Cloud Explorer

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial explains how to use cloud storage in Embird.

Cloud storage is a modern and very effective system for the management, deployment, and backup of files which contain pictures, videos, texts, sounds, and also embroidery designs. The principle of this service is the possibility for the customer to save their files on the storage medium of the company that provides such service. The customer has the possibility to access these files from anywhere in the world using various hardware platforms (computers, and in the future, tablets and smartphones) and various operating systems (Windows, and in the future, OS X and Android). In the case of a crashed computer, these files are easily available to the customer. Such a service is provided by large companies that offer professional hardware support and protection of the customer's files. The customer must have good access to the internet to use this service.

Customers with Windows 8 and later versions have such service via SkyDrive (or the newer name, OneDrive).

Users of previous Windows versions have the possibility to use this service via various specialized utilities and also via new Embird functions called Cloud Explorer. This service enables the use of two cloud services:

- Amazon S3

- Azure Blob Service

You must first arrange the cloud service on the websites of the companies above (selection of the service is your decision). Both companies offer a free trial account for a period.

1 - Run Embird.

2 - Select the file which you want to upload to the Cloud and then click the "Cloud" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Select file and click Cloud menu

3 - The Cloud Explorer window will appear on the screen. The selected design is focused on the left side of the Cloud Explorer window. This is the side where local files and folders are shown (Picture No. 2).

2. Design is focused in Cloud Explorer

4 - Before you start using the cloud, you need to set up the cloud service on the Accounts tab (Picture No. 3).

5 - Choose a cloud service provider (either Amazon or Azure).

3. Select Cloud service provider

6 - Fill in Display name - choose any name that describes your cloud location.

7 - Enter Account name and Account key - you should receive both of them from the cloud provider.

8 - Click the "Add" button to add the account (Picture No. 4).

4. Add cloud account in the Cloud Explorer

9 - Select the Cloud which you want to access (Picture No. 5). The list of cloud root folders (also called Containers at Azure or Buckets at Amazon) will be shown on the right side of the Cloud Explorer window. This is the side where cloud (remote) files and folders are shown.

5. Select Cloud which you want to access

10 - Double-click the Container or Bucket name in the list to enter it and see the list of the files it contains. You can also specify a path in the text field above the cloud files list to enter this Container or Bucket. Move the mouse pointer to an item in the files list box and click the right mouse button to create a new Bucket or Container (Picture No. 6).

6. Create new container

11 - You can right-click the local files list to upload the selected file to the Cloud (Picture No. 7).

7. Upload file to Cloud

12 - You can right-click the cloud files list to download the selected file from the Cloud. Another way is to drag and drop the file from the right panel to the left panel, or vice versa. There is also a button with an arrow icon for downloading from the Cloud (Picture No. 8).

8. Download file from Cloud

13 - You can quickly access the Cloud also from Embird Editor - just save the design to a file and click the button with the cloud icon (Picture No. 9).

9. Access Cloud from Editor

14 - The Cloud Explorer window will appear on the screen and the edited design is automatically focused (Picture No. 10).

10. Upload edited design to Cloud

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