Digitizing
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The embroidery process begins with an idea or a piece of artwork.
That artwork then has to be "digitized" which is the specialized
process of converting 2 dimensional artwork into stitches or thread.
Contrary to popular opinion, you cannot take a particular format of
art such as a jpeg, tif, eps, bmp, and convert
it to an embroidery tape. Digitizing is much more
than that. The digitizer has to actually recreate
the artwork using stitches...in a sense...the digitizer is programming the
sewing machine to sew a specific design, in a specific color, with a specific
type of stitch. This is the process known as digitizing.
Also, because embroidery is in a sense 3 dimensional,
some exciting effects can be included to "spruce up"
a normally flat piece of artwork. We have over 10
years of experience in what will produce the best look for your
design. |
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We use Wilcom ES
2006 software for digitizing, which we feel is the best digitizing software
on the market available today. We test sew every design that we digitize and
provide a "sewout" for every design we create. |
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Information We need to quote/digitize your logo |
You can use this list as a checklist when
discussing embroidery with your customer. |
1. Camera ready artwork, high quality
artwork produces high quality digitizing. |
2. Size of the finished logo or
location on the finished garment. |
3. Colors for the logo, either PMS
colors or actual thread colors, this can be supplied in the artwork or
separately but we need to know what colors the design is supposed to
sew. Especially important if your order has different colored garments,
you may need two or more different sets of colors for the logo depending
on the garment colors. |
4. How to handle small elements in the
logo. This can apply to small borders or small text in a design. If the
finished logo size has text less than 1/4 inch tall, you should discuss
options with your customer on how to handle the small text either by
increasing the text or deleting some of the text, etc. The same applies
to borders, most graphic designers are not familiar with the limitations
with embroidery and therefore they design extravagant and intricate
details in the design that can not be reproduced with thread. You should
be familiar with what can and cannot be reproduced effectively with
embroidery and discuss other options with your customer before you
submit the design for digitizing. If you are unsure about a logo it is
best to email us the design beforehand and we can give you options on
what can and cannot be accomplished. |
5. Stitch count quotes. We generally
get most logo quotes within 1000 stitches from the final count, however,
keep in mind that quotes are just quotes and your finished stitch count
could be as much as 25% off especially for an intricate design. We will
honor pricing on all quotes for the job it is quoted but future orders
for that design will be billed as finished stitch count. |
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When we are happy with the quality of the design,
we email you a "virtual" proof of the design letting you know that the
sewout is ready for your inspection. We can then mail the sewout to you or
your customer for approval. Sewouts are not shipped out automatically, you
must provide us with that information upon receipt of the approval form. |
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3rd Party Designs: |
We will gladly accept 3rd party designs to sew
your order, but we in no way accept responsibility of poor sewing quality of
these designs. Often with digitizing companies, they do not test sew their
designs or send you a sewout. If you have a question on the quality of a 3rd
party design, it is often best to let us repunch the design rather than
spending money replacing garments that sew badly. Also we suggest getting a
pre-production proof of any 3rd party designs prior to completing your order
so you know exactly what you are getting before decorating the entire order. |
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We sending 3rd party designs to us via email,
please also send the thread colors and sewing sequence so that the design
may be inputted into our system correctly. |
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