Tips & Tutorials

PhotoFlash Element used to create a shadow effect

Photo Flash Element for a commercial logo

February 9, 2023

Understanding Your Creative Stitch Types A Step-by-Step Let’s use the unique stitch type produced by Wilcom’s Photo Flash add-on Element to create something amazing. Photo Flash is traditionally used to quickly transform and convert black-and-white photographic images into realistic embroidery designs. The technique creates even rows of both satin and running stitches connecting at the edges of the bitmap […]

2023 year of the rabbit 3D FUWARI

January 18, 2023

2023 Lunar New YearYear of the rabbit! To celebrate 2023 and welcome in the Lunar New Year, Wilcom is trying something a little different. Fuwari Embroidery! What is Fuwari? Fuwari is a unique embroidery technique that can be achieved with any embroidery machine. It creates a tactile, fur-like embroidery that is beautifully soft to the […]

Tips and Tricks to Embroider with Metallic Thread

October 25, 2022

Read in SPA > Read in POR > Tips and Tricks for Metallic Thread In an ideal world, Wilcom would produce a list of tips to create perfect metallic thread embroidery. The reality is that it’s not that straightforward. There are many variables to consider. Let’s go through each and provide an understanding so you […]

Faux Chenille Masterclass

October 13, 2022

Faux Chenille Masterclass Chenille is a unique textured embroidery effect that is widely used in both fashion and sports textiles. Wilcom makes it easy for you to achieve a chenille effect today without needing specialty embroidery equipment! The key to achieving the best faux chenille effect is to use thicker woolen thread. Don’t worry, we’ll […]

10 Mistakes your Customers Should Avoid

August 1, 2022

10 Mistakes your customers should avoid to get the best embroidery results! Avoid delays and errors in your embroidery process Customers can provide poor-quality information that causes frustration, delays, and sometimes errors in production. Unfortunately, the embroidery knowledge gap is common, but we’d like to help educate. Eliminate questions like these Here is the logo […]

Creating QR codes with CorelDRAW

July 20, 2022

Create a QR Code in minutes with CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite By owning EmbroideryStudio e4.5 software, you also have a QR Code Generator at your fingertips! Integrated with EmbroideryStudio DESIGNING and DECORATING software is your own complete version of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite. One of the many exciting features is its QR Code Generator. A QR code […]

10 Tips to get the best embroidery results

June 29, 2022

FREE Educational Guide for your Customer 10 Tips to get the best embroidery logo result Embroidery is a specialized field, and getting the correct information from your customer is not always straightforward. Even other relatable professions may not understand what’s needed. Graphical detail is often confused with the embroidery requirements. This knowledge gap means poor […]

Auto Start End Update

November 20, 2020

In version 4.5 of the software the last stitch of the last object created is identified with a white cross (location of the cursor.) When using the Stitch edit tool or traveling through the design the white cross identifies the stitch the cursor is located on. The start and end point of the design is […]

FlexiSplits

November 10, 2020

Flexisplit is an effect that can be applied to Satin or Tatami fills created with any tool. There are dozens of preset Flexisplit patterns available to choose from, each of which can be resized and applied as a single row or multiple rows that can be made to fit to the shape of the object. […]

Colorwheel and Eye Dropper

October 29, 2020

Active Colors Selecting a color by clicking on a color chip in the working palette or using the Eye Dropper tool and selecting an object in the work area, will make that color ACTIVE Once Active use the Bucket tool to drop the color to any object in the design. Color Wheels Easily cycle existing […]

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