August 19th, 2017, 05:31 PM
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Re: EMB and DST designs
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Originally Posted by ltpemb
No. A dst is comparable to a jpeg, while emb is a vector file. While its possible to reverse it and manipulate the results are low quality and sometimes strait up don't work.
Some digitizers like to hold the emb file if they charge very little for digitizing. (IE you have to come back to them for edits they can charge you) Once you have an emb file you can pretty much have the hard work done so you can edit it yourself if you have the software... if you are paying the digitizer/have a good digitizer they will hand over files sometimes but they usually cost more.
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i think wilcom does great bringing in dst files. especially compared to my old software. my old software would basically bring in a dst file as nothing but running stitches that couldn't be easily edited. i couldn't select satin stitches and have satin parameters, etc. there may be a few issues with importing a dst in wilcom, like maybe extra nodes, or sometimes it will split a solid fill stitch as 2 or more stitch groups...and the underlay comes in as running stitches, not as underlay that can be removed with the underlay tab, but i think those are pretty easy fixes.
i've not heard of digitizers holding the emb files hostage. i guess i do it the other way. i always hand over the emb file if they want it, and i don't charge for minor edits. whether they're my fault, or even if the customer changes minor things after its finished. my philosophy is: if i can make the changes faster than i can create an invoice, then it doesn't make sense to charge for it. i just consider it part of great customer service. i'm not cheap tho...
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