AlphaTricks release
Hello, all your Embrilliant embroiderers! It just occurred to me that we haven’t mentioned our new AlphaTricks here on the blog. It’s a feature pack for Essentials, but it does run by itself. We just know that you’ll want to…
Windows 8?
Ok, people are asking about Windows 8. Let me preface my thoughts with this; I’ve been writing programs since 1981 on my Apple 2+. I had early Macs, I had early PCs. I’ve used them all for 30 years continuously.…
Essentials update in the Mac App Store
Apple finally notified us that the Essentials 1.103 update for the Mac App Store will be available as soon as their servers propagate it. Owners of the MAS version of Essentials will get the update and/or notice per their MAS…
Essentials for Max OSX Mountain Lion
Hi Everyone! We have posted the latest version 1.103 on the downloads page. It is a major update for the Mac version and includes support for Mountain Lion, which released yesterday. Cheers!
Machine Quilting formats added to Thumbnailer
We just added some machine quilting files to the Windows version (2.73) of Thumbnailer. CQP, IQP, QLI, HQF, MQR and SSD have been added. The Mac version will get these ASAP. Cheers!
Thread Manager in Win Essentials
Another new, as yet undocumented, feature has been added to Essentials: You can now create thread palettes of existing thread colors, and you can also place a check mark on threads that are in your inventory. We have also added…
Designer 1 Disk Utility in Win Essentials
Breaking News! Many users have asked for us to provide a Designer 1 Disk utility. In many cases the one provided by Viking would not be installable in Windows Vista or Windows 7. We have added this feature in todays…
Embrilliance Emboxer is here!
We’ve finally made an embroidery card reader/writer tool for Mac users! Emboxer is a program for Mac OSX 10.5 and up that communicates with the Vikant Ultimate Box, both the 1-slot and 2-slot versions. Visit the Emboxer page for more…
Essentials 1.09
Today we released Essentials 1.09. This addresses some small bugs that were reported. Also under the hood, we’re still readying the platform for new features. -b
OSX Lion compatibility!
It took some doing, but all the programs are OSX Lion compatible! Embrilliance Thumbnailer has a new installer for Mac, and there’s a side story as well: As many of you know, .EXP files have always been an ‘issue’ as…
Essentials 1.08 Released
Hi, We’ve released Essentials 1.08. This version has a myriad of updates, including our new Navigation H.U.D (Heads Up Display). We moved the Navigation Window to make the right-side of the screen more user friendly, and to give more room…
Essentials 1.06 is in the MacApp Store
Well, Apple must have read my blog, as I’ve been a bit whiney about getting our updates to the AppStore. They turned around our latest submission in record time for them, and we are very pleased to announce that we’ve…
Stitch Editing? Cross Stitch? Digitizing?
Hi, I just want to remind everyone that in the Forum there is a section where you get to ask for software to fit your needs and wants. We are wondering what you would like to do and why. One…
The MacApp Store has Essentials!
Although most of you have bought it from us direct, this is a milestone for embroidery using a Mac. If you weren’t aware, Apple now has a ‘Mac App Store’ as part of OSX 10.6. It lets users buy programs…
Essentials and the Mac App Store
We spoke with Apple yesterday, and they asked us to change a little bit in our setup then we’ll have Essentials in the Mac App Store. It was nice getting a real human being to talk with us. They are…
Essentials 1.04 posted
We’ve taken many of your suggestions and implemented them in Essentials 1.04! Of particular note is Ghost Mode, which I created many years ago for Designer’s Gallery HoopWorks. Ghost Mode makes things that are not selected transparent. Why? Because when…
Essentials 1.03 posted
Hi everyone, just letting you know Essentials 1.03 has been posted. We’ll put a note in the forums about the update specifics. Cheers!
Mac Essentials version 1.02 downloading now
We’ve posted version 1.02. We think it fixes a couple issues like an occasional crash at exit. We’re not heavily promoting this update because we’ll make it official next week. We want to add a couple features too over the…
Essentials has been submitted to the MacApp Store!
You’re all fast asleep, but I thought you’d like to know and maybe share our excitement. At 11:18p.m. Apple accepted our submission of Essentials to the MacApp store. Skynet is born! 🙂 And if you think that might have been…
Windows version Thumbnailer is getting another feature!
There is a new test version posted which is doing some cool things like showing embroidery design size, stitch count and color count in the tool tips (when you hover over a design.) Check it out in Downloads. Note: you…