How to get two imported pictures into a single chart
Note, over time, new features are introduced into our software regularly and some screen layouts change.
Everything discussed below is still valid, although some screen layouts will now vary.


This section was prompted by the following questions:

"If I want to add more than one clip art image,
how do I add it without it taking up the entire cloth?"



Imagine you need to assemble an image like this one:

wedding

Within this design there are two images, and some embellishments such as a border and some lettering.
The 'problem' is how to import these images and get them onto a single design.


It is important to know that when you import an image, the image you import becomes a new chart.
The image is the whole chart.. no gaps to put anything else.
So if you import an image , you need to be aware of how much space you have in the FINAL chart, because you are importing something that needs to fit the available space.

Consider the chart above.

This chart is about 300 stitches wide, and about 200 stitches deep.
The faces are each 100 stitches wide, and 137 stitches deep.


To create this chart, we followed these steps:

1/ Create a NEW chart big enough to hold both images and the border.

creating a new chart big enough for both pics

2/ Import an image, with a size of 100 x 137 .. this will create a second chart on screen.

importing one image of 100 stitches wide

3/ Import the second image, with a size of 100 x 137 .. this will create a third chart on screen.

4/ In the second chart, use the EDIT menu/ Select All , then EDIT menu/Copy to copy one face to the clipboard.

5/ Switch to the large empty chart (the first one), and Edit/Paste the image into place.

paste1


6/ Switch to the third chart , use the EDIT menu/ Select All , then EDIT menu/Copy to copy the next face to the clipboard.
7/ Switch to the large empty chart (the first one), and Edit/Paste the image into place.


second face pasted into place

(It is worth noting that each time you paste, the application will try to match the colors of the new image to those in the original. Any which are the same are kept. If the palette is less than 255 colors in size, extra threads are added to the palette. And if the 255 color limit is exceeded, colors that couldn't be matched or added, are replaced with the nearest color in the palette by that point)


8/ Now you can add lettering, or paste existing motifs here to decorate the result.






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This process works when the images are separated in the design.
But if you need to overlay one image on another and not see a hard rectangular edge, you need to merge the two images together using a paint package first.
In the same way that you would if you just wanted to print the merged picture and frame it (rather than stitch it)

A well known example:

example of merging two images together before importing