Predefined Folders

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

This tutorial shows how to use predefined folders to quickly choose the target folder when performing operations, e.g., conversion of designs, cut/copy and paste, open/merge/save design, etc.

1 - Run Embird.

2 - Select the designs that you want to convert (Picture No. 1).

1. Select designs to convert

3 - Click the "Right Panel > Convert Files" menu to convert the selected designs (Picture No. 2).

2. Click "Right Panel > Convert Files" menu

4 - The dialog with predefined folders will appear on the screen, allowing you to quickly select the target folder for new files (Picture No. 3). Alternatively, you can click the "Skip" button and the new files will be created in the current folder (which is identical to the source files folder).

Note 1: It is possible to switch off this dialog box by unchecking the box "Show this screen when opening/saving files" in the bottom-left corner of the dialog.

Note 2: The various colors of some folders in Picture No. 3 are used to emphasize that these are special Cloud folders.

3. Choose the target folder from the predefined list

5 - Choose the target file format(s) (Picture No. 4).

4. Choose the target file format(s)

6 - The conversion process will start and last for a while. Once it is finished, the converted files will be stored in the chosen target folder ("C:\My Designs" in this example). The list of new files is shown (Picture No. 5).

Note 3: It is possible to quickly handle these new files - see various buttons in Picture No. 5.

Click the "Explore" button to launch File Explorer and select the new files in its list.

Click the "Cloud" button to launch Cloud Explorer (or Embird File Commander with its left panel focused on the Cloud folder).

Click the "Commander" button to launch Embird File Commander.

Click the "E-mail" button to start composing an e-mail with the new files as attachments.

Click the "Zip" button to zip the new files.

Click the "Clipboard" button to copy the full paths of the new files to the clipboard.

Click the "Menu" button to show the shell context menu with commands applicable to the new files.

Click the "Hide" button to switch off the display of these extra buttons. (This is a setting in the "Options > Show > Show Extra Buttons" menu).

5. Conversion completed, handle new files

7 - Click the "Select Marked Files" button (1) to quickly select the new files (2) for any further processing (Picture No. 6).

Note 4: The concept of predefined folders is used also when performing other operations - for example, for "Cut" and "Copy" operations (3) it allows you to choose the target folder for pasting files. For the "Open" operation, it allows you to quickly choose the file source folder (4). For the "Save" operation (in Editor), it allows you to quickly choose the target folder, etc.

6. Quickly select the new files for any further processing

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