sewgirl@sewgirl.com, wrote
>On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:53:36 +1000, hopper
><Troll5layer@acting.invalid> wrote:
>
>Hopper, what program do you digitize in/with?
>
Wilcom8.. an older version sure, but one I did/do have a licence for,
and I see no advantage in the later releases, all of which I have tried
and put back on the shelf.
>I have 3D Pro...would like to upgrade,
>
You are going to be heartened then in hearing that one lady here
is a huge Husq devotee. I am sure the lady will volunteer some
assistance, although AFIK herself does no actual digitising
concentrating only on "repairs".
At this point in time the lady is engrossed in her own computer
repairs in another place. I am sure when that is done, and this
group caught up, you may well get a ping from her.
>but the coffers are empty so I am making do with what
>I have. Anyway just curious what you use...You seem to whip designs
>out pretty quickly.
>
I am with you, I spend hours with a design. I have a car job in at the moment.
So far I reckon I have burnt more than 20hours on it and still poking it with a
twitch here and a tuck here <g>
You may be looking (only) at the few "click n stitch" I have churned out as
examples in helping others???
I am impressed with that bluebird (and the Knight even) I showed fee_clochette
as an output of DRAWings from a vector image, sure.. but getting that quality
artwork is maybe as difficult as punching the design from a photo?
> I take hours, because I am my own worst critic and
>have spent many hours moving each stitch to get the design I want.
>
And add to that the extents Wilcom (Willy8) allows as tools to do all sorts of
things in merging, stitch attributes and resizing etc etc... and you have many
pleasant hours of "sculpturing"<g>
>I have seen designs from ditigitizing houses and they too can turnaround
>a graphic quickly.
>
Where I started was in graphic mode as I have extensive AutoCAD experience
(which is now largely redundant) and thought this was the place to start. I
found I was not getting the results I wanted when feeding the file into Willy8
using the "Smart Design" engine, more so when I put the results out to critique.
I turned then to setting out the design using "manual mode" stitching engines of
Willy8.
I do not sew, the last sewing machine in our home is a distant memory
and most likely a hand-me-down anyway. My partner has no interest in
creativity with fabric, other than the sheer delight of a new dress/suit<g>
I am trying to say there is no joy (for me) in simply punching out a design.
Somewhere to someone the work has to have purpose, anything else just
does not motivate me.
Mind you.. sometimes I trap myself<bg>
>the Like you said you either do the work in the graphic
>program or the digitizing program and that is it in a nut shell I
>think. I would like to learn the graphic side of it and have
>read/completed many tutortials for Adobe Photoshop. Maybe I make it
>harder than it is, don't know..
>
It is a dynamic I believe, SG.. I started in looking for perfection and thinking
a DWG file had to provide that as vectors are just so accurate and definitive.
I knew Jack of the actual sewing so to me that starting point was logical.
Next I discovered sewing was the greater part of the job, this and how it came
about is a long story, the short of which is much was discovered right here in
ABCP. I moved to "click n stitch" using bitmaps. That soon soured for me.
I left the whole deal for quite some time and then late last year got myself
motivated again and this time started at the sewing end of the work.
I am now getting results, able to produce a halfway decent bit of work and
well pleased with the learning curve.
However... when I do understand the sewing side in greater depth I think I will
have another shot at layers in graphics and vector production as I *think* this
is where the really top shelf "photo realistic" designs are created.
>guess I am rambling now wo look
>foreward to hearing from you.
>
I claim Top Rambler status <bg>
Thanks for your post.. twas a delight after what was a very busy
yet mundane weekend at our place :-)
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