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SewArt is software for converting clipart or other forms of raster and vector images into
an embroidery file which may be sewn.
Downloading Information
SewArt is presently only available in a pre-release trial DEMO version. You may
download the DEMO (valid for 30 days) by clicking the appropriate link below:
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Free for 30 days (no restrictions) |
Note: SewArt will be available for sale on or about June 1, 2008 for US $75.
Features of SewArt (an auto-digitizer for embroidery files)
- Reads raster or vector format images (supported input formats include *.bmp, *.png, *.jpg, *.gif, *.wmf, and *.emf)
- Allows images in other (unsupported) file formats to be pasted into the SewArt workspace
- Converts images to high-quality embroidery files for sewing
- Supports output embroidery file formats including Brother (c) *.pes, Janome (c) *.jef, and Singer (c) *.xxx (these
may be converted by SewWhat-Pro, or other embroidery editors, to a much larger variety of embroidery file formats compatible
with most home and commercial machines)
- Contains image-processing tools for converting images into color-reduced, smoothed images suitable for digitizing
- Includes a variety of pattern fills which can be applied to sew individual regions of the image
- Supports both auto-digitizing and manual digitizing options to give substantial user control
over the digitizing process
Getting Started
The help that accompanies SewArt contains a mini-tutorial that describes the steps necessary to load
input image files and convert them to embroidery files. After opening SewArt by double-clicking the desktop
icon, click the Help/Help Topics menu item. This will open the Getting Started main help page which
presents a step-by-step tutorial for using the various features of SewArt.
Several image-processing tools are available in SewArt. In many cases, these will be necessary to use
in order to reduce the color content and smooth the image file before it can be sewn. Usually, clipart images are already
smooth enough to be sewn immediately, so these constitute a good set of images for starting to use the digitizing
features of SewArt.
Once a suitable image has been obtained the auto-digitizing Sewing mode is entered by clicking the Convert
toolbar button (the sewing-machine icon). This presents a stitching toolbar from which choices for pattern fills,
stitch angles, etc., can be made. Options for auto-digitizing the entire image or just a single color, or
manually sewing each color in the image, are available on this toolbar.
Below is a clipart image that was sewn with SewArt using the default pattern fill. The textured fill
appears after the image has been converted (sewn) to stitches. In this case, the conversion process took less than 5 minutes
to complete. More complicated images will take longer and require use of the image conversion tools prior to producing the
embroidery file.
| Clipart Image Sewn with SewArt |
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