Learn to Digitize - Unit 2

Unit 2: ABC's of Keyboard Lettering

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

Continue your learning from Unit 1. Expand on your foundation skills acquired in Unit 1: Getting Started with Generations™. Not only will you learn how to create lettering, you’ll expand and apply the concepts covered in Anatomy of A Design and how they apply during the digitizing process. A lesson is also included to help you understand how needles, thread, and fabric affect your embroidery and therefore your decisions as a digitizer. Digitizing is not just learning how your software works; just because you can create it in the program doesn’t mean it is sewable. By learning to think like a digitizer, you can produce professionally looking designs in no time!

Unit Objectives (Partial)

• Understanding the functions & choices in the Insert Text dialog box
• How to modify text
• Working with text paths
• Understanding type and how to select fonts for best use
• How to find, install, and use TrueType fonts
• Investigating the satin stitch and modifying its attributes
• Understanding tie-offs and trims and how to control them
• Understanding and applying compensation and density
• Enveloping options for lettering

This DVD-based training product includes:

• 1 PDF file with 16 lessons and a final project (174 pages)
• 1 PDF Quick Reference Guide to Troubleshooting (8 pages)
• 5 video lessons (approx. 1 hour total)
• Option to have your work personally evaluated

Requirements

• Learn to Digitize - Unit 1
• 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)