MuellerTime Designs
Colorado Custom Embroidery Company

Digitizing:

"The action of converting a graphic design into computerized instructions which tell an embroidery machine how to sew a design."

Digitizing, or "punching", is the process of converting artwork into a digital code that can be read by today's advanced embroidery machines. This digital code provides the instructions to the embroidery machine's operating system which, in turn, tells the embroidery machine's frame how to sew the design. The word "punching" actually comes from the traditional jacquard embroidery machines. The instructions that tell the machine's frame how to move and sew the embroidered design came from a tape punched with holes. A skillful digitizing artist uses embroidery digitizing software to interpret your particular artwork design - from either vector format artwork or scanned artwork (.bmp, .tiff) - to a digital embroidery pattern.

Digitizing is both a technical and a creative process. It's much more than most people might imagine - a lot of people think their design will just be 'scanned'. While the digitizer may begin with a scan or a graphic file, he has to tell the embroidery machine where to put each stitch, and what order to sew your design - including where to stop, trim the threads, and switch to a different color. Poor digitization can lead to a poor-looking design, or one that is very hard to sew.

The cost of taking your original design and 'digitizing' it into an embroidery machine-readable format will be a one-time fee. The actual price will depend on the size and complexity of your design. Send us an email to: info@muellertime.com with your logo attached in a .bmp, .eps, .jpg, .tif, .gif or .pdf file format and we'll give you a free, no-obligation quote. Please tell us what size you want the logo to be, and what you want to embroider it on. If you accept the quote and authorize us to go ahead, we'll proceed with having your logo digitized. Then, we'll email you a digitial photo of a "sew-out" of your logo on fabric for your approval before we begin production. Beware of low-ball quotes, you get what you pay for! We are very proud of our digitizing staff and welcome the chance to show them off.

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