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- Model
- 250 colour photos
- Dimensions
- 8.19 x 0.31 x 10.79 in
- Weight
- 10.4 oz
- Publisher
- Krause Publications
- Publication date
- January 2, 2008
- Edition
- PAP/CDR
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Digitizing Made Easy is for every embroidery machine user and commercial machine embroiderer looking to better understand and utilize digitizing software. The author's time-tested method, demonstrated in 250 step-by-step color photos will help you to better identify the tools of modern digitizing, and the best processes with which to use them. With chapters covering artwork, auto-digitizing, stitch types, mapping and sequencing, underlay and blending, readers will quickly develop a solid foundation with which to explore the endless possibilities of digitizing. Read more
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| Publisher | Krause Publications |
|---|---|
| Publication date | January 2, 2008 |
| Edition | PAP/CDR |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 128 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0896894924 |
| ISBN-13 | 21 |
| Item Weight | 10.4 ounces |
| Dimensions | 8.19 x 0.31 x 10.79 inches |
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Good book with lots of useful information
Format: Paperback
My wife and I have been using digitizing software for the past 10 years, but generally for just adding text and tweaking a few things on residential equipment. We moved into the commercial market this year and have much more advanced software. We were hoping this book would provide better insight into what we should consider when doing professional quality punching. Although this book isn't a full comprehensive encyclopedia that tells you everything you need to know - which there is no such book, it is quite good. It really gives you an insight into the basics of digitizing. Even though it's Christmas weekend as I write this review, we plan on doing some of the suggested samples from the book to learn more about step stitch patterns. The book inspired me to try some things I wouldn't have on my own. I scanned a piece of wallpaper border we have in our bathroom. My wife wants to embroider the design onto a towel from a portion of the wallpaper. I scanned it, imported it as a background into our software and then manually digitized on top of it using some of the advice in the book. Stitched it out and was surprised at how it turned out. We put a step stitch background behind two objects and want to make some changes to these now. The book recommended making samples to figure out what we can do with step stitches. This looks fun and interesting. I'd recommend this book to anyone like ourselves!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2011 by Michael Kober
Theory and Best Practices about Designing Digital Embroidery Patterns
Format: Paperback
Digitizing made easy? No. Not easy! John Deer has taken 40+ years of machine embroidery design programming experience and consolidated it into 120 pages! That doesn't mean there isn't enough material to learn what needs to be learned, but it will take practice and reviewing the information frequently to learn and put into action. I have not seen anything else like this that teaches best practices and theory in addition to simply teaching how to use software. I believe that by learning the visual ratio at which to digitize, and about things like stitch length and density, a novice design creator has a better chance of creating quality designs. Auto-digitize doesn't work well or I would be using it rather than trying to learn how to use Hatch 3 and other digitizing software. This book echoes the basic principles of design that are in the course material provided by John Deere embroidery legacy. It's good to have the book to reinforce what I've learned in the course videos.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2023 by Pearl
The only book like it
Format: Paperback
Though there are new programs available, such as the terrific Embrilliance suite, some things never change, and this book is proof. This book is like a text book for John Deer's extremely helpful, professional videos, one series for each of the major software programs, which can be found on his Digitizing Made Easy website. If you are at all comfortable using any graphics program, you are way ahead of the game, but as a novice, I was really struggling until I connected the book with the videos for the specific software product I just purchased. It is tremendously helpful to have both this book and those videos open while you are in front of your program. Expensive, time-consuming classes might be available at your local shop, but shops are getting harder to find, and they don't sell my embroidery machine, which is the Singer XL-580, a terrific machine for under $1000.00. A shop owner would have a hard time selling machines for $7,000-$15,000 if her customers had the chance to compare them side by side with the Singer 580, but that's a story for another review. John Deer grew up in the embroidery industry and knows it inside out, from the days of hand-punched paper patterns to the present. This is who you want to teach you to digitize.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016 by Plein Jane
Excellent book but it DOES require some knowledge with embroidery and probably with digitizing a little
Format: Paperback
I was very hesitant to purchase this book because of some of the negative reviews. However, a family member suggested that I get the book to help out with my new found desire of digitizing. She actually suggested that I get it BEFORE I get a program, but I did not wait on the program because I wanted to start testing designs right away. That is probably why I found this book helpful. There is a lot of terminology and descriptions in the book that someone that has very little knowledge of embroidery would find extremely confusing. However, since I had already been playing with my program and trying to figure things out before I got this book... it was easier for me to understand what was going on. Of course, if you have been embroidery for any amount of time then you will understand a lot of what is being said. I want to make it clear that I did not start embroidering until May 2015... and I am writing this review in the beginning of June 2015. So, it does not take too long to start learning the process. I agree with what some of the other reviews say about needing to know a little about digitizing to understand this book, but there are a lot of free demos out there that you can try out before you get this book and it would most likely help out. I highly doubt that you will be able to get this book and be able to figure out how to digitize without trying it with some kind of software. All digitizing of embroidery designs will require software and not just a regular program that comes on your computer. (I saw questions like that when I was researching embroidery machines so I thought I would mention it.) Something else that is extremely important that was mentioned in this book is that many people tend to buy a program that the manufacturer of their machine tells them to use. After looking at and testing many different programs, I can comfortably say that some of the programs by the machine manufacturers are a huge rip off. They are limited on what they can do and often times are triple the price of a different software program. So, make sure to shop around for whatever you are looking for so you don't end up having to buy upgrades, additional plug-ins, or the completely wrong software for your work. I have gone back to this book after digitizing a design (I jumped right into super hard designs so I am having more problems than someone who would probably start with something simple) and have found a lot of the information helpful. My first attempt was pretty good and now I'm working on just fixing a few problems here and there with the suggestions in the book. I agree that the auto-digitizing features on most programs are not the best, but they are a good start if you have never digitized before. If the "by hand" part of things in this book is confusing or overwhelming, then try out an auto-digitizing feature and go from there. I spend hours on a design before I even get to test it the first time around so this process isn't something that you will be able to do in just a few minutes!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015 by Crisi
Expected more
Format: Paperback
I was so looking forward to this CD and book. Little disappointed. I expected that there would be more tutorials, but it seems that there is a range that has to be bought. However, what was in it, was a lot of help, and I think it is great for beginners.
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2013 by Kindle Customer
great TEACHERS of digitizing!
Format: Paperback
EXCELLENT for learning digitizing!
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2026 by AlwayScoping
Great book for anyone who wants to digitize
Format: Paperback
Good for the new digitized or experienced. Copyright 2007 but the basics are the same. I've been digitizing for 15+ years and still learned a few things
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2025 by Amazon Customer
Learning a lot from this book
Format: Paperback
This book is well written and very informative. It will not teach you to use a specific digitizing software, but it will teach you what you need to know about digitizing to be sucessful whichever software platform you use. The examples in the book are clear, consise and I have had several ah-ha moments reading it. Even if you don't want to digitize your own designs but just edit a few designs, this book would be very helpful. Even though this book was printed over 12 years ago, the information in it is still very relevant so I would recommend this book. If you are an embroidery digitizer, this book should be in your library.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2019 by scoopace