Herb wrote:
> 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
Oops - I mixed up .EMB files, which DO carry color information, with
.CND files, which don't.
- Herb
|
|