Save Janome GigaHoop Design

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

1 - Run Embird and click the "Editor" menu to switch to the Editor window.

2 - Open the design that you want to save for the Janome GigaHoop. To open a design, click the "File" menu and choose the "Open" command. Please note that you will likely have to split this design into two parts.

3 - Click the "Hoop Size" button, or select the "Options > Hoop Size" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Select the "Options > Hoop Size" menu

4 - Choose the "Janome GigaHoop - Horizontal" or "Vertical" option (Picture No. 2). The typical position is horizontal, with two overlapping hoops. The vertical position works the same way as the horizontal, but the parts are automatically rotated by +90 degrees when loading or saving from or to the hard disk.

2. Choose the right hoop

5 - You can now see that the design exceeds the size of one of the two overlapping hoops (red, green). Notice the red rectangle drawn around the design icon at the right side of the screen; it indicates that the object is out of section. Therefore, the design must be split into two parts (Picture No. 3). Use the "Freehand Select Mode" button to select the stitches you want to cut out (separate). More information regarding splitting is available in the Interactive Freehand Splitting tutorial.

Note: It is possible to skip the following steps and continue at step 8. Embird can automatically split the design in such a way that each object fits a section. However, sometimes it is better to split the design manually to obtain an optimal result.

3. Notice hoop sections

6 - Once you have selected the area you want to separate, it will be displayed in red. Click the "Split" button to split the design; this will separate the red selection (Picture No. 4).

4. Split design

7 - You can see the design parts (part1 and part2) in the "Object Order Bar" at the right side of the screen (Picture No. 5). Each part now lies completely in either the left or the right section of the hoop.

5. Design parts fit hoop sections

8 - Use the "File > Save As" command to save the whole design to a file on your disk. In the "Choose Format" dialog box, choose the Janome .JEF format. In the second dialog box that appears on the screen, you can choose the file name of the design being saved. Each part will be stored in a separate file, and Embird will automatically add the "_1" or "_2" extension to the name you specify. This extension indicates the position in the GigaHoop. Position no. 1 is the right hoop, and position no. 2 is the left hoop.

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