Digitizing personal embroidery

[lindarnold]

 

I've been doing freehand drawing designs but now want to do digitizing of them. When I jump to digitize there I get many colors.  if I decrease the color then I can't get any decent design. I've tried many different numbers ( from 2 up to 50), also tried freehand with black marker for a consistency, and tried colored pencils. But Nothing works. so is there any trick? Also, I've a design ina  PES format however I make use of JEF format. Is there some way to convert the formats? 

 

Thank you

 

[diver361]

What embroidery software you using?

[candace]

 You did not say the software you are using, I need the information to help you. 

[lindarnold]

Sorry about that. Digitizer 10000. Janome 350E machine.

[olive]

Ohh, it has been so long that I used this version, but anyway. 

 

Firstly do not auto digitise with the Digitiser 10000. Auto digitising is used with an extremely clean kind of  BMP images ( that includes jpg) without colour garduations. You need to use manual digitising tools, but unfortunately I do not have any videos related to Digitiser 10000 therefore I  cant upload any to the you tube.

[ZloiCiuvac]

All these old embroidery software.. I think if you beginner , look Pe design Next or Husqvarna 5D

[lindarnold]

Thank you for the info. I've had the machine for few years but never utilized all neat things becauseof no idea at all. I did a falcon free hand. I saved it as I use it often. Then It was an old-time popcorn box with movie reel . It was toug but Came out cool. Thank you  for your help.

[nessa12]

Same problems here with the 350e and customizer 11000. I thought I was supposed to be able to scan in a logo from like a business card, and be able to get a clean outline to digitize it when I purchased this. No matter what settings, it looks like a tile mosaic drawing and takes forever to clean if possible at all. Granee, did you get anywhere with any advice? I have been back to the store where I purchased all, and nobody knows how to digitize their own designs. They sold me a $40 cd from canada that was supposed to have the answers, but it didnt have any digitizing information at all on it.

[rosemary]

you need a full digitising suite in order to digitise, Customiser is far too limited, and scanned artwork unless scanned at a high resolution, then cleaned, wont take kindly to being auto digitised.

[rosemary]

 The artwork has to be very clean to use it. That's true for any digitising software if you are going to auto digitise. Your best bet is manual digitising, but it takes time to learn how, and commitment. 

[stitchlady]

 I am confused about digitizing programs. I need help but Money is tight so can I buy digitizer 10000 and then sometime later upgrade slowly or somehow a little at a time? Or is there another digitizing program that will work with my MC 9700? 

Thanks for your help, 

[denpopov]

You don't want to start with Digitizer 10000, it is so old and much harder to use than the current version MBX 4.5 However, you could get Digitizer Jr. at less money and upgrade it when funds would allow. It doesn't do anything very sophisticated but it would get you started.

[nessa12]

 Digitizer 10000 hasn't been sold, since the newer versions came out - I wouldn't recommend buying from anyone other than a dealer either as someone might just be trying to get a few bucks our of software they have updated and the dongle wouldn't work and then you'd be out what you paid them. 

[nessa12]

I still prefer to do sample sewouts for clients - although it is often to only photograph and show on an e-mail with the design I'm sending. I then keep my sample as a portfolio of my digitizing. I'm also only involved with embroiderers in our local area, so I am not talking of that many designs.