Apple ‘Notarization’ for Catalina
Hi! Today is the official release of MacOS ‘Catalina.’ Apple has a new requirement for apps which is called, “Notarization.”
MacOS ‘Catalina’ Full Disk Access
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…
Welcome to Platform Update 1.161
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…
Embrilliance Nominated for 2 Reggie Awards!
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…
Platform Version 1.160
Hello, Embrilliance Platform Users, Version 1.160 is rolling out officially, although it has been available for a while to test bugfixes. Various MacOS versions had issues on some Macs, and those seem to be working fine now. A minor adjustment…
The Boss is Away
Yes, this started as a little bit of a joke when Brian went on vacation, but after digitizing and sewing it out, I just had to put this on a golf towel. I decided that “The Boss” has a lot…
Embrilliance Platform 1.159
Hello! The Embrilliance Platform has been upgraded to version 1.159. We’ll roll the version notification during the week when there are more of us around to answer questions. Meanwhile, you heard it here first! Included in this update over version…
Version 1.158 is Posted
Hello and Happy Holidays! A long-time wait is over as we’re releasing Branching in StitchArtist Level 3! We also have a new World’s-First: automatic 3D Foam (known as Puffy Foam by Sulky) underlay in StitchArtist Level 2! A further improvement…
Version 1.156
Hi, All! On some Win 10 4K systems we found that Windows would not accurately report the DPI, so we found another way for that, which seems to be working reasonably. MacOs Sierra has been rather a bit buggy, and…
Essentials Color Sort
Hi, friends, The Essentials color sort utility has been updated in 1.155 with a new patent-pending process. It now can open a new view with the sorted file, and we’ve created another World’s first by making the color sort intelligently…
AccuQuilt Go!, MacOS Sierra, Windows 10 high-DPI
Hello, It’s time for an Embrilliance Platform update, and we’re rolling version 1.154: We have re-launched our partnership with AccuQuilt Go! That company makes many applique dies which work great with machine embroidery. The flexibility of our interactive designs, installed…
A Rant
Hi, folks. Time to vent. Over the years, our team has created many world’s firsts in embroidery. As of today, almost everything we have patented is being ‘borrowed’ by others:
Windows 10 Upgrade Fix
Hi, all, One of our engineers, Tim, has encountered this state on a few of your computers. These are ones that have been upgraded from Windows 10. In short, Windows 10 has a serious bug. It affects your abilities to…
Windows 10
Hi, Brian here. We’ve had a lot of people asking lately about Windows 10 and whether or not to “upgrade”. No. I just want to get that out there first.
Platform 1.147
Latest news from Embrilliance World HQ: The Embrilliance Platform has a minor update which is not needed for most users. StitchArtist L2 users will definitely want this update. It includes the ability to load vector files of types: .SVG, .FCM…
Embrilliance Platform Version 1.146
Greetings, Embrilliant Ones, Well, if you’ve been following along, you know we’re working behind the scenes on some changes. We are now releasing version 1.146 as ready to download. What follows is a list of changes that You have asked…
Version 1.145 RC
Hello, Embrilliant Ones! The next version of the platform is being readied, and we’re putting it out for you to play with now.
Platform/SA version 1.143
Hello, Embrilliant Ones and StitchArtists! We’ve posted 1.143 today which adds a couple nice things.
User Groups on Facebook
Hi, Brian here with a note of interest about some user groups that are getting quite popular, if you are on Facebook. These are not ‘official’ groups, but they are very friendly and helpful user groups: Brilliant Embrilliance Embroidery: https://www.facebook.com/groups/582705468485594/…
Upgrading StitchArtist Levels
Hello, Some of you bought StitchArtist Level 1 to try it out, and are now ready for Level 2. We have made the Level 2 Upgrade now available in our Store. To run StitchArtist Level 2, you simply add the…