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Product differentiation table ​

The Product Differentiation Table below itemizes features which are relevant to each product model. The EmbroideryStudio e4 product suite consists of these product models:

Product modelsCapabilitiesApplications
1ES Designing^Professional digitizing and graphic design, lettering, and editing. It supports the full range of optional ES Elements. Some are included as standard.Larger logo embroidery businesses with digitizing
2ES Digitizing*Professional embroidery digitizing.Fashion and textile production digitizing
3ES Decorating^Professional lettering, customization and editing. Auto-digitizing and simple manual digitizing. Includes some ES Elements.Small embroidery shops – replaces DecoStudio
4ES EditingFull lettering, customization, editing, with machine connections.Logos, retail shops, production shops
5ES LetteringFull lettering, customization, with machine connections.Logos, retail shops
^ Includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite as standard. * Only available in certain countries.

While every effort has been made to maintain the Product Differentiation Table up to the current release, late changes may not be precisely reflected. For purchasing advice, please visit the website or talk to a Wilcom representative.

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● Included as standard ○ Modular ‘Element’ L Limited functionality ^ New to ES e4 * Improved in ES e4

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Feature

 

Product models

Reference

 

 

 

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Basics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Procedures

Switch design modes

CorelDRAW Graphics

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Operating modes

Access Design Library

Design Library

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Design library

View object properties

Object Properties

 

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Access object properties

Select machine format

 

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Embroidery machine formats

Open embroidery design file

 

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Open designs

Create design based on template

New from Template

 

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Create designs from templates

Save embroidery design file

Save Design

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Save & close designs

Send design as email attachment

 

 

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Send designs as email attachments

Select design objects

 

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Selecting objects

Display grids, rulers and guides

Show Rulers & Guides

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Display grids, rulers & guides

Set measurement units

 

 

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Set measurement units

Measure distances on screen

 

 

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Measure distances on screen

View designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing Designs

View embroidery components

 

 

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View embroidery components

View graphical components

 

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View graphical components

Zoom and pan across designs

Zoom

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Zoom & pan designs

View multiple designs

 

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Set up multiple views

Show design in Overview window

Overview Window

 

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Work with the Overview Window

Simulate design stitchouts

Stitch Player

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Simulate design stitchouts

Travel through designs

Travel Tools

 

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Travel through designs

Show multiple colorways

Current Colorway

 

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Switch colorways

Change backgrounds and display colors

Background & Display Colors

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Change backgrounds

View color blocks and design objects

Color-Object List

 

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View selected color blocks

View design repeats

Show Repeats

 

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Viewing design repeats

View design details

Design Information

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Viewing design information

View design report

Print Preview

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Preview design reports

Manage threads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threads & Charts

Select thread colors

Color palette

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Select thread colors

Assign thread colors

 

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Assign thread colors

Edit thread colors

 

 

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Edit thread colors

Create & modify thread charts

 

 

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Managing thread charts

System settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Settings

Set view options

 

 

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View options

Set grid options

 

 

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Grid display options

Mouse scroll/zoom control

 

 

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Scroll options

Set reshape options

 

 

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Reshape options

Set automatic save and backup options

 

 

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Automatic save & backup options

Set pointer position display

 

 

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Pointer position display

Set inserted embroidery file options

 

 

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Thread color handling for inserted files

Set paste & duplicate options

 

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Paste & duplicate options

Set digitizing tool options

 

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Digitizing presets

Set toolbar display options

 

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Toolbar display options

Set Object Property ‘apply’ options

 

 

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Object property apply options

Set other general options

 

 

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Other general options

Set warning options

 

 

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Warning options

Hardware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware Settings

Connect to machine via Connection Manager

Connection Manager

 

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Setting up machines for Connection Manager

Connect to machine via Stitch Manager

Stitch Manager

 

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Setting up machines for Stitch Manager

Perform runtime estimates

Runtime Analyst

 

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Doing runtime estimates

Connect to scanner

 

 

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Setting up scanners

Connect to digitizing tablet

 

 

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Connecting digitizing tablets

Machine formats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machine Formats

Modify standard machine formats

 

 

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Standard machine formats

Adjust advanced machine format settings (color change sequence, start/end design, speed)

 

 

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Advanced machine formats

Create custom machine formats

 

 

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Custom machine formats

Stitch types

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stitch Types

Create simple outline stitching

Run, etc

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Simple outlines

Create ‘sculpture’ runs (bead stitching)

Sculpture Run

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Sculpture run settings

Create decorative outlines

Backstitch, Stemstitch

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Decorative outlines

Create satin borders and fills

Satin, Raised Satin

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Satin stitching

Create tatami borders and fills

Tatami

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Tatami stitching

Digitize shapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digitizing Shapes

Digitize with graphical tools

Graphics Digitizing

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Digitizing with graphical tools

Digitize outlines and details

Digitize Run, etc

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Digitizing outlines & details

Digitize regular columns

Column C

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Digitizing regular columns

Digitize irregular columns

Column A/B

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Digitizing irregular columns

Create free-form shapes

Complex Turning / Complex Fill

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Creating free-form shapes

Object properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

Object Properties

Modify current property settings

 

 

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Change current settings

Change object properties

 

 

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Change object properties

Make selected object properties current

Make Properties Current

 

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Copy properties

Change & manage fabrics

Auto Fabric

 

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Working with fabrics

Define & apply styles

Styles

 

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Working with styles

Create design templates

Save as Template

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Create design templates

Colorways

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorways

Add colorways

Colorway Editor

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Add colorways

Change color schemes

Color Wheel

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Change color schemes

Name design elements

 

 

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Name design elements

Split color blocks

Split Palette Color

 

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Split color blocks

Set backgrounds

Background & Display Colors

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Set fabric backgrounds

Visualize products

Product Visualizer

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Visualize products

Productivity tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Productivity Techniques

Add decorative borders to designs

Add Borders

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Add design borders

Create embroidered stars & rings

Star/Ring

 

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Digitize stars & rings

Digitize basic shapes

Basic Shapes

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Digitize basic shapes

Add or remove holes in objects

Add Holes

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Add & remove holes

Fill holes in objects

Fill Holes

 

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Fill holes

Create simple offsets

Simple Offsets

 

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Simple offsets

Create multiple offset outlines & offsets

Outlines & Offsets

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Create outlines & offsets

Create offsets with open objects

Open Offsets

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Create offsets with open objects

Create automatic wreaths

Mirror-Merge

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Mirroring & reflecting selections

Create design arrays

Mirror-Merge Array

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Creating design arrays

Combine & sequence objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combining Objects

Combine objects and designs – copy, paste, clone, etc

 

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Combining objects & designs

Group & lock objects

Group/Lock

 

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Grouping & locking objects

Select objects by color or stitch type

 

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Selecting objects by color or stitch type

Resequence embroidery objects

 

 

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Sequencing embroidery objects

Auto-sequence entire design

Optimize Color Changes

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Auto-sequence entire designs

Transform objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transforming Objects

Position, align & distribute objects

 

 

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Arranging objects

Scale objects

 

 

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Scaling objects

Rotate objects

Rotate

 

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Rotating objects

Skew objects

Skew

 

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Skewing objects

Mirror objects

Mirror

 

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Mirroring objects

Reshape objects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reshaping Objects

Reshape embroidery objects

Reshape Object

 

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Reshaping embroidery objects

Reshape star & ring objects

Reshape Object

 

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Reshaping stars & rings

Apply envelopes to embroidery objects

Envelopes

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Applying envelopes

Break apart branched objects

Break Apart

 

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Break apart composite objects

Cut shapes manually

Knife

 

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Cut shapes manually

Cut shapes automatically

Automatic Knife

 

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Cut shapes automatically

Shape vector / embroidery objects – merging, splitting, trimming, etc

Shaping Tools

 

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Shaping objects

Stitches & machine functions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stitches & Machine Functions

Insert, move or delete individual stitches

Stitch Edit

 

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Selecting & editing stitches

Split embroidery objects

Split Object

 

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Splitting objects

Insert/edit/clear machine functions

Insert Function

 

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Editing machine functions

Edit stitches and functions with Stitch List

Stitch List

 

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Edit machine functions manually

Digitize individual stitches

Manual

 

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Digitizing manual stitches

Convert selected stitches to objects

Process Stitches

 

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Converting stitches to objects

Underlays & pull compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underlay & Pull Compensation

Apply automatic underlay

Auto Underlay

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Stabilizing with automatic underlay

Apply underlay by shape

Auto Underlay

 

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Underlay by segment or by shape

Create slanted zigzag & double zigzag underlay

 

 

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Zigzag underlay settings

Apply pull compensation

Pull Compensation

 

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Compensating for fabric stretch

Stitch quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optimizing Stitch Quality

Reverse stitch direction

Reverse Curves

 

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Reverse stitch direction

Reinforce outlines

Backtrack / Repeat

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Reinforce outlines

Remove underlying stitching

Remove Overlaps

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Removing underlying stitching

Adjust stitch angles

Stitch Angles

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Adjusting stitch angles

Adjust stitch density

Process Stitches

 

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Adjusting stitch densities

Remove small stitches automatically

Small Stitches

 

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Eliminating small stitches

Control corner stitching

Smart Corners

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Controlling corner stitching

Reduce stitch bunching

Shortening

 

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Reducing stitch bunching

Split long stitches

Auto Split

 

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Split satin stitches

Preserve long stitches

Auto Jump

 

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Preserve long stitches

Embroidery connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embroidery Connectors

Apply automatic connectors

Connectors

 

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Using automatic connectors

Add tie-offs & trims manually

Tie Off

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Adding connectors manually

Keep/omit last stitches

Keep/Omit Last Stitch

 

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Keeping or omitting last stitches

Adjust entry/exit points

Show Entry/Exit

 

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Adjust entry/exit points

Apply closest join

Closest Join

 

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Apply closest join

Automatic object sequencing

Branching

 

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Automatic branching

Patterned stitching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patterned Stitching

Create textures with Tatami offsets

Tatami Offset

 

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Creating textures with tatami offsets

Create textures with program splits

Program Split

 

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Creating textures with program splits

Create custom splits

User-Defined Split

 

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User-defined splits

Create custom stitch patterns

Carving Stamp

 

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Creating patterns with carving stamps

Curved stitching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curved Stitching

Create contoured stitching

Contour

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Contoured fills

Create offset fills

Offset Fill

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Offset fills

Create spiral fills

Spiral Fill

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Spiral fills

Create radial fills

Radial Fill

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Radial fills

Create textures with flexi-splits

Flexi Split

 

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Flexi-splits

Create curved fills

Florentine Effect / Liquid Effect

 

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Curved fills

Motif stitching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motif Stitching

Place single motifs

Use Motif

 

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Selecting & placing motifs

Create motif runs

Motif Run

 

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Motif runs

Create graded motif runs

Motif Run

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Create graded motif runs

Create motif fills

Motif Fill

 

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Motif fills

Create 3D effects with motif fills

3D Warp

 

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Enveloped motif fills

Create graded motif columns

Motif Column

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Create graded motif columns

Create motifs & motif sets

 

 

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Custom motifs

Specialty stitching

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Stitching

Create freehand embroidery

Freehand Embroidery

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Freehand embroidery

Create jagged edges

Jagged Edge

 

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Jagged edges

Create zigzag and E-stitch borders and fills

Zigzag, E Stitch

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Decorative borders

Create textures with stippling

Stipple

 

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Stippling effects

Create open stitching with trapunto

Trapunto

 

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Trapunto open stitching

Create accordion spacing effects

Accordion Spacing

 

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Accordion spacing

Create color blending effects

Color Blending

 

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Color blends

Create string stitching

String

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String stitching

Create chenille-type patterns

Square, Coil

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Chenille patterns

Create cross stitch fills

Cross Stitch

 

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Cross stitch fills

Embroidery lettering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embroidery Lettering

Create lettering in CorelDRAW Graphics

CorelDRAW Graphics

 

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Creating lettering with CorelDRAW Graphics

Create lettering in Wilcom Workspace

Lettering

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Creating embroidery lettering

Format lettering – italic, bold, justified, etc

 

 

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Adjusting lettering properties

Add baselines – horizontal, vertical, arc, circle, custom

 

 

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Working with baselines

Edit lettering text

Lettering

 

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Editing text

Scale and transform lettering objects

 

 

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Modifying lettering

Adjust individual letters – reposition, transform, reshape, recolor

 

 

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Adjusting individual letters

Adjust and reshape baselines

 

 

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Adjusting baselines

Break apart lettering

Break Apart

 

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Breaking apart lettering

Add special characters

Insert Symbol

 

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Adding special characters

Set lettering stitch types – Satin, Tatami, etc

Stitch Types

 

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Applying stitch types & effects to lettering

Create special effects with lettering art

Lettering Art

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Creating special effects with lettering art

Adjust lettering stitching sequence

Letter Sequence

 

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Adjust letter sequencing

Change lettering join method

Letter Sequence

 

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Change lettering join method

Automatic letter kerning

Auto Kerning

 

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Setting automatic letter kerning

Apply automatic letter spacing

Auto Letter Spacing

 

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Setting automatic letter spacing

Apply lettering underlay

Auto Underlay

 

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Setting lettering underlay

Team names & monograms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Names & Monogramming

Add multiple names to designs

Team Names

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Creating simple teamname designs

Create teamname templates

Team Names

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Teamname templates

Output team-name designs

Team Names

 

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Outputting teamname designs

Create monogram designs

Monogramming

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Monogramming

Custom lettering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Custom Lettering

Convert TrueType fonts to embroidery fonts

Convert TTF

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Converting TrueType fonts to embroidery

User-refined letters

 

 

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Creating user-refined letters

Create custom fonts

 

 

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Creating custom fonts

Merge fonts

 

 

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Merging fonts

Lettering kiosk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lettering Kiosk

Configuration options for supervisors

 

 

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Configuration options for supervisors

Create custom design layouts

 

 

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Creating custom design layouts

Digitize with bitmaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digitizing with Bitmaps

Insert / paste bitmap images

Import Graphic

 

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Insert bitmap images

Crop bitmap images

Crop Bitmap

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Crop bitmap images

Edit bitmap images in third-party applications

 

 

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Touch up bitmaps

Smooth bitmap images

 

 

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Smooth bitmap images

Save artwork

CorelDRAW Graphics

 

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Save artwork

Prepare artwork for auto-digitizing

Prepare Bitmap Colors

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Preparing images for auto-digitizing

Add and match image colors

Add Bitmap Colors

 

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Add & match image colors

Digitize with vectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digitizing with Vectors

Create vector outlines and fills

Drawing Tools

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Creating vector shapes in EmbroideryStudio

Color vector objects

 

 

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Color vectors

Insert / paste vector graphics

Import Graphic

 

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Loading vector artwork

Convert artwork to vector graphic

Auto Trace To Vectors

 

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Auto-tracing bitmap artwork

Smooth curves

Smooth Curves

 

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Smoothing curves

Show/hide vector graphics

 

 

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Visualizing vector graphics

Automatic digitizing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Digitizing

Inter-convert graphics and embroidery objects

CorelDRAW Graphics

 

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Convert objects with CorelDRAW Graphics

Convert between embroidery objects – Run, Column C, etc.

Convert

 

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Converting designs with CorelDRAW Graphics

Digitize shapes with Auto-Digitizing

Auto-Digitizing

 

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Auto-digitize individual shapes

Match palette colors to an image

Color Matching Method

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Auto-digitize individual shapes

Convert bitmaps with Smart Design

Smart Design

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Auto-digitize entire designs

Auto-digitizing bitmap and vector shapes

Auto-Digitizing

 

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Auto-digitize individual shapes

Convert photos to line embroidery

Photo Flash

 

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Auto-digitize with Photo Flash

Convert photos to ‘coral’ embroidery

Reef PhotoStitch

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Auto-digitize with Reef PhotoStitch

Convert photos to color embroidery

Color PhotoStitch

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Auto-digitize with Color PhotoStitch

Design management

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Management

View designs in network folders

 

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Viewing designs in network folders

Open designs from Design Library

Design Library

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Opening designs from Design Library

Insert designs with Embroidery Clipart

Embroidery Clipart

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Inserting designs with Embroidery Clipart

Search for designs

 

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Searching the library

Manage folders

 

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Adding folders to the library

Manage design information

 

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Viewing & managing design information

Manage job orders

 

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Managing quotes & orders

Convert designs

 

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Converting designs

Output selected designs

 

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Outputting selected designs

Design hooping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Hooping

Set up custom hoop lists

 

 

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Setting up hoop lists

Set auto start & end

 

 

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Setting auto start & end

Select hoops automatically

Auto Hoop

 

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Selecting hoops automatically

Select hoops manually

Show Hoop

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Selecting hoops manually

Create custom hoops

 

 

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Creating custom hoops

Embroidery output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embroidery Output

Send designs to Connection Manager

Connection Manager

 

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Send designs to Connection Manager

WiFi USB machine networking

EmbroideryConnect

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Send designs to EmbroideryConnect

Send designs to Stitch Manager

Stitch Manager

 

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Send designs to Stitch Manager

Export designs for machine

 

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Exporting designs for machine

Read/write embroidery disk

 

 

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Using embroidery disks

Send designs to Machine Manager

 

 

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Machine Manager Supplement

Design reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Reports

Output designs as images

 

 

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Outputting designs as images

Print/plot design reports

 

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Printing design reports

Save or send design as PDF

 

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Printing design reports

Customize report information

 

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Customizing design reports

Print multiple colorways

 

 

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Customizing design reports

Print color blocks

 

 

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Customizing design reports

Machine files

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machine Files

Convert machine files to EMB format

 

 

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Opening machine files

Open/save designs in Melco CND format

 

 

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Reading Melco CND design files

Color merge Melco CND files

 

 

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Create a color-merge TXT file

Reassign colors to stitch / CND files

 

 

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Reassigning colors to machine files

Machine networking

EmbroideryConnect

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machine Networking

EmbroideryConnect setup

 

 

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EmbroideryConnect setup

Basic device settings

 

 

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Basic device settings

Advanced device settings

 

 

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Advanced device settings

Send designs to EmbroideryConnect

 

 

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Sending designs to EmbroideryConnect

Chenille embroidery

Chenille

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chenille Embroidery

Digitize for chenille

 

 

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Digitizing for chenille

Visualize chenille stitching

 

 

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Visualizing chenille stitching

Open & save chenille designs

 

 

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Open & save chenille designs

Create compound chenille

 

 

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Creating compound chenille

Create chain-stitch fills

 

 

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Creating chain-stitch fills

Create narrow chenille shapes

 

 

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Creating narrow chenille shapes

Create chenille borders

 

 

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Creating chenille borders

Control needle heights

 

 

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Controlling needle heights

Add lettering to chenille designs

 

 

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Adding lettering to chenille designs

Chenille machine formats

 

 

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Chenille machine formats

Output chenille designs

 

 

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Outputting chenille designs

Mixed decoration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed Decoration

Save designs as ‘virtual decoration’

Virtual embroidery

 

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Virtual embroidery

Add cording

Cording

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Cording

Boring

Manual

 

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Boring

Sequins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequin Embroidery

Select sequin mode

 

 

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Selecting sequin mode

Visualize sequin designs

 

 

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Visualizing sequin designs

Set up custom sequin palette

 

 

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Setting up sequin palettes

Create sequin runs

Sequin Run

 

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Digitizing sequin runs

Change sequin fixings

 

 

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Sequin fixings

Create multi-sequin runs

Sequin Run

 

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Creating multi-sequin runs

Create sequin fills

Sequin Fill

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Creating sequin fills

Create multi-sequin fills

Sequin Fill

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Creating multi-sequin fills

Scale & reshape sequin fills

 

 

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Editing sequin fills

Pattern stamp re-coloring of twin-sequin fills

 

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Flip sequins

Convert objects to sequins

 

 

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Converting objects to sequins

Digitize individual sequins

Sequin Manual

 

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Manual sequin digitizing

Create custom sequins

 

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Custom sequins

Beading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bead Embroidery

Set up beading mode

 

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Beading mode

Create bead runs

Bead Run

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Creating bead runs

Change bead fixings

 

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Bead fixings

Edit bead runs

 

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Editing bead runs

Digitize individual beads

Manual Bead

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Manual bead digitizing

Bling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bling Digitizing

Set up bling palettes

Bling

 

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Setting up bling palettes

Create bling runs and fills

Bling

 

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Creating bling runs & fills

Add bling borders

Bling

 

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Add bling borders

Place rhinestones manually

Bling

 

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Place rhinestones manually

Modify bling objects

Bling

 

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Modifying bling objects

Create bling lettering

Bling

 

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Creating bling lettering

Appliqué

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appliqué Embroidery

Convert vector graphics to appliqué

Convert Graphics to Embroidery

 

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Convert vector graphics to appliqué

Create appliqué designs

Appliqué

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Creating appliqué embroidery

Add fabric swatches to appliqué objects

Appliqué

 

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Add fabric swatches to appliqué

Create partial appliqué shapes

Partial Appliqué

 

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Create partial cover appliqué

Recombine and resequence multiple appliqué for efficient stitchout

Combine Appliqué Components

 

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Combining appliqué

Multi-decoration output

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-Decoration Output

Print designs in CorelDRAW Graphics

CorelDRAW Graphics

 

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Printing designs in CorelDRAW Graphics

Export embroidery as vectors

 

 

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Exporting embroidery as vectors

Export multi-decoration files

 

 

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Exporting multiple decoration files

Print / cut appliqué patterns

Appliqué

 

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Outputting appliqué for production

Output bling for production

Bling

 

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Outputting bling for production

1 ES Designing  2 ES Digitizing  3 ES Decorating  4 ES Editing  5 ES Lettering

● Included as standard  ○ Modular ‘Element’  L Limited functionality  ^ New to ES e4  * Improved in ES e4