Hi Ellen, I show that you are currently subscribed to the "Learn Thumbnailer" together and that you are on lesson #4. You received the entire series of "Learn Embrilliance" back in September. See if they have been archived in you email program or possibly the spam folder. I could also resend them if you prefer.

Hi Donna,

Thanks for the question. While how to work with fonts is covered, managing them and identifying them is not. The closest thing we have to that is a tour of Embrilliance (built-in) fonts video. Many people have their own methods for tracking fonts. I think the one I hear most often is the binder method - they print a sheet of the font with its name and keep it in a binder, and then use that to select the font, then look it up in Embrilliance using the name on the binder sheet.

Hi Tammy, Are you creating the letters yourself, or working with a pre-created design with lettering?

If you enter the part of your text that you want in one color, and the part that you want in a different color as separate design elements, you may be able to do what you're asking for. For example, if the word is SPRING, and you want the letters to alternate colors, enter S R N as one design element, and P I G as another. You can choose one color for the first set of letters, and one for the next set. The machine will stitch all of the first colored ones at once, and then all of the second group in one color.

If you're working with a pre-made design, you can color each letter separately in the software (use Stitch Simulator to insert the stops you'll need), then use Color sort to turn all the like-colored letters into a single stop.

I hope that helps, and I'm so glad to hear the lessons are helping you get so much out of Essentials!

Hi Pamela, welcome back! I hope you've got all the lessons so far. If ever one doesn't show up, let me know. I'll find a way to get it to you.

Hi Ruth, great question. Yes, you can resize your lettering in Embrilliance, just the same way as you would re-size a design: Click and drag the corner of the lettering. That changes the size.

Hi Ginger, Thanks for the question. I hope you are receiving our daily Essentials emails. They incorporate lessons from the manual and the videos that complement them. Short of in-person instruction, it's proven for many to be a good way to get into the software and really learn it.

There are occasionally classes held by various educators in different locations. I'll see if I can find some in person ones for you.

Embrilliance does also have a 90 day guarantee, if you are within that purchase window and decide not to use it, you can return it for a full refund during that time frame.

Hi Ginger,

One thing about Essentials is that it is not designed for creating designs in. If that's the type of funtionality you are looking for, then Embrilliance StitchArtist is the progam that may have more of the tools you are accustomed to using in design creation.

https://www.embroidery.com/Machine-Embroidery-Prod...

Linda, what an interesting idea! I think the only way to export palettes at the moment is in .bx format, for sharing with other users. I'll check with Embrilliance though. If nothing else, they can have it as a suggestion for future features.

If you're only wanting to print the threads for a particular project, you might use the color stop print features to print the thread list and then use that when shopping.

Hi Merikay,

My first guess is that your design has applique in it. You'll need to check that all applique stops are marked as such in the color stop list, and also make sure "remove hidden stitches" is at the correct setting, and then save again.

Chama, Actually, I have one thought. Are you increasing the size of the font? If it's going bigger, that may be why you're getting skips or jumps where there weren't any before.

I suggest contacting Embrilliance support and including attachments of your working and stitch files. Here's the link to their support form:
https://embrilliance.com/faq

or you can send email to : [email protected]

Patricia, as I understand it, you would first open your Embrilliance program and then drag the .bx file onto the design page screen.

Here's a video explaining installing .bx.

https://www.embroidery.com/install-BX-fonts-embril...

Patricia, I believe they are going to be found in the library area of the program. Here's a playlist of videos that show using the designs in the software. I hope it's helpful.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwm56yBBUPA...

Hi Rebecca,

One place to look for borders is on your embroidery machine. If it has built-in shapes with a satin stitch border, you can use those. The ones on my Brother PE-700 worked okay for that.

Another place is from the applique shapes that are in the Library section of Essentials.

And a third place is the Merrowly patch making addition to the Embrilliance platform:
https://embrilliance.com/merrowly

You're welcome, Nancy! We're glad that the tutorial is helping you learn about how to properly use the program. Have a great day!

Hi Whitney,

We're excited that you can use the lessons to learn more about Embrilliance! It'll be a great experience for you. Have a great day!

I had something similar happen. It's surely a glitch. I'll send you lesson 9. Let me know if you get other ones out of order.

Good Morning, When I try to open a PES design, I get the message Embrilliance Thumbnailer cannot open files in the "Embroidery File" format. I have a MacBook Pro. Thank you.

Hi Corinne,

Do you have Essentials? It is true that Thumbnailer cannot open embroidery files; the only job Thumbnailer can do is help you see what they look like before opening -- so you can view your designs all in the folder.

So if you have Essentials, that's what you'll need to use to open the designs.

Here's Embrilliance's support page, so you can ask them for help, too: https://embrilliance.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests...

Hi Gloria,

It sure is a big manual. There isn't a hard copy for purchase from Embrilliance directly, but it is possible to send the pdf to your local copy store and have it printed in black and white; that would cost around $10 or $ 20.00, I've printed at AlphaGraphics and FedExKinkos that way.

I see there are also some copies of the manual printed available on Ebay. If you go that route, inspect them to see that they're really what you want. There's a 63 page one for just Essentials, and the full manual one I found is from 2017; some changes have happened since then.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325094663078?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818143230%26meid%3D0d86ac738aab404f930474fc58d9f78b%26pid%3D101224%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D224873193230%26itm%3D325094663078%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWeb&_trksid=p2047675.c101224.m-1

Hi Sylvia,

I can reset your subscription if you would like to receive the lessons now.

You're welcome, Lisa. We're glad this is helpful!

Hi Beth, embroidery software needs embroidery formats to open. PNG and JPG are picture formats. It is a complicated process to create stitch information, and we call that embroidery digitizing. the embrilliance software to use to do that would be embrilliance Stiitch Artist. That can open your image files and allow you to learn how to apply stitches to it, and create an embroidery format file.

The quicker option is to hire ab embroidery digitizer who is already well versed in the process to digitize your logo for you.