Embird Cross Stitch - Importing Chart

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

2 - Select the "Insert > Cross Stitch Design" menu to open the Embird Cross Stitch window.

3 - In the Embird Cross Stitch window, select the "Chart > Import" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Select "Chart > Import" menu

4 - A dialog box will appear on the screen allowing you to choose the file containing the scanned image of the chart. Browse to the folder with the scanned chart, select it (1 in Picture No. 2), and click the "Open" button (2) to open the scanned chart.

2. Open file containing scanned chart

5 - Crop the scanned chart. Move the mouse pointer to the top-left corner, depress the left mouse button, and drag the mouse cursor to the bottom-right corner. Release the left mouse button there. Check the crop rectangle; it is possible to move its edges to make it accurate (1 in Picture No. 3). Then click the "Crop" button (2). Finally, click the "OK" button to continue (3).

3. Crop imported image

6 - Another dialog box will appear on the screen, displaying the chosen chart and allowing you to calibrate it for use in Cross Stitch. Notice the three connected red marks in the top-left corner of the chart (Picture No. 4).

4. Grid calibration window

7 -  Position mark 1 to the upper-left corner of the ten-square grid, position mark 2 to the upper-right corner of the ten-square grid, and position mark 3 to the bottom-right corner of the ten-square grid (Picture No. 5). To change the position of a mark, move the mouse pointer to its handle square, depress the left mouse button, and drag the mouse while holding the left mouse button down. Release the left mouse button when the mark is in the correct position.

5. Move three marks to align chart

8 - Click the "Align Grid" button in the bar at the top of the window. Specify the horizontal and vertical mark spacing in the dialog box which appears on the screen (Picture No. 6). As you can see in Picture No. 4 above, in this example the horizontal mark spacing is 20 squares (1) and the vertical mark spacing is also 20 squares (2). Hit the "OK" button (3) to continue with grid aligning.

6. Specify spacing defined by calibration marks

9 - Check the results of the alignment (Picture No. 7). In case the red grid follows the scanned chart grid, click the "OK" button to insert the aligned chart into the Cross Stitch work area. Otherwise, click the "Undo Alignment" button to revise the position of the red marks.

7. Check aligned chart

10 - The aligned chart is now displayed as the background of the work area (Picture No. 8). Now you can manually put crosses in their positions. Before you start, it is a good idea to set the "View > Crosses As Squares" option to ON to make the crosses you draw more visible on the blurred background.

8. Aligned chart on Work Area

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