Viewing Images in Embird

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to view images (e.g., digital photos) in Embird. Supported image formats are: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG, PSD, TGA, and TIF. The steps described in this tutorial work not only with images but also with designs.

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode.

2 - In the "Files:" box at the right side of the screen, double-click the file name of the image that you want to display. Move the mouse pointer to the image file name and then double-click the left mouse button (Picture No. 1).

Note: The image scale is chosen according to settings in the "Options > Image Scale" sub-menu. The following settings are available: "Actual Size", "Auto-Shrink to Fit", and "Auto-Enlarge to Fit".

Tip: The "Space" key will display the next file, and the "Backspace" key will display the previous file in the "Files:" box on the Right Panel.

1. Double-click the file name to display the image

3 - You can also view the "Thumbnails" and the "Dense Thumbnails" of multiple selected images (Picture No. 2). To select multiple image files, please move the mouse pointer to the file name of the first image file in the "Files:" box at the right side of the screen, depress the left mouse button, and hold it down while moving the mouse pointer over the file names of the other images. When the mouse pointer is over the last image, please release the left mouse button. Once the files are selected, choose the "View Thumbnails" (or "View Dense Thumbnails") command from the "Right Panel" menu.

4 - When the images are displayed as thumbnails, the "browse" buttons (i.e., "Home", "End", "Up", "Down") appear at the bottom of the middle panel. Use these buttons to scroll to the next or previous page of thumbnails, or to print the current page of thumbnails.

2. View images as thumbnails

5 - You can also open an image in a special Viewer window, which also offers some editing functions. To open the file in the Viewer window, select it in the "Files:" box on the Right Panel and then choose the "Open in Viewer" command in the "Right Panel" menu (Picture No. 3).

3. Click "Right Panel > Open in Viewer" menu

6 - Another way of opening a file in the Viewer window is to double-click on its displayed image (Picture No. 1). You can also select multiple files, view them as thumbnails, and then double-click on any thumbnail to open these files in the Viewer window (Picture No. 4).

4. Viewer window

In the Viewer window, you can do the following:

- Display first image or design (press Home key)

- Display last image or design (press End key)

- Display previous image or design (press Page Up key, or Backspace)

- Display next image or design (press Page Down key, or Space)

- Start Slideshow (press S key; each image will be displayed for 5 seconds)

- Display the image or design using Full Screen mode (press F key)

- Print image or design (press P key)

- Delete image or design (press Delete key)

- Rename image or design (press N key)

- Show File List (press L key)

- Close Viewer window and view the last selected file in Manager (press V key)

- Close Viewer window (press ESC key)

The following commands in the Viewer window do not work with designs, only with images:

- Zoom In (press numpad + key)

- Zoom Out (press numpad - key)

- Zoom 1:1 (press Enter key)

- Actual Size (press numpad /)

- Auto-Shrink to Fit (press Ctrl and numpad -; the Actual Size must be off)

- Auto-Enlarge to Fit (press Ctrl and numpad +; the Actual Size must be off)

- Desktop Wallpaper (press D key)

- Rotate and Mirror (press R key)

- Set Size (press W or H key)

- Convert image to B&W, grayscale, or to 16- and 256-colors (press Insert key)

- Crop image (press C key). First, select an area to crop by depressing the right mouse button and drawing a rectangle. Another way is to hold down the Ctrl key, depress the left mouse button, and draw a rectangle. The last way is to double-click on the image and specify the rectangle size in the dialog box that appears on the screen.

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