摘要 |
An apparatus for producing embroidery data to control a sewing machine to form an embroidery on a work sheet, including a dividing device for dividing, based on image data representing a color image, the color image into a plurality of color areas each of which has a corresponding one of a plurality of different colors, and producing a plurality of sets of color-area data each of which represents a corresponding one of the color areas, a color-area specifying device which is operable by an operator for specifying one of the color areas as an embroidery-free area, and a producing device for producing, based on the sets of color-area data, the embroidery data to control the sewing machine to embroider the color areas except for the embroidery-free area. An apparatus for producing embroidery data, including a dividing device for dividing, based on image data representing a color image, the color image into a plurality of color areas each of which has a corresponding one of a plurality of different colors, and producing a plurality of sets of color-area data each of which represents a corresponding one of the color areas, an identifying device for identifying one of the color areas as an embroidery-free area, and a producing device for producing, based on the sets of color-area data, the embroidery data to control a sewing machine to embroider the color areas except for the embroidery-free area.
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