Embird Basic Program – Management and Editing of Stitch Files
Basic Embird Embroidery Software
All Embird programs are 32-bit applications and are available in a FREE demo versions.
They switch into FULL versions after insertion of the registration password.
Basic Embird program resizes, splits, edits, displays, prints and converts embroidery designs. It works in two modes: Embird Manager and Embird Editor.
There are several optional plug-in programs and alphabets available for Embird, expanding its capabilities with digitizing, lettering, cross stitch designs, conversion of TrueType fonts into embroidery, etc.
Use of demo version is limited to 30 days or 100 runs. After this period, you must register your copy to use it further. Click here to read about restrictions of the unregistered (demo) version.
Embird Manager
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Converts designs among many embroidery and quilting file formats.
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Supports many hoop types and sizes.
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Processes designs in ZIP and RAR archives.
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Displays designs in 1:1 scale and other scales.
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Displays also images – digital photos (.JPG, .TIF, etc.) and allows to sort them.
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Creates (displays, prints and saves into .BMP or .JPG file) various types of design documentation, including animated .GIFs and screen saver.
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Provides photo-realistic 3D preview of designs in order to enable assigning of proper colors to needles and to check the design without actual embroidering.
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Contains many threads catalogs and finds thread closest to chosen color.
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Reads and writes designs stored on memory cards, floppy or hard disks in various embroidery formats.
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Allows to organize designs by copying them to new folders.
Embird Editor
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Allows to insert and delete colors or trims in design.
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Joins and splits designs. Interactive free-hand splitting and automatic splitting are supported.
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Moves, resizes with density adjustment, centers, mirrors, rotates and skews designs or their parts.
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Allows to edit individual stitches or parts of design.
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Allows to change the stitch order of design parts.
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Simulates sewing of design, even in 3D mode.
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Allows to reduce the number of colors.
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Sorts colors smartly.
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Prints template in 1:1 scale on multiple sheets.
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Inserts text in various pre-digitized fonts and layouts. More about lettering here
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Inserts Font Engine text automatically converted from TrueType or OpenType fonts.
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Imports designs from Embird Studio, Embird Cross Stitch and Sfumato Stitch programs to save them in appropriate file format.
See also the Embird Tutorials which explain the frequently used tasks in Embird.