[MarketStreet]

Hello to Everyone.
I am new to this forum. I am a distributor of promotional items, and currently purchase from factories for my clients. I would like to be able to do my digitizing in house, but send items out for the actual embroidering. Does the digitizing process control the quality of the finished product? Can anyone suggest the best software for me? I might eventually do my own embroidery, but just don't have the time right now.

 

[lizziemaxine]

Learning to digitize can take a while regardless of what software program you use. And, in my opinion, you really need to have an embroidery machine to test the designs you have digitized. What looks good on the computer screen may not sew well at all. Do you really want to bring the digitizing in house, or, are you unhappy with your current digitizer?

 

[Digitizing2009]

I think so too.You should have an Embroidery machine and do sew out your design then u will see how it looks.
Now a day many embroidery digitizing software but for my opinion Pe-Design ,Wilcom,Drawing...most digitizers use those softs.
for me I prefer Wilcom.. .Try to get Video tutorials it is easy to learn by yourself

 

[imeccentric]

Teri,
You will run into more problems than you can imagine if you try to learn to digitize and send it out to be embroidered. There is a huge difference between the amateur and professional on how the finished design will sew out. I always do a test sewout and make final adjustments before I send any design out. Digitizing is not something you learn in a week. I've been doing it for years and am still learning. Request a design from any number of digitizers and each will be different in how they look and how long they take to sew out. Software ranges from $500 to 18 grand and price doesn't always make one better than the other. Someone who is good with the cheaper software will do a better job than someone who isn't really great with the expensive software. Wilcom is considered the gold standard, but unless you are digitizing 8 hours a day, it is overkill for most of us. The real difference between the software is for professional digitizers, some features are faster and more automated in the more expensive software. Time matters when your living depends on how fast you turn something out. I don't charge by number of stitches, but rather complexity of the design. A lower count design with more stops and color changes is harder to do than a higher count one or two color straight design. Auto digitizing features work well for minor stuff, but do not work well for complete designs, no matter what software you buy.