I'm not a fan of auto digitising or thedesigns they generate, unless the digitiser really knows their craft, the point, click and stitch designs leave an awful lot to be desired. It may sound strange, but to be able to auto digitise well, you need to have mastered manual digitising. Hi Cherry p, Embird wont convert a graphic into embroidery, it's not an auto digitising package. The upgrades are a modest price, there's masses of support on the web, and the authors listen to the users. Which brings me round to Embird again, I paid less for the 4 elements of Embird I own than I paid for PEDesign in the mid 90s, less than Digi Pro, and a lot less than Generations. I couldnt justify it so put the program away. At the time a days tuiton cost a weeks salary for me and I had to travel miles to have it. I did own PEDesign many years ago, but never got on with it, and the upgrades were so expensive. Generations is awesome, has a steep learning curve but is well worth the climb. Something I dont use as auto digitising requires a lot of editing or careful thought, resequencing and altering start and stop points. Manual digitising from scratch is a much better option, plus Digi Pro has a shallow learning curve. I also have Janomes Digi Pro, a good honest not too many frills digitising program, with an excellent lettering facility and an auto digitising function.

In fact initially it was intended for the commercial embroidery digitisers, so has some of the elements found in the commercial packages. It's digitiser is good, it wont auto digitise, it was never intended for the auto digitising market. In those two elements of the program you have all you could want if you dont want to digitise your own designs. The Editor is fantastic, it would be quicker to list what it doesnt do, the washing, ironing cooking.

I also own Janomes Digi Pro and Customiser 11000, then you can add to those Generations as well.Įmbirds manager on it's own is a great file manager, embroidery conversion tool, thread colour changer, plus a whole lot more. I own Embird basic suite, Studio, the digitising plug in, and Cross stitcher. Margie t, is there room on your soap box for another Embird enthusiast.

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