Learn to Digitize - Unit 1

Unit 1: Getting Started with Generations

The Learn to Digitize Series is the ultimate digitizing course taught by a master digitizer.

Would you like to digitize your own designs? Step into the mind of an experienced digitizer and discover not only how to use your software but how to think like a digitizer! Written in an easy to understand conversational tone, Lindee explains how to navigate through the Generations interface and create your own designs like a pro in this first of eight units in this series.

Unit Objectives (Partial)

• Insert artwork and auto-digitize a design
• Understand and operate menus & tool bars
• Set up your workspace & program preferences
• Modify & delete parts of a design
• Change stitch types, stitch angles & stitch patterns
• Create your own custom designs
• Combine and change design colours
• Resequence a design for better efficiency
• How to verify a design before sewing

This CD-based training product includes:

• 5 Illustrated, full colour, e-books — over 175 total pages including a 38 page Quick Reference Guide to Generations
• 2 Quick Time video lessons
• 2 original images
• Exclusive custom program for tracking your results & submitting your projects
• Option to have your work personally evaluated

Requirements

• Generations Embroidery Software, version 1.6 to perform the exercises
• Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files (a free download is available from adobe.com however, this program is installed on most computers)
• Apple Quicktime to view the supplementary training videos (a free download is available from apple.com)
• Anatomy of a Design: How to Think Like a Digitizer & Become a Better Embroiderer (ebook by Lindee Goodall)