What’s new in Bernina Embroidery Software v6 – part 1
08.14.09
The last two days I have been at the Fiesta Resort Conference Center in Tempe, AZ, participating in a 2 day training for Bernina dealers, learning all about the new Bernina Embroidery Software version 6. About 50 people from the Southwest – Arizona, California and New Mexico were all represented – came together to find out what’s new and improved and take it back to their home stores.
There is so much that is new, it’s really difficult to know where to begin! Since so many people love to personalize their projects with a name, how about some fun with fonts?
Version 6 contains 11 new digitized fonts. But that’s not the most exciting thing. It’s what you can do with them that I love!
First of all, when you are choosing a font to use, you can see a preview of what the font looks like right there in the drop down list. No need to refer to the online manual anymore.
What about being able to change the color of individual letters, while maintaining the integrity of the word? Easy to do with the new lettering tool: Using the Select Object tool, click on the lettering object to select it. Now click on the Lettering / Fill Values tool. A cursor will appear at the end of the lettering object. Use the cursor to select which ever letter or letters you desire and choose a new color from the thread color list. Repeat for as many letters and colors as you wish. Hit Enter to fix. Watch the colors change right before your eyes!
How about different sizes and shapes for each of the letters in your name? Using the Reshape Object tool, click on the lettering object to select it. Click on the purple diamond in the center of a letter – various handles will appear around the letter. Click and drag on the top right handle to proportionately resize the letter. Click and drag on the top center handle to increase or decrease the height of the letter. Click and drag on the right center handle to increase or decrease the width of the letter. Bottom right is a tiny circle – click and drag to rotate the letter about its center. Top left is a tiny diamond you can click and drag to skew the letter to the left or right.
We’re still not done with fun effects for letters! Still using the Reshape Object tool, click and drag the purple diamond in the center of a letter – you can move it to the right or to the left of it’s original position. Hold down the Shift key and then click and drag and you can move the letter up and down. Hold down the Ctrl key and then click and drag and you can move the letter in any direction!
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