Embird Cross Stitch - Create a Cross Stitch Design from Another Design

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to create a cross stitch design from another (normal, non-cross-stitch) design. The design is first imported as a background image and then automatically converted to crosses as shown in the tutorial Set Size of Image.

1 - Run Embird and click the "Editor" menu to switch to the Editor window.

2 - In Editor, select the "Insert > Cross Stitch Design" menu.

3 - In Cross Stitch, select the "File > Open" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Launch Embird Cross Stitch plug-in and open a design

4 - Change the filter to "All Files (*.*)" and select a design, e.g., "snowdrop.dst" included with Embird (Picture No. 2).

2. Open an existing design

5 - The chosen design is imported as a background image. The size of the image is determined by the current size of the work area grid.

6 - Select the "Image > Autodigitize Crosses from Image" menu to convert the background image to crosses (Picture No. 3).

3. Convert background image to crosses

7 - Follow the steps shown on the screen, and after conversion, select the "Image > Delete Image" menu to remove the background image (Picture No. 4).

4. Remove background image

8 - Compile your Cross Stitch project into stitches. Use the "File > Compile and Put into Embird Editor" menu (Picture No. 5).

5. Compile Cross Stitch project into stitches

9 - The design will be put into the Embird Editor (Picture No. 6). Check the design, number of jumps, and stops in the Editor. The quality of automatically created cross stitch designs might vary, and their usability is not guaranteed.

10 - Select the "File > Save As" menu to save the design in the desired embroidery format to the hard disk.

6. Cross Stitch design in Editor

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