AutoDigitizing, the greatest thing since sliced bread? Let's look at it and see what we can get from the automatic process and what needs Editing. When is enough? What do we keep, and What do we throw out? Learn some basic shortcuts, and then some basic digitizing...you will need both! This is truly worth your while!
Archives: Classes
2023 Webinar, June 27th, Digitizing a Design from a Stitchout
We have all had it happen. Your customer comes to you with only a "Stitchout" No clean artwork. Not only that, this is a bad stitch out! Where do you start? How do you read their mind? What do you do to give him or her what they want and need? We will start from that Stitchout, clean it up, and Digitize it so that it runs well, and looks good. Better than the sewn sample, and exactly what your customer wanted in the first place.
2023 Webinar, May 30th, Balboa Blending
Learn to Blend your Colors...AND then, in our next Class use those Colors to Shade Your Design. These Break-through Secrets are yours to Learn from Balboa. The techniques have changed our Industry, and brought realism to our Designs with lower stitch counts, minimal or no threadbreaks, and finer quality. Best of all these techniques work with a Blend of Colors, as well as one solid color. You will have no problems with Push-Pull, Designs can be scaled up or down at will, and you can add detail with no problem! This is truly worth your while!
Playlist for the 2023 Videos
Learn the tools in your software that you will need to get the most out of our Classes. Look at the variations in the three groups of stitches, and learn how to set up your designs
2023 Webinar, Color Selection, Color Pathing
Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced, Pathing, is an essential part of any Design that will make the difference in how the Design looks, as well as how it runs. Learn to connect the objects in your Design with "hidden stitches". Avoid the pitfalls of constant trims, bird nesting, lost time, thread not picking up, and general frustration! Use your traveling through the design for underlays that not only connect your objects, but tack them down and prevent shifting! This is truly worth your while!
2023 Webinar, April 18th, Pathing, Mapping out Your Design
Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced, Pathing, is an essential part of any Design that will make the difference in how the Design looks, as well as how it runs. Learn to connect the objects in your Design with "hidden stitches". Avoid the pitfalls of constant trims, bird nesting, lost time, thread not picking up, and general frustration! Use your traveling through the design for underlays that not only connect your objects, but tack them down and prevent shifting! This is truly worth your while!
2023 Webinar, April 4th, Small Lettering, Learn to Create Small, Crisp, and Clean Letters
Small Letters, one of our biggest challenges...Get ready for answers that solve your problems! We start with "Quick Fixes" and proceed to the most important permanent fix. Watch as we take a running stitch to give you tiny letters under .15, then do the same with a column stitch. Then see a way to beef up that letter, and keep it clean by using a special underlay! This is truly worth your while!
2023 Webinar, March 21st, Lettering Stock and Custom
Let your lettering tell the story. Stock or custom, learn how to modify your lettering to enhance your design or to identify your product!
2023 Webinar, March 7th, The Fill Stitch and its Role
Learn the tools in your software that you will need to get the most out of our Classes. Look at the variations in the three groups of stitches, and learn how to set up your designs
2023 Webinar, February 21st, The Column or Satin Stitch and its Role
Learn the tools in your software that you will need to get the most out of our Classes. Look at the variations in the three groups of stitches, and learn how to set up your designs
2023 Webinar, February 7th, The Running Stitch and its Role
Learn the tools in your software that you will need to get the most out of our Classes. Look at the variations in the three groups of stitches, and learn how to set up your designs
2023 Schedule, Mapping out our Digitizing Classes for the Year!
Learn the tools in your software that you will need to get the most out of our Classes. Look at the variations in the three groups of stitches, and learn how to set up your designs
Webinar – November 29, 2022 – Christmas CleanUp 2
Everyone has that one design that is used once a year for a great customer. However, you battle the design in production. It takes much too long on the machine, has way too many threadbreaks, and because it is only once a year, you don't take time to edit it. We are taking some of our customer's designs and showing you how easy it can be to tweak it to a point that you enjoy it. It may even be your design that we use. Take the time to watch and even ask questions...this 90 minutes may help you with your Christmas Rush and give you time with Family and Friends!
Webinar – November 11 2022 – Christmas CleanUp
Everyone has that one design that is used once a year for a great customer. However, you battle the design in production. It takes much too long on the machine, has way too many threadbreaks, and because it is only once a year, you don't take time to edit it. We are taking some of our customer's designs and showing you how easy it can be to tweak it to a point that you enjoy it. It may even be your design that we use. Take the time to watch and even ask questions...this 90 minutes may help you with your Christmas Rush and give you time with Family and Friends!
Webinar – October 25th, Working with Faces: Human and Animal
We have looked at creating Eyes, Noses, Mouths...Now we are going to look at the face or head and see how to build the face.
We will look at what is behind it all and shade the areas, or highlight them to have a natural area to place the eyes, noses and mouths to have them
appear realistic and complete the face.
Webinar – October 11th – Capturing Glass Continued
Learn to capture the look of Glass in your Design!
We will look at how the glass container distorts its contents. Look at shading, highlights, and everything needed to make the design realistic