EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing

EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing

EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing – Editing, Monogramming, Lettering, and Machine Connection Software

Combine all the features of EmbroideryStudio Lettering with advanced embroidery editing capabilities. This provides powerful software for non-digitizing staff in a custom embroidery shop or production facility.
Full editing control over .EMB object properties allows for recoloring, reshaping, and resequencing of all design objects. Change densities and other settings to suit different fabrics or sizes.

With over 200 professionally digitized embroidery fonts and direct machine connections, you can create and stitch new variations of existing designs quickly and efficiently.

Correct small technical mistakes or incorporate simple customer changes without sending it back to your digitizer, saving time, and increasing your embroidery expertise.

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Wilcom’s EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing is powerful advanced editing, automatic lettering, customizing and machine connection software purposely developed for non-digitizing staff in a retail embroidery shop or production facility.

  • Handle quality assurance elements of embroidery production
  • Save time and money by editing outsourced embroidery designs
  • Prepare designs for production
  • World leading lettering can be added to your own designs or even those outsourced
  • Create beautiful monograms
  • Team naming for sports and work wear
  • Low-cost embroidery software for admin and production staff

The industry standard for embroidery software

If you outsource your embroidery digitizing, nine times out of ten, your contractor will use the Wilcom .EMB file format. Why not streamline the process by using the same software so that you can easily edit the designs without losing quality or stitch data?

EmbroideryStudio e4 Workspace

More efficient design workspace

  • 4K monitor support, large or small icons, optional labels.
  • Improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick‑access flyouts.
  • Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with new design tabs.
  • Visualize stitching sequence with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls.
  • New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management.
  • Large, full featured Open dialog displays design details.
  • “Open Recent Designs” with thumbnail view.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing

Select and Edit Parts of Designs

More control and simpler than ever! Using the Reshape or Stitch Edit tool, modify shapes or change stitch settings or effects options. Even stitch files such as DST are recognized as objects, giving you full, object based control and eliminating the need for stitch-by-stitch editing.

  • Group/Ungroup designs to edit individual design objects
  • Change object properties for selected objects (e.g. color, density, pull, underlay and more)
  • Reshape individual design objects and lettering
  • Cut/Copy/Paste parts of designs.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Advanced Design Processing

Advanced Design Processing

The Color-Object List makes sequencing your design as easy as drag ‘n drop. Select objects by color or stitch type to change their properties or resequence your design. You can also group, hide or lock individual objects for improved editing.

  • Resequence designs by object, color or selected sequence
  • Manipulate design objects in the Color Object List docker
  • Check individual stitches in the Stitch List docker
  • Automatically process densities by percentage for selected objects or stitch types.
Embroiderystudio e4 Designing Library

Advanced Integrated Design Library

  • Search designs in seconds by customer, order, date or any text field.
  • Designs are automatically indexed for fast search. No manual categorization required.
  • Browse designs from all folders in one screen, or folder by folder
  • Group and sort designs by customer, order, date, folder, design status, stitches and more.
  • Quickly see recent designs by date, no matter what folder they are in
  • Batch operations on multiple selected designs. Open, convert, print, stitch and catalog.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Order Job Feature

Order Job Feature

  • Save customer, order & job details in the .EMB design file. A separate database is not required
  • Identifies the garment, quantities, sizes, colors and approval status
  • Display job details with high resolution product mock-ups in .PDF for customer approval
  • Estimate stitch counts from customer artwork using enhanced Auto-Digitizing
  • Create digitizing requests as .EMB designs and manage status in the Design Library
  • Minimize printed worksheets by sending .EMB with job details to production computer.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Product Visualizer

Enhanced Product Visualizer and Customer Approvals

  • Create mock-ups of designs on high resolution garment images in the required colors
  • Wide selection of high resolution predefined generic products included
  • Add your own custom product images
  • Move and re-size product images within the design
  • Print new .PDF approval sheets with job details or email directly to customers for approval
  • Save and record the product image directly in the .EMB design file for future use.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Improved Lettering

NEW and Improved Lettering

  • 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
  • NEW predefined “Lettering Art” envelope shapes
  • Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
  • Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
  • Improved quality of automatic TrueType/OpenType stitching.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Standard Team Names

Easier Standard Team Names

Speed up production and don’t waste time manual handling of team names! Mail-Merge style features import a list of names, auto-fits them to your baseline and outputs for either single or multi-head production.

  • Create and manage individual’s names by team
  • Import/Export team members via .txt or .csv files
  • Create single baseline designs with all team names in one .EMB file
  • Export team names for stitching individually or in batches
  • Create a matrix layout of multiple team names in large frames.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Enhanced monogramming

Enhanced Monogramming

  • 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
  • Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
  • Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
  • Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
  • Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Smart Corners

Smart Corners

Don’t like the way the digitizer has handled corners in the design? The Smart Corners feature reduces the number of stitches and the risk of bunched, distorted embroidery in sharp corners.

EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Closest Join

Save time and money with fast, quality stitch results

Optimize your production with full control of underlay, pull compensation, connectors, tie ins/offs, trims, jump and stop machine functions. You can even edit individual stitches to address any problem areas.

EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Auto Fabric Assistant

Quick editing for different fabric types

A design created for a towel can now be stitched on silk scarf with Auto Fabric Assistant. This tool automatically applies the most suitable underlay, pull compensation and stitch density settings for your chosen fabric.

Embroidery Machine

Send designs to your embroidery machine with ease

Stitch Manager, Machine Manager and Connection Manager give you all the options to make sending designs to production a snap! You can also edit machine format values to get the best results.

Why Update to EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing?

With the long anticipated release of EmbroideryStudio e4, there has never been a better time to update your Wilcom software.

There are many reasons why keeping up to date with the latest technology is important. Firstly, ensure your business doesn’t suffer when your old computer crashes and it’s time to replace it with the newer hardware and operating software. You don’t want to be caught with any downtime. Not just that, but the latest EmbroideryStudio is so much more powerful that it runs faster and comes with both online and personal support.

Our favorite reasons to update to e4 Editing:

EmbroideryStudio e4 Improved Lettering

Now over 200 professional embroidery fonts

Wilcom is famous for quality lettering. Use any of the 200+ pre-digitized fonts for speed, precision and zero thread breaks! You can also convert any TrueType and OpenType fonts with ease.

  • 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
  • NEW predefined “Lettering Art” envelope shapes
  • Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
  • Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
  • Improved quality of automatic TrueType / OpenType stitching.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Enhanced Monogramming

Enhanced Monogramming

  • 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
  • Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
  • Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
  • Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
  • Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.
EmbroideryStudio e4 New Design Library

Advanced Integrated Design Library

  • Search designs in seconds by customer, order, date or any text field
  • Designs are automatically indexed for fast search. No manual categorization required
  • Browse designs from all folders in one screen, or folder by folder
  • Group and sort designs by customer, order, date, folder, design status, stitches and more
  • Quickly see recent designs by date, no matter what folder they are in
  • Batch operations on multiple selected designs. Open, convert, print, stitch and catalogue.
EmbroideryStudio e4 New Job Order Feature

Order Job Feature

  • Save customer, order & job details in the .EMB design file. A separate database is not required
  • Identifies the garment, quantities, sizes, colors and approval status
  • Display job details with high resolution product mock-ups in .PDF for customer approval
  • Estimate stitch counts from customer artwork using enhanced Auto-Digitizing
  • Create digitizing requests as .EMB designs and manage status in the Design Library
  • Minimize printed worksheets by sending .EMB with job details to production computer.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Enhanced Product Visualizer

Enhanced Product Visualizer and Customer Approvals

  • Create mock-ups of designs on high resolution garment images in the required colors
  • Wide selection of high resolution predefined generic products included
  • Add your own custom product images
  • Move and re-size product images within the design
  • Print new .PDF approval sheets with job details or email directly to customers for approval
  • Save and record the product image directly in the .EMB design file for future use.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Efficent Design Workspace

More Efficient Design Workspace

  • 4K monitor support, large or small icons, optional labels
  • Improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick‑access flyouts
  • Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with new design tabs
  • Visualize stitching sequence with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls
  • New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management
  • Large, full featured Open dialog displays design details
  • “Open Recent Designs” with thumbnail view.
EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Network Dongle

Multi-user Network Dongles

No need to worry about dongles going missing, if you have several operators using Wilcom software they can now be purchased and installed with just one Network security dongle.

EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing Hoop It

Hoop It!

Streamline production with automatic hoop selection and avoid those unnecessary frame crashes

PC Specifications for EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing

Please ensure you have the correct hardware to ensure the software runs well. EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing is compatible with Windows 8.1 and 10 operating systems. The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for EmbroideryStudio e4 Editing.

Recommended

  • CPU – Latest Generation Intel® Core i7 or i9
  • Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11 with latest updates and service pack
  • Browser – Microsoft Edge
  • Memory – 16 GB
  • Free Hard Disk Space – 256 GB or more Solid State Drive (SSD)
  • Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for Highest Color 32bit and 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
  • USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
  • Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
  • Backup – External hard drive, cloud storage, or other
  • Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration

Minimum Requirements

  • CPU – Intel® Core i3 (5th Generation or higher) or AMD Ryzen™ 3 (1200 or higher)
  • Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit or Windows 11 with latest updates and service packs
  • Browser – Microsoft Edge or IE11
  • Memory – 8 GB
  • Free Hard Disk Space – 40 GB
  • Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for 32bit and 1600 x 900 resolution
  • USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
  • Sound – Required for multimedia training
  • Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
  • Barudan – This format is used for many Barudan machines. It supports up to 9 needles. The Barudan format is suitable for paper tape, FMC disks, and the DSB file format.
  • Barudan Chenille – This format is used only for the older BELM – A3C series of Barudan Chenille Machines with 5 Chenille colors. Newer models use Barudan FDR-II Chenille Combination.
  • Barudan FDR-II Chenille Combination – This format is used for newer models of Barudan Chenille machines supporting 6 chenille colors such as the BEDYH and BEDSH. Using this format, you can digitize pure Chenille or even a combination of Chenille and Lockstitch in the one design.
  • Barudan FDR-II Lockstitch – his format is currently used for BED* series lockstitch machines and is the standard for all new Barudan lockstitch machine models. It supports up to 15 needles and optional sequin attachments.
  • Barudan FDR-II Twin Sequin – This is a Barudan twin sequin machine. The design needs to be digitized using this machine format for it to run on Barudan machine with a twin-sequin attachment.
  • Barudan FDR-II Twin Sequin Chenille Combination – This is a Barudan twin sequin and Chenille combination machine. The design needs to be digitized using this machine format for it to run on Barudan machine with a twin-sequin and chenille attachment.
  • Barudan Z Series – This format is used for Barudan Z series machines with 10 or more needles.
  • Brother / Babylock
  • Happy
  • Inbro – This format is used for main types of Inbro machines.
  • Laesser – Laesser MST file format for schiffli
  • Melco – This format is used for main types of Melco machines.
  • Melco Chenille – This format is used for Melco-enabled Chenille machines.
  • Pfaff – This format is used for main types of Pfaff machines.
  • Schiffli – This format is used for Schiffli machines.
  • SWF – This format is used for main types of SWF machines.
  • Tajima – This format is used for main types of Tajima machines.
  • Tajima TBF – This is used for Tajima needle addressing capable machines. TBF (Tajima Binary Format) file format is a more intelligent machine format which holds needle addressing information. The design needs to be digitized using this machine format for it to run on Tajima machines with a twin-sequin attachment.
  • Tajima TMCE-100 – This format is used for Chenille-enabled Tajima machines.
  • Tajima TMCE-600 – This format is used for Chenille-enabled Tajima machines.
  • Toyota – This format is used for main types of Toyota machines.
  • Zangs – This is the format for Zangs and Marco brand machines and pre-1988 ZSK machines without trimmers.
  • ZSK 1 – This format is for ZSK machines that have 7 or fewer needles – generally those older than 1991.
  • ZSK 2 – This format is for ZSK machines that have more than 7 needles and those characterized by a single-top thread trimmer.
  • ZSK TC – This format is for ZSK machines that accept Transport Code Disks (DOS format disks).

Please note that some machine formats and file formats are tied to certain elements like schiffli and chenille.

Rhinestone Machines

Wilcom software can read and write .YNG file format for Yongnam GemMaster v2.9 machines. Bling files can be send directly to the CAMS machine.

How to connect my Wilcom software to my machine?

Helpful hints and tips on connecting your Wilcom software to your machine can be found  in the User Manual provided with your software.