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If you are an embroiderer or a digitizer, the sound of free embroidery digitizing software can be pretty exciting. If you are reading this, chances are that you are already on the quest of finding one. Therefore, we will not keep you hooked for long and will quickly plunge into the various embroidery digitizing software…

Digitizing stock embroidery designs is different from custom digitizing, as the former requires a more proactive thought process. As opposed to custom digitizing for embroidery designs, stock designs are digitized for a wide array of the end customers. Custom designs are digitized for a specific size and fabric. Apparently, what this means is that stock…

Resizing already digitized embroidery designs is not a straightforward task like resizing an image file. Digitized designs represent stitches having particular characteristics. If the size of the design is altered, related stitch parameters have to be adjusted and aligned. Many a time, customers want same design on multiple products. Clearly, the same design size will…

Before we jump on to the bigger question, that is how to convert JPG to PES, we will start from the very basics. Most readers will already be familiar with JPG or JPEG format. It is a common raster image format that we often come across. Raster images are images that are formed of pixels…

Experimenting with novel materials and techniques helps to keep designs fresh and creative in custom embroidery digitizing. Specialty threads are used by embroiderers to enhance aesthetics of even the most ordinary designs. Whether it's about adding a new dimension, adding bling or creating a special effect, specialty threads help us achieve these with minimal effort.…

Custom embroidery digitization allows us to be more creative with embroidered products. It paves the way for customizing the embroidery and introducing a personalized tang in designs. This innate flexibility and capacity to experiment is a discerning characteristic of embroidery. Utilizing custom embroidery digitization, we can tap into this opportunity and, thus, efficiently bringing original…

It is understandable to not give attention to every advice that comes your way about digitized embroidery designs. With hundreds of tips, tricks, and hacks, and dozens of experts writing and coaching on the subject, it is literally impossible to read and listen to everything, let alone grasping it and eventually implementing it. Of course, you…

Accept it or not, in logo digitizing for embroidery, a digitizer needs to have a sound grip on lettering concepts. Since almost every logo entails company name or at least an abbreviation, lettering becomes a necessary skill for any logo digitizing professional. Logos are the graphical identity of businesses. This is what makes them so…

Color blending or mixing is admittedly one of those areas in commercial machine embroidery digitizing that are easier said than being done. The advice on the subject is rampant and easily accessible. But, it is an altogether different story when we are actually talking about execution. Embroidery digitizers, especially the new ones, find it hard…

The most taxing and creative task in digitizing for embroidery is to create a realistic design of dogs. The design needs to have the life, feel, emotions and illusion of movement of a real dog just like a good animal painting. It must not appear like a lifeless caricature of the real animal. It takes…

If you are still new to the embroidery arena, production and digitizing for embroidery patches can be a little daunting. Honestly, embroidering patches is not really different and difficult from your routine embroidery orders. For most embroiderers, the hesitation or reluctance, in the beginning, is only there because they have not done a similar job…

If you think that to digitize logo for embroidery, all you need is a digitizing software, then you, my friend, have no idea about what you are talking about. Putting it simply, it is true that digitizing is basically a conversion from an image format to a stitch format. With that being said, it must…

It is true that minor details do not make or destroy a piece entirely while digitizing for embroidery designs. With that said, these seemingly minor details also distinguish great embroidery digitizing from the ordinary. Since today, we are talking about mastering the skill, these minor things will definitely come up in our discussion. It is…

Looking to fix an issue with the embroidered product that you just finished? Or do you find yourself frequently in such a situation? If yes is your answer and you want to know how to get rid of it, then read on. In most cases, embroiderers find it convenient to put the blame on others…

The subtle line between expectation and reality is the basic reason for disappointments and confusions in the world of embroidery digitizing. Most often, the clients don’t realize the limitations of thread and misunderstand it for ink. A thread does not have the creative liberty as that on an ink. This inadequate knowledge about the use…

From the back of a cell phone set to your shoes and earrings, everything is embossed with logos. These tiny symbols define the worth and social validation of almost every object we consume. The company logos or monograms might appear casually created and placed but there is a calculated, almost, scientific process behind them. They…