Embroidery Machine Software
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@crissie I flagged your post for moderation because it looked like spam, but reading more into it it seems I might have made a mistake.
Oops.
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@Zecc said in Embroidery Machine Software:
Oops.
Checking the web site associated with @crissie’s email address gives me the impression that even people who work with embroidery equipment all day share @Yamikuronue’s
concernsfrustrations about the software.
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@crissie Welcome! This is actually a forum full of software developers. So you'll have plenty of luck finding someone to code.
However, please don't solicit emails like that. It makes people think you're a spambot. Feel free to hang out here in this thread though!
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@Zecc said in Embroidery Machine Software:
@crissie I flagged your post for moderation because it looked like spam, but reading more into it it seems I might have made a mistake.
Oops.
You weren't the first to do so. We've decided it's probably not spam.
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@boomzilla said in Embroidery Machine Software:
We've decided
MOD ABUSE!
On topic, damn, that sounds like fun, if I only had the time... :(
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@Gurth YES. I work with it all day long and find it extremely lacking. With the proper team of embroidery industry experience and a kick butt coder, what is currently available could become irrelevant.
What I'm wanting to do is go the Adobe route - make it a cloud based software that would become recurring income. I want to take some cues from Silhouette software (craft cutters) and improve on what currently DOES work about embroidery software. It's just incredibly not user friendly. I actually teach a 5 hour course on how to BEGIN to use embroidery software. The majority of my customers are either younger mothers or retirees. Neither have very long attention spans.
If we could improve embroidery software, there's lots of money to be made.
And sorry for looking like spam, everyone. I figured the chances of me remembering to check in on this post were slim to none. :) But look - bookmark did wonders!!!
I'd love to visit with anyone who might want to attempt this with me. I do almost $500k in a year in digital downloads of embroidery designs, so if we can bring to market a product that would allow people to become their OWN designers, I think we could do really well.
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@crissie said in Embroidery Machine Software:
I'd love to visit with anyone who might want to attempt this with me
I'd be willing, but my schedule's kind of limited. I'm a tester by profession, so if you can find good dev team I might be able to help document the requirements and create test cases.
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@crissie I'm a new father so don't have a huge amount of time, but I'd be able to put some time into it.
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@crissie I despise the Adobe pricing model. I paid $800 for AI. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay a cent more. Adobe's current model means I'll pay the same amount in 3 years, which is fine if you're part of a big business. However, for a small business owner or hobbyist on a budget, it means it's not happening.
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@crissie According to capitalism theory, shouldn't it be more cost-effective to buy an existing program and improve from there?
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@anonymous234 How so? I'm unsure how "capitalism theory" has anything to say about particular existing products or the skills particular people have in relation to them and improving those products.
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Seen this project mentioned elsewhere, posted here just in case
ink/stitch: An Inkscape extension for designing machine embroidery patternsProject is active; can't comment on quality because I don't do embroidery.
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@cabrito That reminds me, somewhere in my storage unit is my ex-wife's embroidery machine (but none of the bits and pieces required for it to be useful; presumably, she has those somewhere). She's planning to move out of state in a few months, and wants to get together to take care of some who-has-what stuff (mostly photos) before she goes; I should give her that (perhaps in exchange for something I want).