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Wilcom Embroidery Studio Decorating e4

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EMBSTU-DEC-E4

Wilcom Embroidery Studio Decorating e4

Professional Embroidery & Multi-Decoration Software.

The new standard for custom embroidery shops and apparel decorators expanding into embroidery. With a simple graphics digitizing approach, full control of lettering and stitch settings and over 200 professional embroidery fonts, you can produce your own commercial embroidery designs more quickly and easily than ever before.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite is included, fully integrated and provides full vector and bitmap graphics software for multi-decoration, printing, cutting, engraving and more. Read more about CorelDRAW®.

Get more quotes and jobs through your shop by creating and managing design digitizing requests with the new Order Job Feature. Quickly prepare design mock-ups on high resolution garment images and email .PDF approval sheets directly to customers.

Use Auto-Digitizing to get accurate stitch estimates from customer artwork then save basic order and job production information right in the Wilcom .EMB design file for easy reference.

Use the new integrated Design Library to find designs in seconds by customer, order, date and other text or parameters, all within the software.

Apply your existing graphics design knowledge to digitize your own embroidery designs with the new graphics digitizing tools. Compatible with all EmbroideryStudio e4 software products.

Features

Advanced Integrated Design Library

  • Search designs in seconds by customer, order, date or any text field
  • Designs are automatically indexed for fast search. No manual categorization required
  • Browse designs from all folders in one screen, or folder by folder
  • Group and sort designs by customer, order, date, folder, design status, stitches and more
  • Quickly see recent designs by date, no matter what folder they are in
  • Batch operations on multiple selected designs. Open, convert, print, stitch and catalogue
  • Use simple drop lists to search text from a specific field
  • Default “General” for the fastest and widest search results
  • Search by specified dates or pre-set date ranges.

Order Job Feature

  • Save customer, order & job details in the .EMB design file. A separate database is not required
  • Identifies the garment, quantities, sizes, colors and approval status
  • Display job details with high resolution product mock-ups in .PDF for customer approval
  • Estimate stitch counts from customer artwork using enhanced Auto-Digitizing
  • Create digitizing requests as .EMB designs and manage status in the Design Library
  • Minimize printed worksheets by sending .EMB with job details to production computer
  • Specify Color/Size/Quantity in table form
  • Customize the information displayed on approval sheets
  • Quickly create new colorways with Cycle Used Colors.

Enhanced Product Visualizer and Customer Approvals

  • Create mock-ups of designs on high resolution garment images in the required colors
  • Wide selection of high resolution predefined generic products included
  • Add your own custom product images
  • Move and re-size product images within the design
  • Print new .PDF approval sheets with job details or email directly to customers for approval
  • Save and record the product image directly in the .EMB design file for future use.

NEW and Improved Lettering

  • 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
  • NEW predefined "Lettering Art" envelope shapes
  • Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
  • Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
  • Improved quality of automatic TrueType/OpenType stitching.

Faster Digitizing for Professionals and Newcomers

  • New graphics digitizing tools for easier digitizing
  • Create embroidered outlines and fills with the same shape tools
  • Convert outlines to/from fills in a single click with the new stitch types toolbar
  • Add or remove holes and stitch angles
  • Create drawing objects as vector outlines or fills in the same way
  • Much faster handling and processing of very large designs.

Improved Auto-Digitizing

  • New instant Auto-Digitizing of bitmaps with one click
  • Improved interactive Auto-Digitizing dialog
  • Enhanced quality satin and fill stitching, better optimized for logo design
  • Supports full color bitmaps with transparency (24 and 32 bit)
  • Optional cropping / masking of bitmap artwork images
  • Optional bitmap image adjustments before stitching.

Enhanced Monogramming

  • 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
  • Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
  • Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
  • Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
  • Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.

More efficient design workspace

  • 4K monitor support, large or small icons, optional labels
  • Improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick?access flyouts
  • Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with new design tabs
  • Visualize stitching sequence with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls
  • New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management
  • Large, full featured Open dialog displays design details
  • "Open Recent Designs" with thumbnail view.

7 add-on Elements Included Now as STANDARD

  • Virtual Decoration - Create high resolution embroidery TrueView images for digital printing.
  • Vector Drawing - Create and edit vector graphics directly in Wilcom designs.
  • Bling - Create and output bling designs for stones, rhinestones, beads and spangles.
  • Auto-Digitize Bitmaps - One click converts bitmap graphics into embroidery.
  • Kiosk Mode - Ultra simple personalised designs for retail shops.
  • Team Names Standard – Create lettering for multiple team members in one design
  • Offset Standard – Create automatic outlines around selected objects or designs

NEW Drag-and-drop .EMB Designs via Clipart Docker

  • Use .EMB designs from any source
  • Search for designs or select from specific folders.

LATEST Version e4.1 .EMB Format

  • Keep up to date with the latest version e4.1 EMB file format
  • Reads all previous .EMB versions and exports versions.

Latest CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 2017

  • Bundled with NEW e4.1 systems
  • Optional upgrade from X8.2 available for EmbroideryStudio e4.0 customers
  • Open CorelDRAW .CDR graphic files directly from the EmbroideryStudio Design Library.

EmbroideryStudio e4 – Update e4.1

Update e4.1 for EmbroideryStudio e4 is packed with new features and enhancements. We have created a brief overview to a selection to give you a taste of what you could look to experience. Please note: The videos will display if the feature is available as standard or as a paid add-on Element as well as which versions of EmbroideryStudio e4 they may be used.

Why Update to EmbroideryStudio e4?

EmbroideryStudio e4 takes a major leap forward from the previous e3 version. With a strong focus on improving both the creative side of the software as well as business productivity through improvements in efficiency.

What’s new in EmbroideryStudio e4?

There are several brand new tools and features packed into the software as well as improvements to many of the existing professional tools. It also now includes 7 features which previously were additional add-on Elements that were available to buy separately.

Our favorite reasons to update to e4 Decorating:

TrueView Thumbnails

New Design Library

Powerful design management capabilities with high speed search for customer designs, all within the software. Find by customer, order, date or any design information. This feature replaces the aged Design Explorer.

Bitmap to embroidery conversion

Order Job Feature

Save customer, order & job details directly into the .EMB design file. Create design workflows and manage design requests, estimates, customer approvals and production worksheets all within the software. A separate database is not required.

Interface

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 2017 INCLUDED

Fully integrated and bundled within the software. There are many new and improved Corel features specifically relevant to embroidery, multi-decoration, printing, cutting and engraving. It includes an extensive clipart and font library. Easy to install and Windows 10 compatible.

Embroidery Outlines

Enhanced Product Visualizer

New high-resolution garment images can be used to create accurate order mock-ups. Resize, re-color and save directly into the .EMB design file. Print new PDF approval sheets with all the job details or email them directly to customers.

CorelDRAW x6

New and Improved Lettering

The world class Wilcom lettering got even better plus there are 25 NEW professionally digitized fonts too! Now with Unicode support and OpenType Glyphs for fancy lettering. New 3D foam, outline, running stitch and two color fonts. There is also an improved font management and Team Names feature.

Break a Part Embrdoidery Font

New Graphics Style Digitizing

Easier digitizing perfect for beginners yet with the full control over inputs for more advanced users. Create embroidered outlines and fills using the same shape tool. Convert outlines to/from fills in a single click with the new Stitch toolbar. Add or remove holes and stitch angles. Create drawing objects as vector outlines or fills in the same way.

Virtual Decorations

Improved Auto-Digitizing

Greatly improved image processing and vector auto-digitizing capabilities for commercial use. Generate automatic stitch counts for quotations and job estimates. Simple logo designs can be auto-digitized and edited instead of outsourcing.

Bling

Enhanced Monogramming

New easy to use monogramming interface with 69 professional predefined monogram designs, or create your own. Take greater control of your monogram letter sizing, spacing and stitching.

Bling

More Efficient Design Workspace

Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with the new design tabs. An improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick-access flyouts helps you work faster. Visualize stitching sequences with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls. New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management. Support for 4K monitors with optional large or small icons.

Bling

e3 Elements now included as Standard in e4 Decorating

There are 7 new features included which were previously add-on Elements purchase separately. This includes Offsets Standard, Team Names Standard, Vector Drawing, Auto-Digitize Bitmaps, Bling, Kiosk Mode and Virtual Decoration.

PC Specifications for EmbroideryStudio e4

Please ensure you have the correct hardware to ensure the software runs well. EmbroideryStudio e4 is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. If you prefer, you can also run the software on a Mac.

Note: An internet connection is required for software updates and dongle registration.

The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for EmbroideryStudio e4.

Minimum Requirements

  • CPU - Intel® Core i3 or AMD Athlon™ 64
  • Operating System – Windows 7 32-bit with latest updates and service pack
  • Browser – Microsoft Edge or IE11.0
  • Memory – 4 GB
  • Free Hard Disk Space – 40 GB
  • Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for 32bit and 1600 x 900 resolution
  • USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
  • Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
  • Internet Connection - Required for software updates and dongle registration

Recommended

  • CPU – Latest Intel® Core i7
  • Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit with latest updates and service pack
  • Browser – Microsoft Edge or later
  • Memory – 8 GB
  • Free Hard Disk Space – 256 GB or more (Solid State Drive)
  • Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for Highest Color 32bit and 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
  • USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
  • Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
  • Backup – External hard drive, cloud storage or other
  • Internet Connection - Required for software updates and dongle registration