module 0 : Basic
General Information
File Management
Stitch Editing Options
Object Editing Options
Color Management
Viewing Tools
Design Information
Printout
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Color management
 
 
The Color management dialogue box gives you the opportunity to change the colors of the current design or create, edit, delete your own selection of colors, or choose from one of the available color references.
 
The dialogue box contains the default color table of modular and the Thread manufacturers color tables.
      The available thread color cards are:
  • Coats Alcazar Global
  • Coats Alcazar Jazz
  • Coats Sylko Brazil
  • Coats Sylko Global
  • Coats Sylko Hong-Kong
  • Coats Sylko USA
  • Gunold Poly FB. AB 2000
  • Gunold Poly FB. BIS 1999
  • Gunold Sulky FB. FK 120
  • Madeira
  • Robison
You can see the colors that have been chosen for the current design.
You can see how the design will look after the color changes have been made.
 

New color:

With this option you can create your own color. This color can be added only in the Default color table.
There are three methods to create a color. 
Red - Green - Blue method
  A combination of red, green, and blue levels can be used to define any color.
 

• Red - this specifies the amount of red in the selected color.

  • Green - this specifies the amount of green in the selected color.
  • Blue - this specifies the amount of blue in the selected color.
   
  You can view the effect of changing the values above in the color matrix. If you change any R-G-B value, the values for the H-L-S method outlined below will be changed automatically to match.
   
  Hue- Luminance - Saturation method
  A combination of hue, saturation, and luminosity can be used to define any color.
  Hue - this specifies colour in the spectrum for the selected color.
  Luminance - this specifies the luminance or amount of light or dark for the selected color.
  Saturation - this specifies the saturation for the selected color.
   
  If you change any of the H-L-S values on by this method then the values for the R-G-B method will be changed automatically.
   
  Color map method
  This method displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in the circle matrix and then use the triangle at the middle to arrange the saturation and the luminance, as you can see in the illustration below.
  If you define a color using the Hue-Sat-Lum or Red-Green-Blue scales, you can look at this matrix to make sure the color is correct.
 
   

Edit Color:

You can edit the selected color of the default color table and change the name of the current color. The colors of Thread companies color tables cannot be changed.
 

Delete color:

You can delete the selected color of the default color table.The colors of Thread companies color tables can not be deleted.
 

Color tables:

In the "Color Management" dialogue window are located the thread companies' color palettes as well as the default color palette.

The color palette labeled "Colors" is the default color table of modular software. In this color palette you can create your own colors, delete the colors that you do not need or edit a particular color.

Also, you can convert all the colors in the current design to the closest colors of the thread manufacturer color palette you prefer.

Current palette:

Palette in general is a set of 20 colors plus one for the background. 
The current palette is the palette that modular is using to show the colors of the current design.In case that the loaded embroidery file (design) has no color information, the design will use the default palette, otherwise modular will show the colors of the design.

The colors of the current palette can be changed as we described in Color tables.

With right click on the current palette you can:

Load a palette
With this option you can load an existing palette with .PAL extension.

Save a palette
With this option you can save the current palette in .PAL extension so that it can be loaded again if you wish.

Set as default
With this option you can set the current palette as the default one.

Reset to default
In case you are not satisfied with the changes you have made in the current palette or you do not like the colors of the current design, you can use this option to switch the current palette to the default.

 

Preview:

In this preview area you can view how the design will look like against a fabric background, when you apply the changes you have made.
 

 

 
Copyright © 2002-2009 Wings Digitizing Center. All rights reserved.