I love to draw and I do know that digitizing demand a lot of work but is there some tools that make it easier? I have pedesign7

I would not reccomend auto digitizing as some results can be dire.

My first step was to learn about my digitizing software. As much as I seem to learn there's always more and more yet to learn. As I discovered what the simple steps did, there were even greater things to be learned within these first steps. - Don't let this statement put you off, digitizing is such fantasic occupation.

I would say spend some time watching your machine sew out a design or two. See how the machine travels around the design. Look at the 'back track stitching', the order the colour layers are stitched, when and where any jump stitches are. This will be a very valuable lesson in it's self.

'Play' with your software. Make small 'silly' designs. Try altering the order the colours stitch, different stitch patterns and textures. These early attemps may never reach you embroidery machine, but you will have learned a huge amount.

Wishing you every success.

jjjj

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by modo 30 Jul 2009

thanks, I will...today

by marjialexa 30 Jul 2009

Yes, great advice, just play with the program, find out what it will do. You can't hurt your computer, just remember to save your work every 10 minutes or so. All you have to lose is time. M

by jjjj 30 Jul 2009

Good tip - thanks for adding it. This is so easily overlooked and your design is 'lost'- and how do I know that?........

Hi Modo, this is a link with an interesting article called "anotomy of a drawing". You scroll down the page and download the article.
http://www.aldawldup.com/
Hugs

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

very interesting, thanks

The best tool is learning the capabilities of your software. Go through the manual from cover to cover and search tutorials for your software. If your dealer has classes, go to them. Experiment a lot. Once you learn your software, then general tutorials on techniques, stitch sizes and density etc. will be easier to understand and use.

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

thanks,I did start

by marjialexa 30 Jul 2009

Agree! Just start, make mistakes, and find out how many times you can hit "undo", hee hee hee. M

I use the drawing tablet and a 22 inch screen (that helps a lot)
Keep the designs very simple till you get use to the tablet.....I bought a small book stand to prop up the tablet so it seems like I am drawing on the screen..this may help you
Lynn

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

good idea, thanks

I use my drawing tablet a lot when restoring photos or editing artwork. You definitely need clear artwork to use for digitizing however. Vector images are your best choice and can be edited in vector programs such as Adobe Illustrator. These are algorythms that stay sharp and clear when the size is increased or reduced.

Each lady uses various programs, but I think they're equally powerful and give similar results. Guess it's all in what you're used to. :-)

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

thanks, but when you try to transfer your design in vector, pedesign does not read it

by simplyrosie 29 Jul 2009

Are you trying to auto digitize in PEDesign?

by modo 29 Jul 2009

that would be a first step

by marjialexa 30 Jul 2009

Try WMF, I like it better than BMP or JPG, if your won't read vector. I don't have PE design, I have Janome Digitizer Pro. M

what does it take to make a clear design?

Clean, sharp lines make a difference when digitizing. A drawing tablet is very handy when you draw your own art, although it needs some getting used to. I find it easier than drawing with a mouse. But I have to admit I mostly draw by hand and scan it in. I prefer paper and pencil (and pen and paper when it comes to writing). Old habits die hard.

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

true, pen and paper is the best but when you scan it,you have to redaw because it come in cubes, not in lines.

by marjialexa 30 Jul 2009

All pictures on the computer are made up of those cubes, called pixels, you can't get away from that. When I go to use a picture, I take it into Paint, and change all the colors, reducing them to the fewest possible colors. For instance, an outline might come out as some black, shading to different greys, to that when the image is the proper size, it looks smooth. You need to work in those cubes, and change them all to black. Then the same for all the other colors. This is the only way auto-digitizing has a prayer of working, and even then you'll get a lot of jump stitches. Personally, I think it's easier to manually punch a design than fool for hours with a piece of clip-art.
Hugs, M

My DH gave me a drawing tablet for christmas last year and I'm sorry to say I don't know if it would be any help for digitizing. Although I do my own designs (DigitizerPro software) I've not been able to work the tablet out. I can usually sus things out, but not so far this time. It's SO frustrating to have this piece of kit and not be able to use it.

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

actually, my boyfriend ,for our anniversary, want to buy me a drawing tablet but I had been told that it would not help

by asterixsew 29 Jul 2009

Are you still embroidering his underwear?

by modo 29 Jul 2009

only 2 sofar ;-)

by modo 29 Jul 2009

one with a M, the other one with a canadian flag

wish I could help you..........but Ican bring this to the top for you.*4u

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by modo 29 Jul 2009

thanks