Free Online Embroidery Digitizing: Image to PES, DST and JEF
Turn a logo or drawing into a stitch file for your embroidery machine - fills, satin outlines and running stitches, sized for your hoop - in your browser, free.
Works with: Brother · Babylock · Janome · Tajima · Ricoma
Drop several files at once to convert the whole folder in one pass.
× removes a colour and its shapes; click a swatch to change it. Every format follows.
Batch
Every file is traced on its own at its own resolution, with the settings in the panel. A file converted here comes out identical to the same file converted by itself.
Every format
See it on your product
Put this artwork on a 3D mug, tumbler, sign, phone case or canvas, turn it all the way round, or drop it onto a photograph of your own blank. The preview page has the product picker, the colours and the placement controls.
Open the preview and renderConversion settings
Trace settings
Full-colour trace for print and web.
Fine-tune
Raise it to clear dust, grain and stray dots; 0 keeps every mark.
Untick for pixel art: the outline then follows every pixel edge.
With Remove background: how close a colour must be to the background to go with it.
Embroidery
The design is fitted inside this with 5 mm to spare on every side, before a stitch is made.
0 fills the hoop. Anything larger than the hoop is fitted to it, and the page says so.
What Embroidery mode does to your file
Fills, satin and running stitch
Areas are filled at the angle you choose with underlay beneath, narrow shapes become satin columns and lines become running stitches.
Fitted to your hoop
The design is sized inside the hoop you choose, from 4 x 4 in to 8 x 12 in, with room to spare on every side.
Every stitch previewed
See the stitches in thread colours, the stitch count and the sewing time before you download.
Three formats
PES for Brother and Babylock, DST for commercial machines, JEF for Janome - all from one design.
Machines it works with
PES
- Brother (PE, SE, NQ, Innov-is)
- Babylock
JEF
- Janome (MC series)
- Elna
- Kenmore
DST
- Tajima
- Barudan
- ZSK
- Ricoma
- Happy
- Melco
Set up for a single machine, with its work area: Brother Embroidery · Janome Embroidery · Tajima Embroidery.
Free online embroidery digitizing
Veconvert is free embroidery digitizing software that runs in your browser. Embroidery digitizing here turns a JPG, PNG or SVG into a DST, PES or JEF your machine can sew: fills, satin outlines and running stitches, sized to your hoop. It is free embroidery software with nothing to install, and online embroidery digitizing that never uploads your design.
How to digitize for embroidery
- Pick simple artwork. A logo, badge or drawing with flat colours and clear edges digitizes best; a photograph does not sew well.
- Set the hoop and size. Choose your hoop (4 × 4 in up to 8 × 12 in) and the design width; it is fitted with room to spare.
- Choose the fill angle. Areas are filled at that angle with underlay; thin shapes become satin columns, lines running stitches.
- Check the stitches. The preview shows every stitch and colour, with the stitch count and sewing time.
- Download for your machine. DST for Tajima and most commercial machines, PES for Brother and Babylock, JEF for Janome. Sew a test first.
Machines that read these files
What people make with it
Logos on uniforms
Left-chest logos on polos and workwear.
Patches and badges
Club and team patches.
Caps and bags
Small, bold designs sew best on curved or stiff items.
Gifts
Names and monograms on towels and blankets.
Questions
Which format does my machine read?
Brother and Babylock read PES; Janome, Elna and Kenmore read JEF; Tajima, Barudan, ZSK, Ricoma, Happy and Melco read DST.
What designs sew best?
Logos and drawings with flat colours and clear shapes. Very small lettering, under about 5 mm tall, and photographs do not sew well.
Can I check a file before sewing?
Yes: open it in the embroidery viewer to see every stitch, the size and the sewing time, and to convert it to another format.
Is it free?
Yes, and nothing is uploaded.