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You need digitizing software for everything from editing and customizing designs to creating your own embroidery designs, which is called digitizing. The exact type of software you need, though, depends on your embroidery-design aspirations.

If you want to create your own designs, you need digitizing software. There are two main types of digitizing software.

1) Auto-Digitizing Software

With auto-digitizing design software, you upload an image file (ex: .jpg. .bmp, or .png) or vector file (ex: .svg, .ai) from your computer. With minimal user input, the software generates an embroidery design.

This is quick and effective for some images, like simple 1-2 color logos. However, this DOES NOT produce excellent results in many cases. The more colors you have and the more intricate the image, the worse the quality.

Almost all auto-digitized images need some editing or clean-up. If you plan to sell designs commercially or start a home embroidery business, you do NOT want to rely on auto-digitizing for clients.

2) Manual Digitizing Software

The most advanced digitizing software is manual digitizing software, which is significantly more expensive than auto-digitizing software. It also has a very steep learning curve!

However, you need manual digitizing capabilities if you ever want to digitize from scratch, create intricate in-the-hoop projects, make quilting blocks, or even create redwork designs.

Here, you create a design from scratch by telling the program what type of stitches you want to go where. This process can take anywhere from a few minutes to several days if you’re working on a highly complex design.

If you’re not artistically inclined, you can even load an image file as a guide, tracing the image file with your mouse and assigning stitches.