Please help....i use embird and paying alot to have things digitized, is there a program oyt there that will auto digitize jpg. Files for me....just something super simple....

Fir example i have a racing team that has a picture they dre that they want me to be abke to sigitize. I also have aome of my kate aons drawings i would love to embroider....all in jpg form....ive been paying aomwone $25 a pop...he does great work, and all i have to do is swnd a jpg file but if i could have a program where i coukd just lije drag and drop and it puts it in pes format :-)

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by asterixsew edited 07 Mar 2015

I don't know enough about Embird but I am sure most digitising programmes have auto digitise. BUT as I have said before auto digitising often produces inferior work. I am not in the States but $25 for something customised in ME sounds cheap to me.

by mops 12 Mar 2015

$25 is a reasonable price. Auto digitising is not something you want and manually doing it takes hours even when you are an accomplished digitiser. I always forget the time when doing (and enjoying) it and my husband has to remind me it's lunchtime or whatever. Only occasionally I time myself and am amazed at how long it takes.
Logos are notoriously difficult especially when they have small lettering.

Buzztools has something you might be interested in.

Spendlove and Mops have given the answer you need as they are the most experienced digitisers about on Cute. Spendlove sells her designs to another www and they sell well. People would not keep buying her design if they were not quality. Anyway welcome to Cute. Machine embroidery (ME) is an addictive hobby and not a cheap one. When we start ME we tend to download every free design going regardless, then as our ME careers continue we seem to save very few freebies and carefully buy a few quality designs from sites we personally like. Keep an eye out for sales at your favourite sites and buy then. One can tell when an auto digitised design has been bought as they are not up to the quality of a manually digitised designs. Anyway welcome to Cute and look forwards to seeing more from you

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by asterixsew 07 Mar 2015

Forgot to add that learning Embird or whatever we have takes time - lots of time but its worth it in the end

by spendlove 07 Mar 2015

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

In Embird you can semi-auto digitise by using the "magic wand" for specific areas. You find it in the left hand border, just above the measuring tool. You can choose between fill, outline, column by clicking on the tiny triangle in the icon. It works rather well for simple shapes and you can adjust just as easily as when you set the nodes yourself. It gives far better results then auto-digitising, but the shape has to be rather simple. see the comparison I made some years ago.

Sue(spendlove) has answered you.The designs you see here on cute are excellent and we have knowledgable digitizers that can help you if you are a member. Try some of Cute's free designs I promise you will like them. Thank you for visiting us. I have Embird and have had it with all the up dates now since 2006. Are you having specific things digitized or are you simply purchasing designs that are already digitized? are you new to machine embroidery? T

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by lbrow 06 Mar 2015

My cp has been acting up lately and doing things it shouldn't. .To continue you can join Cute for free and get some free designs but a paid membership gives you all the designs on the site. Gives us a whirl, you won't be disappointed/Lillian

Autodigitised designs can never take the place of good, well digitised designs.

I think the programs are all ridiculously expensive. It is more economical to buy digitized designs. I see there are lots on this site and am thinking of joining so I can get all of these machine embroidery designs. I don't know how good they are digitzed. Somewhat skeptical.
I mostly use Anita Goodesign. All of the designs stitch out beautifully but they are costly.

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by spendlove 06 Mar 2015

Try one or two of the free designs first. You won't be disappointed.

by lbrow 06 Mar 2015

You have received excellent advice from spendlove and sandyqueen Bobbie, I have been a member of cute now for 8 yrs. and have no complaints. Ms Veronika, the owner of this and more sites is the finest person I know. Her designs are going to be excellent. Try us I promise you will like us if you are willing to try some of the free designs. There is no other site on the Internet where you will find designs, help when you need it, comeradie and caring people like you will find here on Cute/Lillian