Its time I post some digitizing information.

How many of you have tried to digitize a design & found it too complicated at start?
That’s many of us. Complications do come at start, which are always overcome by practice, knowledge and experience. When I first started digitizing, I really never thought I would go so far. Professionally digitizing numerous designs a day?? I couldn’t even think of it.

It all comes day by day after struggles, mistakes and improvements. I would to share a few of my basics to start digitizing.

1) Software
Selecting the right software is a major concern. Features in a software can really make sour through the winds in no time OR keep your self dragging till you give-up.
I would suggest using software that has manual digitizing. Never start learning or working with automatic digitizing software. Automated digitizing is never a good choice as it can’t do what a Digitizer can. Final stitched results are worse than a design digitized manually by a newbie.


2) Right Artwork
You must have a right artwork - clear, sharp, medium to large sized. Preferably one exported from a vector based image. I would suggest you stick with good sized JPEG's as they are the best option in regards to file size and detail.

3) Rule of the thumb
Take a good look at your artwork; visualize it as a 3d image. You should be able to differentiate what parts of the design are the furthest and what are the nearest.
Start digitizing the furthest things first, then gradually digitizing you way up to the nearest.
You might even consider digitizing bottom-up and center out if you digitizing a design for caps.
Sew outs help a lot to know what you are doing & how well you are going.

4) Settings
Underlay, Density, pull compensation, and other various features that are added to software’s like smart corners and fractional spacing, allow you to adjust the stitches so that they look nice after a stitch out. Make the habit of using good underlay – not too much and not too less. These settings are based on fabric type, stitch type and various other aspects which come after a lot of practice.

5) Practice makes a man perfect
This applies to women as well. The more you practice the more you will start knowing about things. Everyone is in a learning process and the process continues. It’s best to ask some helpful seniors & that’s why we have started these forums. Feel free to post your questions and answer others if you can.

Best of luck!

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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is really recomended for digitizing jobs. Hahaha. $1.50 for the quality as the $3.5 companies!!
Saves me lot of time for minimum cost. I'm proud to be one of its 1900+ customers.

I would have agreed before Drawings came out. I have seen designs sew perfect from this program. I have also seen messes. I have seen it do designs better than profesional. but you need to have a vector graphic back ground. other wise the wings software works well.

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Welcome to the board Zebaj,

It would certainly be great to know more about Corel Drawings, How long have you been using it for and how would you recommend it to others?

Is it to use? What kind of designs is this software good at?


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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is really recomended for digitizing jobs. Hahaha. $1.50 for the quality as the $3.5 companies!!
Saves me lot of time for minimum cost. I'm proud to be one of its 1900+ customers.

some one with a good working knowlage of corel draw or adobe illistrator can use drawings. It is not really automatic but rather intellegent software. corel is a very powerful vector graphic program , the software plug in was developed by Wings xp software a proffesional digitizing software, the program analyzes the vector and applies the appropriate stitch type. the software also allows you to manualy override the stich type. the better the vector file the better the digitizing. Better meaning built for digitizing. I have seen some very nice results from this software. it is very helpful for the beginer, the software takes your vector and produces a usable stitch file. the second half of the software is the wings xp software that allows full digitizing and editing capability. a trial version is downloadable from Wingsdigitizing.com. It is a tool that can be useful to professional digitizers as well. Like all tools learning to use it at appropriate times will yeild better results. Also the wings xp software runs very much like corel and so learning the program is easier than most digitizing sofwares.

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Real great stuff there.

Thanks for the info Zebaj, besides, what software do you been use if you find Corel Drawings not work well. Or lets say you have a jpg artwork?

My personal choice is Wilcom.. ive been using it for years and maybe for years to come.

Talker

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...My recomendations


[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is really recomended for digitizing jobs. Hahaha. $1.50 for the quality as the $3.5 companies!!
Saves me lot of time for minimum cost. I'm proud to be one of its 1900+ customers.

often the corel can do a conversion into vector the x3 version is great.or I just take it into wings xp and hand digitize it.

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