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Amazing Box II The Amazing Box II is a reader/writer/conversion system making it easy to transfer designs to a rewritable memory card, convert designs from one format to another or save designs to the computer’s hard drive. Formats: pes/hus (Baby Lock, Bernina Deco, Brother, Simplicity, White/Viking) jef (Janome 10,000) art/pcs (Artista/Pfaff) psw (Singer XL100, XL1000) sew (Elna, Janome, Kenmore, New Home) What Does The Amazing Box II Do? Easily save embroidery designs to the computers hard drive Give the ability to write up to 6 designs at a time to a rewritable memory card Give the ability to convert embroidery designs from most home sew formats to one of the 7 formats available through The Amazing Box II. Works with the rest of the Amazing Designs software programs including but not limited to Smart Sizer Platinum and Smart Sizer Gold. What Makes The Amazing Box II Unique? Saves to the computers hard drive Works with the rest of the Amazing Designs software programs Easy to use Comes with 111 free designs and a free rewritable card in the requested format Affordable System requirements: Pentium II Processor or above 64 MB Ram 15 MB Hard Drive space Windows* 98 or above CD-ROM USB port Video Display 800 x 600 Mouse *Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. BuzzBox With the BuzzBox embroidery transfer system, embroidery hobbyists can transfer digitized designs to the high capacity re-writable memory card (included). The design transfer system reads pre-programmed embroidery cards, embroidery designs downloaded from the internet or purchased on CD's or Floppies. For PES or HUS formatted embroidery machines. Main Features Include: Buzz Tools designed card writing software PES Formatted Embroidery Machines: Brother, Baby Lock, Bernina Deco, Simplicity, and White 3300 machines HUS Formatted Embroidery Machines (all Viking except Designer 1 Series) Writes any number of designs per card - not software limited. Includes Reader/Writer Box, USB cable, software installation CD, high capacity 1 MB re-writable memory card Does NOT digitize designs or convert embroidery formats BuzzEdit Version 2 - Easy & Powerful Design Editing BuzzEdit version 2 allows you to easily edit and create stitch-based embroidery designs. Main Features Include: Automatic Design Splitting – Just open your design, select your hoop and click a button! ** POOF** design is split into sections for multiple hooping! Slice Tool – Manually cut designs into sections. Great when you want absolute control on how a design is split Basic Digitizing – Create outlines in running, bean or zig-zag. Create filled shapes, column fills and holes. Change attributes & colors as you create. Background – Set a color or display a graphic. Optional background grid with customizable color and spacing. Realistic 3D viewing in Space Reference Window allows you to really see your design. New formats! VIP, EMD, import PHC, GNC, OEF, SHV & ART New Hoops! Hoop-It-All hoops for ULT/Ellageo, Designer1/2, Artista 170/180 & Janome 10000 Automatically Update from Internet – checks for new software and hoop updates and installs them for you! OPENS AND SAVES EMBROIDERY FORMATS: CSD, DST, EMD, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PEC, PES, SEW, VIP, and XXX. IMPORTS: ART, CND, GNC, OEF, PHC, and SHV. BuzzSize - Design Resizing at its Best With BuzzSize you can easily resize your designs and adjust stitch density! The number of stitches is re-calculated and fill patterns retained to give you the best results possible. Main Features Include: Instantly resize your design from 50% to 200% Resize designs to specific dimensions. Resize the whole design or one color at a time. Adjust the density of your embroidery designs. Automatically recalculate the stitches for the best sewing result Maintains the original fill patterns. Mirror image designs horizontally or vertically Rotate designs to any angle. Change thread colors Realistic 3-D preview window Sew Simulator Requirements: Windows® 98 or Later Version (Does not run on Virtual PC) 64 MB of RAM 15 MB Hard Drive Space Colors set to High Color or True Color Resolution of 800 by 600 pixels. Recommended 1024 by 768 or greater. CD ROM drive OPENS AND SAVES EMBROIDERY FORMATS: CSD, DST, EMD, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCS, PEC, PES, SEW, VIP, and XXX. IMPORTS: ART, CND, GNC, OEF, PHC, and SHV. BuzzXplore - Premier Embroidery Design Management BuzzXplore is the EASIEST way to look after all of the designs on your computer! It's a browser, instant 3-D viewer, organizer, converter, and zip processor - the best and easiest all-in-one design management tool available. Best of all it works like Windows Explorer so it is intuitive to use. Main Features Include: No Separate Catalog or Database to Maintain. Easy and intuitive to use! BuzzXplore works like Windows Explorer complete with right-click popup menus. Browse all of your designs and graphics, even in ZIP archive files. Designs display instantly using realistic threads so so you see what your designs really look like. Provides all the essential tools for organizing and finding your design files - locate, print, sort, drag n drop, cut, copy, paste, rename, convert, zip and unzip files and more! Automatically create a folder tree of over 500 design categories for organizing your designs. Automatically create design notes about each embroidery design or cross-stitch pattern. Launch MOST Design Software even most you can't launch from Windows Explorer or other design management software. Convert designs one at a time or by the hundreds in seconds. Convert on-the-fly if needed Print out design thumbnails or actual size templates The 3-D Slideshow to quickly preview designs and patterns. Fix Corrupt design files Built-in help, detailed manual and free online technical support. Available in Embroidery or the Cross-Stitch edition. Hobbyist can enjoy support for both categories of designs together by installing both versions. Requirements: Windows 95/NT or later CD ROM 5 MB Hard Drive Space Colors set to High Color or True Color Resolution of 800 by 600 pixels. Recommended 1024 by 768 or greater. Embroidery Edition Specifics Includes all of the above features Supports over twenty popular home embroidery formats plus eight graphics formats, Rich text and Windows text files. Includes eighteen professionally digitized embroidery designs Free BuzzEdit Lite - change thread colors, run a sew simulator, and perform some basic design editing such as flip, mirror or rotate. Cross-Stitch Edition Specifics Includes all of the above features Supports seven popular cross-stitch formats plus eight graphics formats, Rich text and Windows text files. Includes twelve cross-stitch patterns for you to enjoy. Monogram Wizard Plus Presenting the Monogram Wizard Plus, the much anticipated follow up to needleheads industry standard software, the Monogram Wizard. The Monogram Wizard Plus greatly increases the power of the Monogram Wizard, while at the same time maintaining the ease of use that made the Monogram Wizard the most popular selling monogramming software available. New features of the Monogram Wizard Plus include a new monogramming style, new fonts and motifs, style selection, layers, improved letter movement, stitch selection, the abillity to print the design you have created a full size and the ability to save as PES and SEW files in addition to DST files. See the figures below for a futher explanation of these features. Features: Easy to Install 18 Monogram Styles 55 Monogram Fonts Iver 100 Different Motifs 5 Workspace Layers Instant 3D Display Sizing and Density Controls Initials or Names Adjustable Grid Color Control and Sequencing Size, Stitch Count, and Scaling Saves files as .PES, .DST, and .SEW Existing Monogram Wizard can purchase an upgrade to bring their current version of Monogram Wizard to Monogram Wizard Plus status. Monogram Wizard Introducing, the Monogram Wizard, the new software product from needleheads which makes creating custom monograms and names fun and simple! With just the click of a button, you can select from 18 monogramming styles, 50 fonts, and over 100 motifs, creating thousands of possible combinations. Add in the lettering styles and the possibilities are virtually endless. Features: Easy to Install 18 Monogram Styles 50 Monogram Fonts Iver 100 Different Motifs Instant 3D Display Sizing and Density Controls Initials or Names Adjustable Grid Color Control and Sequencing Size, Stitch Count, and Scaling Saves files as .DST Autodigitizing Features: Multi Line TrueTypeTM Text Creation: Allows you to create lettering and symbols (Wingdings) using any of your favorite True Type fonts. Intelligent Design Processor: Create embroidery designs from artwork images with just a few clicks. Fill, satin and single stitches will be automatically created. SnapShot Embroidery: Transform your favorite photographs into lifelike embroideries. Optimized for Windows XPTM: Make use of the Windows XP graphic technology, browse for files (picture, ASD or stitch files) by looking at the image rather than the file name. Multi Format (image): Insert artwork images for design creation from a number of different picture formats including, BMP JPG, JPEG, WMF, GIF, EMF, PNG, TIF & TIFF. Multi Format (stitch): Import and Export embroidery designs in the following formats, Melco (EXP), Tajima (DST), Pfaff (PCS), Babylock (PES), Bernina (PEC), Husqvarna Viking (HUS), Janome (SEW & JEF), Singer (XXX) & Elna (EMD). Automatic Underlay & Tie-offs: Autodigitizing will automatically insert tie-off stitches as needed to prevent your design from unraveling. Additionally, you can choose from four different underlay styles each giving professional results. Manual Digitizing tools: Use any of the five manual stitches to create stitches with in a design. Tools include: Insert Stitch, Insert Circle/Ellipse, Insert rectangle or square, Insert Fill and Insert Line. Alignment: Easily move sections of an embroidery into exact alignment with each other. Align by top, bottom, left, right, horizontal or vertical center, baseline, curve and arc. FilmStrip (Unlimited): View each section of your embroidery in the correct stitching order. There is no limit to the number of sections within your embroidery design. Editing Tools: Use a variety of tools to edit artwork files before generating stitches or edit design areas and individual stitches afterwards. Auto Pull Compensation: Autodigitizing will automatically adjust areas of embroidery for proper stitching. Navigation Window: Used to see the overall design area when zoom in on a specific portion. Artwork files & design files included: Get started using your autodigitizing program by creating designs with the built-in images and design files. Printouts (template and thread palette): All of the information you need to stitch your design right at your fingertips. Everything from color information, & stitching order to design dimensions, amounts of thread and more Design Creation: Your embroidery designs are generated within moments when you insert the artwork and click the generate icon. Autodigitizing will automatically insert underlay and tie-off stitches to give you professional results. Work in 3D mode and you can see on the screen what your design will look like sewn out. A few simple clicks and you can add or remove portions of the design, change colors, add new fill patterns and more. Click the generate icon again and design is now ready to stitch! Lettering: Use any of your favorite TrueType¨ fonts available on your computer to create personal messages in embroidery. You can create one letter at a time or an entire poem your choice. Use any combination of sizes, colors, fonts, styles and layout options. Snapshot Embroidery: Take a cherished photograph and let autodigitizing create a similar image in stitches a SnapShot embroidery! Adjust the setting to add or remove detail, pick thread colors automatically from a variety of thread manufacturers color pallets or change a color image into a monochromatic stitchout. Stitch Types: Areas Complex Fill stitches used to fill in larger areas, they are fully adjustable with controls allowing you to set the stitching angle, spacing (density), pattern style, stitch length and more. With the Pattern Fill Editor you can create your very own patterns or edit any of the built in ones. Column and Feathered Satin stitches are used in narrow areas and options allow you to adjust the style (regular or textured), the stitch length, spacing (density) and more. Turn on the Motif Fill stitches - create an interesting repeating stitch used to fill in larger areas. Set the size, spacing, angle, layout and more for each Motif. Unlimited possibilities as you can create your own motifs or edit any of the ones built in. Contour stitch follows the shape of the object selected and can be adjusted in spacing and stitch length. Spiral stitch coils around the shape of the selected object and can be adjusted in spacing and stitch length. Radial stitch is a satin stitch which echos out from a selected point. You can set the spacing, stitch length for the satin rings, Column fill type and even relocate the echo point to create interesting effects. Appliqué stitch instantly create appliqué areas complete with placement, tack down and cover (satin) stitches which are fully adjustable. Cross Fill stitch allows you to completely fill an area in with cross stitches. Set the size and stitching directing (angle) of the crosses for complete control. Options for the above mentioned stitches include Underlay (padding or support) stitches, tie-offs, Pull Compensation, Feathered Satin and Pattern Fills which are fully adjustable. Lines Single, Double & Triple Running stitches are great for outlining and are adjustable in stitch length. Column stitch allows you to turn any line into a satin stitch outline easily. Adjust the spacing, stitch width and style (smooth or textured). Motif stitch used to create decorative outlines you can adjust the size, spacing, angle, layout and more for each Motif. Create your own or use the ones built in. E-stitch looks just like a “blanket” stitch. Adjust the Stitch length, width and angle for total control. Editing: Making major or minor adjustments to an embroidery design are easy with the following tools: Modify by Line, Curve or Arc – add or remove portions of any object (portion of a design). Divide by Line or Curve – allows you to separate larger objects into smaller areas. Fill or create Voids – add or remove overlapping sections of the design. Merge areas into area – combine groups of areas together. Add or remove individual stitches, add outlines and much much more. Requirements: PC computer with Pentium processor or 100% compatible (600MHz recommended) WindowsTM 98/ME/2000/XP Recommended 128 MB RAM more RAM is always preferred, the software will run smoother and faster (Minimum 64MB RAM) SVGA monitor, 1024 x 768 resolution, 16 million colors recommended (minimum 800 x 600 resolution, High Color) 60 MB free hard Disk Space for installation Mouse CD-ROM or DVD drive USB port for security device (Note:a LPT port security device is available upon request). Note: You will need the recommended machine transfer device or program to transfer the embroidery designs to your machine. Autodigitizing will not directly communicate with your embroidery machine. Explorations eXplorations is a new kind of Embroidery Software. It’s Project Based, and that means it helps eliminate much of the “guesswork” from your embroidery projects. With all the Design Editing and Lettering power you expect, plus a whole range of innovative, easy to use features you won’t find anywhere else. eXplorations is web savvy too, with a growing library of Feature Upgrades and Enhancements, all easily added to your eXplorations, right over the Internet! Features: Drag and Drop System Drag and Drop to place your selected article, and then simply drag and drop designs into position on your article, right on the screen. Articles and Garments Articles are the primary layout tool for your eXplorations projects. Clothing, accessories and crafts: use the built-in articles, or add your own articles, even from store bought patterns. Cookie Cutters Add the stitch types of your choice to cookie cutter shapes to make designs with your own specifications. 100 Complete Designs 100s of Decorative Designs 50 Motif Fills 50 Motif Outlines 50 Split Fill Patterns Fabric Library Thread Charts Color Wheel Simply use the color wheel option to adjust the hue and/or brightness of part or all of your design. Let eXplorations select the thread! Design Chooser 25 Alphabets Envelope Effects Preview Lettering Multiple Baseline Reshape Letters Kern Letters Reshape Baselines Echo Shapes Resequence by color Thread Matching Tool eXplorations searches for the closest match using built in thread charts. Unlimited Hoops Design Filing Assistant Remove Overlaps You won't have to settle for bulky embroidery when you customize and combine designs. "Auto Overlap Removal" removes stitches from behind overlapped designs with one click. Color Optimization Smart Tape Smart Tape can be used to adjust the size of an article in the workspace to match the size of your garment. Measure your garment, enter the measurements and see how your designs will look proportionally Measuring Tool Alignment and Spacing Tools Fill Holes Custom Skins Interface Skins are a fun and easy way to customize eXplorations' Windows and Buttons. Now you can personalize your eXplorations to match your style. Edit in TrueView Group and Ungroup Web Based Upgrades Requirements: 500Mhz Pentium 3 or higher (1.0Ghz P4 or higher recommended) Windows 98SE or higher (Windows XP recommended) Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (Included on CD) 128MB RAM or higher (256MB RAM recommended) 1GB Free Hard Drive Space or higher (4GB Free or higher recommended) Display: 1024x768 screen resolution or higher at 16bit color or higher 56k modem (DSL or Cable Modem recommended) - This is to download updates/additional features 1 Free USB Port is required for security dongle Dakota AlphaSizer AlphaSizer is a lettering & sizing program featuring keyboard lettering, height & width adjustment, bridging, ballooning, lettering on an arc, density control, vertical & horizontal line spacing and much more! AlphaSizer also includes the full DakotaSizer program functions allowing you to manipulate your non-alphabet designs (see description of DakotaSizer below). As an added bonus, AlphaSizer is packaged with 7 Alphabets and 50 FREE designs! Features: Keyboard Lettering Lettering Height/Width Adjustment Transform Lettering Bridging, Ballooning, Pennant, Squeezing Lettering on an Arc Lettering Density Control Choice of Underlays Letter Kerning Vertical & Horizontal Line Spacing Color Change Between Letters Includes Full DakotaSizer Program 50 Dakota Collectibles Designs included! 7 FREE Fonts included (93 additional fonts also available) Plus Much More! Requirements: Windows® 98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP Pentium® 200 MHz or better 32 MB RAM or better SVGA video (1024 x 768 high color). CD ROM Dakota Sizer Now you can resize and mirror your commercial and/or home format designs! Dakota Sizer is a software program for your PC that will enable you to manipulate and customize your designs to meet the needs of any embroidery application! Combine multiple designs, rotate and transform your designs! You now have all the control you need. We've also included 50 FREE Dakota Collectibles' designs right on the Dakota Sizer CD! (different than the 50 FREE AlphaSizer designs) Features: Resize, Rotate, Transform, Mirror Combine Multiple Designs Open & Save Major Commercial & Home Formats 3D View Multiple Grid Features Unique Color Palette Thread Charts of Major Thread Manufacturers Customizable Thread Charts Automatic Thread Chart Matching Unlimited Undo/Redo Complete Online HELP System 50 Dakota Collectibles Designs included! Plus Much More! Requirements: Windows® 98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP Pentium® 200 MHz or better 32 MB RAM or better SVGA video (1024 x 768 high color). CD ROM