To create an account, simply follow these steps:

1. Go to the Create an account page.
2. Provide a valid email address and select a username.
3. Agree to the Terms of Service of the site.
4. Fill in the CAPTCHA.
5. Select "Create new account."
6. Check your email for a confirmation message that contains a one-time link to log in and set your password.
7. Click the link and set your password.
8. In the future, you can easily log in at https://photoembroidery.com/user using your username and password.

Congratulations! You can now start using your new account.

After you create an account and log in.

1. Select the Add Photo button in Photos
2. Give your photo a name
3. Select the Choose File and select your photo with the systems file browser.
4. Press Save

Allowed types: png jpeg jpg jpe gif. 20 MB limit.

Your photo can be a png, gif, jpeg, or jpg file.

Input the height or width of the final design when digitizing.

The proportions are locked, and size includes any border of transparency or background color.

Tip: Use the edit photo trim tool to remove any extra border, and the eraser tools can remove some backgrounds.

Note: The system fits the design to the hoop if the actual photo size at 254.5 DPI  [100 PPC] is larger than the hoop sew area. The system does not increase the photo size unless specified. 

1. Select "My account" from the menu
2. In the email notification block, select your preference

1. Select "My account" from the menu
2. In the dimensions block, select what units do you want to use.

1. Select "My account" from the menu
2. Select the "Edit" button
3. Input your new username
4. Select Save

1. Select "My account" from the menu
2. Select the "Edit" button
3. Input your current password.
4. Input your new email address
5. Select save

1. Select "My account" from the menu.
2. Select the "Edit" button.
3. Input your current password.
4. Input your new password and confirm the password.
5. Select Save.

Check that the photo is what you want the design to look like.

The recommendation is you digitize a photo multiple times to give you a selection. Every design produced is different, even with the same settings.

1. Press the Digitize Photo button on the photo you want digitized  

2. Set the digitizing settings

• The Hoop is the maximum design size.
• Size of design height and width have locked proportions and set the design’s size, including any transparent pixels.
• Thread Palettes ​​​​​​are the colors the system can pick.
• Maximum colors are the number of colors the system can select from the thread palette.
• Maximum cuts per color: The number of times a thread color can be cut.

3.  Press "Start Digitizing."