How to Digitize Corporate Logos into Embroidery Designs - Tips & Tricks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- In this video, I'll walk you through how to digitizing a corporate logo into an embroidery design. Have you ever had one of those times you were about to commit to something and that little voice inside you is saying, “don’t do it, don’t do it!”?
Well in this video I should have listened to that little voice as I bit off a bit more than I could chew. We have a pretty tight schedule at the Embroidery Legacy, we have to be very careful with how we delegate our time.
In this situation, I saw what I would consider a very advanced “corporate design” that would challenge the best of digitizers posted in our “Wilcom Hatch Facts FB Group” (link below). The digitizer was having difficulty with designs and was asking for input, I knew trying to assist with written input would easily turn into a small novel… and that’s when I thought to myself, this would make a great educational video. Be sure to tune into this week's video as I share tons of useful tips and tricks when it comes to the theory behind digitizing a corporate design.
All that said, this ten-minute video ended up requiring hours of digitizing plus running a sample on the machine and it has become a great reminder as to why I am so happy that my corporate digitizing days are long over.
A good corporate digitizer always needs to take two things into consideration. First is that the design/logo is the customer's identity and they usually do not take it lightly when you start messing with their artwork. You almost need to be a “little sneaky” about it, make changes they will not notice to increase the look and quality of the finished embroidered design. If their first reaction is, “that looks great”, then they are happy and won’t even notice the “little” changes you made. Why did we make changes in the first place? Because embroidery and print are two vastly different processes and seeing as we are using thread and not ink, we need to make adjustments with regards to details within a design.
Second, and equally important is that an embroidery design needs to be digitized to be “production friendly”. Embroiders make far more money when designs run well on their machines. Designs with fewer trims and less density save time and when a design is mapped/sequenced properly the finished quality of the design is always better.
Our roots began with implementing these recipes, as contract embroiderers in the 1950s throughout the ’90s, and that same care and dedication to quality is what has kept us in business ever since. Even though I now digitize “fun” designs that are not critiqued the same way my commercial designs used to be, I feel both teaching and implementing quality is important to our Embroidery Legacy and yours.
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John Deer's Embroidery Legacy does it work for MacBook?
Mypenishuge96 Hatch is not native to Mac. Parallels are needed.
Great job! Many people don't realize how important the sequence of stitching and push/pull comp are
I downloaded the free trial of Hatch a couple weeks ago. Needless to say I am hooked! For a complete beginner to be able to make complex designs it will be worth every penny
Happy to hear that Wesley :) It's an amazing software, thanks for watching!
I am so excited to make my hubby 's shirts for work. He works for thr city and I tried to take a picture of the logo and try to use other sites to make it So I can add it to a shirt. It looks like crap. I have the pe500 brother embroidery machine. It is Brand new, and I really don't have the money to pay for the sites to design or to copy one.
Is it still available? Do you know, I want to digitize my own logo.
I have gotten a BUNCH of nuggets from THIS video!! Thanks, John!!
So glad to hear that Nancy :)
Great post of a seasoned professional. Thank you John. As instructive as helpful.
this is a gem 💎 I got tired of telling manufacturers my design is too complex. now I can do it myself, thanks john!
How can I do it myself..?
What program should I use.
@@arturogutierrez4562 John Deer is literally offering a 30 Day Trial for a Software xd
Master. That’s beyond professional
Thanks for watching!
This is very helpful! Just curious as to why you needed underlay on all the objects that sit on top of the blue tatami stitches. I would have assumed the blue tatami stitches act as the underlay.
What do you mean by adjusting push and pull? (I’m very new to digitizing)
I have been struggling to get my logo embroidered onto hats. Most aren't as experienced as you. Nice work
I wish I knew all that you used for this great work, thanks!
Thanks for watching Jimmy :)
Wow that was fantastic, worth all the skill you put into it.
Love the channel. Its been helping me a lot.
That's great :) Happy I can be of help in your digitizing journey!
Hello Embroider Legacy team! I do have a question, do all the elements need to have underlay?
How do I start as a beginner, that was an amazing video. 👏
love your videos I learn so much. Also have been working on level 2 of the dream course.
That’s really cool
Wow u made it seem so easy
You are the man!!!
🙏💙
Im new to embroidery, your work is amazing!
I have DRAWings xl software
Do you have any thoughts on this software?
I will be studying alot of your videos!
I have a question, that's going to sound strange. I understand the order of digitizing when it comes to hats. Let's take this log for example, if i we're doing it as a 10 inch flat, what you suggest as my order of operation.
That’s a question that could turn into a very long answer or video. With digitizing there are foundational rules but, as every design is different the plan will never be the same.
Thanks John
Fabulous as usual!
Could you tell me what tatami setting you have for the background? Particularly the offsets; I'm never happy with how smooth mine looks.
Was this made in Hatch digitizer? I've been trying to crash course into digitizing some illustrations for an embroidered production run but I feel like this type of detail is not possible in hatch digitizer. The only software I've seen capable of this type of work is wilcom embroidery studio. I have inquired about about embroidery studio on wilcom's website but have yet to recieve any reply. I wish embroidery studio was as accessible as hatch is, as i believe it's a more capable product.
SORBET PAINTBALL This was done in Hatch, however all the tools used in this design can be found in almost any digitizing program as it was manually done. For corporate/detailed design, I’d go as far to say it more about the experience of the person driving than the make and model of the vehicle. That said, Wilcom is the world leader in digitizing software.
Hallo please show us how to digitize "Patch Merrow Border"
The circle looks a bit oval. Is there a rule of thumb as for the height to width for doing perfect circles with lots of fill like this?
Mary Kay Long that would just be the filming, it is a circle. The push and pull on the fills are exaggerated put the satin outline is a perfect circle.
Hello sir would you tell me please how much stitches value for polo t shirt
May i aske you something ? How much density we need to use for large areas, something like 150mm x 70mm ?
Just a question here. Could you have left out the outline stitches on the eagle - wouldn't that have looked cleaner but still give good detail - interested in your opinion?
Gail Hardock given the size I limited the detail to reduce hard stitches. Just a judgment call :)
@@EmbroideryLegacy I was actually wondering if you could have deleted the outline run stitches around the wings - wouldn't there still be enough detail without them - less stitches overall. Just wondering if those stitches are actually needed? Final design would have less stitches then or are the outline stitches needed for better design registration - I am just trying to clarify things in my mind. Do objects need outline stitches for better registration I guess is what I am trying to figure out?
Gail Hardock sorry I misunderstood, agreed I might have an equally positive effect :)
@@EmbroideryLegacy sir while work on small text on school logos our text out ome is so unclear and unreadable... Could you pls tell me that how these smaller text can be made clean and prominent.. Compensation.. Density and all that.
may I know the name of the software?
You do commercial digitizing with Hatch?
Absolutely! Hatch has tons of features that make it comparable to commercial platforms :)
@@EmbroideryLegacy so a serious question then. If I am just starting out, money is no option, should I buy wilcom hatch digitizer or the designing wilcom product?
If you are just starting out I would suggest Hatch, learning curve is far less, educational resources far more and your digitized designs will has the same quality results as the commercial platform. The biggest part of digitizing is the learning curve that applies regardless of any software brand you purchase, some are just easier platforms and more intuitive to assist in reducing that curve.
@@EmbroideryLegacy thank you so much for your time and information
Thanks
Which software?
Hatch :)
Which app are you using?
www.digitizingmadeeasy.com/hatch-best-embroidery-software/
What is the seze of the logo
From start to finish approximately how long did it take you to do the complete digitizing?
Just under 2hrs.
@@EmbroideryLegacy wow it would take me at least a week😉 Maybe I will switch to Hatch when I get my new Melco. Using PED-11 now.
Can I install this one in my android tablet an can use for my usha janome 450 machine?
Mam...r u a embroidery digitizer?.
About how long would it take you to digitize a logo like this ?
Solid 2ish hours.
Thanks, John. This is a different vibe from the moms uploading videos of their embroidery projects
How can i change the angle of the tatami underlay in hatch?
Select the object and then hit the “H” key.
@@EmbroideryLegacy Thanks!
I've learned a lot from your videos.
@@EmbroideryLegacy
maybe i'm missing something but i just want to edit the angle of the reinforcement without altering the main fill
With Hatch I have to trick the software to change the default. I turn off all underlay, duplicate the fill, change values of the first one to be my opposite direction underlay and then select both and apply closest join.
tatami shifting reduce methods please make video
It's nice but I have this one here that I need help on it
Super sir
Thanks for watching!
Please back to over of hatch 899$ one week only please
Nabdh Alamal so sorry the last sale is over :(