So you have your own embroidery machine and you want to use your own picture or pattern. Now what? How do you get your design digitized for your use?
The answer to that will depend on many things. Are you planning on embroidering as a hobby or will you be embroidering as a business? Is the program something you will use often, or will it sit unused on your hard drive for weeks or even months at a time? How much money do you have to spend? How much time do you have to spend? Remember, like any software, you can’t return embroidery digitizing software once you have the package open.
If you are embroidering as a hobby or even if you have your own business, you may decide to contract out to digitize your embroidery pattern. After all, digitizing programs can be expensive. Not to mention, how difficult it is to learn all the ins and outs of the program and the steps to digitize a pattern.
Most digitizing programs promise ‘auto-digitizing’ features. This is great in theory. However, if your graphic isn’t clean enough then you may spend a lot of time frustrated with your project. Many times, even if you have a clean graphic, you can’t...