in a single Group

Layout indicator

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To Open the Encore Window

■ Click Control Panel , then click Encore .

Repeat an Embroidery with Encore

1 Place a small embroidery on the work area and select it.

2 Open the Encore window .

3 Select an Encore type (circle , line , shape or hoop ) and Position

(standard or mirrored ).

A preview image illustrates the combined effect.

4 Set the number of Repeats, or the Margin and Gap.

5 If desired, select Group and Arrange Similar.

6 Click Preview to view the repeated designs in the work area.

Note: If you select any other tab on the control panel while in Preview mode, the Encore will

be cancelled.

7 Adjust the Encore line or shape on the work area, or adjust the settings and click Preview

again.

8 Click Apply to place the repeated designs as a grouped embroidery with the chosen options.

About Encore

Encore repeats the selected designs in a circle or ellipse, line, shape or hoop using

the chosen position and number of repeats.

Note: You can use any number of embroideries with a line or circle, but only one or

two embroideries with a shape or a hoop. To use more embroideries, Group or

Combine them first.

To l e a r n h ow t o Go to

Use Encore to repeat an embroidery See “Repeat an Embroidery with Encore” on

page 45.

Create an Encore circle with a single

design

See “Create a SuperDesign Daisy Chain” on

page 95.

Create an Encore Line See “Create a Line of Repeated Embroideries”

on page 47.

Create a shape with Encore See “Use Repeated Embroideries in a Shape”

on page 48.

Use Encore in a Hoop See “Use Repeated Embroideries in a Hoop”

on page 49.

Use three designs in an Encore circle See “Flowers in an Encore Circle” on page 46.

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Position

Circle

Place embroideries in a circle and set the number of repeats. Adjust the circle to

form an ellipse.

To Adjust an Encore Circle

■ Drag inside the circle using the four-headed arrow Move pointer to position it.

■ Drag one of the embroideries or the circle where they are placed, using the circle

size pointer , to make the circle smaller or larger.

■ Drag the white handle on the right to change the circle to an ellipse.

Flowers in an Encore Circle

1 If required, choose File > New.

2 Click Hoop and in the Universal Hoop Group select Hoop Size 240mm x 150mm -

Universal Large Hoop 2, Rotated Orientation, then click OK.

3 Open the SuperDesigns window .

4 In the Flowers and Leaves Category, Flowers 1 set, click the first flower in the top line, then

click Apply. The flower is displayed in the work area.

5 Add the second and third flowers in the top line to the work area in the same way. (They are

placed on top of one another.)

6 Click Select All Visible , or choose Edit > Select All Visible or ⌘A to select the three

SuperDesigns.

7 Open the Encore window .

8 In Type, click Circle .

9 In Repeats enter 30.

Circle Place the embroideries in a circle.

Line Place the embroideries in one of 8 line options from left to right.

Shape Place up to two selected embroideries around the edge of a shape.

Hoop Place up to two selected embroideries around the hoop edge.

Standard The copies of the embroidery use the original orientation.

Mirrored Each alternate copy of the embroidery is reflected.

This works best if the number of Repeats is an even number.

Note: You cannot mirror grouped designs.

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10 Click Preview. Your three SuperDesigns are displayed

in a repeating sequence in a circle, in the order you

created them. There are 10 of each SuperDesign.

11 Click on the design at the top, and drag it downwards

using the circle size pointer . The circle becomes

smaller, and the designs move closer together.

12 Drag the rectangular handle on the right inwards. The

circle changes to an ellipse.

13 Change the number of Repeats and preview again.

If you change to Hoop or Shape and preview, you will

notice that only the first two flowers that you created

are in the Encore.

14 Click Apply to group the designs as a multipart

embroidery.

Line

Place the embroideries from left to right in one of 8 line types.

Create a Line of Repeated Embroideries

1 Place some small embroideries on the work area and select them.

2 Open the Encore window .

3 In Type, select Line . The Line options appear.

4 Select the Position (standard or mirrored ).

5 Choose a Line Type from the pop-up menu.

The first option is a straight line. The other 7 line types are curved.

6 Set the number of Repeats as

desired, from 2 to 360.

7 If desired, select Group and

Arrange Similar.

8 Click Preview to view the

repeated designs in the work area.

9 Drag the line of embroideries to

position it.

10 Drag the square white handles on

the top and right sides of the box

to stretch or compress the box, and change the spacing.

With a straight line, only the handle on the right is available.

11 Click Apply to place the repeated line as an embroidery.

Choose one of 8 line types

Set the number of repeats

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Shape

Place up to two selected embroideries around the edge of a shape.

Use Repeated Embroideries in a Shape

1 Place 2 small embroideries on the work area and select them (⌘A).

2 Open the Encore window .

3 In Type, select Shape . The Shape options appear.

4 Select the Position (standard or mirrored ).

5 Click the Shape button, and choose a Shape from the

pop-up menu. There are 28 shapes to choose from.

6 Ensure that Remove Corners is not selected.

7 Set the Gap between the embroideries.

8 If desired, select Group and Arrange Similar.

9 Click Preview to view the repeated designs in the

work area.

The embroidery that you loaded or created first is in

the corners.

10 Drag the shape to position it.

11 Drag the square white handles on the top and right

sides of the box to adjust the shape, and change the

number and spacing of the embroideries.

12 Click Apply to place the shape as an embroidery.

Hoop

Place up to two selected embroideries around the edge of the hoop, to make a

border or frame.

Choose from 28 different shapes

Set the gap between the embroideries

Use a corner embroidery at 45 degrees

Set the distance between the embroideries

Set the space between the embroideries and the hoop

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Use Repeated Embroideries in a Hoop

1 Place 2 small embroideries on the work area and select them.

2 Open the Encore window .

3 In Type, select Hoop . The

Hoop options appear.

4 Select the Position (standard

or mirrored ).

5 Ensure that Remove Corners is

not selected.

6 Set the Gap between the

embroideries.

7 Set the Margin between the line

of embroideries and the hoop.

8 If desired, select Group and

Arrange Similar.

9 Click Preview. The Encore forms a frame around the inside edge of the hoop.

The embroidery that you loaded first is in the corners.

10 Adjust the Margin and Gap as desired.

11 Click Apply to place the Encore as an embroidery.

Arrangement

Group: Create a grouped embroidery from the Encored designs.

Note: If the designs are not grouped, they can be moved separately after they are

placed with Apply.

Arrange Similar: Arrange individual designs together when using multiple

embroideries that are overlapped, to optimize the results when ColorSort is used.

This does not change the display order, only the stitchout order.

Endless Assistant

Use the Endless Assistant to add markers to an embroidery so it can be stitched

out in a continuous, regularly spaced, sequence as many times as desired. After

each stitchout, the fabric is re-hooped and the markers are used to align the new

stitchout to the previous stitchout.

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After changing settings, the effect is automatically updated in the preview area.

Create an Endless design

■ Click Assistants > Endless Assistant.

■ Choose Assistants > Endless Assistant.

Fabric Direction

The Fabric Direction is the direction the fabric is moved in the hoop for each

repeat. The direction depends on the size and orientation of the hoop as it is

shown in the Preview area. Select from:

■ Up

■ Down

■ Left

■ Right

The Start marker is always on the side of the embroidery that matches the Fabric

Direction. Hence, the Start Marker 'points' in the direction the fabric will be

moved.

End Marker

The end marker is used to line up the next stitchout of the embroidery. End

marker positions are shown by red dots on the preview. Choose from four types:

Corner: A small L-shaped corner of three long loose stitches. The alignment point

is the corner of the L. This is the default choice for the end marker.

Single Stitch: A long stitch that moves to the corners, placing only one needle point

at each corner. This is ideal if you are stitching onto a fabric that you are concerned

about marking, such as leather or a very light weight fabric.

Tie Off: A few stitches in the same place, centered on the alignment point. The Tie

Off marker is very secure, but may be difficult to remove after stitching.

Set the fabric movement direction

End marker for stitchout alignment

Set number and positon of markers

Space between designs

Repeat design in hoop

Reduce colors & overlap

Zoom in and out

Endless Embroidery information

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Line: A line of three long stitches. The alignment point is at the outside end of the

line, closest to the edge of the hoop.

Note: There is no choice for start markers because they are always movement

stitches. The start markers are used to move the needle into position so that it can

be aligned with the end markers. Hence, only the single 'jump point' is needed for a

start marker. The start marker positions are shown by green dots on the preview.

Marker Positions

Select the positions of the markers. "Both" is recommended for most situations.

You may wish to have markers on only one side if:

■ You have fabric that may be easily marked

■ You have a fabric edge that can be easily followed each time you re-hoop the fabric

■ You have an embroidery with a lot of open space on one side and you do not want

to have any stitches in the open space, which may also partly conceal the presence

of the marker stitches

Both: Select Both for movement stitches to both start corners and end markers on

both end corners. This is the default choice for the marker position.

Left/Bottom: When the Fabric Direction is Up or Down, the markers are on the

left edge. When the Fabric Direction is Left or Right, the markers are on the

bottom edge.

Right/Top: When the Fabric Direction is Up or Down, the markers are on the right

edge. When the Fabric Direction is Left or Right, the markers are on the top edge.

Gap

Use Gap to change the spacing between each stitchout of an embroidery. Gap

changes the position of the start and end markers, as shown in the preview. The

Gap is split evenly on each side of the stitchout.

Embroidery

Repeat Embroidery

Repeat the embroidery as many times as possible within the current hoop size.

This saves having to re-hoop the fabric for each stitchout of a small embroidery.

Done

Click Done to make the embroidery endless. The work area is updated

automatically.

If Repeat Embroidery was selected and two or more repeated embroideries will fit,

the repeated embroideries are connected with movement stitches and then

ColorSorted. The endless embroidery is also centered in the hoop.

Note: If the embroideries are overlapped, they may not ColorSort to the smallest

expected number of colors.

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Start markers are inserted at the beginning of the embroidery as long movement

stitches to the start marker positions. Movement stitches are added at the end of

the embroidery to the end marker positions, which are then stitched according to

the choice of end marker.

Note: It is not advisable to use the Endless function on an embroidery that has

already been made endless. This will create a second set of markers that can be

confused with the first set. If you have no other copies of such an embroidery, first

save the embroidery as a new file, then delete the existing marker stitches using

the Modify functions before making the embroidery endless again.

Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate Selected

Note: The functions to Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate a selected block of stitches

are available only when using features in the Modify window.

Cut

Use Cut to remove an embroidery or the currently selected block of stitches from

the design and place it in the Clipboard.

To Cut the selected embroidery or stitches

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Cut.

■ Choose Edit > Cut.

■ Press ⌘X

■ Control–click and choose Cut.

Copy

Use Copy to make a copy of an embroidery or the currently selected block of

stitches. The copy is placed in the Clipboard. It can then be pasted as many times

as required, including into PREMIER+™ 2 Modify.

To Copy the selected embroidery or stitches

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Copy.

■ Choose Edit > Copy.

■ Press ⌘C

■ Control–click and choose Copy.

Paste

Use Paste to paste the embroidery or block of stitches in the Clipboard into the

work area, at the same place it was cut or copied from.

To Paste an embroidery or stitches

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Paste.

■ Choose Edit > Paste.

■ Press ⌘V

■ Control–click and choose Paste.

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Paste into Center

Use Paste into Center to paste the embroidery or block of stitches in the

Clipboard into the center of the work area.

Use Paste into Center

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Paste into Center.

■ Choose Edit > Paste into Center.

■ Press ⌥⌘V

■ Control–click and choose Paste into Center.

Duplicate Selected

Use Duplicate Selected to make a copy of the selected embroidery or block of

stitches. The copy is automatically pasted on the work area below and to the right

of the original.

To duplicate the selected embroidery or stitches

■ Select the embroidery, then click Actions on the toolbar and choose

Duplicate Selected.

■ Choose Edit > Duplicate Selected.

■ Press ⌘D

■ Control–click and choose Duplicate Selected.

Delete

Use Delete to remove one or more selected embroideries, pieces of lettering,

SuperDesigns or blocks of stitches.

Note: Delete differs from Cut because it does not place the object on the

Clipboard, so it cannot be pasted.

To delete a selected embroidery or block

Select the object(s), then:

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Delete.

■ Control–click the selected embroidery or block and choose Delete.

■ Choose Edit > Delete.

■ On full-size keyboards, press Delete ⌦.

■ On Mac portable keyboards, press Function–Delete or Function–Backspace

(fn ⌫ ).

Undo and Redo

Undo reverses the last action. The undone action then becomes a Redo.

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Undo

Use Undo to reverse the last action. If you are not satisfied with the result, click

Redo. There are unlimited Undo steps. Undo steps are only lost when you use

New.

To u s e U n do

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Undo.

■ Choose Edit > Undo.

■ Press ⌘Z

■ Control–click and choose Undo.

Redo

Use Redo to reverse the last action that was undone by Undo. If you are not

satisfied with the result, click Undo.

There are unlimited Redo steps. Redo steps are only lost when you use New.

To u s e R e do

■ Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Redo.

■ Choose Edit > Redo.

■ Press ⇧⌘Z

■ Control–click and choose Redo.

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ExpressMonogram Assistant

Use the ExpressMonogram Assistant to create a monogram of up to

three letters, selecting a font style, thread color, shape and size. If

desired, add a border.

Use the ExpressMonogram Assistant to create a monogram of up to three letters

from a set of initials, choosing a font style, thread color, shape and size. Surround

the monogram with a border, or create a monogram with no border and add a

Frame or Flourish, or a motif underline.

Create a monogram

■ Click Assistants > ExpressMonogram Assistant.

■ Choose Assistants > ExpressMonogram Assistant.

Use the Monogram page to select the number and size of letters for the

monogram, enter the letters, and to choose an envelope category and type.

Choose the number of

letters and their size

Enter the letters

Choose an envelope

Preview the monogram

Select a font in the viewer

Change the stitch properties

Set the size of the letter

Change the thread colors

Space between the letters

View the size, stitches & colors

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Use the Full Letter and Small Letter pages to select how the large letters in the

monogram are displayed. Select the font, size, stitch type, thread color and spacing

of the letters.

Use the Border page to place a border around the monogram, and to select the

thread color for the border.

Create a Monogram with a Border

1 If required, choose File > New.

2 Click the Hoop button and set the hoop size to 100mm x

100mm - Universal Square Hoop 1.

3 Click Assistants > ExpressMonogram Assistant.

Alternatively, choose Assistants > ExpressMonogram Assistant.

The Monogram page of the ExpressMonogram Assistant appears.

4 In the pop-up menu at the top left, choose the Small - Full - Small

layout. This will produce a monogram with characters sized

proportionally: small, full, small (SFS).

5 Enter the letters ’E’, ’S’ and ’J’ in boxes A, B and C.

Note: E, S and J represent the name Elizabeth Jane Smith, using traditional monogram style

where letters are used in the order of given name, family name, middle name. If the letters

were all full size, EJS could be used as an alternative.

6 In the Envelopes window, choose the second envelope in the Classic category. Its name is

SFS_Classic02.

Note: If you position the arrow pointer over a thumbnail without clicking, the name of the

envelope is shown. The name stands for Small-Full-Small, using the second envelope in the

Classic1 category.

In this envelope the small characters are relatively larger than those in the envelope to the

left, which will suit the curly initials to be used.

7 Click Continue, or click the Full Letter button. The Full Letter page appears.

8 Click the displayed font, and scroll down to see the fonts in the Monogram category.

Note: This category includes fonts that are recommended for the Classic envelopes using SFS

(small, full, small characters).

9 Click to select the font Curly UC 15-30mm, then click OK to close the viewer.

Use a monogram border

Set the space inside the border

Use round or square corners

Create a border for each letter

Select a stitch type

Set the stitch properties

Change the thread color

Add appliqué & choose a fabric

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10 Leave the font size at 22mm.

The initial size of a font is midway in the font size range.

11 Note that the Height and Width measurements below the preview have changed.

Use these dimensions as a guide to the size of your final monogram as you try different

options. If you have a desired final size you may need to alter the font size, or the border.

12 Click the pink thread, and in the Color Selection dialog choose Robison-Anton Rayon 40 in

the Thread Range pop-up menu. The thread changes to Floral Pink, number 2415. Click OK.

Note: This only affects the letter S, as it is the only ’Full’ letter.

13 Click Continue, or click the Small Letter button, and the Small Letter page appears.

14 Ensure that ’Alternative Letter Style’ is selected.

Note: If Alternative Letter Style is not selected, the same font and color are used for small

letters and the full letters.

15 In the Font viewer enter "Curly" in the Search box. Two Curly fonts are shown.

16 Click to select Curly UC 15-30mm, then click OK to use it for the small letters.

17 Note that the Height measurement below the font viewer has changed.

This is the height of the letter ’A’ for the small letter font. It should be within the

recommended size range for the font (as mentioned in the font name). If the height is

outside the recommended range, you may need to return to the Monogram page and

change the envelope, or use the Full Letter page to change the full letter size

18 Click the pink color and the Color Selection dialog appears.

19 In the Thread Range pop-up menu choose Robison-Anton Rayon 40.

20 Scroll up and choose color 2501 (Petal Pink).

21 Click OK. The smaller letters are now a pale pink.

22 Click Continue, or click the Border button, and the Border page appears.

The default border is a green satin line. You can use a Motif Line , a Satin Line , a

Running Stitch line a or Triple Stitch line.

23 é fabric to the monogram.Select Motif Line . The solid green border

is replaced by a line of stars.

24 Select Satin Line and the satin stitches appear again.

25 Click the Thread Color button to display the Color Selection

dialog.

26 Ensure that ’Robison-Anton Rayon 40’ is selected.

27 In Find Thread enter 2501 and choose color 2501 (Petal Pink).

28 Click OK to close the Color Selection dialog. The satin border of the monogram is now

pink.

29 Click the ’Individual Letter Border’ checkbox to place lines between the letters in the

monogram.

Note: Although ’Individual Letter Border’ is now checked, borders do not appear between

the letters as they are relatively closely spaced.

30 To see individual letter borders in the monogram, the spacing

must be increased. Click the Full Letter button to return to the

Full Letter page.

31 Click the up arrow in Spacing 1 to increase the gap to 15mm.

(This is the distance between the first and second letters.)

32 Click the up arrow in Spacing 2 to increase the gap to 15mm.

(This is the distance between the second and third letters.)

The letters now have individual borders. This format may be desired when embroidering

badges.

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33 For a traditional monogram effect, the letters may interlock. Set

Spacing 1 to -3 mm, and set Spacing 2 to -4 mm. The new

positions of the letters can be seen in the Preview. The border

adjusts to fit.

34 Click Done to close the assistant. There is a brief delay while

overlap removal calculations occur, and the design is

ColorSorted. The monogram is then displayed in the work area.

(The density of the overlapping letters is quite low, so in this

case no stitches are removed.)

35 Ensure that the Control Panel button is open at the Design window.

36 Click Settings. The settings information appears in the Settings box.

37 Click Edit to see all of the text.

Note: The Settings give information on the letters, dimensions and font used in the

monogram, including the font size for the large letter, and any patterns and fills used. This

information can be used to recreate the monogram later, if necessary.

Click the Edit button if you wish to edit these notes. The Settings dialog is displayed. Amend

the Settings as desired, then click OK to save your edits.

38 Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Save, or press ⌘S

Note: This will save the monogram as a multipart .vp4 file. When you open or insert this file

in the work area, Control–click and choose Properties to open it in the ExpressMonogram

Assistant.

39 Click Actions on the toolbar and choose Export, or press ⌥⌘S

40 In the Export dialog, ensure that .vp4 is selected and click Continue.

41 In the saving as dialog, browse to Home/Premier+2/My Designs, and save the embroidery as

EJS_Curly. This saves a version ready for stitching out.

Note: You could use the Background Assistant to preview the use of this monogram on a

blouse or towel. See “Backgrounds” on page 22.

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Creating Lettering

This chapter describes how you can use the Lettering window to

personalize your embroidery project with the fonts available in

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery.

In the Letter window you can create lettering to personalize your embroidery

project using single or multicolor fonts (lettering styles) and fonts of special

characters. Alternatively, use the ExpressMonogram Assistant. Use Font

Manager to search for fonts by name or size, and to create, rename, duplicate

and delete user generated fonts. Use QuickFont to create new fonts for

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery from most TrueType® or OpenType® fonts on your

computer. Import embroidered letters to create a font with Import Font From

Embroideries .

Choose the font, line format, size, stitch type and thread color. Place lettering

around your embroidery, or anywhere on the work area. Lettering can be resized

with constant stitch density, and the stitch properties adjusted, until it is fixed as

embroidery.

To Open the Letter Window

■ Click Control Panel, then click Letter .

Choose a font

Set the size, gap and connection

Select a Lettering Shape for your text

Place the lettering in the work area

Enter some text

Set the formatting options

Manage, create and delete fonts

Set the Stitch Type options

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Create Lettering

1 Open the Letter window .

2 Click the displayed font, and scroll up or down the

Font Viewer to select a font.

Set the Size in millimeters as desired, from 3mm to

200mm.

This sets the height of the 'A' character in the font.

Other characters and symbols are sized accordingly.

3 Set the proportions, the gap between the letters,

and the connection type (trim or running stitch).

4 Click in the Letters text box and the pointer

becomes an I-beam.

If needed, drag to highlight any existing text and

overwrite it.

To l e a r n h ow t o Go to

Create Lettering See “Create Lettering” on page 60.

Set properties for new lettering See “Setting Letter Options” on page 76.

Use the font viewer See “Font Viewer” on page 61.

Use Block lettering to sculpt text See “Lettering Shapes” on page 65.

Change an existing block of lettering See “Changing Letter Properties” on page 85.

Check the spelling in your lettering See “Check Your Spelling” on page 63.

Add special characters, e.g. accents See “Emoji and Symbols” on page 64.

Enter letters in an alternative alphabet,

e.g. Greek

See “Alternative Alphabets” on page 64.

Create and adjust circles of lettering See “Using Circular Lettering Shapes” on page 66.

Use straight and wavy lettering lines See “Fit To Straight Line” on page 67.

Place a full circle of lettering around an

embroidery

See “Full Circle Lettering: I Love the Sunshine” on

page 81.

Create a monogram from individual

letters

See “Individual Letter Monogram” on page 82.

Change lettering colors See “Change the Colors in Lettering” on page 85.

Create a monogram with a border

automatically

See “Create a Monogram with a Border” on

page 56.

Create your own embroidered font See “QuickFont” on page 87.

Import embroideries to form a font See “Import Font from Embroideries” on page 79.

Create, rename and delete personal

fonts

See “Font Manager” on page 77.

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5 Enter your desired text, pressing Option–Return to create more than one line of text.

Control–click to view alternatives for words underlined in red by the spelling checker.

Note: Some Lettering Shapes can only use one line of text. See “Lettering Shapes” on

page 65.

6 Choose a Lettering Shape.

You can reverse the order of letters, position (or kern) letters individually, or use Step to

rotate the letters at a different angle from the line.

7 Choose a Stitch Type from the pop-up menu, and edit its properties in the dialog.

8 Click Options to change the alignment and line spacing.

9 Click Apply.

The lettering appears in the work area, leaving any existing lettering unchanged.

10 Control–click the lettering and choose Properties to adjust the lettering properties.

11 Drag the handles on the lettering to resize the lettering, or adjust the proportions for the

lettering shape. Hold the Shift key for most lettering shapes to keep the proportions as you

resize. Hold the Option key for most lettering shapes to resize from the center. See

“Lettering Shapes” on page 65.

Note: Alternatively, use the ExpressMonogram Assistant to create a one, two or three letter

monogram, and add a border automatically.

Searching for Lettering

1 Open the Letter window .

2 Click the displayed font to open the font menu.

3 To search for a font by name, at the top of the

font dialog in the Search box, enter the name of

the font or font category that you want to find.

Note: Part of the name will narrow the list of

fonts displayed, so a search for ’Athletic’ will

display fonts from the Applique, Foam, Fun and

Monogram Categories.

4 Click clear to remove the text from the

search box.

5 To search for a font by size, select (check) the

Size checkbox to enable searching by size.

6 Enter the desired Size for the font in the Size

number box.

7 To choose a size range, adjust the number in

the Range box. The list of displayed fonts will change.

For example, set Size to 5mm, and the Range to 5mm, to select a small font for a quilt label.

You could also set an exact size (Range 0mm) to find an imported embroidery font.

Font Viewer

Use the Font Viewer to browse fonts and select a font for lettering.

To Open the Font Viewer

1 Open the Letter window .

2 Click the font sample.

3 Scroll up or down the list of font Categories and fonts to choose a font.

4 Click on a font to highlight it. Click OK to select the font.

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Font Search

Use Font Search to search for a font by name or size.

Search for a font by name.

■ Enter the desired text in the Search box. Click Clear to remove the search text.

Note: Click Clear before searching by Size.

Size

Search for fonts by their recommended size.

■ Ensure that the Size checkbox is selected (checked), then enter the desired size in

the Size number box.

Range

To choose a size range, adjust the number in the Range box, increasing the

number to give a larger size range.

Note: For example, if the search range is 10-20mm, then fonts with ranges 5-15mm,

15-25mm, 12-16mm and 5-50mm will be visible, but fonts with ranges 3-8mm &

30-60mm will not. An imported embroidery font within this range will also be

found.

Font Name

Font names include information in addition to the name of the lettering style. All

font names include the recommended size range, and other information is often

included.

Click to select a font

Search for a font by name

Search for a font by size Set the size range for the font search

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Font Type

Recommended Font Size

A recommended font size is included in the name. For instance, 25-120mm

indicates the font is recommended for use at sizes from 25mm to 120mm.

SuperFonts

For SuperFonts provided in different stitch type variations, a stitch type

abbreviation is also present at the end of the name, for example SF for Spiral Fill.

Examples

Revue 2C UC 25-120mm SF in the Display Category: this font uses two colors

(2C), is uppercase only, has a recommended size range of 25mm to 120mm,

and uses Spiral Fill.

Antonia NP 05-10mm in the Nearest Point Category: this font is a Nearest

Point font and has a recommended size range of 5mm to 10mm.

Note: To see the properties that can be edited in each font, refer to the

PREMIER+™ 2 Fonts Guide in the Sample Guides folder.

ColorSort

Use ColorSort to create lettering with the minimum number of color blocks. See

“Lettering Color and ColorSort” on page 85.

Spelling Checker

The spelling checker underlines unrecognized words in red. You can select

alternatives from the context menu.

Check Your Spelling

1 Control–click in the Letters text box and a context menu appears.

2C The font uses two colors (also 3C for colors, etc.)

LC Lowercase only font

NP Nearest Point font

UC Uppercase only font

CF Contour Fill

MF Motif Fill

MW MultiWave Fill

QS QuiltStipple Fill

RF Radial Fill

SF Spiral Fill

SH Shape Fill

XH Crosshatch Fill

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2 In the context menu choose Spelling and Grammar > Check Spelling While Typing.

3 Enter the words "Roses are red, vilets are blue" in the Letters text box. The word "vilets" is

underlined in red.

4 Control–click to select the word. A context menu appears, with suggested alternatives

listed at the top.

5 Choose the word "violets" from the context menu. The word is replaced in the Letters text

box.

You can also use Learn Spelling to add words to the dictionary, for example your name, or

use Ignore Spelling to ignore the suggestion.

6 Alternatively, choose Correct Spelling Automatically to see suggested replacements for

unrecognized words.

Emoji and Symbols

Use Special Characters to add the extra characters used in many languages, for

example ß, that are not present on your keyboard.

Add a Special Character to Your Text

1 Choose Edit > Emoji & Symbols.

2 In the Characters dialog, select a character category, e.g. Latin.

3 Click the desired character to select it.

The character is previewed.

4 Double-click on the character to place it in the Letters text box.

5 Click Apply to place the lettering in the work area.

Note: See the Reference Guide for a list of the available characters.

Alternative Alphabets

To enter characters in other alphabets from the National font category, such as

Greek and Hebrew, refer to the Character Sets section in the PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery Reference Guide or help for the keys used.

Preview the character

Select a category

Select character size

and customize list

Click to preview,

double click to load

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Letter Options

Use the Letter Options dialog to choose the alignment and line spacing when

creating lettering.

Lettering Shapes

There are three categories of lettering shapes: Block, Line and Vertical Block.

■ Block

Starting from a template, mould the block of letters to the desired shape. See

“Block” on page 68.

■ Line

Place letters along a straight, curved or wavy line. See “Line” on page 65.

■ Vertical Block

Place lettering in a straight vertical line. See “Vertical Block” on page 68.

Using Lettering Shapes

If you have used the Lettering window previously in that session of PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery, the last setting is remembered. You can adjust lettering with the

handles (green squares) until it is fixed as embroidery, for example when you

rotate, flip or ColorSort it.

Note: Some Lettering Shapes (Circle Clockwise, Circle Counter-Clockwise, Fit to

Straight Line and Fit to Wavy Line) can only use one line of text. Additional lines of

text are combined with the first line for those Lettering Shapes. Full Circle only

uses two lines of text. Any additional lines of text are combined with the second

line.

Reverse: When the Reverse checkbox is selected, the lettering is mirrored.

Reverse is available for all lettering shapes.

Note: Monograms created with the ExpressMonogram Assistant have light green

handles; select Properties from the Context menu to adjust the Monogram

settings. See “ExpressMonogram Assistant” on page 55.

Line

Place letters along a straight, curved or wavy line. Use the handles to adjust the

position of the letters and the shape of the line.

• You cannot resize these lettering shapes with the handles.

Note: Control–click to open the Letter Properties dialog to resize the lettering.

Align the lettering

Set the spacing between lines

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• Flip handles are not available. You can mirror after fixing the lettering as stitches.

• These lettering shapes can only use one line of text, or two for Full Circle.

Additional lines are combined with the first line, or the second line for Full

Circle.

Circle Shapes

Place characters along a curved line. Circle lettering shapes always use Center

alignment.

• Rotate handles are not available for the Circle lettering shapes. To rotate, fix the

lettering as stitches first.

Using Circular Lettering Shapes

The handles for circular lettering shapes adjust the positioning of the lettering, not

the size.

1 Enter a short line of text in the Lettering window. See “Create Lettering” on page 60.

Circle

Clockwise

Use Circle Clockwise to place lettering

clockwise around a circle.

Drag the square green handle to adjust the

radius of the circle and the position of the

lettering. Multiple lines of text are placed in the

same line. Hold down Shift, then drag the handle

to move the lettering around the circle without

changing the size of the circle.

Circle Counter-

Clockwise

Use Circle Counter-Clockwise to place

lettering counter-clockwise around a circle.

Drag the square green handle to adjust the

radius of the circle and the position of the

lettering. Multiple lines of text are placed in the

same line. Hold down Shift, then drag the

handle to move the lettering around the circle

without changing the size of the circle.

Full Circle

Use Full Circle to place two sections of

text on opposite sides of a circle.

When entering characters in the Letters text

box, enter Option–Return to make a new line

where you want to split the text. When the

lettering is initially placed, the text on the first

line is at the top of the circle and the text on

the second line is at the bottom of the circle.

If more than two lines of text are entered, Full

Circle places all extra lines in the second line.

There are two square green handles. Drag either handle to adjust the

radius of the circle. Hold down Shift, then drag either handle to move the

attached lettering around the circle without changing the size of the circle.

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2 In the Lettering Shape area, click Circle Clockwise.

3 Click Apply. The lettering appears in a line over the top of a circle.

4 Drag the square green handle at the top of the circle of lettering downwards. The pointer

changes to the circle size pointer .

The circle becomes smaller, but the size of the letters is unaffected.

5 Undo your change. The circle returns to its original size.

6 Hold down the Shift key and drag the square green handle at the

top of the circle to the right of the circle. The line of lettering

moves to the right side of the circle.

Note: You cannot resize circular lettering shapes with the handles.

Use the Size and/or the height and width settings in Letter

Properties. See “Changing Letter Properties” on page 85.

Rotate and flip handles are not available. To rotate or mirror, use

ColorSort to fix the lettering as embroidery first.

The alignment setting does not affect circular lettering shapes.

Fit to Straight and Wavy Lines

Use these line types to place lettering along a straight or wavy line.

Step: When the Step checkbox is selected, the letters can be rotated to any angle.

Step is available for Fit to Straight Line and Fit to Wavy Line.

Fit To Straight

Line

Use Fit To Straight

Line to place

lettering along a line.

Drag the square

green end handles to rotate the line to any angle and to extend the line.

Drag the round green handle to move the text along the line.

The text may also be

rotated independently of

the position of the line.

Select the Step option,

then click Apply to create

new lettering. There is an

additional round green

handle at the end of

another line. Drag this

handle to rotate the

letters to any angle.

Note: You cannot resize Fit

To Straight Line lettering with the handles. Use the Size and/or the height

and width settings in Letter Properties. Fit to Straight Line places multiple

lines of text onto the same line.

Note: Flip handles are not available. To mirror, use ColorSort to fix the

lettering as embroidery first.

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Vertical Block

Use Vertical Block to place lettering in a straight vertical line with

an outline box that has four square green handles. Drag the handles to

resize the lettering.

Note: Lettering is created with Center alignment by default. For Vertical

Block, this changes the alignment of characters in each column of

lettering.

Block

There are 29 Block templates available. A

block can be changed to any other kind of

block using the handles and Handles menu

options.

To change the settings for a Block

■ Click the yellow handle on the selected block, and use the options in the Handles

menu to change the Top and Bottom line types, and to set different Constraints.

Individual: When the Individual checkbox is selected, the letters can be moved

and resized individually. Only one line of lettering can be made when Individual is

selected.

Handles Menu

Use the Handles menu to adjust the settings for the selected block of lettering.

Change Template Settings in the Block Menu

1 Open the Letter window .

Fit To Wavy

Line

Use Fit To Wavy Line to

place lettering along a

curved line.

Drag the square green

handles to change the curve

to any shape. Drag the round green handle to move the text along the line.

The text may also be rotated independently of the position of the line.

Select the Step option, then click Apply to create new lettering. There is

an additional round green handle at the end of another line. Drag this

handle to rotate the letters to any angle.

Note: You cannot resize Fit To Wavy Line lettering with the handles. Use

the Size and/or the Height and Width settings in Letter Properties. Fit to

Wavy Line places multiple lines of text onto the same line.

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2 Enter the text "Jonathan" in the Letters text box. See

“Setting Letter Options” on page 76.

3 Click the current Lettering Shape, and in the pop-up

menu, choose Arch Over , then click Apply to place

the name.

Note: The top and bottom lines of the lettering use the

Arch line type, with a single handle in the middle.

4 Drag the lettering to the top of the work area.

5 Drag the two middle handles (top and bottom)

upwards, to raise the height of the arch.

6 Click the yellow Handles button to open the handles

menu.

Note: In the menu the line type is shown as Arch.

7 Deselect Match Top and Bottom Lines. This enables you to use a different line type for the

top and bottom of the shape.

8 Open the Handles menu again, and then click to open the Bottom Line Type submenu.

Note: The line type for the bottom line is also Arch.

9 In the submenu, change the bottom line to Straight.

Note: The bottom of the lettering is now a straight line with a

handle at each end.

10 Open the Handles menu again, and change the top line to

Diamond.

Note: The top line forms a point, instead of a curve. The Double

Diamond option forms a straight line with two peaks.

11 Open the Handles menu again, and change the top line to

Curve.

Note: The top line now has a curve with two handles.

12 Move the two middle handles on the top line separately.

13 Open the Handles menu again, and choose Add 3 points to curve. Three more handles

are added to the top of the block.

Note: The add and remove points options are only available when the line type is a Curve.

14 Adjust the top line as desired.

While you can adjust the top and bottom as desired, the sides are still parallel straight lines,

and if you move the handle at the top of one side, the handle at the top of the other side

moves with it. This is Constraint - Size.

Note: If you hold the Shift key while dragging, the proportions of the shape are locked. With

Option key the shape is resized from the center.

15 In the Handles menu, choose Constraint - Pennant.

16 Drag the handle at the top right upwards. The handle

below it moves in the opposite direction.

Note: With a rectangular block, this would create a

shape like a pennant. Hold down the Shift key to create

a skewed rectangle effect.

17 In the Handles menu, choose Constraint - Perspective.

18 Drag the handle at the top right to the left. The lines on the side of the block now form a

slope.

19 In the Handles menu, choose Constraint - Free. You can now move any of the corner

handles in any direction you like.

Note: You can only drag the middle handles in the curve up and down.

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20 In the Handles menu, deselect Force Even Distribution.

21 Drag one of the middle handles on the curve sideways. The letters move with the handle.

The functions in the Handles menu enable you to sculpt a block of lettering into almost any

shape you like.

Top and Bottom Line Types

Choose a line type for the top and bottom of the block to set how the lettering is

displayed.

Add and Remove Points to a Curve

■ Use the Add and Remove points functions to change the number of points in a

Curve.

• Add a point to curve adds a single point to the right end of the selected curve.

• Add 3 points to curve adds three points to the right end of the selected curve.

• Remove a point from curve deletes a single point from the right end of the

selected curve.

Note: The minimum number of points in a Curve is four.

Match Top and Bottom Lines

■ Use Match Top and Bottom Lines to use the same line type for the top and bottom

lines in a block.

Straight Use Straight to create a lettering block

with a straight line for the top and / or

bottom, and with a handle at each end.

Diamond Use Diamond to create a lettering block with

a point at the top and / or bottom. Drag the

central handle to change the angle of the

slope.

Double

Diamond

Use Double Diamond to create a lettering block

with straight lines between the four handles at the

top and / or bottom. Drag the central handles to

change the angle of the straight lines.

Arch Use Arch to create a lettering block with a curve

at the top and / or bottom. Drag the central

handle to change the angle of the curve.

Curve Use Curve to create a lettering block with

curved lines between the four handles at

the top and / or bottom. Drag the central

handles to change the curves between the

handles.

Note: You can add and remove extra points (handles) in a Curve.

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Note: When Match Top and Bottom Lines is selected, the Bottom Line Type

submenu is not available.

Constraints

Constraints affect how the corner handles on a block behave.

Size When Constraint - Size is used, the two corners adjacent to the corner

that is dragged move the same distance, in the same direction. The corner

diagonally opposite does not move. The handles on the straight or curved

lines between the corners move in proportion.

This preserves the shape of the block, while the size changes.

Note: If you hold the Shift key while dragging, the proportions of the shape

are locked. With the Option key the shape is resized from the center.

Pennant When Constraint - Pennant is used, the corner above or below the corner

that is dragged moves the same distance towards or away from the dragged

corner vertically. The other two corners do not move. This forms a

pennant shape.

Note: Hold down the Shift key to give a vertical skew to the lettering.

Perspective When Constraint - Perspective is used, the corner to the right or left of the

corner that is dragged moves the same distance towards or away from the

dragged corner horizontally. The other two corners do not move. This

gives a perspective effect.

Note: If you hold the Shift key while dragging, the two handles move

together as with Italic.

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Force Even Distribution

■ Use Force Even Distribution to distribute the handles between the two corners

evenly.

Note: Force Even Distribution affects both the top and bottom of the block.

Block Templates

There are 29 templates for use with lettering.

Italic When Constraint - Italic is used, the corner to the right or left of the

corner that is dragged moves the same distance, in the same direction. The

other two corners do not move. This gives an italic look to the lettering.

Note: If you hold the Shift key while dragging, the two handles move

separately as with Perspective.

Free When Constraint - Free is used, the corner handles can be dragged in any

direction.

Note: If you hold the Shift key while dragging, the proportions of the shape

are locked. With the Option key the shape is resized from the center.

Horizontal

Block

Use Horizontal Block to place

lettering in a straight line with an

outline box that has four square

green handles. Drag the handles to resize the lettering.

Template Settings: Straight, Straight; Constraint - Size, Force Even

Distribution

Double Arch

Use Double Arch to place

lettering in an envelope with an

inwardly curving top and base.

There are six square green

handles. Drag the handles to resize the lettering and the curvature of the

arches.

Template Settings: Arch, Arch; Constraint - Size, Force Even Distribution

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Diamond

Use Diamond to place lettering in a

diamond envelope. There are six square

green handles. Drag the handles to resize

the lettering and the distance between

vertical pairs of handles. Hold down Shift, then drag the handles to move

the vertical pairs of handles while keeping the same distance between

them.

Template Settings: Diamond, Diamond;

Constraint - Pennant, Force Even

Distribution

Italic

Use Italic to place lettering in an envelope that

is slanted to the right. There are four square green

handles. Drag the handles to resize the lettering.

Hold down Shift, then drag the handles to the left

or right to change the slant of the text.

Template Settings: Straight, Straight; Constraint - Italic, Force Even

Distribution

Freeform

Use Freeform to place lettering in a

fully adjustable straight envelope.

There will be 4 square green handles.

Drag the handles to resize the lettering

and change the shape as desired.

Template Settings: Straight, Straight; Constraint - Free

Flag

Use Flag to place lettering in a curving

envelope. There will be eight square

green handles. Drag the handles to resize

the lettering and change the shape.

Template Settings: Curve, Reflect Top and Bottom Lines; Constraint -

Perspective, Force Even Distribution

Free Sculpt

Use Free Sculpt to place

lettering in a fully adjustable

curved envelope. There will be

14 square green handles. Drag

the handles to resize the

lettering and change the shape.

Template Settings: Curve, Curve; Constraint - Free

Arch Over

Use Arch Over to place lettering in

an envelope with an outwardly curving

top and an inwardly curving base.

There are six square green handles.

Drag the handles to resize the lettering

and the curvature of the top and base.

Template Settings: Arch, Arch; Constraint - Size, Force Even Distribution

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Arch Under

Use Arch Under to place lettering

in an envelope with an inwardly curving

top and an outwardly curving base.

There are six square green handles.

Drag the handles to resize the lettering and the curvature of the top and

base.

Template Settings: Arch, Arch; Constraint - Size, Force Even Distribution

Pennant Right

Use Pennant Right to place

lettering in an envelope that is larger

on the right side. There are four

square green handles. Drag the

handles to change the size of each

end of the pennant. Hold down Shift, then drag the handles to move one

end of the pennant up or down.

When the Individual checkbox is

selected, each letter is created in a

pennant-shaped envelope and can

be moved and resized individually.

Template Settings: Straight, Straight; Constraint - Pennant, Force Even

Distribution

Pennant Left

Use Pennant Left to place lettering

in an envelope that is larger on the left

side. There are four square green

handles. Drag the handles to change

the size of each end of the pennant. Hold down Shift, then drag the

handles to move one end of the pennant up or down.

Template Settings: Straight, Straight; Constraint - Pennant, Force Even

Distribution

Perspective

Use Perspective to place lettering

in an envelope that is narrower at the

top. There are four square green

handles. Drag the handles to resize the

lettering and change the width of the top or bottom of the text. Hold

down Shift, then drag the handles to the left or right to change the slant of

the text.

Note: Increasing the Gap setting is recommended for Perspective lettering.

Template Settings: Straight, Straight; Constraint - Perspective, Force Even

Distribution

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Bridge Convex

Down

Use Bridge Convex

Down to place

lettering in an envelope

with a flat top and an

outwardly curving base. There are five square green handles. Drag the

handles to resize the lettering and the curvature of the base.

Template Settings: Straight, Arch; Constraint - Size, Force Even

Distribution

Bridge Concave

Down

Use Bridge Concave

Down to place

lettering in an envelope

with a flat top and an

inwardly curving base. There are five square green handles. Drag the

handles to resize the lettering and the curvature of the base.

Template Settings: Straight, Arch; Constraint - Size, Force Even

Distribution

Bridge Convex

Use Bridge Convex Up

to place lettering in an

envelope with a flat base and

an outwardly curving top.

There are five square green

handles. Drag the handles to resize the lettering and the curvature of the

top.

Template Settings: Arch, Straight; Constraint - Size, Force Even

Distribution

Bridge Concave

Use Bridge Concave

Up to place lettering in

an envelope with a flat base

and an inwardly curving

top. There are five square green handles. Drag the handles to resize the

lettering and the curvature of the top.

Template Settings: Arch, Straight; Constraint - Size, Force Even

Distribution

Zigzag

Use Zigzag to place lettering in an angled

line envelope. There will be eight square

green handles. Click and drag the handles to

resize the lettering and the angle of the sides.

Template Settings: Double Diamond, Reflect

Top and Bottom Lines; Constraint - Italic

Gem

Use Gem to place lettering in an envelope with seven

square green handles. Click and drag the handles to

resize the lettering.

Template Settings: Double Diamond, Diamond;

Constraint - Perspective, Force Even Distribution

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Setting Letter Options

1 Enter some text in the Lettering window. See “Create Lettering” on page 60.

2 Click the arrows for height and width to change the proportions of the lettering from 25%

to 400%. Alternatively, enter a size in the number box.

3 Adjust Gap to change the spacing between the letters. Click the arrows, or enter a value.

Negative values move letters closer together, and positive values move them farther apart.

4 Select Trim or Running Stitch as the connection method.

Note: Use Running Stitch connection for small single-color lettering with Nearest Point

fonts.

5 Select a Lettering Shape for your lettering. See “Setting Letter Options” on page 76.

6 Click Options. The Letter Options dialog appears.

7 Select the alignment of the line of lettering. Click Left, Center or Right, as desired.

8 Click the arrows for Line Spacing to set the distance between multiple lines of text.

Alternatively, enter a size in the number box.

9 Click OK to close the Letter Options dialog.

10 Choose a line or fill type from the Stitch Type pop-up menu with the ellipsis (3 dots). The

properties dialog for the stitch type opens. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced Features and

Assistants User’s Guide.

11 Change the stitch properties for the lettering in the properties dialog, for example the

density, pattern, angle or stitch length. Click OK to close the dialog.

12 In the Lettering window, click Apply to view your lettering.

To change the lettering, use Control–click to open the Letter Properties dialog or a stitch

properties dialog (see “Changing Letter Properties” on page 85). To change settings for new

pieces of lettering, open the Letter Options dialog again, and alter your settings. Then click

Apply in the Lettering window again.

Ramp

Use Ramp to place lettering in an envelope

with a curved top, a straight base, and sloping

sides. There will be six square green handles.

Click and drag the handles to resize the

lettering and change the angle of the sides and

top.

Template Settings: Curve, Straight; Constraint - Italic

Rocket

Use Rocket to place lettering in an

envelope with a peaked top and an arched

base. There will be six square green handles.

Click and drag the handles to resize and

reshape the lettering.

Template Settings: Diamond, Arch; Constraint

- Perspective

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Font Manager

Use Font Manager to arrange, rename, duplicate and delete user fonts.

Note: Font Manager only displays user created fonts.

Font Preview

The selected font is previewed, showing its type, name, category and size range.

Name

Use the Name text box to change the name of the selected user font.

To rename a font

■ Edit the font name in the text box, then click Apply to save your changes.

Note: Remember to preserve the size range information when changing the name.

Changing the name does not change the size range.

Category

Select a different Category for the font, or enter the name for a new font

Category.

Change the font Category

■ Select a Category from the pop-up menu, and click Apply to confirm the change.

The font moves to its new Category.

Note: If the selected Category already contains a font with the same name, an error

message is displayed: "A font already exists in this category with this name."

Rename the font, or select another font.

Size

View the Minimum and Maximum recommended size for the font.

Note: This is the size range used by Font Search.

Duplicate

Use Duplicate to create a copy of the selected user font.

Name of the selected font

Move to a different font Category

Click to select a font

View the size range

Apply your changes to the font

Duplicate or delete a font

Import letters to form a font

Create a font with QuickFont

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The copy is placed in the same Category as the original font, using the same name

suffixed with "Copy of ".

Make a Copy of a Personal Font

1 Open the Letter window .

2 Click to launch Font Manager .

3 Click the font you want to copy in Font Manager.

4 Click the Duplicate button. The font name changes to the original name with "Copy of "in

front.

Your original font and its copy are now in the font category, with your new font selected.

5 In Name, change the text to give your copied font a new name.

Note: Take care not to remove the part of the name indicating the font size.

6 Click Apply to save the copied font under the new name.

7 If desired, use the Category pop-up menu to place the font in a different Category, then click

Apply again to confirm this change.

Note: Alternatively, enter the name for a new font Category, then move the font.

Delete

Use Delete to remove the selected user font from your computer. You cannot

delete system fonts using Delete.

Note: If you delete a font that you used in an embroidery, when you open the

embroidery again the lettering will have been fixed as an embroidery. You will no

longer be able to edit the lettering.

Delete a Font

Note: Make a backup of your fonts before using Delete, as you cannot Undo font removal.

1 Open the Letter window .

2 Click to launch Font Manager .

Note: You can only Delete a User generated (personal) font.

3 Click to select the font you want to delete in Font Manager.

4 Click the Delete button. A message is displayed "This will remove your font and cannot be

undone. Do you want to continue?".

5 Click Yes to remove the font from your computer.

Note: If you deleted the wrong font, copy it back in from your backup.

Font Tools

Import Font from Embroideries

Use Import Font from Embroideries to import individual embroidered letters

to create a font in the Import Font from Embroideries dialog. See “Import Font

from Embroideries” on page 79.

QuickFont

Use QuickFont to create new fonts for PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery from most

TrueType® or OpenType® fonts on your computer in PREMIER+™ 2 QuickFont.

See “QuickFont” on page 87.

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Import Font from Embroideries

Use Import Font From Embroideries to import individual embroidered letters

to create a font.

Note: For best results, remove any stray stitches in PREMIER+™ 2 Modify before

importing the letters.

As the imported letters are stitch files, rather than fully adjustable design files, they

work best at their original size, with the minimum of reshaping.

Note: Imported fonts work best with the Line, Vertical Block and Horizontal Block

lettering shapes.

Create a Font from Embroidered Letters

1 Place your embroidered letters in a folder on your computer.

2 Open the Letter window .

3 Click Font Manager . The Font

Manager dialog opens.

4 Click Import Font from

Embroideries . A dialog opens for

you to name your font.

5 Enter a name for your font, and click

OK.

The font naming dialog closes and an

Open dialog appears.

6 In the Open dialog, browse to the folder with your embroidered letters.

Select a character set for the font

Code for the selected letter

Scroll to view more characters

Created letters are highlighted

The selected letter is blue and

created letters are green

Replace the selected letter

Move the Baseline for the letter

Delete the selected letter

Embroidery information

Font name and size

View the baseline for the selected character

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7 Select the Upper Case letter ’A’, then

click Open. The Import Font from

Embroideries dialog opens with the letter

’A’ selected.

Note: When using Import Font from

Embroideries to create a font from

individual embroideries, the Upper Case

’A’ is always created first. The size of the

letters in the font is taken from the letter

’A’.

8 In the Letter panel on the left, click the

letter ’B’. The Open dialog opens for you

to load the letter ’B’.

9 Click to select the letter ’B’, then click

Open to load it in the Import Font from Embroideries dialog.

10 Click to select the letter ’C’ and load

it.

Note: The Icon View option is useful

when selecting letters.

11 Click to select the letter ’D’, but in

the Open dialog select the letter ’K’

and click Open.

The letter ’D’ is highlighted, but the

letter ’K’ is in the preview.

12 With the ’D’ selected, click Load.

13 Click OK when asked about

overwriting the character, and in the

Open dialog select the letter ’D’.

Note: Alternatively, you could have clicked Delete to remove the incorrect letter.

14 Load the other Upper Case letters in this alphabet.

15 The red line across the preview is the Baseline for the selected letter. Click and hold the

down arrow in the Baseline box. The line moves upwards across the letter.

Note: The Baseline sets where the letter will be placed along the line relative to the other

letters in the font.

16 Adjust the Upper Case letters so that they will rest on the Baseline.

Note: If you want to start again with a particular letter, click Load and reload the embroidery.

Many Upper Case fonts will need little Baseline adjustment.

17 Load the Lower Case letters for your font.

Note: Lower Case letters are likely to need more adjustment, particularly letters like p, g,

and y with descenders.

18 When you have created all of your letters,

click Close to save your font, and then in

Font Manager click Close again.

19 Use your new font in the Letter tab.

Note: To fine tune the placing of your letters

in the work area, use the Individual option.

Alternatively, you can adjust the Baseline and

colors of an imported font in PREMIER+™ 2 Font Create.

Imported fonts work best with the Line, Vertical Block and Horizontal Block

lettering shapes.

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As the imported letters are stitch files, rather than fully adjustable design files, they

work best at or near to their original size, with the minimum of reshaping.

Lettering Examples

Use lettering to enhance an embroidery, or create a monogram.

Full Circle Lettering: I Love the Sunshine

1 If required, choose File > New.

2 Click Hoop and in the Universal Hoop Groups select 260mm x 200mm - Universal

Large Hoop 3.

3 Set Orientation to Rotated and click OK.

4 Choose PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery > Preferences or ⌘, and ensure that the Grid size is

set to 10mm.

5 Choose File > Insert. See “Insert” on page 14.

6 Browse to Home/Premier+2/Samples/Premier+2Emb/Stitch.

7 Scroll down to "Sunshine Applique Large.vp4" and select it.

8 Click Open to load the embroidery into the work area.

The embroidery has white or blue handles on its selection box, depending on the Resize

mode.

9 In the Letter window of the Control Panel , click the displayed font, and scroll down

the font viewer until you see the Traditional font category.

10 Select the font Georgia 20-40mm and click OK.

11 Deselect (uncheck) ColorSort.

Note: Each letter will have its own color block.

12 Enter the words "I love the" in the Letters text box.

13 Press Option–Return to start a new line.

14 Enter the word "Sunshine".

15 In the Lettering Shape pop-up menu, click Full Circle.

16 Click Apply. The lettering appears in the center of the work area surrounding the

embroidery. Its handles are green.

Note: The green handles indicate that the lettering has not yet been fixed as an embroidery.

Note: If the lettering does not surround the embroidery, the embroidery was not selected.

Click Actions > Undo or ⌘Z to undo the lettering, click to select the embroidery,

then click Apply again.

17 Drag the square green handle at the top of the circle of

lettering downwards half a grid square.

The circle becomes smaller, but the size of the letters is

unaffected.

18 Open the Design window of the Control Panel . Each

letter has a separate color block in the Color Select area.

19 Move the arrow pointer over the 9th color block and pause

for a moment. The letter ’S’ is highlighted, and a popup

description of the thread is displayed.

20 Click the color block. The Color Selection dialog appears.

21 Select ’All Thread Ranges’.

22 Choose Solar Active Ultra Violet 40 from the pop-up menu.

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23 Select thread color 0002 (White/Orange). Click OK to change the color.

The S in Sunshine is now white.

24 Change each of the other color blocks in the word ’Sunshine’ to

Solar Active Ultra Violet 40, thread color 0002 (White/Orange).

The lettering now has white or blue handles (depending on the

resize setting). You can no longer adjust other stitch

properties.

26 Click Design > ColorSort. There are now only two thread

colors.

27 Click the blue (number 1) in the Color Select and in the Color

Selection dialog ensure that All Thread Ranges is selected, then

choose Solar Active Ultra Violet 40 from the pop-up menu.

28 Select thread color 0001 (White/Yellow) and click OK to change

the color.

29 In the toolbar, click Select All Visible , then click Design > Center in Hoop. Both the sun

embroidery and the lettering are centered in the hoop.

30 Click Life View .

31 Click Solar Reactive . The sun’s face and the

lettering change from white to yellow and orange.

Note: Solar Reactive simulates the sun shining on the

photochromic threads in the design. The threads

change shade to show the colors they will become in

sunlight.

32 Click File > Save and save the embroidery as ’I love

the Sunshine’.

This will save the sun and lettering separately within

this multipart embroidery, making further adjustment

easier.

33 Click File > Export to export the sunshine

embroidery.

34 In the Export dialog, ensure that .vp4 is selected and click Continue.

35 In the Saving as dialog, browse to Home/Premier+2/My Designs, and save the embroidery as

’I love the Sunshine’ (a .vp4 file extension and the word Exported are added automatically).

Note: When exported, the embroidery is automatically combined and ColorSorted if those

options are selected.

36 Click the displayed font, and in the font viewer scroll to the Traditional category and Ensure

that ColorSort is selected (checked).

Individual Letter Monogram

1 In the Lettering window, click the displayed font, and scroll down until you see the

Monogram font category.

Note: These fonts have most characters of equal width, designed for monograms. They are

all upper case only.

2 Choose Athletic Square 2C UC 30-80mm and click OK.

This is a two–color monogram font.

3 Enter the letters "OTG" in the Letters text box.

Since this is an uppercase font, it is not required to enter uppercase letters.

4 In the Lettering Shape area, click Horizontal Line.

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5 Select the checkbox labeled "Individual".

6 Click the ellipsis (3 dots) button and in the Stitch Type pop-up menu and choose Pattern Fill.

The stitch type can be changed in the Letter window before the lettering is created. To

change the stitch type for lettering placed in the work area, Control–click each letter

separately and select the stitch type from the context menu.

7 In the Pattern Fill properties dialog, click the Pattern button.

8 In the Pattern viewer, choose Diamonds from the pattern pop-up menu.

9 Click the pattern in row 1, column 1 (number 97).

10 Click OK twice to return to the Letter window.

11 Click Apply. Each letter forms a separate block, with its own handles.

12 Drag the lettering towards the top of the screen. The pointer changes to the Move

pointer, and the lettering moves as a block.

13 Click outside the lettering. None of the letters are now selected.

14 Click the "T". It alone is surrounded by a selection box.

15 Drag the top right green handle up and to the right, until the T is

approximately twice the height, and one and two-thirds the

width, of the other two letters.

16 Drag the T to the left so that it is midway between the two

letters.

17 Alternatively, use the arrow keys to nudge the T into position.

This forms a simple three-letter monogram.

Note: To create monograms with different fonts for the large and small letters, use the

ExpressMonogram Assistant.

18 In the Control Panel, click Design. The Design window appears.

As only the T is selected, only the two threads for the T can be

seen in Color Select.

19 Click Select All Visible in the toolbar. All three letters are

surrounded by selection boxes again. See “Select All Visible” on

page 37.

20 Choose Design > Combine Selected. See “Combine Selected”

on page 16.

The three letters are combined and fixed as a single embroidery. In Color Select separate

threads can be seen for each of the three letters.

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21 Choose Design > ColorSort. There are now only two thread colors. See “.ColorSort” on

page 34.

You could also change the thread colors for single letters in the monogram. See “Change the

Colors in Lettering” on page 85.

Edit Lettering

You can adjust lettering after it has been placed in the work area, but before it has

been fixed as an embroidery.

Note: A block of lettering that has not been fixed as an embroidery has green

handles. Lettering fixed as an embroidery has white or blue handles, depending on

the Resize setting. See “Resize and Scale” on page 41.

To Adjust Lettering

■ Drag the green handles to change the size and arrangement of a block of lettering.

See “Lettering Shapes” on page 65.

■ Control–click a block of lettering and choose an option from the context menu:

• Choose Properties to change the text, proportions, connection and line

formatting. See “Changing Letter Properties” on page 85.

• Choose a stitch type and open its properties dialog to alter properties such as

density, pattern, angle and stitch length. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced

Features and Assistants User’s Guide.

■ To change the thread colors in the lettering, in the Control Panel click Design, then

click a thread color. See “Color Select” on page 30.

■ Fix the lettering as an embroidery. See “Fixing Lettering as an Embroidery” on

page 86.

Change the Fill in Lettering

1 In the Lettering window, click the displayed font, and Inform UC 25-120mm QS. Click to

select the font. This is an uppercase font using QuiltStipple fill.

2 Enter the name "Alex" in the Lettering window.

3 Under Lettering Shape, ensure that Individual is not

selected, then click Apply. The lettering appears in the

work area.

4 Drag the lettering towards the bottom of the screen.

5 Control–click the lettering and choose QuiltStipple Fill from the context menu. The

QuiltStipple Fill properties dialog opens.

6 Set the Type to Straight.

7 Click OK to close the QuiltStipple Fill dialog. The fill now uses straight lines.

8 Open the QuiltStipple Fill dialog again.

9 Set the Spacing to 2 mm.

10 Click OK to close the QuiltStipple Fill dialog.

The lines in the fill are now more widely spaced.

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Letter Properties

Use the Letter Properties dialog to alter the font, lettering shape, text,

proportions, connection and line formatting when editing lettering.

ColorSort

Use ColorSort to create lettering with the minimum number of color blocks. See

“Lettering Color and ColorSort” on page 85.

Lettering Shape

Change the lettering shape, and select Reverse or Stepped lettering. See “Lettering

Shapes” on page 65.

Changing Letter Properties

Use Letter Properties to change lettering after it has been placed, but before it has

been fixed as an embroidery.

Lettering Color and ColorSort

The ColorSort option sets whether all the characters in a single-color font are

placed as a single color block, or whether each character in the lettering is initially

placed as a separate color block. This allows you to use different colors for each

character, or the same color for all characters.

Note: If Running Stitch Connection is selected, a single color block is always used.

For multicolor fonts, each character has its own sequence of color blocks.

Change the Colors in Lettering

1 In the Letter window, ensure that ColorSort is not selected (checked).

2 In the Control Panel, click Design . The Design window appears.

Change the height and width

proportions of your lettering

Change the spacing between the letters

Select a connection method

Align the lettering

Set the spacing between lines

Change the lettering text Change the font size

Change the lettering shape

Rotate the lettering

Reduce the number of colorsChoose a different font

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The thread colors for each letter can be seen in the Color Select area. There is a color

block for each color in every letter.

3 Click the top color in the list. The Color Selection dialog opens. See “Color Selection

Dialog” on page 30 for more information.

4 Change the color to a contrasting color.

5 Click OK to close the dialog.

In the work area one of the colors in the first letter in the text has changed. Use Color

Select to change the color of individual letters in your lettering.

6 Control–click the lettering, and choose Fix as Stitches in the Context menu.

In the work area the handles on the lettering are now white. The lettering has been fixed as

an embroidery.

7 Click Design > ColorSort. There is now only a single occurrence of each color. See

“.ColorSort” on page 34.

8 Chose Edit > Undo twice to reverse the sorting of the colors. The lettering has green

handles again.

You can use the Colored Pencils to rapidly change groups of letters to different

colors. Then, after using ColorSort, change the remaining single colors to the

actual desired colors. See “Colors Window” on page 33.

Fixing Lettering as an Embroidery

Lettering is fixed as an embroidery when it is Combined with another design, or

when Fix as Stitches is used. See “Fix as Stitches” on page 16.

If lettering is selected when opening the Modify window, it will be fixed. The

stitches are then created, and any further resizing of the embroidery may affect

stitch density and length. The stitch properties, for example the density, pattern,

angle or stitch length, may not be changed after it is fixed.

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QuickFont

Use QuickFont to create fonts automatically for use with your

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System, or your embroidery machine.

Create a font automatically from a

Tru eTyp e® or Ope nTyp e® fo nt on

your computer for use with your

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System, or

certain HUSQVARNA VIKING® or

PFAFF® embroidery machines.

To c re at e a f on t

■ In Font Manager , click QuickFont .

■ Click the QuickFont icon in the Launchpad.

■ Double-click the QuickFont icon in the Finder.

1 Open the Letter window and click to launch Font Manager .

How to Create a Font

Select Font

1 Start QuickFont . The Select Font page appears.

Note: The initial settings in QuickFont are remembered from the last time it was used.

2 In the Font pop-up menu, choose the desired font name. The previews to the right of the

window change with the font choice.

3 In the Typeface pop-up menu,

choose the desired style, for

example Regular, Light, Bold or

Oblique. The options will vary

according to the selected font. The

previews to the right of the window

will change according to the style

choice.

4 Select a File Type. Choose between:

A font to use in the PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery System

A font to use on your embroidery

machine.

5 In the Character Set pop-up menu,

choose the desired set.

The choice of character set will vary,

depending on the File Type chosen

above.

6 Click Continue. The Set Stitch Options page appears.

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Set Stitch Options

7 In the Stitch Type pop-up menu,

choose the desired Stitch Type. The

Output Size may change according

to the selected Stitch Type.

The previews to the right of the

window will change according to the

selected Stitch Type.

The first three uppercase characters,

lowercase characters and numbers

are previewed. The size for the 'A'

and 'a' characters are set half way

between the Minimum and

Maximum output size for a

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System

font, or the characters are set as

near as possible to the Output Size

for a machine font.

The Real Size % box shows the size

of the previews, compared to the

Real Size setting in PREMIER+™ 2 Configure.

8 If desired, click Stitch Options and/or Border Stitch Options and change the settings for the

selected Stitch Type, such as the fill pattern or satin border width.

9 To change the thread color used for satin columns or pattern fill areas, click the Fill Thread

Color button . The Color Selection dialog appears for you to choose a new color.

10 To change the thread color used for satin borders, appliqué borders and outlines, click the

Border Thread Color button . The Color Selection dialog appears for you to choose a

new color.

Note: After you have chosen a new thread color, the previews are shown with the new color.

11 To change the color used for appliqu fabric, click

the Appliqu Color button . The Appliqu

Selection dialog appears for you to choose a new

color.

12 If desired, adjust the Output Size (for a machine

font), or Output Size Range (for a PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery System font).

13 In Joining Point, select Baseline to join letters at

the bottom, select Nearest Point to join letters at

the place where they are closest for fast stitchout

of a small font, and use Continuous for a flowing

handwriting effect with a script font.

Note: Joining Point options are only available with

a PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System font.

14 Click Continue. A generating preview message

appears, saying that the font is being created. The Output Options page then appears.

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery QuickFont

Output Options

15 The Font Name is automatically generated to show the TrueType® font name, then the style

name (for example, Regular), then the Stitch Type (S for Satin, F for Fill, FSB for Fill + Satin

Border, SB for Satin Border, A for Appliqué or O for Outline), then the character set (E for

Extended, SE for Super Extended and so on). At the end is the minimum and maximum

recommended sizes in millimeters (for a PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery System font), or the

Output size (for a machine font). If desired, click in the Font Name box to change the name.

16 The PREMIER+ Font Category is initially set according to your choice of Joining Point. It is

set to My Fonts for Baseline joining, Nearest Point for Nearest Point joining or Script for

Continuous joining. If desired, choose a different category from the pop-up menu.

Note: PREMIER+ Font Category is not available when creating a machine font.

17 Machine fonts are saved to Home/Premier+2/My Designs by default. If desired, you can

choose a different folder, or save to a USB stick. Click the button with the ellipsis (three

dots) to choose a new folder or drive.

18 To view the complete font, use the Previous and Next buttons below the preview to step

through the character set.

19 To print a reference sheet showing the characters in the font, click Print Catalog.

20 To start a new font after creating the current one, select the "Return to start when I click

Done" checkbox.

21 Click Done and QuickFont will close. The font is saved according to the selected options.

Create a Pattern Fill Font

1 In PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, open the Letter window , click the Font Manager

button, then click the QuickFont button . Alternatively, click the PREMIER+™ 2

QuickFont icon in the Launchpad, or double-click the PREMIER+™ 2 QuickFont

icon in the Finder.

The Select Font page appears.

2 In the Font pop-up menu choose the font Lucida Grande.

The previews show the appearance of the 'ABC', ’abc’ and '123' characters in the font.

3 Ensure the Typeface is set to Regular.

4 If you are creating a font for use in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, choose ’For using in my

PREMIER+ Software’.

If you are creating a font for a machine, select ’For using on my embroidery machine’, and

choose your machine brand.

Note: The pictures here illustrate using QuickFont to create a font for PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery.

5 Select a character set:

• If you are using QuickFont for PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, ensure that Extended is set as

the Character Set.

• If you are creating a font for a HUSQVARNA VIKING® embroidery machine, ensure that

Western 1 is set as the Character Set.

• If you are creating a font for a PFAFF® embroidery machine, ensure that Western 4 is set

as the Character Set.

Note: These character sets are appropriate for general English text, with letters, numbers

and some punctuation.

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6 Click Continue and the Set Stitch Options

page appears.

7 Set the Stitch Type to Pattern Fill . The

previews now show the pattern fill, and the

Output Size and Output Size Range values

change, as Pattern Fill is suitable for larger

letter sizes than the default Satin.

8 Click the Stitch Options button and the

Pattern Fill dialog appears.

9 Click the Patterns button (the button with three dots) to

choose a pattern for the fill.

10 In the Pattern viewer ensure the Pattern is set to 3 from

the Standard 1 category.

11 In the Pattern Fill dialog, ensure the Density is set to

Constant, and that the value is set to 2.

12 Click OK to close the dialog.

13 Click the Fill Thread Color button and the Color

Selection dialog appears.

14 Ensure the Thread Range is set to Robison-Anton Rayon

40.

15 Click in the Find Thread box and enter '2409'. Thread

color 2409 (Yellow Mist) is found in the list.

16 Select the thread, and then click OK. The previews are

updated with the new thread color.

17 Ensure the Joining Point is set to

Baseline, which is the recommended

setting for most lettering.

Note: Nearest Point is recommended

for faster stitchout of small fonts,

where connection stitches will be left

untrimmed. Continuous is used for

Script fonts where the lowercase

letters are joined.

The Joining Point options are only

available when creating a font for use

in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery. They

are not accessible when creating a

machine font.

18 Click Continue. The font is

generated, and the Output Options

page appears.

19 Use Next and Previous to preview

the other letters in the font.

20 Leave the Font Name unchanged.

Note: The Font Name is automatically generated to show the TrueType® font name, then

the typeface (here Regular), then the Stitch Type (F for Pattern Fill), then the Character Set

(here E for Extended), then the minimum and maximum recommended sizes in millimeters

(or output size for a machine font). Other letter combinations are used for different style

and stitch type choices.

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery QuickFont

21 If you are creating a font in QuickFont for use in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, leave the

Category as My Fonts. This will save the font to the My Fonts folder on your computer.

22 If you are creating a font for use on a machine, save the font to the My Designs folder on

your computer (the default location), or to a USB embroidery stick.

23 If desired, click Print Catalog to print a reference sheet that shows the font details and the

characters in the new font.

24 Click Done to close QuickFont.

Note: To use the font in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, in the Font viewer, browse to the My

Fonts Category. The font Lucida_Grande_regular_F_E_20_120 is previewed in the font

display. The Font viewer automatically detects and previews any new fonts you add to My

Fonts, and the font can be used in the same way as the system fonts.

92 PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery Creating SuperDesigns

Creating SuperDesigns

This chapter describes how you can use the SuperDesigns available in

PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery to enhance your embroidery project.

Create SuperDesigns from the SuperDesign sets available in PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery. SuperDesigns are special designs that can be resized with constant

stitch density.

Some SuperDesigns are multicolored, and the stitch type for many can be changed.

Alter the size, proportions, stitch type and thread color. A SuperDesign can be

resized with constant stitch density, and the stitch properties adjusted, until it is

fixed as embroidery.

To Open the SuperDesigns Window

■ Click Control Panel , then click SuperDesign .

Choose a SuperDesign Category

Scroll down and select a design

Alter the size of your chosen design

Adjust the proportions of the design

Change the appearance of the

stitching in the design

Place the design in the work area

Search for a SuperDesign by name or keyword

Choose a SuperDesign style

To learn how to Go to

Create a SuperDesign See “Create a SuperDesign” on page 93.

Change the shape of a SuperDesign See “Reshaping a SuperDesign” on page 93.

Change the properties for an existing

design

See “Changing SuperDesign Properties” on

page 94.

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Create a SuperDesign

1 Open the SuperDesign window .

2 Choose a SuperDesign Category from the pop-up menu.

The preview shows the first design set in that category.

Note: Choose a single Category, or browse All Categories.

3 Scroll down to select a SuperDesign set.

4 Click a design to select it.

5 Choose a SuperDesign Style (for instance, Color or Line).

6 Set the Size in millimeters as desired, from 5mm to 200mm. This sets the height of the

SuperDesign, and the width is set proportionally.

7 Click the arrows for width and height to change the proportions of the design.

Alternatively, enter a size in the number box.

8 If desired, select a line or fill type from the Stitch Type pop-up menu, then click the stitch

type to open the properties dialog for the stitch type. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced

Features and Assistants User’s Guide.

9 Change the stitch properties for the SuperDesign in the properties dialog, for example the

density, and the stitch length, angle and pattern. Click OK to close the dialog.

10 Click Apply. The SuperDesign appears in the work area, leaving any existing SuperDesigns

unchanged.

About SuperDesigns

SuperDesigns are created from the SuperDesign sets available in PREMIER+™ 2

Embroidery.

SuperDesign sets are grouped into Categories. Each set contains 9 SuperDesigns.

The SuperDesign window shows thumbnails of all the SuperDesigns in the

currently selected SuperDesign Category.

If there is more than one stitch area of a particular type in the design, the pop-up

menu will show that stitch type in a numbered list; for example Pattern Fill 1,

Pattern Fill 2.

Edit SuperDesigns

You can adjust SuperDesigns after they have placed in the work area, but before

they have been fixed as an embroidery.

Reshaping a SuperDesign

1 Choose a SuperDesign in the SuperDesign window. See “Create a SuperDesign” on page 93.

Change the color of a SuperDesign See “Change SuperDesign Color” on page 94.

Fix a SuperDesign as an embroidery See “Fixing SuperDesigns as Embroideries” on

page 95.

Create a SuperDesign circle with Encore See “Create a SuperDesign Daisy Chain” on

page 95.

To learn how to Go to

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2 Click Apply. The SuperDesign appears in the work area.

3 Drag the design a short distance to the right. A four arrow pointer appears as you drag.

4 Place the pointer over one of the square green handles at the corners of the design. The

Adjust/resize pointer appears.

5 Drag the handle to change the shape of the SuperDesign.

6 Hold the Shift key and drag one of the handles. The size changes, but the shape remains the

same. (Hold the Option key to resize from the center.)

7 Use the round handle on the right to rotate the SuperDesign. The handles on the design are

now white or blue. This means that the SuperDesign has been fixed as an embroidery.

8 Undo the rotation. The green handles reappear. You can adjust the design again.

SuperDesign Properties

Use the SuperDesign properties dialog to change the SuperDesign size, width,

height and angle of a design that has been placed on the work area.

Changing SuperDesign Properties

Use the SuperDesign properties dialog to change a design after it has been placed,

but before it has been fixed as an embroidery.

1 appliquéControl–click within the SuperDesign and select Properties from the context

menu. The SuperDesign properties dialog appears.

2 Adjust Size to change the basic size of the SuperDesign. It is recommended to use a size

within the range suggested in the SuperDesign guide.

Note: Each set of SuperDesigns has its own default size. The default size is set automatically

each time a SuperDesign set is selected.

3 Click the arrows for percentage width and height to change the proportions of the

SuperDesign. Alternatively, enter a size in the number box.

4 Click OK to apply your changes to the selected SuperDesign.

SuperDesign Color

You can change the colors of SuperDesigns before or after they have been fixed as

embroideries.

Change SuperDesign Color

1 Open the SuperDesign window and choose "Borders" from the

SuperDesign Category pop-up menu. The Borders 1 SuperDesign

set appears.

2 Click the design in row 3 column 3 and click Apply.

Change the SuperDesign size

Adjust the proportions of the design

Change the angle of the SuperDesign

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3 In the Control Panel, click Design . The Design window appears. The thread colors for

the SuperDesign can be seen in the Color Select area.

4 Click the top color in the list. The Color Selection

dialog opens. See “Color Selection Dialog” on

page 30 for more information.

5 Change this pale green to a deeper green.

6 Click OK to close the dialog.

The green has changed in the Design window and in

the SuperDesign in the work area.

7 Undo the color change. The SuperDesign has

returned to its original colors.

Fixing SuperDesigns as Embroideries

SuperDesigns are fixed as an embroidery when they are Combined with another

design, or when Fix as Stitches is used. See “Fix as Stitches” on page 16.

If a SuperDesign is selected when opening the Modify window it will be fixed.

The stitches are then created, and any further resizing of the embroidery may

affect stitch density and length. The stitch properties, for example the density,

pattern, angle or stitch length, may not be changed after it is fixed.

Note: When SuperDesigns are fixed as embroideries, the handles change from

green to white or blue.

Create a SuperDesign Daisy Chain

Use Encore to create a circle of SuperDesigns.

1 Open the SuperDesign window .

2 Choose "Borders" from the SuperDesign Category pop-up menu. The

Borders SuperDesign sets are shown.

3 In the Borders 1 set, click the flower design in row 1 column 3 (number

3).

4 Ensure that Size is set to 20mm.

5 Click Apply and the flower SuperDesign appears on the work area.

6 In the Control Panel, click Encore . The Encore window appears. See

“Encore” on page 44.

7 Ensure that the Encore Type is set to Circle .

8 Ensure that Position is set to Standard .

9 Set Repeats to 6.

10 Ensure that Group is selected.

11 Click Preview and a circle of daisy designs appears on the work area.

The daisy designs appear a little sparse. More designs would create a

better circle.

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12 Increase the number of Repeats to 10 and click Preview again.

The circle now looks more balanced.

13 Drag the top of the circle downwards until the daisy designs

meet.

14 Click Apply. The daisy design is now surrounded by a selection

box with a solid line (a group). The individual SuperDesigns can

be seen within this group.

15 In the Control Panel, click Design. The colors for the individual

SuperDesigns have been kept.

Use ColorSort when Exporting to minimize the number of

colors when stitching out. The minimum number of colors will

be 3, if none of the designs overlap.

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Frames, Borders & Underlines

This chapter describes how you can use the frames, flourishes,

borders and motif underlines in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery to

enhance a design or lettering, or to create individual frames, borders,

motif underlines and individual motifs.

In the Frame and Border windows you can create a frame or border which is

placed at a size to fit around the currently selected embroidery, lettering or

SuperDesign, or if no embroidery is selected, on the work area at a chosen size.

You can also create flourishes above and below, or motif underlines below the

selected embroidery, or separately from an embroidery, or place single motifs.

Creating Frames

In the Frame window you can select corners, frames, side pieces and flourishes to

place around your embroidery.

Choose from the categories of corners, frames and side pieces. Then choose a

frame set, and select a design. Place the frame around your embroidery, or

anywhere on the work area.

Scroll down and choose a design for your frame

Choose corners, frames, side pieces or flourishes

Crop your embroidery, or select Margin

and set its size

Group the embroidery and the frame

Change the appearance of the stitching in the frame

Set the size and proportions for the frame

Place the frame around your embroidery

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Alternatively, select Flourish and choose a flourish to be placed above, below or as

a duo above and below the selected embroideries.

Some frames are multicolored, and the stitch type for many can be changed. A

frame can be resized with constant stitch density, and the stitch properties

adjusted, until it is fixed as embroidery.

The Surround options stay the same until you change them, or close PREMIER+™

2 Embroidery.

To Open the Frame Window

■ Click Control Panel , then click Frame .

Create a Frame

1 Load an embroidery in the work area and select it.

2 Open the Frame window.

3 Select a frame Type (corners , frames or side pieces ).

The preview shows the first frame set of that type and its name.

4 Scroll down to choose a frame set.

5 Click a frame to select it.

6 If desired, select Group to keep the frame with the embroidery.

7 Select to use a margin or to crop the embroidery when placing the frame.

Margin leaves a space between the embroidery and the frame around it. Crop leaves no

margin visible, and will cut the embroidery to the shape of the frame.

Note: It is recommended to use the Group option when Crop is selected.

8 If you selected Margin, set the Size in millimeters from -50 mm to 50 mm.

9 If desired, select a line or fill type, or appliqué, from the pop-up menu to open the

properties dialog for the stitch type. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced Features and

Assistants User’s Guide.

10 Change the stitch or appliqué properties for the frame in the properties dialog, for example

the density, and the stitch length, angle and pattern. Click OK to close the dialog.

11 If desired, click Size Options to set the frame size, height and width in the Frame Options

dialog. Click OK to close the dialog.

Note: When one or more embroideries are selected, the frame is placed around that

selection. The settings in the Frame Options dialog will be used if no embroidery is selected.

12 Click Apply in the Frame window to view your framed embroidery.

To learn how to Go to

Create a frame See “Create a Frame” on page 98.

Create a flourish See “Create a Flourish” on page 99.

Set the size of a frame See “Setting the Frame Size” on page 100.

Change the shape of a frame See “Reshaping a Frame” on page 101.

Change the size of a frame See “Changing Frame Properties” on page 101.

Place a frame around an embroidery See “Grapes and Birds in a Frame” on page 102.

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Create a Flourish

1 Load an embroidery in the work area and select it.

2 Open the Frame window.

3 Select Flourishes .

The preview shows the first flourish set and its name.

4 Scroll down to choose a flourish set.

5 Click a flourish to select it.

6 Select whether to place the flourish Above , Below , or as a Duo above and

below the embroidery.

7 Set the Size of the Margin in millimeters from -50mm to 50mm.

Note: If a negative margin is used the flourish may overlap the embroidery.

8 Set the percentage width relative to the size of the embroidery.

9 If desired, select Group to keep the flourish with the embroidery.

10 If desired, select a line or fill type, or appliqué, from the pop-up menu to open the

properties dialog for the stitch type. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced Features and

Assistants User’s Guide.

11 Change the stitch or appliqué properties for the flourish in the properties dialog, for

example the density, and the stitch length, angle and pattern. Click OK to close the dialog.

12 If desired, click Size Options to set the flourish size, and percentage width and height in the

Options dialog. Click OK to close the dialog.

Note: When one or more embroideries is selected, the flourish is placed above or below

that selection. The settings in the Size Options dialog will be used if no embroidery is

selected.

13 Click Apply to view the finished result.

Appliqué Frames and Foam Frames

For appliqué fonts, SuperDesigns and frames, the fabric can be changed as well as

some of the border settings. For example, in Stitch Type select Appliqué Fabric,

and in the Appliqué Selection dialog change the fabric, angle and margin. The

appliqué placement stitches cannot be edited, but the position of the placement

line may be adjusted to match the appliqu.

For Foam fonts and frames, only the color can be changed. The Stitch Type area is

unavailable, and no properties can be selected in the Context menu.

Special instructions are displayed for stitching out appliqué or foam fonts,

SuperDesigns and frames. The instructions can be previewed in the Design Player.

Appliqué frames are designed to be stitched out in a particular sequence. They are

created with the standard appliqué options, to trim on the machine. Preview the

two stops in the Design Player, with instructions to place the fabric and to trim it.

These instructions are also present on the printed worksheet.

Note: If you are using pre-cut pieces (with outlines created in Export Appliqué

Pieces for a fabric cutter or INSPIRA® Cutwork Needles), the second stop can be

ignored as there is no need to trim. It may also be useful to match the placement

line to the appliqu

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Foam frames are designed to be stitched out in a particular sequence. Preview the

two stops in the Design Player, with instructions to place the foam and to remove

any excess foam. These instructions are also present on the printed worksheet.

Frame or Flourish Options

Use the Frame Options dialog to change the size, width and height of a frame

before it is placed on the work area.

Note: This size will only be used if no embroidery is selected.

Setting the Frame Size

Use the Frame Options dialog to change the dimensions of a frame before it has

been placed on the work area.

1 In the Frame window, click the Size Options button. The Frame Options dialog appears.

2 Adjust Size to change the basic size of the frame.

3 Click the arrows for height and width to change the proportions of the frame. Alternatively,

enter a size in the number box.

4 Click OK to apply your changes to the frame.

Edit Frames

You can adjust frames after they have been placed in the work area, but before they

have been fixed as an embroidery.

Note: A frame that has not been fixed as an embroidery has green handles. A group

has orange handles. A frame fixed as an embroidery has white or blue handles.

To A d j u s t F ra me s

Note: Use Restrict Groups to select a frame that is grouped with an embroidery.

See “Restrict Groups” on page 39.

■ Drag the green handles to change the shape of a frame. Hold the Shift key while

dragging to retain the original proportions. See “Reshaping a Frame” on page 101.

■ Control–click a frame and select an option from the context menu:

• Choose Properties to change the size, height and width. See “Changing Frame

Properties” on page 101.

• Choose a stitch type and open its properties dialog to alter properties such as

density, stitch length, angle and pattern. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced

Features and Assistants User’s Guide.

■ To change the thread colors in the frame, in the Control Panel click Design, then

click a thread color. See “Changing a Thread Color” on page 30.

Change the frame size

Adjust the proportions of the frame

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■ Fix the frame as an embroidery. See “Fixing Frames and Flourishes as

Embroideries” on page 102.

Reshaping a Frame

1 Create a frame in the Frame window. See “Create a Frame” on page 98.

2 Click Apply. The frame appears in the work area.

Note: If Group was selected when creating the frame, use Restrict Groups to adjust the

frame separately from the embroidery. See “Restrict Groups” on page 39.

3 Drag the frame a short distance to the right. A four arrow pointer appears as you drag.

4 Place the pointer over one of the square green handles at the corners of the frame. The

Adjust/resize pointer appears.

5 Drag the handle to change the shape of the frame.

6 Hold the Shift key and drag one of the handles. The size changes, but the shape remains the

same. (Hold the Option key to resize from the center.)

7 Use the round handle on the right to rotate the frame, then Undo the rotation.

8 Click Restrict Groups to finish editing the frame separately.

Rotation

Changing Frame Properties

Use the Frame properties dialog to change a frame after it has been placed, but

before it has been fixed as an embroidery.

Note: You cannot change the frame with Frame properties. Create a new frame

instead. To change the stitch type or appliqué, Control–click the frame and select it

from the context menu.

1 Control–click within the frame and select Properties from the context menu. The Frame

properties dialog appears.

2 Adjust Size to change the basic size of the frame.

3 Click the arrows for height and width to change the proportions of the frame. Alternatively,

enter a size in the number box.

4 Click OK to apply your changes to the selected frame.

Frame Color

You can change the colors of frames before or after they have been fixed as

embroideries.

Change the frame size

Adjust the proportions of the frame

Change the angle of the frame

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Fixing Frames and Flourishes as Embroideries

Frames and flourishes are fixed as an embroidery when they are Combined with

another design, or when Fix as Stitches is used. See “Fix as Stitches” on page 16.

If a frame or flourish is selected when opening the Modify window, it will be

fixed. The stitches are then created, and any further resizing or rescaling of the

embroidery will affect stitch density and length. The stitch properties, for example

the density, pattern, angle or stitch length, may not be changed after it is fixed.

Frames Examples

Frame one or more embroideries, or use a frame with appliqué.

Grapes and Birds in a Frame

Frame an embroidery and change the frame properties.

1 Choose File > Insert. See “Insert” on page 14.

2 Browse to Home/Premier+2/Samples/Premier+2Emb/Stitch2/Birds.

3 Scroll down to "Grapes and Birds.vp4".

Note: If the viewer is set to Icons Only, hover the pointer over a design thumbnail to view its

name.

4 Click to load the embroidery into the work area.

The embroidery has white or blue handles on its

selection box, depending on the Resize mode.

5 Open the Frame window , and in Type select

Corners .

6 Scroll down the Corners window to Ornamental 2 MC,

and click the corners in row 1, column 1.

These corners are designed to frame a square

embroidery. The corners in rows 2 and 3 are for

portrait and landscape formats.

7 In Surround, select Margin and ensure that it is set to

2.5 mm. (This is the default size.)

8 Deselect Group.

9 Click Apply. The set of corners is placed around the

embroidery as a frame. It has green handles.

10 Drag the frame a short distance. It moves separately

from the embroidery.

If the embroidery moves with the frame, Group was

selected. Group treats the embroidery and frame as a

unit. If Group is not selected, the frame can be

immediately nudged into place. Only deselect Group

when you want to move the frame after placing it.

Note: If you grouped the embroidery and frame, use

Restrict Groups to adjust them separately.

11 The frame would look better if it fitted a little more

snugly. Delete the frame.

12 In the Frame window, click the down arrow to change Margin to 0.5 mm.

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13 Ensure the design is selected, then click Apply. The frame now fits closely around the

embroidery, but does not overlap it.

The satin line on the outside of the corners is a little heavy. Its width can be changed.

14 Control–click the frame and select Satin Line from the context menu. The Satin Line

properties dialog appears.

Alternatively, you could have used Stitch Type to change the satin properties before placing

the frame.

15 In the Satin Line properties dialog, click the down arrow

to change Width to 2.5 mm.

16 Click OK. The frame is now more delicate.

17 Click outside the frame to view the design without the

selection box.

Alternatively, click Realistic 3D mode or Life

View to see the design without the selection box and

grid.

18 To keep the embroidery and frame together as a unit,

select both and in the toolbar click Group .

Note: To merge the embroidery with the frame, fixed as

stitches, choose Design > Combine All.

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Creating Borders and Motif Underlines

In the Border window you can create a border to place around your embroidery,

or create a motif line underneath your embroidery, or a single motif.

To Open the Border Window

■ Click Control Panel , then click Border .

Creating Borders

Select a border type, then set the margin width, and select rounded or square

corners. Use Stitch Options to set the properties for each stitch type.

Note: The stitch properties may only be adjusted before the border is created.

The border is placed around the rectangular "edge" of the currently selected

embroidery, or around the inside edge of the hoop. (In the ExpressMonogram

Assistant, the border is placed around the edge of the envelope area.)

Note: If more than one embroidery is selected, the border is placed around the

selected embroideries. If no embroidery is selected, the border is placed around

the inside edge of the hoop.

To learn how to Go to

Create a border around an embroidery See “Create a Border” on page 105.

Create a motif underline See “Create Lines of Butterfly Motifs” on

page 106.

Place a single motif See “Create a Single Motif” on page 105.

Select a stitch type for the border

Set the stitch properties for the border

Set the width of the margin around the border

Group the embroidery and border

Select rounded or square corners

Create the border

Choose a motif for the underline

Preview the selected motif

Set the number of repeats in the motif line

Set the length of the motif line

Create the line of motifs

Add appliqué to the border

Audition a fabric for the appliqué

Set the properties for the appliqué

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The border is placed with white handles or blue handles, depending on the

Resize mode.

Create a Border

1 Load an embroidery in the work area and select it.

2 Open the Border window.

3 Select a Stitch Type (Satin Line, Triple Stitch, Running Stitch

or Motif Line).

4 If desired, click Options to open the properties dialog for

the stitch type. See the PREMIER+™ 2 Advanced Features

and Assistants User’s Guide.

5 Change the stitch properties for the border in the

properties dialog, for example the density and stitch length.

Click OK to close the dialog.

6 If desired, click Add appliqué to place an appliqué piece

behind the embroidery and border, and then click Select

Fabric to choose a fabric.

7 Set the Margin size in millimeters from -50 mm to 50 mm.

Note: For a satin or motif border you may need to adjust the margin to avoid overlapping the

embroidery.

8 Select Rounded or Square corners.

Rounded corners may overlap the corners of the embroidery. Adjust the Margin for the

desired effect.

9 If desired, select Group to keep the border and the embroidery as a unit.

10 Click Apply in the Border window to view your framed embroidery.

Creating Motif Underlines

Create a motif line of a chosen length or a selected number of repeats below the

currently selected embroidery. Alternatively, place a single motif. The motif line is

created below the selected embroidery or embroideries, or in the center of the

work area if no embroidery is selected.

Motifs are relatively small single-color designs similar to machine stitches, created

using single, running and triple stitches. Motifs are created from the motif sets

available in PREMIER+™ 2 Embroidery, including any My Motifs you made in

PREMIER+™ 2 Create.

Create a Motif Underline

■ Select the length of the motif line, or select the number of repeats. Use the Motif

button to select a motif, its stitch type and its size.

Note: The stitch properties may only be adjusted before the motif underline is

created.

Create a Single Motif

■ Use the Motif button to select a motif, its stitch type and its size. Set Repeats to 1,

and click Apply. A single motif is placed in the work area.

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Create Lines of Butterfly Motifs

1 Open the Border window.

2 In the Motif Underline section, click the Motif button. The

Motif Line selection dialog opens.

3 In the Motif Line selection dialog, click the Motif button.

The Motif dialog opens.

4 Select Universal from the Group pop-up menu.

5 Select General Motifs 1 from the Category pop-up menu.

6 In the Pattern pop-up menu, select motif 23, a butterfly.

The Height and Width are initially set according to the

chosen motif.

7 Check that Proportional (lock closed) is on.

8 Set Height to 14mm.

9 Click OK to set the motif.

10 In the Motif Line selection dialog, ensure that stitch type is

set to Running.

11 Set Length to 2.0mm.

Note: Length is initially set to the recommended value for

the motif.

12 Click OK to select the butterfly motif line type.

13 In the Motif Underline section of the Border window, click

Length to select it.

14 Set the Length to 100mm.

15 Click Apply. A line of four butterflies is placed on the work area.

The width of the butterfly motif is 25mm, so the line contains four motifs.

Note: You can resize or rescale this line of motifs, or change its color, in the same way as for

any other design.

16 Set Length to 120mm and click Apply

again. There are still four motifs, but

they are more widely spaced.

Only complete motifs are used when

placing a motif line with Motif

Underline.

Note: The second motif line forms a

Group with the first line. Use

Restrict Groups or Ungroup to use

the lines independently.

17 In the Motif Underline section, select Repeats.

18 Click the arrows to set the number of repeats to four, then click Apply. The motif line is the

same size as the first line you created.

19 Click the arrows to set the number of repeats to one, then click Apply. This places a single

motif in the work area.

Note: Use Encore to create curved motif lines, circles and shapes using single motifs, and to

mirror motifs within a line. See “Encore” on page 44.