digitizing a jpg file

[sandyb4me]

Hi,

I have not worked with Corel since Corel 6. Is it possible to digitize a jpg file in Corel 11 or Corel 12?

 

[javabearSTL]

What do you mean by "digitize?" A JPG is a digital file and could be technically considered as "digitized" from its analog counterpart (a print made from a negative).

 

[sandyb4me]

I have a jpg file of my company logo and need to digitize it in a format that a BabyLoc sewing machine can use to embrodery it onto a shirt. I know that the jpg file is a digital file but I need it to conform with the Babyloc format and they instruct me to be able to convert to a digital image for color separation.

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[javabearSTL]

Well, you've just described two totally different things: 1) creating a file that a sewing machine can use for sewing patterns; and 2) creating color separations. So in a way, no, it doesn't make too much sense

Who is creating your embroidery? I would think that they can create your sewing machine-specific file for the embroidery machine. You can always purchase software to work alongside Corel Draw to create these kind of files, but it's not cheap (

http://www.unleash.com/sd/drawings.asp).

As for color seps, is this for silk screening? Do you have a vector version of the file? Are you trying to do spot color or process color?

 

[Eggles]

I think what you meant by 'digitize' in your original question, you probably meant 'vectorize'.

So you have a JPG you want to convert to a format that can be used by the machine. You either need to fire up Coreltrace, which I have never used but I understand does a reasonable job, OR you could open the JPG in CDraw and then use the Pen Tool to create vector paths around the logo's components.

I assume you have been asked to make separations for the machine in order for it to use different coloured threads for the different components. Does the original logo have spot colours or is it CMYK? If the latter, are there parts of the logo made of more than one of the process colours? Impossible for a sewing machine to reproduce the final composite colour in this case. Cotton threads don't work like printing inks.

So once you have vectorised your logo, you need to add spot colours to the various components to make it match the origianl as closely as possible, then print separations of the various spots from CDraw to show the machinist where each of the spot colours are used.

 

[javabearSTL]

Eggles, actually, if the file is to be prepared for embroidery, it's a completely different process than just making a vector file - it's something to do with stich patterns, etc, and they tend to be sewing machine specific... which is why you usually have the people doing the embroidery make the stitch file.

 

[Eggles]

OK.

 

[sandyb4me]

Thank you all for your kind replys. I will continue to figure this out. BabyLoc, the mfg. of the machine has a program to do this, but it is $1000+ and to do just one piece hardly seems cost justifing. I am looking for someone with the program to convert the logo for a fee and then save it to the input disc that fits into the machine.

Thanks again.

 

[javabearSTL]

Sandy, that is about average for the cost of software that deals with stitch files for embroidery. Contact some screenprinters in your area as they may have some dealings with people who work with that specific embroidery machine.

 

[impulselondon]

Me ma and I just began working with several different embroidery programs and digital stitching machines; even knowing Corel inside and out makes no difference to an embroidery design layout. The biggest reason the licensed software is so important is because it accounts for the type of fabric, its bias, and the brand-name of thread you're using - all of which are more important than the base of the original design itself.

 

[kellycreative]

Re: ..."I am looking for someone with the program to convert the logo for a fee and then save it to the input disc that fits into the machine..."

Hi sandybear,
Did you even get someone to help you convert the logo...maybe I can help. I am a graphic designer who regularly does this type of thing and I work on Corel Draw too.