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String Stitch

Texture with String Stitch

Add texture with String Stitch Now is the time to experiment with textural stitch type. See what you can create with this uniquely traditional Indian stitch, called Paghadi Stitch.  The series of overlapping ‘curved stitches’ quickly create depth and movement in any design. How could you use String Stitch in your digitizing?   String Stitch…

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Reef Photo Stitch - Cherry Blossom

Layer with Reef Photo Stitch

Paint with embroidery layers using Reef Photo Stitch Bring a logo or digitizing to life with layers of tonal thread colors. To produce this unique design, we use an image rather than a photo. We incorporate layers of varying shades, and the end result is like an embroidery painting. If you recall, the Reef Photo…

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Working with Color

Working with Colorways

Working with Color in EmbroideryStudio To ensure customers get the correct colors embroidered every time they order. It’s important the digitizer records the different color options. It could be PMS colors for the corporate logos or different color combinations to match the garment colors.  This is used in the approval process, and ensures consistency in future orders….

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WilcomWorkspace

Introducing WilcomWorkspace

WilcomWorkspace is a new web-based application that allows you to view, resize, recolor, print and convert embroidery files to machine stitch files from any web browser on your PC, Mac or tablet device. Your perfect embroidery companion WilcomWorkspace is perfect for sales, customer service, production, or even your regular clients to view your embroidery designs…

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Wilcom’s Social Distancing Production Solution

Wilcom’s Physical Distancing Production Solution for your Workplace Safe efficient work processes In today’s new world, keeping staff safe is a priority, and Wilcom’s wireless embroidery solution is perfect for maintaining your physical distancing protocols. This package is full of functional features and includes many Wilcom favorites, including the library of 226 professionally digitized embroidered…

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Embroidery Design Editing Techniques

Design Editing Techniques

Frequently used tools & techniques in digitizing Whether a newbie or you feel like a refresher, this video walks you through some basic, but frequently used techniques for digitizing or editing. It provides a great overview to anyone looking to learn more about embroidery and digitizing. Set-up the project​ Prior to digitizing know the fabric…

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Digitize without Digitizing

Cutout Embroidery

Leaving a negative area in your embroidery design not only saves lots of stitches, the process could be the simplest embroidery exercise you will ever complete. In fact, there is absolutely no digitizing skill required to make the file. All you need is a clear raster image and three tools. Heading Instant Smart Design Outlines and…

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CorelDRAW 2020 - Features for embroiderers

Features for embroiderers in CorelDRAW 2020

The best features in CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 2020 for embroiderers by Eduardo Serje & Maria Palma PowerTRACE™ ENHANCED – Corel PowerTRACE™ allows you to convert bitmap images, such as JPEGs, into vector images, with the powerful Artificial Intelligence. (The artifact removal and upsampling are built into the process to help improve the quality of the source…

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start-finish-end

Auto Start End Update

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…

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FlexiSplits

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….

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