I have just bought a Baby Lock Ellageo embroidery machine and I was looking for a software program that would allow me to take any image such as a school club logo in any format and transfer it to the format needed to turn it into an embroidery format to use with my machine. Hope this is not too confusing? I really need this information quickly.
Good luck. They should have been responsible and told you when you purchased the machine you'll need a digitizer to professionally punch the logo for the machine. There are some software programs out there that allow you to scan a logo into the computer and it creates the file for you....looks just like a paint by number picture.
Dont' get frustrated. Look in your yellow pages under embroidery and find a local digitizer to do it right so you look good to your customer.
Smitty is right...the software is not cheap...I understand that you should have the image vectored and then digitized. I am no expert but I suspect someone will either confirm or show me wrong. I was looking at embroidery machine (babylock..which is actually made by Brother) and I think the software package to vector/digitize was around $800..give or take a hundred.
It might be helpful to give your location so we can see if anyone is near that might help you out...also go to the brother dealer and see what they have to say
There really isn't any software that does a good job of autodigitizing. - I have PE design 7 which is put out by Brother and although it says it will do it it does not do a good job. Your best bet is to hire it done professionally.
I think the best software on the market is Wilcom but it will not do what you are asking for
We'll, at least, if you have the software, you can start learning how to digitize properly. I agree with the others; don't rely on the "autopunch/convert" feature of the software. Check out if CorelDrawings will output the format used by your machine, since it also comes with CorelDraw and is the best value for money software out there. I use a lower level version of Pulse though.
The (free or low level) auto digitizing software needs a top quality artwork prepared for embroidery and a lot of tweaking to get salable results. I am getting better at it but it does take a lot of time. Consider using stock designs with the capability to add lettering.
Depends on the digitizer. We use an absolutely terrific digitizer in Ontario, CA.
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There are "cheaper" but none better. You get what you pay for not only in the quality of the digitized design but in the aggravation of broken threads on the machine, an inordinate amount of trims, etc. due to rookie punching.
David worked at Wilcom for years and has trained lots of folks to digitize. He's a great digitizer, very easy to work with, and has his own machines so he's real world....knows what works and what production needs.
Software needed! 
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