Resizing with Density Adjustment

Embird Embroidery Software Tutorial

Embroidery resizing with density adjustment is the process of changing the size of an embroidery design and modifying the stitch density to maintain the design's quality, ensure proper coverage, and avoid issues such as fabric distortion, thread buildup, or gaps in the design. Properly adjusting both the size and density ensures that the design looks great regardless of its dimensions and is properly stitched on the fabric.

1 - Run Embird and click the "Editor" menu to switch to the Editor window.

2 - Open the design using the "File > Open" menu.

3 - Click the "Set Size" button, or select the "Edit > Set Size" menu (Picture No. 1).

1. Select "Edit > Set Size" menu

4 - Click the "Stitch Density" button in the "Set Size" dialog box that appears on the screen. This will display another dialog box, allowing you to change the resizing settings (Picture No. 2).

2. Click "Stitch Density" button

5 - Choose the resizing mode: with or without density adjustment. If you decide to resize with density adjustment, you can specify whether you want to keep the original fill pattern for filled areas, or whether these areas will be re-filled with a new pattern. You can also specify the density of column stitches and the density of fill stitches (Picture No. 3). The fill stitches pattern is used for filled areas (this setting is available only if you switch off the "Keep original fill pattern" option). The default setting for the pattern is "Fill 1"; examples of all patterns can be seen after clicking the "Example" button. If you choose the "None" pattern, the fill areas will become columns.

Note: The larger the number you type into the density boxes, the lower the density you obtain. In fact, this number is the distance between stitches in tenths of millimeters (a value of 4 means 0.4 mm).

3. Resizing settings

6 - Specify the new size of the design, or let it remain the same if all you want to change is the stitch density (Picture No. 4).

4. Specify new design size

7 - Finally, click the "OK" button to finish the resizing (Picture No. 5). Compare the stitch count of the resized design with the original design's stitch count (Picture No. 1).

5. Resized design

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