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The
xp·x (Punto V6) version runs natively on the latest release of the MacOS X operating
system (MacOS X v.10.2+,) so it takes full advantage of the enhanced stability,
improved performance and 'Aqua' look and luxury feel of the Mac's new Interface
to deliver a 'Mac-delightful' experience that descerning professional Mac users
expect and demand from their designers dream Mac machine. Whilst taking the Windows
XP user to new heights of sophistication, ease of use and giving total stability,
performance, and consistent user experience due to the operating system's strong,
proven and well established foundation. A true multi platform program: Use it
on your Mac or your PC.
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The
Envelopes palette enables you to create what are commonly called "envelope distortions".
These are alterations to the shape of your artwork, achieved by attaching Bézier
anchor points and direction handles to a rectangle (envelope) around your selected
artwork and manipulating them to create the desired effect. Envelopes are particularly
fun when used with typefaces and logos.
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The
Serialize command makes easy to create personalized items or any other serialized
graphics. Combine text layouts, graphics, and external text file, add the Serialize
ability to generate a series of numbers and suddenly what used to take an entire
day happens in seconds. It is useful to produce large run generic designs that
contains slight text variations.
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The
Scroller palette helps you to quickly view different areas of an artwork, locate
the area you are viewing within the artwork, and change the magnification of the
artwork. When you are working on complex artwork documents, you often want to
move on key areas without having to scroll or wait for the screen to redraw several
times. The Scroller palette makes it a breeze for you to instantly move on any
area of your artwork and see your edits in a larger context. With the Scroller
palette, you can even specify a precise zoom of up to 10000 percent.
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Drawing
Polygons. The Polygon tool draws a closed element with three or more sides of
equal length, each side being the same distance from the center of the element.
Choosing the Star tool the pointer takes on the form of a small cross when it
is placed over the active area of the window. Position the cross at the center
of the star you want to create and drag it towards the outer part.The cross becomes
an arrow and a star appears. Drawing Spirals. The Spiral tool draws spiral-shaped
elements.
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The
Pathfinder palette allows to create elements instantly that would otherwise be
challenging to create. Ten pathfinder commands create new elements by combining,
subdividing, or isolating parts of overlapping elements. The available commands
are: Unite, Intersect, Exclude, Minus Front, Minus Back, Divide, Trim, Merge,
Crop, and Outline.
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The
Knife tool in the Tools palette and the Slice command in the Element menu cut
elements in pieces. The Slice command allows you to use the selected path as a
die-cut or stencil to cut through other overlapping elements, slicing them into
discrete pieces according to the boundaries of the selected path. The Knife tool
slices elements using a freehand path you draw with the tool. When you drag the
Knife tool, it draws a cutting path that divides overlapping elements into separate
pieces.
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Production
worksheet includes any essential information is necessary to the machine operator:
the picture of the design, the general design information, the needles/colors
used in the design, the color sequence, and so on. The new Page Content dialog
box contains the print options, the editable color sequence, and the worksheet
preview (large worksheet may be displayed over a number of pages).
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The
USB version of Aladdin dongles is a true cross platform solution supporting the
Windows and Mac OS operating systems. This means that a single USB dongle and
Punto CD allow you to run your Punto for Windows on PCs, and your Punto for Mac
OS on Apple Macintosh, you can work seamlessly in multi-platform environments.
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The
Effect dialog box contains a new tab for Steil Stitch. Steil produces closely
arranged zigzag stitches of consistent width around a single path. It can be applied
to any path, open or closed. Steil if often used to form borders. The parameters
in the Effect dialog box allow you to check any attribute of the steil. In Easy
Mode you can set the steil width, density, compensation, kind, and shortening.
In Expert Mode you can set the steil width, on which side of the path place the
stitches (Left, Right, or justify), the corner fraction (the corner fraction determines
how many stitches will turn on corner), density, density position, running length,
minimum length, kind, compensation, and shortening.
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| Combined
Fill Stitch |
Combined
Fill is a decorative type of stitch. It is another way to fill wide and large
areas with unique artistic effects while keeping the appearance of a solid field
of stitching. When you apply a fill effect, the Combined Fill feature automatically
changes fill to satin and back to fill on any open path included in the most external
path, i.e., the needle penetrations inside the open paths are removed. |
| Curved
Fill Stitch
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Curved
Fill is a decorative type of stitch similar to the Fill effect but the stitch
lines follow the contours of the shape creating “curved” stitch lines that flow
evenly and gradually throughout the shape edges. You can create unique and decorative
effects ideal for leaves, sails, water, grass, clouds, hair, and others. |
| Variable
Density Effects
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For
Satin, Fill and Steil effects you can select a fixed density, automatically adjusted
density (Satin only), or variable density. When you use variable density, the
density gradually changes between the max and min density values according to
the selected effect (up to eight) producing effects similar to halftones. Variable
density allows you to automatically create many different shading, perspective
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Overlap
Among Adjoining Shapes of Filling Effects
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For
Satin, Fill and Steil effects you can select an overlap value. It defines the
overlap that will be added at the joining points of adjoining shapes of sections,
to avoid gaps due to fabric elasticity. During stitching the fabric is moved and
stretched so two parts of filling stitches could not quite meet or “join-up” together
properly showing unwanted gaps between the two adjoining shapes. To overcome these
unwanted gaps, the Overlap value lightly overlaps, adding extra stitch lines,
the shapes where they join. |
Font
Format and Font Design Tools
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This
format and related windows and tools make easier to create and modify embroidery
fonts. In Punto you can create your own fonts from scratch or using the system
fonts available as a bottom line for the creation of new fonts. Punto gives you
sophisticated tools for modify existing fonts and design new ones. It gives you
control over the outlines, embroidery effects, spacing and kerning between characters.
Moreover, this format supports two-byte scripts allowing you to create Japanese,
Chinese and Korean fonts. |
Monogram
Tool
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The
Monogram tool allows you to create true text objects using embroidery fonts. The
Monogram dialog box gives you control over size, leading, spacing, width scale,
slanting, alignment, connection method and trim conditions. Text objects created
with the Monogram tool can be modified and handled just like other elements: you
can scale, skew, reflect, rotate, move, duplicate and clone text objects as well
as convert them into sections. The tool supports 2-byte scripts. |
Text
on a Path
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You
can join text created with the new Monogram tool to freeform paths or basic shapes
using the “Join to Path” command on the Element menu. Text can appear along curves,
around circles, or along vertical or diagonal lines. |
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Quality Embroidery Typefaces
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embroidery typefaces were created in Punto using very specific and versatile procedures,
resulting in high quality, adaptable monogram letters. Most of the typefaces will
have both a full-chest size (7/8 inch) and left-chest size (5/16 inch). The typefaces
have been optimized to run at these size, but can also be scaled to other sizes.
This results in a much higher quality typeface with better sewing capabilities. |
Envelopes
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Envelopes
enable you to create what are commonly called “envelope distortions”. These are
alterations to the shape of your artwork, achieved by attaching Bezier anchor
points and direction handles to a rectangle (envelope) around your selected artwork
and manipulating them to create the desired effect. Envelopes are particularly
fun when used with typefaces and logos. You can use the Bezier controls to create
your own envelope distortions from scratch or modifying supplied envelopes to
your needs. Then save them and apply them to other artworks at any time. |
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Lasso-Selection
Tool
The
Lasso-Selection lets you make a selection by dragging a freehand outline instead
of a rectangle. The Lasso-Selection tool is useful to create irregularly-shaped
selections. Multiple-levels
of Undo and Redo
Until
now Punto supported only a single level of undo/redo. Punto previously had a single
undo menu item which switched between Undo and Redo, depending on the state of
the last command. With multiple undo, there is a separate menu item for Redo.
Take advantage of multiple levels of undo/redo for correcting mistakes and changing
your mind. Effects
palette
Use
the Effects palette to create and apply embroidery effects for new and existing
elements. The Effects palette allows you to edit, delete, and duplicate effects
just with a mouse click. Layers
Palette
Use
multiple layers to overlay graphics and text, for greater design freedom and control.
The Layers palette lets you create multiple levels of design on separate, overlapping
layers in the same document. You can create and modify elements on any layer without
affecting design on other layers. You can display, lock, and reorder layers as
distinct units.
Colors
Palette
Use
the intuitive Colors palette to pick color attributes for new and existing elements.
The Colors palette allows you to create, delete, and modify colors just with a
mouse click.
Threads
Palette
The Threads palette lets you select colors from a range of threads libraries-including
the major threads manufacturers’ color charts. The Threads palette allows you
to create new threads libraries and edit them, so you can choose from pre-set
threads color charts or your own threads color charts. The Threads palette lets
you find the most suitable thread colors for the colors used in the design. Special
Functions Palette
The
Special Functions palette lets you insert special functions in the document. Time-Saving
Floating Palettes
The
Layers, Effects, Special Functions and Colors palettes, along with Tools, Information
and Scroller palettes, make it easier to work, letting you do more tasks by simply
clicking, rather than choosing commands from menus. Trace
Command
Use it to create automatically paths that traces the outlines of scanned images
imported as template inside Punto. The Trace command is designed to convert black-and-white
(one-bit-per-pixel) images as well as grayscale or indexed color (multiple-bits-per-pixel,
up to 8-bits-per-pixel, i.e., 256 different gray levels or colors) images. Cutting
and Pasting between Graphics Design Applications
The
support of the Adobe Illustrator on the Clipboard (AICB) clipboard type facilitates
cutting and pasting complex Bezier-based artwork between applications. Many applications
support AICB with copy, paste, or both. These applications include Adobe Illustrator
(beginning with Adobe Illustrator 5.0), Adobe Streamline, Adobe TypeAlign, Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Pagemaker, MacroMedia FreeHand, and so on. Drag
and Drop Support
The new intuitive and terrific Drag and Drop capabilities make it easier and faster
to move elements between documents and applications. Just select the elements
and drag them to a new location! Drag and Drop allows users to copy data between
different applications and windows, much like the Scrap Manager’s copy and paste.
Drag and Drop is more intuitive and faster operation than copy and paste, and
Drag and Drop is easier for novices to learn. You can drag and drop elements between
windows of Punto documents; you can drag and drop elements between Punto windows
and the Finder windows and desktop; you can drag and drop elements between Punto
windows and windows of other applications such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop,
MacroMedia FreeHand, Adobe Streamline, and so on; you can drag and drop documents
in PICT or Adobe Illustrator’s default native and EPS formats from the Finder
into Punto windows. Virtual
Embroidery Machine
Supports
many special functions: Laser On and Laser Off. These special functions turn on
or off the laser head. During the export the Laser On and Laser Off special functions
are converted in no machine code except then you choose the Tajima code format.
Trim Top & Bottom. This special function trims both upper and bottom threads,
while the original one trims only the upper thread. During the export the Trim
and Trim Top & Bottom special functions are converted in the same trim code
except then you choose the Barudan code. Photo-realistic
Preview
Punto has a photo realistic preview. When in Preview mode the embroidery will
be rendered in the document with light and shadow effects. It is also possible
to choose a fabric and use it as a background for the embroidery. The Preview
Setup command in the View menu lets the user choose a number of options. The light
source can be moved and its intensity can be changed to make the embroidery lighter
or darker. Any color can be used as a background for the embroidery or a fabric
can be selected in the Fabric popup menu. Fabrics
A folder
called "Fabrics" is used in Punto to store fabrics for the photo realistic Preview.
The fabrics are shown in the Fabric popup of the Preview Setup dialog. To add
a new fabric save a PICT document in the folder. The document can have any number
of colors, any resolution and any size. A resolution of 144 dpi with thousands
of colors (16 bits) is suggested and a minimum size of 100x100 pixels. Slow
Motion
In
the Slow Motion feature the Stitches slider shows the current position in the
slow motion process, you can use the slider to move back and forth in your document.
The Speed slider lets you change the speed from Very Slow to Very Fast. You can
pause the slow motion after every stitch, every section, after a color change
or when you have a special function. Catalog
Feature
With
Punto and graphics database applications you can automatically catalog, browse,
search, retrieve and reuse your designs with attached specifications (stitch count,
size, colors, categories,…). In addition, you can create your own categories or
criteria to fit your particular business. You can include the photo realistic
preview to create electronic sample books or selling catalogs on CD. Twin
Pen Tool
With the twin pen tool it is possible to draw twin paths with outlines and direction
lines simultaneously. To draw a twin path choose the tool and then move the mouse
to the first anchor on the lower path. Now click and drag the mouse (without releasing
the mouse button) up to the first anchor on the upper path and release the mouse
button. The line between the two anchors is a direction line. To digitize another
two anchors click on the second anchor of the lower path and, again, drag the
mouse to the second anchor of the upper path. Repeat this operation for all the
anchors on the two paths. As you will see all the points on the lower path will
be connected each other with a bezier curve which will be created automatically
by Punto.
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