Inkstitch - from image to embroidery file with Tux
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2021
- Showing how to import an image, trace bitmap, and edit your image to make it ready to stitch. We use Tux, the linux mascot penguin in png form and take it all the way to stitch saving ready. Just save in the format you need is all that is left.
Certainly not the only way or the right way, just one way to go about it.
"While its running have a sip of coffee" that's when i knew this was the right video
Lol. Thank you 😆👍
You quite literally made me lol.
Had I need drinking a sip of coffee it would have probably spewed. Lol
Thank you so much! I was getting so stressed trying to get Inkstitch to work, but your relaxed tone and clear instructions helped me through it straightforwardly. The best video tutorial I've ever used.
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Thank you!! I’ve been searching high and low and this was the best tutorial!
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this tutorial is SO GOOD. No fuss, just what needs to be done step by step Thank you!!!!
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i have watched several youtube tutorial on inkstitch/inkscape and I will say your is by far the best on I have watched. Thank you so much for all the tips and explanation.
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You have the best instructions, I learned a lot from you! Now it is easier to make designs for my embroidery machine, I can't thank you enough man, keep up the good work!
This was the perfect tutorial. I’m a millennial cricut user of 5+ years and Inkscape still intimidates me 😂 This made it super simple and easy to follow
Awesome. So glad I could help 🙂.
I feel you there, my introduction to inkstitch was also my introduction to inkscape. I've had to learn both at the same time and I'm still learning.
Happy stitching
This is by far THE best tutorial out there! So many helpful tips and tricks. Thank you!
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Great explanation, direct, quick but very well explained. Thanks.
Thank you!! You actually show what you are clicking on. So many say to do something, but never show where and how. This is much more helpful.
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Thank you for this video. I haven't started my Embroidery journey yet but I am trying to ensure I have all the things I need. This video was very helpful and easy to follow compared to others I have watched. Makes me feel a bit more confident in going forward with what I am wanting to do. So thank you again ♥
Thank you. If you have questions asking the way get free to ask
just wanted to say thank you for making these videos! thanks to you I'm now making many patches successfully :D
Short sweet and to the point! Thank you and keep them videos coming!
Such a good and clear demonstration of how to use InkStitch. Thank you.
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thanks man! You really helped me a lot. I love how chill you go through the explanation step by step. You really earned my subscription! Greetings from Belgium!
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you, I just started messing with this and your instructions have been so helpful ... I still have a ways to go , but you're much appreciated!
Also do you have a video explaining the stitch counts, how to maximize , I did a name and it seems like it stitched a lot! What are good parameters?
@@MrsLPerez I have this video which shows me playing around with inkstitch params settings quite a bit. It may help.
th-cam.com/video/Zen4ASsrudM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you. This video has helped me so much. I appreciate you and I've joined the FB group
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Thank you so much for being an amazing human being 👌🏽
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You definitely showed me some new Inkscape tricks and I will try your steps, very good tutorial thank you for the share
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This is a great resource for people who are starting out in machine embroidery.
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thanks u so much, i used the wilcom ahtch software 30 days trial , it was very easy to use but now after those 30 days i have to look what i use bc i dont have the moeny to buy an expensive but good software, so i use inkstitch, and thank u very much for ur videos, it helped me a lot to learn it, even though i thought sometimes how to open those windows on ur right side where u was doing that stuff, ,
simple and to the point badass video thanks!
Great tuto, thank you.
Thank you!!!!! This is so good for someone starting out digitizing ✌🏽🙌🏽
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I was 900th person to push thumbs up button.
Sweet. Thank you 😊
Yours was the by far the easiest to follow!
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Thank You for this great video! It has been a huge help!!!!
Glad I could help 👍
Amazing tutorial! Thank you so much
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Thank You! Have to try again lots to remember!
Thank you so much for the video, this will go in my faves!!
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awesome vid !! greetings from New Zealand
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legend thank you for this video!
thanks for the help! youre saving me $100 cost of a company making the embroidery file for my graduation stole!
Wonderful!
you're freaking awesome!!
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Shout out to you! I followed your step by step and added a bit of my own skill and was able to digitize my own 1 color design within 30 minutes! I'm an Adobe guy, but your tutorial walked me through some of the differences between Inkscape and Ai. 5 stars
Awesome, glad I could help.
Very good tutorial.
incredible thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Niceone for this video. Haha you're so chill I love it. If I wasn't in the UK I'd be tempted to ask to collaborate. Peeeace
Thank you, that would be interesting me thinks. :)
awesome tutorial, this helped so much!
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@@LowTechLinux I ended up having to do brightness cut off in trace bitmap due to the colors turning out patchy after I did the color tract bitmap, but I after I did the brightness cut off trace bitmap, I selected break apart, and then colored each part of the design separately, then moved the remaining big black shadow of my design shape behind my now colored design to have a black outline. Now, I can't figure out how to make it so that when I do embroider, it will not have to make the big, black shadow behind the design first before stitching the rest, is there any way you could help? I'm not sure if I was able to describe it well
@@livtobcreations That can be tricky. You might be better off completely removing the black background....
However, it can be done using 'difference'.
Here's a shot at how difference works.
th-cam.com/video/CkCVSYErqpc/w-d-xo.html
(Sorry about the staticy mic, it has since been fixed.)
@@LowTechLinux thank you, that helps a ton! :)
thank you sir :)
the was a great tutorial, thank you
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I picked Inkstitch because it was free and I didn't want to waste money on a digitizing program if I couldn't understand it. So far you've been great and easy to understand and to the point.
One thing I want to ask is some of the other digitizing designers, hatch for 1 uses a drawing board and so far you have just used your normal pc mouse, do you need a drawing board to do designs or are drawing boards not used in Inkstich ?
Drawing board? Hmmm. Do you mean something like the wacom one drawing pad and pen? I have one of those but rarely ever use it. On certain things it makes it much nicer, like doing the near infinite lines of pet hair digitizing. I think it's really what you're comfortable with and what works best in your case.
Hey! Love your video, just started doing embroidering and saw this video! You're the best so far and its easily well explained. Love how you get straight to the point. I was wondering since you did trace bit map, how were you able to put the image in different multiple layers?
After you do a trace, you should follow it by doing a break apart. Extensions > Inkstitch > Fill tools > Break apart fill objects. That will create object layers that you can work with.
Also, if you do a muiltiple scan trace, that will create layers too. Still do the break apart afterwards though.
@@LowTechLinux Appreciate it! Thank you so much! Have a good day :)
@@LowTechLinux Hello again, for some reason my inkscape did not create more layers. Did I do something wrong? I even followed all of the steps in the video. I just dont know what I did wrong.
@@filpino234 first thing to check is make sure you're looking at the right layers. Inkscape can be confusing in this aspect. There's layer > layers and there's object > object > layers. To be sure, on the top menu, go to Object > Objects (doing this from memory so I might be slightly off).
When you bring up Object > objects, that window will also list layers. That's the one you want. Let me know if this helps.
@@LowTechLinux Yes, this did work! Ahh thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it! Have a great day!
Thank you so much
Thank you
I followed this and your other image to embroidery and I keep getting either a checkers background or a gray background. I have been at it for hours!!
thank you so much ! May I ask you a question. Why i dont have ink/stitch in extension ?
You have to install the extension manually.
If you're on windows 10 th-cam.com/video/9SoGm4lUr7w/w-d-xo.html
For Mac inkstitch.org/docs/install/
How long can it take saying “rendering stitch-plans”? I feel like I messed up. Also thank you for the help!
Shouldn't be more than a few minutes. If you close it before it starts rendering and there's an error it will pop up after you close it. If you close it before it starts rendering and there isn't an error then usually it means you didn't wait long enough for the render to start.
Once you get the file ready to be used by an embroidery machine, do you just save it to the jump stick that goes with the machine, or is there a special process for that too? :D
I just move the embroidery file (in our case .dst) to the usb stick. Once you plug that stick into the embroidery machine it should find it on it's own. If not, there's an issue, usually a larger hoop design than the machine can accommodate.
@@LowTechLinux thank you! I used your video and took notes! I inherited 2 embroidery machines from my mother and I'm trying to make dance dresses for my Irish dancers
This has been very helpful, thank you. My problem is, I want to create an embroidery motif from some memes my friend has sent me. I would like to make a quilt for her. This method works wonderfully except I get about 1,000 thread trails because the sewing is totally random. Is there any way to put it in order? (I have a screen shot but I guess I can't put it here.) Where can I go to get more info on this problem. I'm sure others have already come up with a solution.
You can send screenshots to dale@lowtechlinux.com.
If you have a lot of objects in your file the jump stitches can get out of hand. If you're REALLY lucky your embroidery machine will see the 'trim thread after sewing this object' command. I would try that just to see if it works. We have one machine that it works, and one machine that it doesn't work, both are brother embroidery machines. Select all objects then go Extensions > Inkstitch > Commands > Attach commands to selected objects and in the list select "trim thread after sewing this object.
I'd start with a simple 2 object design to test, both objects the same color. Attach the trim command to the first object. If your machine trims the thread between the first object and the second object you're golden :)
About objects, to get to the objects list it's Object > Objects. That should bring up your objects list (they will say layers, which can be confusing since they also have a layers panel).
In the objects list will be your objects.
Important note: The sewing order is from bottom up, so your bottom most object will be stitched first.
Sometimes you can move these around so the order is next closest object gets stitched next and in some cases this will cut down dramatically on jump threads that need to be cut by hand.
Let me know if this helps any
@@LowTechLinux Thank you for your quick reply! It took my by surprise. It worked! For the first time I got lucky. I no longer have so many thread trails. The problem now is the motif is so dense, it breaks my thread. There should be a way to control that, I just have to find it. It still bothers me that it sews out so randomly. It does a little bit of a T, then goes across the page and sews a little bit of an F, etc. I think I can use the bevel tool, (that's the cut tool, right?) and place each letter/word/line on a separate layer. I would think it would sew each layer together. Fortunately, my friend doesn't use a lot of different colors so it's relatively easy to keep those together. One last question - Is there a manual somewhere that deals with the stitch portion of the program? It would be so nice to be able to look up some of this stuff, like where do I control the density. I have to say, so far I like Inkscape. I bought Drawings years ago and still can't get it to work. I've come a lot further on Inkscape in three days than I ever did in Drawings. Again, thank you for your quick reply.
You can change the density in the params tab.
I have a video for that here.
th-cam.com/video/Zen4ASsrudM/w-d-xo.html
Some of your density problems could be overlapping objects. This can be fixed by doing a 'difference' command in inkscape. I show a simple example of that in this video at about the 1:50 mark. I apologize for the staticy mic. It went into the trash shortly after this video.
th-cam.com/video/CkCVSYErqpc/w-d-xo.html
@@LowTechLinux Thank you so much for your quick replies. I have everything working now. The problem is that it won't save a .PES file. I get an error message"lib/extensions/base.py:53: DeprecationWarning: inkex.eltree was removed. use "from lxml import etree". Is there a list of what these error messages mean somewhere? That way, we don't have to bother ya'll.
@@audreysundstrom8633 when you do troubleshoot objects does it return "all shapes are valid"?
Even with the depricated message it should still save. Large files take a pretty long time to save when saving as .pes.
If you keep having this error I'd suggest you open an issue report at the github repo. That's where the minds behind the extension reside and the best shot at them seeing it. Lots of other very smart people in there for inkstitch that may also be able to help.
github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch/issues
I searched for that specific error in their issues log and didn't find anything.
love your videos! unfortunately when I get to the "break apart fill objects" step my program stops responding, any solution for this?
Not really sure.
My first guess would be that your image is too large.
As a test I would do the same image you're having issues with but size it down to crazy small like 2 inch by 2 inch (50mm x 50mm). Then try the break apart again. If it works then the program/plugin is working properly and it's either sized too large or is very intricate and It's having to do a lot of thinking.
Let me know if this works.
Is it possible to customize inkstitch simulator background? I can't see my design clearly when using bright colors.
Hmm...I don't think so, I'll have a look and see if I can find anything on that
what if you have an outline on your design? Can set the outline to a satin line? because now the outline that I have is an object filled with autofill...
Outlines are "simple lines" that can be auto converted to satin stitches. Best practice is to duplicate the object. Set first one to fill no stroke. Set the second one to no fill, stroke about 1 mm or more. Extensions > inkstitch > Tools: Satin > convert line to satin.
I followed this guide, and when I run it through the stitching simulator, it looks right, but when we embroider it, one side has stitches that are out of the line from the pattern. Any suggestions on how to correct this?
would you send your svg file to me so I may have a look at it, dale@lowtechlinux.com
Hi, I was wondering how do I get the colors to translate to my embroidery machine. As in how do I get it to the point that my machine knows what colors need to be used? Is there some type of color code that I’d be able to do?
The short answer is there is no magic trick to make it work.
The longer answer is an embroidery file in its simplest form is only a series of stitch points (x, y coordinates) and commands (stitch, stop, trim, change colors). Every embroidery file type contains these.
Some file types contain color information (the more modern ones like pes, pec, etc). Older file types like dst contain no color information other than change color command.
An embroidery machine that displays correct colors on screen do so in a limited scope. Chameleon green will just be displayed as green in other words.
Machines that use dst and other files that don't contain color information have a default list of colors that it goes through for each color change command. If you have an image that has blue sky, green grass, white snowman, the default color list might display a red sky, blue grass (not to be confused with bluegrass lol), and a green snowman.
The best thing to do is do the PDF printout of color sets. Then you have a list you can reference at each color change stop.
Thanks for getting back to me! And my machine takes pes and I’m just learning how to do all the things needed to make my imagine into pes format lol. I’ll have to keep practicing and playing around with things. Thanks again great video😄
Thanks T H A N K S !!
You're welcome! :)
How do you get those settings on the right side? I'm on windows but I don't know how to find those settings.
The tool bar on the right is propagated by opening toolbars.
Object > objects
File > Document properties
Object > Fill and stroke
Those are the ones I use the most.
question, i dont have the "object tool to remove the background?
Sorry for the late reply.
The menus across the top starting with 'File, Edit, View, Layer, Object....'
Stop right there. click that object menu and click the first entry that says "Objects". That should give you your objects layers.
Why did you remove the dots of eyes? That gives it a character look
Too small to make a good embroidery fill
What version of Ink Stitch are you running?? Is it on a MAC ?? Or is your machine running UBANTU and the Linux version of Ink Stitch..? Running WAY faster than on My windows box ....
In this video I think it was inkstitch 1.29.1 and it's running on Linux, Manjaro KDE Plasma. I currently use the current release 2.2.0, still on Manjaro-kde.
Good Morning down in Tenn! Thanks for the info on the OS and version. Question.. What kind of hardware are you running with ? a DELL with a 2Terabyte hard drive and 64 Gigs of ram ?
I want a system that is NOT going to crawl through this application and continue to hang up ...is the reason for the questions - My system is running like a dog on a hot summer day - SLOW
If I remember correctly, I have an AMD FX x8 4ghz processor, AMD rx570 video card, 16g ram. Running manjaro Linux, and Wayland video server from a 2tb ssd. Honestly I'm starting to itch for some upgrades. The FX processor is starting to show it's age. I'd like to have a rizen, would really like the thread ripper, but that requires I upgrade mb, memory, video card, etc, and it's just out of reach for me right now.
I can't get the image to separate into different layers?
Make sure you're in objects, not in layers. From the menu at the top, Object > Objects.
What do i do if ink stitch doesn't pick up all the colors from an image?
You could do a break apart and if it breaks apart as needed you can select the different layers to be the color you need.
Or you can try doing a multiple scan > colors and make the numbers high (like 10). In theory the higher the number the more layers of color it can pick up. If you go too high it might lock up inkscape so increase just a couple at a time. Again, it might not find all the colors, but if it finds all the layers you may be able to set them to the color you need.
Thank you. But I do see how you actually save the file to a pes file. could you please explain quickly? I cant seem to do it. Much thanks
Click on file > save as. Then change the .SVG to .pes (or .dst, whatever your machine needs).
Make sure you save it as a .SVG first. Then if you need to edit the design you edit the .SVG, not the embroidery file.
@@LowTechLinux thank you very much!!
When I hit "trace Bitmap" and then update, I am not getting a new image. How can I fix this?
There are many reasons that would cause trace bitmap to fail. What version of inkscape are you on? What is the extension of the image you're trying to trace?
If you are willing to share, send the image to me at dale@lowtechlinux.com so I can have a look at it and try it here. If I can get it to work I'll send you whatever I do back to you.
Hello, everyone!
Does anyone know how to lower the density of the stitches?
I've created small designs (1,5") with thousands of stitches. Is that normal?
You can set the params to change density.
However, I'd be more inclined to say it's overlapping layers. Have a look at this video to see what I mean.
th-cam.com/video/myUhkDpWmjc/w-d-xo.html
@@LowTechLinux Yes. I watched that video last week.
The design that I'm talking about has only one color and no overlapping elements.
@@ricnyc2759 now I'd say you can change the params. Usually the defaults are pretty good though.
th-cam.com/video/Zen4ASsrudM/w-d-xo.html
If you'd like me to have a look at it, send the svg file to me at dale@lowtechlinux.com
@@LowTechLinux I'll watch it!
Thank you!
Hello can u plz help me whn i go to ink/stitch some of them dnt work they are a lite gray example trouble shoot clean up lite gray what did i do wrong can u plz help me?? New to this
Did you exclude inkstitch in defender? Do you have any other antivirus program running (macafee, malwarebytes, avast, norton)? You will have to exclude inkstitch in any antivirus you are running. If it has tagged inkstitch as an offender you will also have to remove inkstitch from quarantine. iirc defender>history>quarantine> and I think it's restore (sorry, don't use windows much).
How would I put white stripes between red stripes on a flag..and not everywhere else??
th-cam.com/video/UwSCfeLI6Ts/w-d-xo.html
I tried converting an image n this method and I can’t get it to work
When you update the different options does it just not show anything?
I need a little more detail on what you've tried and what the outcome is that isn't expected.
@@LowTechLinux I was getting an error that lines overlap and wouldn’t move to next stage
Sounds like it was working honestly. After you trace bitmap make sure to remove your original image leaving only the bitmap. Then select your bitmap and break apart. Extensions > inkstitch > Fill tools > Break apart fill objects.
The run a troubleshoot objects to see where you're at.
@@LowTechLinux Thanks figured out what step I missed now that I have the pes file now I’m trying to figure out how to turn it into an appliqué file
@@mixedchocolite Awesome, good job.
Design your work for applique before making it a .pes.
th-cam.com/video/inNYb5i1RjE/w-d-xo.html
When I get to the “Break apart fill objects” portion. Nothing happens, Inkscape just hangs and says not responding! Please help
Could be many things at play. If you're image is very large it can lock it up.
Also, Try running troubleshoot to see if anything jumps out at you.
@@LowTechLinux After tracing bitmap and running troubleshoot. I get warnings for “Unconnected shapes & border crossing itself.” So this could be why I can’t break apart field objects. Any solution? Thanks for responding.
Well, no, unconnected is what break apart is supposed to fix. What size image are you working with?
@@LowTechLinux 219 kB is the size.
My bad for not asking the right question. What's the dimensions of the image? Either inches or millemeters.
Good Day Sir! I'm a loyal TH-camr of yours and need some help. I paid for an image digitized and need to add a stop. Is that something you can show me?
In your objects layer select the object you want it to stop at, then select extensions > inkstitch > commands > attach commands to selected objects.
Please give me that file
I no longer have it. Recent accidental hard drive erasure. Probably could reproduce it though.
lowtechlinux.com/2023/04/05/new-digitized-tux-w-v-2-2-0/
too old for this shit!
This is not beginner friendly. Too fast to follow
TH-cam videos have a pause and rewind function in case you didn’t know. Even a playback speed setting so you can take it at your own pace👍🏼
I can't describe how helpful your video was to me. Thank you very much. You just got a new subscriber :)
Awesome. Thank you