Exporting Animated Images

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

The following tutorial explains how to create animated images of designs in Embird.

Exporting an animated image of an embroidery design involves creating a visual representation of how the design is stitched out, shown as a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement.

Use animated images if you want to prepare an advertisement for the website presenting your designs, or use them as another form of documentation if you are sending designs to your customers via e-mail.

1 - Run Embird; it will start in "Manager" mode. 

2 - In the "Files:" box at the right side of the screen, select the design. To select a design, please move the mouse pointer to its file name and click the left mouse button (Picture No. 1).

1. Select design

3 - Click the "Right Panel > Export > Export Animated Image" menu to create the animated .GIF file of the selected design (Picture No. 2).

2. Click "Right Panel > Export > Export Animated Image" menu

4 - Another dialog box will appear on the screen, allowing you to specify the properties of the animated image: its width and height, the delay between images, the delay after the finished design, and the stitch rate (cadence) of image generation (Picture No. 3). Click the "OK" button to continue.

3. Animated image properties

5 - The animated image will be created after a short while, and another dialog box will appear on the screen. Choose the destination folder and filename for the image and then click the "OK" button to save it (Picture No. 4).

4. Save animated image

6 - Now you can insert the image into your website project or send it via e-mail. Wait 3 seconds for the animation—the delay specified in step 4.

5. Animated image of embroidery design

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