This is for those of you that have sewiconz. Do you have auto digitizer and if it is a easy program to use. I mean something that you can just click on and it digitize what you have?

marji i couldnt of said it better myself when i first started to digitize i only auto digitized until i looked at one of my designs of a mermaid from cliparttopolis a 9 color object had 34 color changes then when i manual digitized it only had the 8 color changes so i never hit the auto digitize again manual all the way

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by elaine45 31 Jul 2008

Just beautiful...you do a wonderful job.

by bkd147 31 Jul 2008

Thanks for all your help. I will stay to buying and of course freebies on designs

Bkd147, I have Janome Digitizer Pro, which has an auto digitize feature. Believe me, there is no program out there that you can "just click on and digitize what you have." Auto-digitizing is only as good as a computer, which is basically a stupid machine. It can't tell a leaf from a dog nose. If you auto digitize a teddy bear, for example, one eye might be done in weave fill, one done in satin fill. The computer can recognize size of objects, but not what they are, or that they're supposed to match. Also, you have to have absolutely clean artwork. If there are any stray pixels of color, the auto digitize will pick those up and digitize them. You can spend hours cleaning up a piece of clipart in Paint or some other program, before you even try to auto-digitize. Honestly, it's much easier to do it manually. That way you have control over the outcome, the pathing, jump stitches, size of stitches, etc. I think that "auto" feature is to get people hooked to buy something. It's easier to do it manually. Good luck. Marji

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by bkd147 31 Jul 2008

Thanks I will stick with freebies and buying designs.