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…
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…
Hello, Embrilliant Ones! The next version of the platform is being readied, and we’re putting it out for you to play with now.
It has been awhile since you’ve heard from us because we’ve been working on some cool new things. Do you like to view embroidery designs in 3D mode? Of course you do – the more realistic, the better. But what…
Hi, It’s been a while since we’ve posted a new version. This latest adds some exciting new technology we’re trying out: –We are extending the Remove Hidden Stitches feature to include applique!
Happy Holidays everyone! Our team has a few FREE DESIGN sets for you. Check out the Embrilliance forum, “Share!” The applique design sets are user-changeable – you can size, change applique style, preview with fabric, etc. These are part of…
Hello, all you Embrilliant people! October 31, Halloween, we were able to launch not one, but TWO new products. Each of these works within the same Embrilliance download as Essentials – all you need do is add your new serials…
Hello, All you Embrilliant Embroiderers! We wanted to let you know that Essentials 1.110 is on the downloads page right now, along with updated manual and help. The reasons for this update are…
All we can say is “WOW!” We have been completely overwhelmed with everyone’s enthusiastic response to the announcement and release of AlphaTricks this month! As we’ve worked with users, we’ve uncovered some common questions, as well as tips that it…
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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…