Load picture and reduce colors

Load a picture with the BMP, TIF or PCX format and reduce the number of colors in the process.

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    Call up the Picture as pattern... or Picture as pattern element... function in the File/Import menu.
  1. The Step 1: Picture Selection dialog box appears.
    2
    Click on the Load button.
  1. The Open dialog box appears.
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    Select a file and click on the Open button.
  1. During loading the picture is automatically reduced to the number of target colors set in the default settings and displayed.
    The reduced picture can be saved with the Save button.

Change the format of the graphic file in a photo editor if the graphic can not be imported.
Example: Convert a TIF file with alpha-channel to a BMP file.

Please note that when saving the picture, the machine, the start and the knitting technique for the pattern are also saved.