New: Embify Studio

Design embroidery in your browser

The Embify studio is a design canvas for machine embroidery. Place shapes, text and artwork on a board that matches your real hoop or garment size. See the stitches drawn under your design. Then check and export machine files.

Free to tryNothing to installPES, DST, JEF, EXP, XXX, VP3

Laying out a design is free. Stitches and the Check need a free account. Machine files cost £5 each, or come with a plan.

The Embify studio showing a navy ring and the word MAPLE drawn as real stitches on a left chest board, with the design tools down the left side
A real Draft in the studio, with the stitches drawn under the design. Check stitches gives the finished result.
Live now

What you can do in the studio today

Six things, all working now, in plain words.

A live canvas, sized to your real hoop

The board matches your real placement, set in millimetres. Pick left chest, cap front, sleeve, back or patch, or type your own size. Use the rulers and grid, zoom from Fit up to 400 percent, pan around, and undo or redo as you go.

Shapes, text and artwork

Draw rectangles, ellipses and lines. Type text in a choice of bold fonts. Import your logo as an SVG, PNG or JPG. Select, move, resize and rotate anything, and drag layers into the order you want.

Real stitches under your design

Switch between Design, Stitches and Both to see the stitches the machine would sew, drawn with a realistic thread look. Turn fill, borders, underlay, thread cuts and jumps on and off to look at one layer at a time.

Drafts while you edit, a Check before you export

Move something and a quick Draft updates the stitches. A Draft can look rougher than the finished file, and the studio says so on screen. When you are happy, a Check runs the full quality repair on your design.

An Export panel that checks first

Press Check stitches and the studio runs the Check, then opens the Export panel. Pick your machine and your formats (PES, DST, JEF, EXP, XXX or VP3) and download.

The right size and a sensible start

What you draw is what gets sewn: your design keeps the real size you gave it on the board. The machine file starts at the design's own top-left corner, the same as files from our classic converter.

How it works

From a blank board to a machine file

Set the board

Choose a placement and a fabric. The board matches your real hoop or garment size.

Add your design

Draw shapes, type text or import your logo, then move things where you want them.

Watch the stitches

A quick Draft draws real stitches under your design as you edit.

Check and export

Run the Check, pick your machine and download your machine files.

Studio tour

Watch the studio tour

See the board, the stitches and the Export panel at work.

Transcript

This is the new Embify Studio. Drop in your logo, and it lands right on the hoop.

Add text. Add shapes. Move everything exactly where you want it.

Switch to stitches, and see how it will sew, right under your design. Change something, and the stitches follow in seconds.

When it looks right, run the check. Then download your file for your machine.

Embify Studio. Try it free, on your computer, at embify.ai.

Prefer to upload one logo and let Embify digitize it in one go? The classic converter is still here, and it also plays a stitch-out simulation of the exact sew order. Open the classic converter

FAQ

Questions about the studio

What is the Embify studio?

The Embify studio is a design canvas for machine embroidery that runs in your browser. You place shapes, text and artwork on a board that matches your real hoop or garment size, see the stitches drawn under your design, run a Check, and export machine files.

Is the studio free to use?

It is free to try. You can open the studio and lay out a design without an account. A free account shows the stitches and runs the Check. Downloading machine files is paid, either as a one-off download or inside a monthly plan, and the prices are in the pricing section of the home page.

What can I put on the board?

Rectangles, ellipses, lines, text and your own artwork. You can import a logo as an SVG, PNG or JPG. You can move, resize and rotate anything, and change the colour of shapes and text.

What is the difference between a Draft and a Check?

A Draft is the quick set of stitches the studio draws while you edit. It keeps up with you, but it can look rougher than the finished result, and the studio says so on screen. A Check runs the full quality repair on your design before export, so the stitches you download are the checked ones.

Which machine file formats can I export?

PES, DST, JEF, EXP, XXX and VP3. They cover Brother, Baby Lock, Janome, Tajima, Melco, Pfaff, Husqvarna Viking, Singer and most other machines.

Do I need to install anything?

No. The studio runs in your web browser. It is built for a computer screen. On a phone, the classic converter gives you a free preview of a logo.

What happened to the classic converter?

It is still available. Use it when you want to upload one logo and have Embify digitize it in one go. The classic converter also plays a stitch-out simulation of the exact sew order.

Open the studio and lay out your first design

It takes a minute to set up your board. No software to install.

Free to try. A free account shows the stitches and runs the Check.