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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:41:32 +1000
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Herb <Herb@the.herb.garden>:sayed
>R Bogers wrote:
>
>> Sorry to start a sqabble. My dst files show wierd color patterns. I
>> know I can manually convert each color on a file. I was just wondering
>> if there was any pgm that would restore the natural Hus colors. BTW I
>> am a real person with a real question.
>
>
>
>In my original response, I stated that DST files have no color
>palette. There is NO color information available, and as the old
>country saying goes, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
>
>Whatever software you're using arbitrarily assigns colors to DST files
>in an arbitrary sequence; they have absolutely nothing to do with the
>'original' colors. The colors are usually in a sequence like black or
>dark purple, green, blue, and red.
>
>The ONLY way to get appropriate colors is to manually enter them from
>whatever source you can find - either a color chart or a picture or
>your own best ideas.
>
>Actually, there's one other way - and that's to find the design in a
>'home embroidery' format such as .hus, .pes, .art, etc. Commercial
>formats such as DST, EMB, and EXP all carry no color data.
>
> - Herb
>
..errrmm.. you sure about "EMB", Herb?
.. jes askin' like, as EMB being the output file for Willy it
certainly *looks* like it carries thread info???
cheers
--
hopper
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