Custom Embroidery Digitizing | Digitizing of Logos
You may think that uploading your logo to a computer and letting the embroidery machines go to work is as easy as the machine embroidery process. The digitization process of the logo, however, is actually much more complicated than that. Fortunately, we have Brendon O'Flanagan, Senior Digitizer of Merchology, to break it down for us. For over 20 years, Brendon has been digitizing logos and is one of the best in his profession! In this article, we will discuss custom embroidery digitizing.
What is Digitization of Logos?
Embroidery machines do not read the same file types as your computer can, so before they can do their job, you have to digitize the logo in a way that the machines can understand. From the viewpoint of a digitizer, this typically involves taking a JPG or PNG image of the corporate logo or artwork of a customer and turning it into an embroidery file. The type of embroidery file is determined by the type of embroidery machine you're going to use. For our Tajima commercial embroidery sewing machines at Merchology, we use .dst files. Here's a look at several other file forms for industrial embroidery.
How The Logo Can be Digitized
You will move ahead with translating the artwork or emblem into the correct file form until you know what kind of embroidery machine you're working with. You'll need to have digitization software built on your computer to do this. For commercial digitizing, our Senior Digitizer recommends Wilcom Advanced Digitizing Tools. Brother Embroidery Design Software, Husqvarna Premier+ Embroidery Software, Janome Digitizer Software, and Embird Machine-Independent Embroidery Software are other common digitizing programs. Follow the steps below once you've selected the embroidery app.
Straight Stitch for Stitch
The straight stitch is a simple embroidery stitch in which straight lines of stitches are repeated in order to create a pattern. By repeating a straight stitch several times, you can create thick lines. It is important to remember that straight stitches can be used for curved shapes as well, not just for straight lines!
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