User manual

Everything the studio can do, one topic at a time.

• Getting startedFrom a logo to a machine file in a few minutes.
• The studio at a glanceWhere everything is: menus, panels, toolbar and canvas.
• Drawing toolsLines, shapes, circles, rectangles, freehand and satin blocks.
• Selecting and editing shapesMove, turn, resize, reshape, cut holes and set the sewing order.
• Stitch types and fillsOutlines, satin, E-stitch, rope, and eight fill patterns.
• Images and auto-digitizingTrace pictures or turn them into stitches, up to 10 per design.
• TextNames, slogans and dates in 15 fonts, straight or curved.
• Pixel artDraw on a grid of squares and sew it as cross stitch or filled squares.
• Threads and coloursBrand thread charts, swapping colours, and sewing order.
• Machine files and the converterWhich format your machine reads, opening files, converting.
• Saving, versions and copiesYour designs, auto-save, version history and duplicates.
• ExportingMachine files, PNG pictures and the design summary.
• The quality checkWhat the grade means and how to fix what it finds.
• Keyboard shortcutsEvery key the studio knows.
• The communityShare your designs, and open or download other people's.
• Tips for good embroideryRules of thumb that make designs sew well.