Welcome Denise! I have Studio Gallery. Allows you to add color stops and color removal too. You can pick it up on Ebay for around $100.00. My friend has 4D organizer and likes it too.

Welcome to the site. I am fairly new also and everyone here is very helpful. I have designers gallery studio plus. With it you can also change design colors and remove parts of designs if you want to. It opens all types of files and will convert other types to the one you use. Hope this helps, there's a lot to learn in the embroidery world!

There is a program called SewIconz that I think may be free but if not is very inexpensive (less than $20) which automatically converts any embroidery design (not zipped) into an icon of the design (realistic picture) so you can see what you are looking for easily. If you haven't already done it you should create a master folder and then a series of folders inside with subfolders as necessary and keep them on your hard drive backed up to disk periodically. Makes it so much easier to download straight to the appropriate folder and keep you organized. For example C:\Embroidery\Fonts\goldfont as the place to put this free font. some suggestions would be Alphabets, boys, girls, flowers, etc. There are programs that you can purchase to do this but you can do it yourself for free. Save the money to spend on designs or thread :-)
Mumra

First of all, welcome to the 'Cute' family, nagrom. If you are a little compulsive, you've come to the right site. We are all compulsive S.A.D.D's here (Seriously Addicted to Downloading Designs)!!!! I also arrange my designs into folders like mumra does - which doesn't necessarily mean that I can always find what I'm looking for, but, most of the time, I can. *4U

Welcome to the site Denise, being compulsive.....hummm you should fit right in! I use Bernina Artista Portfolio. I can see my designs and also do some serious changing to them if I want to.;)

Denise, welcome to the 'CUTE' family - *4U Shirlene

Everyone has mentioned some great software ideas, but where do you get them, download them, etc. We don't have much here in town, so I rely on the internet quite a bit.

Seems you have your answers, but welcome this is a great site for people like us that are compulsive 4u

I just got 4D organizer, and I love it. I am NOT a computer guru type, and it is so easy to use. It helps you find the designs so quickly. Check it out!

Nagrom, just looked up sewiconz just do a google typing sewiconz and it has an explanation of how it works and also a demo trial download so you can try before you buy. It is $20. What type of machine do you have? Welcome to the family. And keep the "dumb" questions up, it's how we all learn (ie, they are NOT dumb questions at all). Flower for you.

Denise , Welcome to the cute family , so glad you joined us. You allready have good answers . Here is a flower for you.

I have mine saved under the website they came from. I have sewiconz so in windows i can see what each design is. I also print out the designs in thumbnail form using sewwhatpro.

Hi, I have just checked out SewIcon and downloaded the free trial.For under$21AUD it is a magic little piece of software.Might just buy it!

I am trying out "SewIconz" right now on a 30 day trial and sew far really like it. It is approx $30 US afterwards. Welcome to our "Cute" family and *4U ><>

I also use Designers Gallery Studio Plus like kndcash. You can download a free program for a 30 day trial at: http://www.designersgallerysoftware.com/products/product.asp?Product_ID=EDG

Welcome to the cute family. We all love sharing information. There are never any dumb questions. That is how we all learn. *4U

Here is the link for SewIconz as well as a few other programs they have. The good thing is they are all stand alone programs. Have a read - and they have a 7day trial too

That us certainly not a dumb question!
I store my designs by where I got/bought them from and then in files according to what they are...birds, kid designs etc. Some people also store by genre like RW, Appliqué etc as well. I use Designers Gallery Studio to view my designs and re-sort them if necessary. I like this program since it is so simple to use, I can copy files and can create a baste stitch to stabilize them in the hoop with ease... Have fun... Then it allows you to save the design WITH the baste file so you do not have to look for the right one. it's a great hobby! Remember you don't Have to have ALL the designs! lol

Silver

I use 3D organizer that came with the 3D Pro packet. You can both view and organise, print thumbnails, and so on. I also file the design by the site I got them from with subfiles for the type (animals, flowers, redwork, you name it). Welcome and a flower for an interesting question.

Welcome nagrom, not a dumb question at all, AnnTheGran has Catalogue Express which is great but expensive..there is a trial download version...*4U

nagrom, you have all good answers hope one fits you need, welcome and there are never dumb questions on Cutee. Flower for you

I have a babylock ellure plus - a long way from my 1950's white sewing machine. I guess I am lucking it broke. Thank you everyone for your help. Denise

Was looking for another question about folders & came across this one. I too have trouble viewing my files & will try out SewIconz. Welcome & thank you for asking the question. *4U

I use Wilcom truesizer to capture the designs that have no jpegs. I converts formats too. Its free also. You can d/l it from the link posted. *4u.

You have pretty good answers on here. I just have to add Welcome to our Cute Community, you will love this place. Flower and XoXo