The hard part for me was actually before getting the picture into the Embird software, I first had to colorize my picture down to only a few colors.
#Embird review software#
I do understand a bit more than the average user about software and computers but I had no problem following the included tutorials and getting a picture that I wanted into a design. While using the Embird software is not a simple thing it is also not very difficult, just time consuming for some of the work, I actually had an easy time working with the software. There is a lot to embroidery and designs, much more than I thought when I started on this review and the embroidery projects I wanted to work on. Using different stitches, patterns or how they are placed on the material you can alter the design and how things look, you can even add more stitches in the same area to get a more filled in look.
You can vary the stitches of the machine by the length of the stitch and the direction. The format and file used will have information given to your machine with the shape of each part of the design, the type of stitch used and the color of the thread. This vector based program works well with other programs like Photoshop and Corel Draw for getting your designs the way you want them. An embroidery design is really a simple thing when you see it in action, the design has a type of stitch pattern that runs for each color and fills in an area on your material.Įmbird actually takes vector based drawing programs to its logical use with an embroidery machine by using the areas of a vector image and filling them in with stitches. The format used by many machines is called PES, the format is often referred to by the extension or last three letters of the last part of a file name, usually after the period. An embroidery machine stitches by placing the hoop of material where it wants and then creates running stitches of colored thread in a specific pattern to give you designs on the material. The Embrid software can take a JPEG picture and with a lot of work by the user turn it into a format that your embroidery machine can use to embroider or cross stich designs.Ī simple explanation of this is easy, but the programs actual workings are anything but and this is obvious by the cost of embroidery software programs. It is not an easy thing to take a picture, bitmap or JPEG is the best and change it into a design format that the embroidery machine can use.
#Embird review full#
I received the full package of software with plug-ins and especially the Embird Studio program. I wanted to take a picture, Opus of course and turn it into a design format my new Brother Embroidery machine could handle and found the Embird software at their website.
The software package comes with several plug-ins and you can order the base program and the plug-ins you need for your particular crafts. There really are quite a few different things going on with Embird and the program is not a simple click a button and a picture is turned into a format that an embroidery machine can use. The manager also handles the import and export, file format and advanced views of your projects while working on the design that is ready to transfer to your embroidery machine. You can create designs like shirt logos, pictures and lettering for clothing or other projects quite easily, the Embird program is a managing program while the plug-ins themselves all offer varying features. The program does several different major operations and uses different parts or the plug-ins for these different operations. Embird 2010 is a great but slightly complicated program that has plug-ins to help with the various operations required in turning designs into embroidery projects.Įmbird allows you to create your own design or you can turn pictures into the vector graphics formats that embroidery machines use. Embird 2010 Embroidery Software allows people to take pictures or create their own designs and compile them into formats that an embroidery machine can turn into embroidery and cross stitch masterpieces.Įmbird 2010 Embroidery Software and the Embird plug-ins are a great way for crafters and embroidery enthusiasts to capture their designs and turn them into embroidery or cross stitch designs.