in a design, you could import some vector graphics, import a bitmap and vectorize it, draw some elements yourself, digitize and finally use the lettering module. A design workflow pipeline may include many or very few steps. There are different ways to create embroidery with this program and we shall describe a few.
So far, I am quite impressed with this software and believe that it can beat most other consumer products Vector drawing, Multimedia animation, 3D modeling) and semi-professional embroidery folks. It's suitable for both absolute beginners with a good technical background (e.g. Stitch Era is a versatile design suite that can be used in various ways. Information about various versions of this software was quickly updated in May 2017- Daniel K. However, in its class, this software is comparatively very cheap. As of fall 2013, all Stitch Era versions unfortunately became payware.
Until July 2013, there was a free version with plenty enough features for learning embroidery and creating fairly complex designs. This page is part of the Stitch Era tutorials series. changing fill patterns, reordering, thread colors, stitch editing, etc.
Just download, install and use the free application, and then decide whether you want to get any paid option or not. PE+ uses some Internet services to process each design request, and then it requires an Internet connection.ĭepending on the application (module) and operating system, you may have several options to get each of them:
You may later convert the created designs using other standard application (Stitch Era Universal, etc). You will be able to transfer designs to computers, save in your Dropbox account or send it by email to any email address.ĭon't worry if PE+ doesn't include your embroidery file format. You may then send that designs to the proper media. If necessary, you may change stitch properties and convert it to stitches again.
Take the photo, scale it (recommended size is more than 5 inches width), adjust stitch properties and automatically convert it to stitches! The design will become visible on screen. Creation of embroidery designs from photos requires a few simple steps. No need to learn about embroidery digitizing. That photo can be converted into an embroidery design in just seconds. You may get a photo image from file or you may use the camera and take a photo of your friends. Through PE+ Photo you will be able to create embroidery designs from portraits. The first available application is PE+ Photo.
These programs are useful for you, if you own an automatic embroidery machine (Brother, Janome, Pfaff, Singer, Elna, Melco, Happy, Toyota, among other automatic embroidery machines). PE+ produces embroidery designs for embroidery machines in several embroidery machine file formats.
Planet Embroidery Plus for Mobiles (PE+) is the first embroidery applications package for mobile devices created by Sierra Technology Group.