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Autoeng · 03-02-07, 03:59

I've worked with embroidery machines and there isn't any free software that I've found (unless someone loaded their's onto the internet). You are digitizing the stich pattern. baically an X and Y point for every time the needle penetrates the material. The programs have parameters that they limit the pattern to. For instance a stitch can't be over 1/8" long. Think of it this way, you want a picture of a car embroidered onto a shirt. Overall size is 1" by 5". The stitches can't be 1" long or that wouldn't have any detail and they wouldn't hold up past the first washing.

Sorry buy you will have to pay the charge or find someone to do it free for you. Might be time to visit an embroidery forum. Bet you there is one out there somewhere. Probably as anal as we are....

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Autoeng One hour from everywhere Autoeng is offline Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 328	Re: How to "digitize" images for embroidery? I've worked with embroidery machines and there isn't any free software that I've found (unless someone loaded their's onto the internet). You are digitizing the stich pattern. baically an X and Y point for every time the needle penetrates the material. The programs have parameters that they limit the pattern to. For instance a stitch can't be over 1/8" long. Think of it this way, you want a picture of a car embroidered onto a shirt. Overall size is 1" by 5". The stitches can't be 1" long or that wouldn't have any detail and they wouldn't hold up past the first washing. Sorry buy you will have to pay the charge or find someone to do it free for you. Might be time to visit an embroidery forum. Bet you there is one out there somewhere. Probably as anal as we are.... __________________ Autoeng