Windows XP Users
Hi, XP users! We know there are some of you who still use Windows XP. There’s been a change that you might need to know about. As of January 1, 2021, Windows XP must be on service pack 3 (SP3)…
Hi, XP users! We know there are some of you who still use Windows XP. There’s been a change that you might need to know about. As of January 1, 2021, Windows XP must be on service pack 3 (SP3)…
Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2021 has Embrilliance celebrating a near perfect match.
A look at the new Christmas Traditions Sometimes reaching back to rejuvenate something classic can also show us the way forward. In 2005, a new concept in embroidery designs called Interactives™ was first released to Designer’s Gallery customers. When…
To all of you, we wish a Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings! Would you like an early present? With the release of Christmas Traditions we’re also releasing an update that supports it, 1.167. But why stop there? We have also…
We’ve been working diligently behind the scenes to bring you new features and functions! This version 1.165 update to the Embrilliance Platform is quite extensive. There are new features in many aspects, listed below. 1.166 has a few things not…
Because Laughter is the Best Medicine… … You all know we’ve been trying to come up with fun things for everyone during our Stay Strong and Stitch On! campaign. Well, not everything comes off as expected. Lisa sent this design…
FAQ: Magnets and Embroidery: Friend or Foe? Are you worried about magnets being near the computerized parts of your machine? You might have cause to be concerned. Rumor has it that most machines remain unaffected by magnets, but yours is…
Hello, Embrilliant Ones, I was ‘ideating’ the other day: just thinking about all the memes we’re seeing on social media about the world today. That led to a few ideas for silly little bits to put into embroidery. I used…
Hi! A conversation took place in the StitchArtist Digitizing Fans FB group, and the community got the answers, but they’re buried in comments. Sometimes it’s nice to simply have the answers all put together. 1.) If you have Essentials, right…
Hello, A solution for you: Retina Mac owners can greatly improve the graphics performance of many applications (including Embrilliance) by setting the color profile (in System Preferences, Displays, Color tab) to “Generic RGB.” If you love Apple and aren’t a…
Some folks just want the short and sweet, so we’ll try to keep to that. What is happening? The parent of Baby Lock sells both Embrilliance and Designer’s Gallery (DG) brands of software. Several popular titles are made in the…
Hello, After nearly 20 years to the day, the folks at Baby Lock have retired the Designer’s Gallery (DG) brand that we started together. It’s a sad thing, but not necessarily a bad thing. You see, DG was sold only…
There seems to be some confusion about Designer’s Gallery (DG), its owner and origins. If you’re interested at all, keep reading.
The calendar said National Poinsettia Day is December 12th, and that got me sketching. The concept drawing sat on my desk for about a week before Thanksgiving this year. The night before buried us in snow, and it kept coming…
Hello, Font Fans, As with the original 12 Essentials fonts, we’ve updated the Font Collection 1 fonts to be StitchArtist-native objects, which means that you can now convert lettering to objects if you have StitchArtist.
Hi, Everyone, Brian here. We have spent a week researching problems that some (many or most) Quicklook users, including Thumbnailer, are experiencing when they upgrade their Mac from Mojave to Catalina. What we have found is this: New Catalina installs…
Hi! Today is the official release of MacOS ‘Catalina.’ Apple has a new requirement for apps which is called, “Notarization.”
With Catalina, Apple has begun to enforce a new security protocol on your Mac. What this means is that you, the user, need to specifically allow individual programs to be able to access your files and folders. This includes the…
Hi, Folks! Brian here. It has been a long journey getting to this update. Mac Mojave came out, and out, and out again, as they addressed bugs there. Some of this left us chasing to keep up with a moving…
We received some exciting news this weekend! Embrilliance was nominated for TWO Reggie awards this year! The Reggies are an annual online award that are put out by the commercial embroidery podcasters 2 Regular Guys Podcast We are THRILLED that…