This was fantastic. After hours of using GIMP, Inkscape, and a dozen and a half "free" converter sites and softwares, this solved my problem in less than a minute. Major props.
To those of you saying this program sucks, Obviously your just trying to advertise and sell your own program. Because i find this free demo is excellent and it is my first time using this program had a few hiccups but not bad and it works great if you know what your doing. Thanks for the Video
I have been digitizing since 1999 - auto digitizing is nothing more than a pipe dream - ask any experienced digitizer about auto digitizing and you will get the same reply. There are several short comings with auto digitizing - you will never get a complex artwork having more than 2 overlapping colors to work - you can waste as much time as you want adjusting the colors, cleaning the design. Another major flaw being that there is NO overlapping in auto digitizing and as soon as you sew the design you will see the fabric showing through where the 2 colors meet. Stop wasting your time and money running after this pipe dream, invest in a good digitizing software and learn to digitize, make sure that you have a machine to run your designs, because that is where you really learn how the thread interacts with the fabric. I don't know if my comment will be published, but this is an honest and true response.
+Cheryl York - I have tried many software over the years, some people swear by Pulse and some by Wilcom - I have been using Wilcom, because of its small learning curve and ease to create & revise a design. There are some free software out there as well, but I haven't really tried them out - perhaps you should before buying any software. Before finally deciding on a software it's best to try it and also sample the designs on your own machine, be comfortable with it. Those are my 2 cents - hope I have been helpful. Cheerios :)
This does work...to a certain extent. Basically you have to really know what your doing. The logo cannot be overly complicated either. If its just a simple logo like the one MrJayBusch is doing it works pretty well. I myself work at a company that sells hats, embroiders hats, and charges 50 dollars for digitizing images. (im sure you all know who I'm talking about as my workplace) There is a comment here by Indian Digitizer. Everything he is saying is accurate. however, if your image is relatively basic, like literally just 2 colors and no overlap, this works. If u have a more complex image, get it professionally digitized. Also, with Sewart, there are tiny minuscule differences when cleaning the image that I noticed that most people wouldn't see. The reason I noticed is like Indian Digitizer mentioned, different thread interferes differently with different fabrics. I know the maximum density to use, the maximum stitches, what will work and what will fail, most people dont. Customers come to me with their auto digitized logos, I plug it into the machine, I will get a result of over 80000, where i have to explain to the customer, if i do this, i will kill my embroidery machine. Not to mention, the stitch pattern is extremely bizarre in auto digitizing. The machine jumps back and forth to a bunch of different locations on the logo, which can ultimately damage the machine if not used with caution. Typically, with a properly digitized image, the first stitches will outline the interior and exterior of whatever it is your stitching, then fill in the details, this makes it more rigid, auto digitizing does this horribly. I'm speaking as a person who uses this machine everyday. I'm not a specialist at digitizing, but i am expert at stitching hats. Do yourselves a favor, get it digitized if you want a proper result. This is not an industry that can be taken over by robots.
@@IndianDigitizerhey brother, i have been into digitizing for something over a decade which still makes U my senior, Just wanted a advice on how do U reach out to clients in india, or do U accept international because I have been making designs in middle east and now I want to enter international market, though not really sure on how to do it Any advice or help would be really appreciated
OMG GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL!!!! I work at an embroadary shop and I want to do something for my boyfriend and design something but I don't wan to pay someone to digitize it so this is ssoooo helpful! THANK YOU!!
Hey Brother, I used this video to convert a fairly complex logo for a hat embroidery to help promote my channel. Unfortunately, the logo was a little too complicated and the embroidery job was a mess. All-in-all it was only a $50 mistake (spent more on a bad night out) but I thought I'd share for anyone that is worried about complexity. Having said that, the text wasn't so bad. So if you guys are are looking for simple, I think this will do the job just fine. Either way, it was worth the gamble for me to learn. Still appreciate the video! Cheers. I'll be posting a video on my experience in general, for anyone interested.
i used this a while back....recently just watched again because i needed to do it for a new file (years later) still the best solution. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
This is so great. When I brought it to Lids it wasn't a 100% match but the guy helped me adjust it a bit and it turned out well. Then I got the new DST file from them. You're awesome dude, thank you so much, saved me $50!
luis moreno I forget which program it was but I downloaded a free 30 day trial of a stitching/sewing design program online and probably converted it to DST or something along those lines. Good luck!
The program is great. ...but I see a lot of question about how to save it on a jump drive....I figured it out...after you followed all the steps above it changes when go to save the file...go to save as and save it to the removable disk then press save next go to save file as PES....this is the file your sewing machines use to upload. ...but no you have to have the jump drive from your sew machine....a regular jump drive don't work......I have really enjoyed this program♥♥♥♥
This is awesome!!! Thank you so much for this video. Finally was able to convert my logo jpeg file to pes without having to pay. I will definitely upgrade once the demo period is up.
Thank you for this tutorial as it really helped me! My only question is that I have a new Brother SE400 with a 4"x4" hoop. Now I understand this converts to 100mmx100mm. At what point...and how do I size the final image? Do I need to size the image before I use SewArt? Or can I do this within the program? Thanks!
Hey I was hoping you might have some input with a problem I keep running into. I have been trying to use all black graphics, and when I go through the wizard I always select the fewest amount of colors possible, but when I try to sew "all colors" it generates over 200 blacks/whites/grays. Is this normal? I have to go through and delete every single gray and white. I hate this, Is there a way around all of that??? Thank you for any feedback with this~
Thank you for the video. I have used your information and believe the software is just what you demonstrated. I made two different shapes on my computer and both came out perfectly.
Hi, I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I am trying to convert a png file that has basically 2 colors in the original. When I go through the wizard and do the auto image button and click on set colors I get 150+ colors. The background is white like yours, however it turns it to gray. Do you have any suggestions for me? I have tried most of the combinations.
+Sandra Hart just remember that it doesn't really matter what color the file thinks it has. As long as all of one color is the same, when it says to put in the thread for that color, you put in whatever thread you want. The sewing machine has no idea you didn't put in grey thread if you really want white. You can use this information to differentiate between two similar colors. On your image, if you have light and dark green, and the wizard is having a hard time separating them cleanly, just change the light green to bright orange. Then when you put the thread in, and it asks for bright orange, just put in your light green thread. :)
+Sandra Hart you can also merge colors if you only have two. It's been so long, I can't remember what it was called, but there is a way to select individual colors and merge them together until you get the 150 down to two. I used my free trial, but I'm thinking of buying now that I need it again. If I do buy it I'll tell you what it was called.. but it IS there!!
Thank you for this SUPER, easy to follow, information. So many computer tutorials are so small that you can't tell what they're doing. Yo1ur's is GREAT
If the software need to count the stitch, so do we need to output the png file size into ACTUAL SIZE on the shirt? Does the dpi of the file (72dpi or 300dpi) affect the result? Thanks for sharing!
@@xXTR4IRSOF7 Sorry... no idea at all, nobody answer and we just find another agent that could print everything by themself with just providing our vector logo file...
Okay, you click on options, you click on units then you click on imperial (That will show you inches instead of cm or mm). Then you go over to the Resize image icon click on that. You will get a reading of your file. If you have space to trim your file? You click on the Crop icon to trim the design to your liking. The Undo icon can reset any mistakes you made.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I only wish I found your video one day sooner, before I paid someone $20 to convert a file! No more! I’ll be having g all kinds of fun with this. 😊
Hello! Thank you so much for this tutorial it's helped me a lot. However every once in a while the file I make on Sewart is too large for my PE500 to recognize. Do you have any tips on how I can shrink the file without having to redo that whole process again?
+Cory Mills +Robson Robsen +Jeff Barry It does. The bigger the image, the bigger the digitized file. There is a button (that's 3 buttons to the left of the wizard button he was using in the video) that looks like a square with 4 blue arrows at its corners, it lets you resize the image.
Do you have a step by step written guide? I'd just purchased my embroidery machine and I purchased the Dahao embroidery software and have no idea how to use it.
Thanks! There isn't a "Save As" to the Embroidery file in the DEMO version? I can only save as an "Image file" can't save as a n Embroidery file - need DST files....any advice??? Thanks!! Also the image you upload can't be a vector file, correct as the Wizard tab would not work on an SVG file. Please advise - Thanks!
They don't have a Mac compatible version - it says mac on the site, but it's assuming you're going to use Wine or some other emulation program. You'll have to use something else.
Hi Jay, So you can import anything, even a Ferrari you've saved as a png or a jpeg straight from an image website? Even a logo you've designed yourself in serif draw?
If you have a home embroidery machine and don't really care about the quality this is fine with a very very basic design. There is nothing on the market today that does a good job for an embroidery house. No program understands if you want satin stitches fills, what type of underlay etc... if you are too cheap to send it to a digitizer, send it to china and have them make a .dst file. It might cost you $10. Spend the $ and get good quality. No commercial embroidery house will take a file made with this program
I'm a home sewer and have never digitised before. I have grandkids I want to create for, but was paying regularly for small images to sew for them. For me, this package looks to offer everything I could need, but most importantly its so simple, that I know from the start that I'll be able to use it and don't need any advanced knowledge to clean up images etc. Not everyone is doing things 'on the cheap', they just need a useable program that helps them produce the images they want to use quickly. Don't assume that we don't care about quality, thats just patronising. But neither is it cost efficient to pay for a professional package that we either can't use - that doesn't make sense for me and is just like taking a hammer to crack a nut.
Fantastic tutorial. I was able to create my logo that I want to put on the back of a denim jacket. I have saved the logo under Viking vp3 file. How do I transfer the file I just made over to my Sewing machine flashdrive stick?
If you just click on the disk icon it just saves automatically. Next to the disk icon is another disk icon with a pencil and eraser That is the Save As option. You can get plenty of options to how to save your file and and even rename your file you are saving.
I know your tutorial have been out there for 10 years but I have a question. My image is a star and it has yellow in the middle with blue border ; however the yellow is not listed on the stitch mode with the list of colors. How can I get the yellow color in the list of colors so the inside of the star will be yellow. Sure hope you answer back. Thanks
When I save it as a .pes format for my Brother machine what would be the design scale factor for a 4" hoop and what should the minimum stitch in a block should be. My logo isn't detailed. it's just 2 words in one color but i need it to fit in a 4" hoop
+Brandon Reversion this works on MAC!! just use program PlayonMac and install program through PlayonMac. Ive been using it on my iMac with no issues!!!
Great video! However for some reason my logo only has 2 colors, black and red yet, a huge list of colors appear on the right after I hit sew all colors. Please help!
hi jay I was wondering how you change sizing of the file to make a larger finish product and also how to you program so you can make several images on 1 page(sheet)
Wouldn't it be wonderful if it were this easy! Making an outstanding logo requires knowledge of digitizing and if there are fonts involved........even more complicated. A beginner with something VERY simplistic, MIGHT find this helpful, but satisfaction would not last very long.........the more you embroider, the more you want to know.......this would not satisfy the really serious individual.
Ok, so we get it. You're a pro. You do this full time. Here's the dealee-o. Eventually... You. Will. Stop. Either you pass on, you retire, you just get bored and you stop. This is something for someone like me (a beginner plushie maker who just purchased her emroidery machine and wants to make her own eyes and faces for plushies!) or anybody else, for that matter. Ok, yeah, it's not perfect, but y'know what? Who cares! Eventually YOU WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED and we all gotta start *SOMEWHERE*. Unless you got a YT video showing how to do this without charging up the ass for your knowledge, GO STUFF IT and let us noobs learn in our own ways!
There are too many variables to consider when stitching...underlays, type of fills, corners, density, jumps/cuts, bordering and so on. Any converting program won't make a good job when being given a little bit more complicated design than the one above. I have 10 years of experience with Wilcom, and even if his converting program is better than this one, is still not good.
GangTrippyTV Whoever is serious about this job makes the digitizing work manually with different programs (I use Wilcom). Letters, edges, sequences, trims, satin fills, tatami fills, runs, angles of stitching, starts/ends is something a converting program doesn't really know how to do...
Even tho you think you know what you are talking about. all of the options above you are talking about can be edited once the image has been digitized. So everything you're talking about can be "fixed"
Maybe, just maybe the guys on here doesn't want to pay 50 dollars (or whatever you take per hour) for something that can be done automatically and almost as good. i'm sorry you used a lot of time on getting your degree. But automation takes over everything. This is free, and can be done on a lot of images. only thing that can fuck up is small imperfections. but if you are doing this as a hobbyist then that doesn't really matter, i feel like this is more about you being scared of the future of your job.
Hi. thanks for the tutorial. I have sew what pro and I tried making a key fob in swp but I had a really hard time making it. would it be easier to make if I used the sew art program? Thanks.
I know that this video is old, however the program is still good. My only issue I'm having is that when saving the file as a BMP I don't have those extra extensions as a drop down to save my file as a PES. Am I doing something wrong?
evelyn knowles I agree with you, and the software does seem rather good for the price, but the title still is irritating.. title should be: "NEVER PAY FOR EMBROIDERY FILES AGAIN...until 30 days have past" but I guess that wouldnt have gotten as many views.. :P
Thank you for your help but I am trying to convert a picture that has some black in the picture and a black background. How do I get rid of background without taking out the black in picture?
That is so cool! Thanks so much for that information. I have a question though: How do you make an embroidery file from a picture you draw and it's just the drawing? How do you add color to it?
Thank you so much. I am new to this and have played with it for a few days now and still have not been able to get it right until now! Your video was exactly what I was needing. Thank you so much!
Yes! Thank you! I finally have a exp file my Bernina will read! Appreciate you sharing this. I've downloaded CorelDraw, etc etc etc but never found a way to convert to exp. This was dead simple. 🙂
Our logo has a white stroke around the border. Each time I attempt to create an embroidery file the white border is lost. If I change the border to gray, the border remains - however I don't want a gray border. Am I doing something wrong?
Hey , thanks for the vid. I know this is one of your older ones, but I have a question. After trying to digitize one of my simple logo's (one color) I couldn't get it too reflect "one color" once I hit stitch image it was still trying to stitch abut 4 colors. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks!
thanks for the video. I am having problem with the program. i have installed it. but when i drag and drop the image its not appearing on the canvas. the mage type is PNG and JPEG. i am trying all ways, but its not dropping it on the canvas. i am running out of time with my program use. please,, help me
Hi I think I need some serous help. so I am using an image that imports into SewArt but is very choppy. my stitch times are 126. that should tell you a little about the image. please help. thank you !
I cannot get the size right.... how do i resize to fit my 4x4 machine. i tried resizing to 100mx100m like someone mentioned, and its WAY tiny... but i cant get an accurate size to be able to put onto my machine. I want it as big as i can without going over the 4x4 limit. please help.
for all the Mac users I have to download a virtual window program on to my Mac this will allow you to run all programs on your mac that you otherwise could not. As for this program you really have to be patient with it and start with small good quality jpeg images. My husband has had great results with it...
BRO IM SOMEONE FROM 8 YEARS IN THE FUTURE. I CAME BACK TO TELL YOU YOU'RE A GOAT!
WAIT, IT STILL WORKS?! I was gonna ask if there was an updated version
@Ryan Baudisch It is :( for 30 days. I wonder if you can delete it then download it again? if you do it, lmk!
@Ryan Baudisch it's $75
@@stephsdiys8317 or buy it for $75
Bro I'm someone from a year in the future. I came back to tell you this comment was just as funny as you thought it was. Great job!
Hi, Brandon here from the year 2023. THIS METHOD STILL VERY MUCH WORKS!!!! Thank you
Did you use Mac?
@tystie916 no. A Windows computer
10 years later bro and you still a goat for this video man much respect you just made my passion so much easier
Did you use Mac?
This was fantastic. After hours of using GIMP, Inkscape, and a dozen and a half "free" converter sites and softwares, this solved my problem in less than a minute. Major props.
This is genuinely the most incredible thing I've seen in a while when it comes to tutorials
BOY I WATCHED MORE THEN 80 VIDEOS ON HOW TO MAKE A DESIGN AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I UNDERSTAND YOU’RE LITERALLY A HERO👏👏👏👏
To those of you saying this program sucks, Obviously your just trying to advertise and sell your own program.
Because i find this free demo is excellent and it is my first time using this program had a few hiccups but not bad and it works great if you know what your doing. Thanks for the Video
I am crying tears of joy, bless you so much for making this! It's the easiest I've found so far!!
I have been digitizing since 1999 - auto digitizing is nothing more than a pipe dream - ask any experienced digitizer about auto digitizing and you will get the same reply.
There are several short comings with auto digitizing - you will never get a complex artwork having more than 2 overlapping colors to work - you can waste as much time as you want adjusting the colors, cleaning the design.
Another major flaw being that there is NO overlapping in auto digitizing and as soon as you sew the design you will see the fabric showing through where the 2 colors meet.
Stop wasting your time and money running after this pipe dream, invest in a good digitizing software and learn to digitize, make sure that you have a machine to run your designs, because that is where you really learn how the thread interacts with the fabric.
I don't know if my comment will be published, but this is an honest and true response.
+Indian Digitizer Could you suggest a good digitizing software? I have been wanting a good one that doesn't fall short!
+Cheryl York - I have tried many software over the years, some people swear by Pulse and some by Wilcom - I have been using Wilcom, because of its small learning curve and ease to create & revise a design.
There are some free software out there as well, but I haven't really tried them out - perhaps you should before buying any software.
Before finally deciding on a software it's best to try it and also sample the designs on your own machine, be comfortable with it.
Those are my 2 cents - hope I have been helpful.
Cheerios :)
This does work...to a certain extent. Basically you have to really know what your doing. The logo cannot be overly complicated either. If its just a simple logo like the one MrJayBusch is doing it works pretty well. I myself work at a company that sells hats, embroiders hats, and charges 50 dollars for digitizing images. (im sure you all know who I'm talking about as my workplace)
There is a comment here by Indian Digitizer. Everything he is saying is accurate. however, if your image is relatively basic, like literally just 2 colors and no overlap, this works. If u have a more complex image, get it professionally digitized.
Also, with Sewart, there are tiny minuscule differences when cleaning the image that I noticed that most people wouldn't see. The reason I noticed is like Indian Digitizer mentioned, different thread interferes differently with different fabrics. I know the maximum density to use, the maximum stitches, what will work and what will fail, most people dont. Customers come to me with their auto digitized logos, I plug it into the machine, I will get a result of over 80000, where i have to explain to the customer, if i do this, i will kill my embroidery machine.
Not to mention, the stitch pattern is extremely bizarre in auto digitizing. The machine jumps back and forth to a bunch of different locations on the logo, which can ultimately damage the machine if not used with caution. Typically, with a properly digitized image, the first stitches will outline the interior and exterior of whatever it is your stitching, then fill in the details, this makes it more rigid, auto digitizing does this horribly. I'm speaking as a person who uses this machine everyday. I'm not a specialist at digitizing, but i am expert at stitching hats.
Do yourselves a favor, get it digitized if you want a proper result. This is not an industry that can be taken over by robots.
@@IndianDigitizerhey brother, i have been into digitizing for something over a decade which still makes U my senior,
Just wanted a advice on how do U reach out to clients in india, or do U accept international because I have been making designs in middle east and now I want to enter international market, though not really sure on how to do it
Any advice or help would be really appreciated
OMG GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL!!!! I work at an embroadary shop and I want to do something for my boyfriend and design something but I don't wan to pay someone to digitize it so this is ssoooo helpful! THANK YOU!!
Hey Brother, I used this video to convert a fairly complex logo for a hat embroidery to help promote my channel. Unfortunately, the logo was a little too complicated and the embroidery job was a mess. All-in-all it was only a $50 mistake (spent more on a bad night out) but I thought I'd share for anyone that is worried about complexity. Having said that, the text wasn't so bad. So if you guys are are looking for simple, I think this will do the job just fine. Either way, it was worth the gamble for me to learn. Still appreciate the video! Cheers. I'll be posting a video on my experience in general, for anyone interested.
OMG!! I've been searching high and low for this cannot thank you enough !
OMG!!! You just saved me so much time and crying (and chocolate). Thank you!!
You know what? You just saved my life, time, and money. Rather than paying for a software, I'm just gonna pay you for that tip
Thanks so much for this video!! I never thought it would be so easy to convert my own designs to embroidery files!
please ,sir if you this apps name told me then vary helpfull
i used this a while back....recently just watched again because i needed to do it for a new file (years later) still the best solution. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
When I do this, I always wind up with a insanely huge stitch count file. Any better option for making 4x4 designs?
Somehow this tutorial still works 10 years later. Thanks :)
Expert tutorial, very clear and helped immensely. Nice work!
This is so great. When I brought it to Lids it wasn't a 100% match but the guy helped me adjust it a bit and it turned out well. Then I got the new DST file from them. You're awesome dude, thank you so much, saved me $50!
hey im wanting to take my file to lids as well, i cant seam to turn it into a DST file. how did you do it?
luis moreno I forget which program it was but I downloaded a free 30 day trial of a stitching/sewing design program online and probably converted it to DST or something along those lines. Good luck!
BAM. Thank you very much. A donation has been sent. If you are ever in Seattle, I'm buying you a beer too.
Say na BAM 😂
You are #TouchingLives with this 💪🏽
I hope you get tons of reviews that pay you for years to come...
Thank you so much man! This just saved me $40!
The program is great. ...but I see a lot of question about how to save it on a jump drive....I figured it out...after you followed all the steps above it changes when go to save the file...go to save as and save it to the removable disk then press save next go to save file as PES....this is the file your sewing machines use to upload. ...but no you have to have the jump drive from your sew machine....a regular jump drive don't work......I have really enjoyed this program♥♥♥♥
Omg thank you so much! I've been watching a lot of useless videos, and finllay a found a simple one!!
This is awesome!!! Thank you so much for this video. Finally was able to convert my logo jpeg file to pes without having to pay. I will definitely upgrade once the demo period is up.
Thank you for this tutorial as it really helped me! My only question is that I have a new Brother SE400 with a 4"x4" hoop. Now I understand this converts to 100mmx100mm. At what point...and how do I size the final image? Do I need to size the image before I use SewArt? Or can I do this within the program? Thanks!
I have an se400 that I just got too! did you get your answer? cause I'd like to get the program if it does...please let me know?!!
You can change the size in the program under the button image
Thank you so much! I'm a total beginner and was clueless! Glad to have found your video!
Hey I was hoping you might have some input with a problem I keep running into. I have been trying to use all black graphics, and when I go through the wizard I always select the fewest amount of colors possible, but when I try to sew "all colors" it generates over 200 blacks/whites/grays. Is this normal? I have to go through and delete every single gray and white. I hate this, Is there a way around all of that??? Thank you for any feedback with this~
I'm having the same problem.
Did anyone reply to this? I am having the same issue and I only have three colors.
try using a png file if you can it might help
Thank you for the video. I have used your information and believe the software is just what you demonstrated. I made two different shapes on my computer and both came out perfectly.
you are the best, i was looking for this solutuon for 2 hours! thank you very very much
Thanks a million! We've spent so much money on this simple process!
Hi, I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I am trying to convert a png file that has basically 2 colors in the original. When I go through the wizard and do the auto image button and click on set colors I get 150+ colors. The background is white like yours, however it turns it to gray. Do you have any suggestions for me? I have tried most of the combinations.
Sandra Hart I am having the same problem!
+Sandra Hart Did anyone ever answer this question for you? Having the same problem:(
No, nobody ever answered it for me.
+Sandra Hart just remember that it doesn't really matter what color the file thinks it has. As long as all of one color is the same, when it says to put in the thread for that color, you put in whatever thread you want. The sewing machine has no idea you didn't put in grey thread if you really want white. You can use this information to differentiate between two similar colors. On your image, if you have light and dark green, and the wizard is having a hard time separating them cleanly, just change the light green to bright orange. Then when you put the thread in, and it asks for bright orange, just put in your light green thread. :)
+Sandra Hart you can also merge colors if you only have two. It's been so long, I can't remember what it was called, but there is a way to select individual colors and merge them together until you get the 150 down to two. I used my free trial, but I'm thinking of buying now that I need it again. If I do buy it I'll tell you what it was called.. but it IS there!!
Thank you for this SUPER, easy to follow, information. So many computer tutorials are so small that you can't tell what they're doing. Yo1ur's is GREAT
If the software need to count the stitch, so do we need to output the png file size into ACTUAL SIZE on the shirt? Does the dpi of the file (72dpi or 300dpi) affect the result? Thanks for sharing!
Did you figure this out?
@@xXTR4IRSOF7 Sorry... no idea at all, nobody answer and we just find another agent that could print everything by themself with just providing our vector logo file...
@@goh9480 No worries thanks for the reply. I ended up just finding a company to do it online for way cheaper than local companies. Cheers.
Thank you so very much love not only your wonderful video which is easy to understand very clear. But you have a nice voice. Thank you!
I have a question... how do you determine size? I have some that are 4x4 inches and some that are 1.5x1.5 inches.
Okay, you click on options, you click on units then you click on imperial (That will show you inches instead of cm or mm). Then you go over to the Resize image icon click on that. You will get a reading of your file. If you have space to trim your file? You click on the Crop icon to trim the design to your liking. The Undo icon can reset any mistakes you made.
Dude you saved my life I was about to give up and return my machine haha so you swooped in at the perfect time
This was super helpful for a basic design conversion. Thank you most kindly! 😄
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I only wish I found your video one day sooner, before I paid someone $20 to convert a file! No more! I’ll be having g all kinds of fun with this. 😊
You are a self-less Genius! Thank you so much
2021 and this worked perfectly, true hero
Thanks Jay for the information. I will let you know the outcome of my Embroidery.
Great video Jay. Very good quality. Clear, simple instructions with great pronunciation. You look very comfortable in front of the camera.
Hello! Thank you so much for this tutorial it's helped me a lot. However every once in a while the file I make on Sewart is too large for my PE500 to recognize. Do you have any tips on how I can shrink the file without having to redo that whole process again?
Did you ever find out how?
Bruh i have to thank you from the bottom of my heart this was so clutch
how do i get this program for a mac?
I got it working do you still need help?
@@FeedZeus I need help how can I run on Mac?
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@@FeedZeus how were you able to get it on mac?
Oh why did I not find your video before. So many thanks for a great tutorial. Love the tool now!
Thank you!!!!! This was extremely helpful and easy to follow tutorial. My images came out beautifully embroidered.
This looks great! I can’t wait to get it downloaded to use it! Thanks
does the size of the file matter? cause if u save it as a big file will it be stitched big also?
Cory Mills MrJayBusch Same question here!
+Cory Mills I am wondering this too?
+Cory Mills +Robson Robsen +Jeff Barry It does. The bigger the image,
the bigger the digitized file. There is a button (that's 3 buttons to
the left of the wizard button he was using in the video) that looks like a square with 4 blue arrows at its corners, it lets you resize the image.
+Cory Mills depending on stitch density, your typical embroidery on a shirt or hat should be much more than 3000 stitches.
actually most embroidery machines can down size the art or logo or grow it. it's in the program of all embroidery machines lol
How long does the demo version run? With me it is now unfortunately leaked and I can not find a licence key
Great video! Do you know if the standard .dstfile works with the lids stores?
yes it does
yup, i work there
what kind of format does lids want the pic as jpeg or any fomate is fine?
Dst
the logo wont come out stupid right? because i dont want to spend $50 thats alot
Do you have a step by step written guide? I'd just purchased my embroidery machine and I purchased the Dahao embroidery software and have no idea how to use it.
thanks so much for doing this. very simple and clear.
Thanks! There isn't a "Save As" to the Embroidery file in the DEMO version? I can only save as an "Image file" can't save as a n Embroidery file - need DST files....any advice??? Thanks!!
Also the image you upload can't be a vector file, correct as the Wizard tab would not work on an SVG file.
Please advise - Thanks!
Did you get an answer to your question?
@@chawjer I did not get an answer.
The installation process did not work for mac. Are there some files missing? And are they in the right format?
same here... Mac does not support the file..
They don't have a Mac compatible version - it says mac on the site, but it's assuming you're going to use Wine or some other emulation program. You'll have to use something else.
Hi Jay, So you can import anything, even a Ferrari you've saved as a png or a jpeg straight from an image website? Even a logo you've designed yourself in serif draw?
hi Jay! any chances that get that file in DTS?
Pablo Roldan it's dst. file 😂
dot goes on the left side also @Debojyoti Ghosh xD
Thanks for the video,vital for all designers and embroidery machine users
If you have a home embroidery machine and don't really care about the quality this is fine with a very very basic design. There is nothing on the market today that does a good job for an embroidery house. No program understands if you want satin stitches fills, what type of underlay etc... if you are too cheap to send it to a digitizer, send it to china and have them make a .dst file. It might cost you $10. Spend the $ and get good quality. No commercial embroidery house will take a file made with this program
I'm a home sewer and have never digitised before. I have grandkids I want to create for, but was paying regularly for small images to sew for them. For me, this package looks to offer everything I could need, but most importantly its so simple, that I know from the start that I'll be able to use it and don't need any advanced knowledge to clean up images etc. Not everyone is doing things 'on the cheap', they just need a useable program that helps them produce the images they want to use quickly. Don't assume that we don't care about quality, thats just patronising. But neither is it cost efficient to pay for a professional package that we either can't use - that doesn't make sense for me and is just like taking a hammer to crack a nut.
1 Company I Use Is
Fixedpricedigitizing.us ?
15.00 Left Pocket 40.00 For Jacket Back. Any File.
DST AND EMB Is What I Get.
Fantastic tutorial. I was able to create my logo that I want to put on the back of a denim jacket. I have saved the logo under Viking vp3 file. How do I transfer the file I just made over to my Sewing machine flashdrive stick?
just drag the file to the stick location on your computer. it is the same process as you will do with any other file
it works fine but how do I save it to the flash drive to get it to show on the computer at lids
you ever get it to work? I wanna do the same.
man i came back to this vid twice, thanks
When I save as BMP I don't get any further option to convert, it just saves.
Gareth Owen me too! So confusing I just want to save as pes🤬
Yeah, how do you get the Save Embroidery File window?
If you just click on the disk icon it just saves automatically. Next to the disk icon is another disk icon with a pencil and eraser That is the Save As option. You can get plenty of options to how to save your file and and even rename your file you are saving.
I know your tutorial have been out there for 10 years but I have a question. My image is a star and it has yellow in the middle with blue border ; however the yellow is not listed on the stitch mode with the list of colors. How can I get the yellow color in the list of colors so the inside of the star will be yellow. Sure hope you answer back. Thanks
THAT'S what I'm talking about!
Hi Where do i find the download links?
When I save it as a .pes format for my Brother machine what would be the design scale factor for a 4" hoop and what should the minimum stitch in a block should be. My logo isn't detailed. it's just 2 words in one color but i need it to fit in a 4" hoop
Awesome.. but not for macs that I can find.
+Lisa Hinson Has anyone found one for macs? I'm still looking
+Brandon Reversion this works on MAC!! just use program PlayonMac and install program through PlayonMac. Ive been using it on my iMac with no issues!!!
+Brandon Reierson just get a program like wine to run a windows program.
Great video! However for some reason my logo only has 2 colors, black and red yet, a huge list of colors appear on the right after I hit sew all colors. Please help!
i have a simple 2 color logo that has 34 stops - i dont understand
hi jay I was wondering how you change sizing of the file to make a larger finish product and also how to you program so you can make several images on 1 page(sheet)
I love you. Thank you so much. XD
Thank you for this video. It WORKED I was a le to digitize my own logo and create a patch. AWESOME tip....new fan....
thx it worked, doing some logos for a client :P
If there is some white along the edges (like a bit of white speckles between a brown boarder and blue skin) will that be a problem when embroidering?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if it were this easy! Making an outstanding logo requires knowledge of digitizing and if there are fonts involved........even more complicated. A beginner with something VERY simplistic, MIGHT find this helpful, but satisfaction would not last very long.........the more you embroider, the more you want to know.......this would not satisfy the really serious individual.
but it is a place for a beginner to start....
Ok, so we get it. You're a pro. You do this full time.
Here's the dealee-o.
Eventually...
You.
Will.
Stop.
Either you pass on, you retire, you just get bored and you stop. This is something for someone like me (a beginner plushie maker who just purchased her emroidery machine and wants to make her own eyes and faces for plushies!) or anybody else, for that matter. Ok, yeah, it's not perfect, but y'know what? Who cares! Eventually YOU WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED and we all gotta start *SOMEWHERE*. Unless you got a YT video showing how to do this without charging up the ass for your knowledge, GO STUFF IT and let us noobs learn in our own ways!
Tq for your clear tutorial. Is sew art compatible for ipad?
There are too many variables to consider when stitching...underlays, type of fills, corners, density, jumps/cuts, bordering and so on. Any converting program won't make a good job when being given a little bit more complicated design than the one above. I have 10 years of experience with Wilcom, and even if his converting program is better than this one, is still not good.
So what would u suggest we use to do it ourselves.....or what do the pros use to do it????
GangTrippyTV Whoever is serious about this job makes the digitizing work manually with different programs (I use Wilcom). Letters, edges, sequences, trims, satin fills, tatami fills, runs, angles of stitching, starts/ends is something a converting program doesn't really know how to do...
been trying to get my hands on some wilcom, stuck on artista v4 until i can find a deal lol
Even tho you think you know what you are talking about. all of the options above you are talking about can be edited once the image has been digitized. So everything you're talking about can be "fixed"
Maybe, just maybe the guys on here doesn't want to pay 50 dollars (or whatever you take per hour) for something that can be done automatically and almost as good. i'm sorry you used a lot of time on getting your degree. But automation takes over everything. This is free, and can be done on a lot of images. only thing that can fuck up is small imperfections. but if you are doing this as a hobbyist then that doesn't really matter, i feel like this is more about you being scared of the future of your job.
Hi. thanks for the tutorial. I have sew what pro and I tried making a key fob in swp but I had a really hard time making it. would it be easier to make if I used the sew art program? Thanks.
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Do you know how to open it on mac? I’ve tried numerous emulator and still the same problem 🥺
I know that this video is old, however the program is still good. My only issue I'm having is that when saving the file as a BMP I don't have those extra extensions as a drop down to save my file as a PES. Am I doing something wrong?
So it's free.... for 30 days..... so it's not free? lol... title is entirely misleading...
It is still only 75.00 that is way cheaper than any other digitizing software.
evelyn knowles I agree with you, and the software does seem rather good for the price, but the title still is irritating.. title should be: "NEVER PAY FOR EMBROIDERY FILES AGAIN...until 30 days have past" but I guess that wouldnt have gotten as many views.. :P
stop bitching
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It's a flat out lie of a headline.
Hi I was wondering what size embroidery does it save as and how do you make it smaller/bigger (2-5 inches etc)
CO ASK
Thank you for your help but I am trying to convert a picture that has some black in the picture and a black background. How do I get rid of background without taking out the black in picture?
It is auto digitizing not recommended. quality is bad
You have to hire a embroidery digitizer.
Mr. JayBusch, I have a Ricoma TC1501. I am looking for a digitizing software compatible. Does this work?
That is so cool! Thanks so much for that information. I have a question though: How do you make an embroidery file from a picture you draw and it's just the drawing? How do you add color to it?
Thank you so much. I am new to this and have played with it for a few days now and still have not been able to get it right until now! Your video was exactly what I was needing. Thank you so much!
Mayle Mahathey So happy to hear this!
+MrJayBusch
Hi
Where or what's the link to download SewArt?
+Jaya Samaroo did anyone answer you yet? I am looking for the link as well.
+SewHappy Canada click the show more button underneath the description and it pops up the additional info, including the links
+Gambit597 64 BIT DOWNLOAD LINK: sandscomputing.com/Applications/InstallSA64.exe
Hi, thanks for this, it worked okay, but it tells me it will only stitch 3 colours, how did you get around this?
Yes! Thank you! I finally have a exp file my Bernina will read! Appreciate you sharing this.
I've downloaded CorelDraw, etc etc etc but never found a way to convert to exp.
This was dead simple. 🙂
Hello, I wanted to save as DST however I do not see DST under save as type although I do see it in your video. Any thoughts? Thank you,
Our logo has a white stroke around the border. Each time I attempt to create an embroidery file the white border is lost. If I change the border to gray, the border remains - however I don't want a gray border. Am I doing something wrong?
Is Sewart working on Brother SE625?
Hey , thanks for the vid. I know this is one of your older ones, but I have a question. After trying to digitize one of my simple logo's (one color) I couldn't get it too reflect "one color" once I hit stitch image it was still trying to stitch abut 4 colors. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks!
Thank you for making this video short and to the point!
thanks for the video. I am having problem with the program. i have installed it. but when i drag and drop the image its not appearing on the canvas. the mage type is PNG and JPEG. i am trying all ways, but its not dropping it on the canvas. i am running out of time with my program use. please,, help me
I have some questions about functionality of Sew Art, is there a way to get specific answers other than on a public forum?
Hi I think I need some serous help. so I am using an image that imports into SewArt but is very choppy. my stitch times are 126. that should tell you a little about the image. please help. thank you !
I cannot get the size right.... how do i resize to fit my 4x4 machine. i tried resizing to 100mx100m like someone mentioned, and its WAY tiny... but i cant get an accurate size to be able to put onto my machine. I want it as big as i can without going over the 4x4 limit. please help.
for all the Mac users I have to download a virtual window program on to my Mac this will allow you to run all programs on your mac that you otherwise could not. As for this program you really have to be patient with it and start with small good quality jpeg images. My husband has had great results with it...