Software Lessons

My Graphic Image Is Not A Bitmap

This lesson requires the use of the Windows 98/2000 Microsoft Paint program, with the ability to read graphic images in .jpg format.

 

What you'll learn
This lesson requires the use of the Windows 98/2000 Microsoft Paint program, with the ability to read graphic images in .jpg format. If your version of Paint can't open .jpg images, you'll need to get an image editing program that can, for instance, PaintShop Pro.

The instructions will specify Windows 2000, but these can also be used by Windows 98 users.
EasyImport will open graphic images in two formats, .bmp (bitmap) and .wmf (windows metafile).
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Occasionally, you will have a graphic image that is in another format. You can easily convert your graphic image to bring into EasyImport using a graphics program, such as Microsoft(r) Paint. 
We will create a graphic image in a different format by using the Microsoft(r) Paint program that comes with the Windows operating system. We will open a bitmap that comes with Customizer 10000. We will save it in .jpg format and close Microsoft_ Paint.
Then, to simulate using a graphic image in a different format, we will re-open Microsoft(r) Paint and bring in the graphic image we just saved. Finally, we will bring it into Customizer 10000 EasyImport. 
For the purposes of this lesson, we are using a black and white outlined image. This process is not limited to this type of graphic. You can use color graphics, as well.
Create a Graphic Image

      1. Click the 

Start button

       on the Windows toolbar. It will bring up a pop-up menu.

 

      2. Click 

Programs

      . Another pop-up menu will appear.

 

      3. Click 

Accessories.

       There will be another pop-up menu.

 

      4. Click 

Paint.

       The Paint program will open.


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      5. Click 

Edit, Paste From.
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      6. The Paste From dialog box will open.


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      7. Click the down arrow in the 

Look in box

      .

 

      8. Double click 

drive C.

      9. Double click 

Program Files.

      10. Double click 

Janome.

      11. Double click 

Customizer 10000.

      12. Double click 

EasyImport designs.

      13. Double click 

Standard Hoop.

      14. Click 

the down arrow in the Files of type box.

      15. Click 

Bitmap Files (*.bmp)

       to highlight it.

 

      16. Double click 

French Lily.
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      17. Depending on how large your bitmap area is, you may get a message asking you to enlarge it so you can get the entire image. In the picture above, the bitmap area, which is the white square in the upper left corner of the MS Paint screen, is small. If you don't click yes to the alert shown below, you will only get a tiny bit of the French Lily.

 

      18. If your bitmap area is large enough, you won't get the alert.


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Click

       Yes (if you get the alert).


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      19. To save the French Lily in a different format, click File on the menu toolbar.

 

      20

.

      Click 

Save As

      in the drop-down menu. The Save As dialog box will display.

 

      21. The Save In box will be pointing to Standard Hoop because that is the folder where the bitmap came from. We are going to save the new French Lily here.

 

      22. Click the 

down arrow in the Files of type

       box.

 

      23. Click JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg, *jpeg).

 

      24. Click 

Save.
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      25. Click the 

"X

    " in the upper right hand corner of the Microsoft Paint name bar to close the program.

We will now proceed to use the French Lily jpeg image in Customizer 10000 EasyImport.

      1. Double click the 

Customizer 10000 Easy Import icon

       on the Desktop to open it.


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      2. The next step is to open Microsoft Paint.

 

      3. Click the 

Start button

       on the Windows toolbar. It will bring up a pop-up menu.

 

      4. Click 

Programs

      . Another pop-up menu will appear.

 

      5. Click

Accessories

      . There will be another pop-up menu.


6. Click Paint

       . The Paint program will open.


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Click

       Edit, Paste From.


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      7. The Paste From dialog box will open.


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      8. Click the 

down arrow in the Look in box

      .

 

      9. Double click 

drive C.

      10. Double click 

Program Files.

      11. Double click 

Janome.

      12. Double click 

Customizer 10000.

      13. Double click 

EasyImport designs.

      14. Double click 

Standard Hoop.

      15. Click the 

down arrow in the Files of type box.

      16. Click 

JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg, *jpeg

      ) to highlight it.

 

      17. Double click 

French Lily.
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      18. Depending on how large your bitmap area is, you may get a message asking you to enlarge it so you can get the entire image. In the picture above, the bitmap area, which is the white square in the upper left corner of the MS Paint screen, is small. If you don't click yes to the alert shown below, you will only get a tiny bit of the French Lily.

 

      If your bitmap area is large enough, you won't get the alert.


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      19. Click 

Yes

       (if you get the alert).


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      20. Click 

Open.

      The graphic image will come in to the Paint program in selected format. There will be a box around the entire graphic image.

 

      21. Click 

Edit

      on the Menu toolbar.

 

      22. Click 

Copy

       on the drop-down menu. This action will copy the graphic image to the Windows clipboard.

 

      23. Now, we have to get back to the EasyImport program. 

Click

       the EasyImport button on the Windows toolbar (usually on the bottom of the screen).


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      To bring the graphic in to EasyImport, click Edit, Paste. (You can also click the Paste icon.) The graphic will paste into the graphic screen of the program.


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