Digitizing embroidery designs is the process of converting artwork like logos, images, fonts and drawings into files that can provide embroidery machine instructions.
It involves using specialized digitizing software to analyze artwork and translate key elements into a series of stitch coordinates defined by x and y points. The digitizer maps out precisely where the embroidery needle will penetrate the fabric and in what sequence.
The digitizer also assigns appropriate stitch types (satin, fill, etc), densities, and machine functions to different design areas based on optimal settings for rendering that artwork into stitched output.
The final output is an embroidery file such as .DST that contains all the stitch data and commands needed for a computerized embroidery machine to accurately recreate and sew out that design automatically onto products like caps, jackets, shirts and more.
Quality digitizing makes it possible for virtually any logo or artwork to be reproduced flawlessly with embroidery. It solves the technical challenge of converting amazing visual concepts into attractive stitched artwork.