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Subject: Re: Software decision- help appreciated
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:24:13 -0700
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sewbee_it wrote:
> I am returning to the world of embroidery. Looking to purchase digitizing software. I have a Brother 8200 and
> Janome 11000, so would like to use it for both. Considering Pe Design 8.0 and Embird. Would consider myself novice
> to intermediate but would like to avoid limitations and wish to grow in the program. The brother machine must have no higher
> than version 4 format. I know both programs can save in the Janome format. Recommendations appreciated
My own preference is for an application that has only one module (or
at least only one 'entry point') that does everything. Artista is my
embroidery software of choice. It can do many things very simply, and
includes the tools for more complex and advanced functions. In
particular, I like the fact that manual and auto-digitizing, stitch
editing, pattern selection, etc., are all accessible from the same screen.
Embird can do just about everything, but I find its non-standard
interface very unintuitive, and many functions, although they appear
built-in on the menus, take you to separate modules and I find it hard
to figure out just where I am and what's open.
I believe that PE-Design (or the bit-for-bit identical Palette from
Babylock, usually somewhat less expensive) still has two or three
separate programs that integrate well together, but are still separate.
Like Embird, Babylock's Masterworks also has a number of separately
purchasable modules; I'm not sure whether, once installed, they
present a single user interface, or which of the plethora of modules
(if any) are included in which version of Masterworks (II and Lite).
Husqvarna/Pfaff software is also very powerful, but Customizing and
Digitizing are two completely separate applications.
- Herb
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