| > | | | | embroidery files created by using special software |
| | | | drive most embroidery machines used by |
| There are so many kinds of embroidery machines in | | | | professionals and hobbyists today. A person who |
| the world. Do you know how is it work? Do you | | | | creates a design is known as an "embroidery digitizer" |
| know what does it do? | | | | or "puncher." The digitizer, or puncher, users digitizing |
| You have permission to publish this article | | | | software to create their embroidery design. |
| electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the | | | | Digitized embroidery design files can be either |
| bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your | | | | purchased or created. Please make note that there |
| publication would beappreciated - send to | | | | are many different brands of machines and each |
| Title: Embroidery Machines | | | | may use a different file format. When purchasing or |
| AuthorEva Wang | | | | downloading free designs, make sure you get the |
| Article URL | | | | format used by your machine. If your format is not |
| Blog | | | | available, you can get a conversion program to |
| Embroidery Machines | | | | convert from one stitch file format to another stitch |
| Embroidery digitizing is the action of converting a | | | | file format. Once a design has been digitized, it can |
| graphic design into computerized instructions, which | | | | be edited or combined with other designs by |
| tell an embroidery machine how to sew a design. Or, | | | | embroidery software. For those without editing |
| another way to describe it - embroidery digitizing is | | | | software, some embroidery machines have |
| translating a design into a series of commands that | | | | rudimentary design editing features built in the |
| can be read by an embroidery machine. This allows | | | | machine. After editing the final design, the design file |
| the user to print the artwork, or designs, on various | | | | is loaded into the embroidery machine to be printed |
| items such as apparel, caps, bags, pillowcases, | | | | on the underlying fabric. |
| tablecloths, etc. Computers that read digitized | | | | |