Lettering GUI Using Inkscape & Ink/Stitch - Tutorial 6

[@erika213]

I can’t tell you how thankful I am for your videos!! I was so scared that after spending over $1000 on my machine I would have to spend the same to be able to use software since I have a mac. You guys have made it so easy for me to learn and I have so much fun converting the images to be able to embroider them!!

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@raulterrazasreza1635]

I love your videos. You have been very helpful in my learning process. Thanks for your work, it has helped many people out there. 🤩

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thank you so much for that!

[@kalleen3351]

Thanks again for your video and the introduction into the Ink/Stitch lettering system. It's really nice to see how you are discovering more and more features of the Inkscape plugin. I'm also always very curious when issues and errors are occuring. When we introduced the params error message, it didn't occur to me, that it would be used to validate objects - I simply intended to reduce waiting time for broken objects. So it was very interesting for me to see your params issue. I don't know if you are interested on why this is happening, but I just thought I would go a little deeper into this topic. The params window is originally thought to set parameters for one stitch type at a time. Or even update the stitch type for the selected elements. Fill cannot be converted into an other stitch type, so we always know, this is going to be a fill stitch. Since we know that, params will be able to handle fills with any other selected object at once. It becomes a little harder if we think about strokes and satins. Continuous lines (zig-zag stitches) are not easy to differentiate from satins (they also consist of continuous lines). You may want to change your satin stitch into a zig-zag stitch or vice versa. Ink/Stitch is confused about which stitch type you want to apply to the selected elements. In your case it assumes, you want all selected continuous lines to be a satin stitch. It doesn't find the correct satin setup and ouputs an error message. We are on the road to update the params dialog completely (this may take a little while longer though). I hope we will then be able to handle this issue much better than now. Maybe we should just simply assume that a continuous line with only one subpath is never meant to be a satin stitch. Or even handle selected elements in a completely different way.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thank you so much for your comments! We definitely appreciate the details you provide us!!

[@yusofficial8604]

Thank you so much very helpful 🙏🙏🙏

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NatashaConci]

Hi, Im new to embroidery and really enjoying you totorials. This was very helpful as I am also working with Inkstitch. thank you - from out of South Africa.😁

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

I’m so glad our videos have been helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@8ninjaman8]

Exactly what I was looking for

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thanks for watching!

[@KaiBuskirk]

Super Cool! Danke!

[@KaiBuskirk]

Ok let’s do this! Danke!

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thanks for watching!

[@Dithermaster]

We recently got an embroidery machine and started using Ink/Stitch, and so I just binge-watched a bunch of your episodes and subscribed to your channel. I love the projects you've created, admire how you work together, and enjoyed the concise yet enthusiastic videos you've shared. Stay crafty and be happy! For your videos it's nice that you use the menu, but when you're not recording I hope you've added keyboard shortcuts for the Params dialog and Simulator output as they are so much faster than using hierarchical menus. I use Command+Shift+P for Params and Command+Shift+I for Simulate since they are used the most. I'm curious, on your Brother if you use the "Extensions > Ink/Stitch > Commands > Attach Commands to Selected Objects..." and add the "Trim thread after sewing this object" command to some objects does your machine do the trim after stitching them out? If so, it could save you from having to manually cut all the jump stitches.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

That is so funny that you mentioned shortcuts… We will be working on a video on setting up shortcuts real soon! We will do some research on the auto thread cutting commands, thank you for that info! We have really appreciated the help from the community, as we really just started embroidery and digitized designs less than a year ago. Thank you for watching and the tips!!!!

[@kimandrews1141]

Thank you for the videos. As a beginner I am stuck. Just before you said 'let's take it to the machine' How did you take it to the machine, by a USB stick, Wireless LAN connection? I'm not finding the place on the menu that I can put it onto my USB stick for my machine to read the file. Thank you for your help.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Hi! Sorry if we confused you. We made a video a while ago showing you how to transfer your design to the machine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZWZXoKHaN2FbrM Thanks for watching, hope this helps!

[@ArielSenkmajer]

Your videos have been the most helpful out of the probably hundreds that I have watched! Thank you thank you thank you!!! I am a beginner and I am working with a brother se400 embroidery machine. My first project that I am trying to tackle is embroidering text onto crewneck sweatshirts. I practiced with regular t-shirts and after toggling some of the settings I ended up with a result that I liked. However, I am having trouble getting a good finish on the sweatshirts. I have toggled every setting I can imagine in params and nothing turns out nice. (I also don't really know what im doing lol) I was wondering if you would be able to tell me which settings would be best for the sweatshirts. Thank you!

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

What is the particular issue you're having with sweatshirts and not t-shirts? It could be a stabilizer issue instead of a program issue. Thanks for watching!

[@TommyJBK]

Amazing video

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thank you so much!

[@cindyderaiche6133]

Glad I found you guys - I am not an embroiderer but am a Inkscape user so I am turning my brother's logo into an embroidery file so that our mom can make him some stuff. My question is - is it normal to have that many connecting lines and does that show in the final product? Is it just cut off or is there something I can adjust in Institch/Inkscape to reduce the number of them. The design is jumping from the first letter to the last letter then back. A lot of lines. Not sure if I can add a photo to show you what I mean.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

The number of jump stitches will vary depending on the design and how you set the project up. You can rearrange your designs and make adjustments to reduce jump stitches. Some machines can use trim commands and cut the jump stitches for you, otherwise they are done by hand. Here are some videos that might be helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5e0iaqcp7OfodUfeature=shared and kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYCVpoWNi6h7e8Ufeature=shared Thanks for watching!

[@cindyderaiche6133]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo thank you - I am a scrapbooker, digital artist and use Inkscape to make my own SVGs but this embroidery stuff is all new. Glad I found your channel.

[@natalyarodriguez1041]

Hey there thank you soso much for these videos! cant tell you how much time and money its saved. I just had a question about fonts, do you know how we can use other fonts that aren't included in ink stitch?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

We cover how you can add additional fonts to the ink/stitch lettering tool here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZK4n5-JYtCKb5I Hope this helps!

[@ShowMeTheHoneyBlog]

is there a way to remove the line that connects the letters? I saw it in your params preview, and it appeared to stitch with connecting line, but in your finished product, the white connecting line was gone. Did you cut it with scissors? If so, wouldn't that encourage the previous/following stitch to loosen?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thanks for watching! The lines that are connecting each letter in the params preview are jump stitches. They are safe to cut without anything being ruined. Hope this helps!

[@amyybarracuda7565]

Thanks for your videos, they are extremely helpful. I was wondering if you all know why there are dashed lines and U-shaped lines in addition to the "railroad" in the lettering provided with inkscape? Not sure if that is something that might be helpful when created satin-filled shapes? Thanks again for all the helpful information.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Hello there! The additional shapes and dashed lines are part of the programmed underlay for the letters. When you are creating satin fill shapes, you can pretty much do the same thing in params/commands. You will sometimes see the dashed lines, etc. when you "auto-route" satin columns. Hope this helps!

[@deescustomcrafteddesigns4744]

Please help. Is there anyway to put a border on text that was created in the Lettering Extensions? Not around a shape but the letters, I don’t know how to remove the lines it’s created

[@casieshaw4485]

How do you cut this for a large hoop like the 5 by 7 from your other video. It won’t allow you to break up the letters anymore like before. Please post a video or any advice!

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Interesting, we will have to look into that. But we'd imagine if you are trying to split a single letter it might be easier to just manually lay down the shape of each side in railroad track form. Thanks for watching!

[@jessicaanderson7418]

Okay, I was watching the video and it was good but what if I don’t want any of the fonts included with the software and want to use a font that I downloaded to make a satin stitch style please help thanks

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thanks for watching! If you want to add fonts to the lettering tool check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZK4n5-JYtCKb5I We have lots of updated videos on how to create satin stitch in this playlist for additional help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4HEeKqgrNWtjcU

[@newbutold47]

Thank you for your videos. Is inkstitch limited to the fonts that are in the library or can we add fonts like Arial, etc.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Thanks for watching! When you install fonts to your computer it will automatically add to the text and font tool in Inkscape. Once you install the font to your computer make sure to quit Inkscape if it’s open. Hope this helps!

[@newbutold47]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo Thanks for your reply it does help. The fonts in Inkstitch under the "Lettering" function provide some fonts. It is these fonts I was addressing and wondering if they could be added to.

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

We’re researching that for a future video, believe there is, but it seems to be a process. More to come!

[@newbutold47]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo Thank you...

[@zetaproject3]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo If you have found a way to import font to the lettering function, please show us how :)! Thank you!

[@nadiahutt1001]

Could someone tell me from where can I download differents fonts for linux mint? I have to do something for my wedding please

[@MFcosplays]

HI, can you add fonts to the lettering extension?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZK4n5-JYtCKb5Ifeature=shared

[@tzes_krst8399]

I'm having trouble finding out how to make the designs when being embroidered, smooth and ive been trying to find a tutorial on yt but so far no luck. Do you have any tips on how to make it smooth?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

How do you mean? Are you talking about the top or underside?

[@tzes_krst8399]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo the top

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Try to limit the number of layers in your embroidery project… the more layers there are, the rougher our projects seem to turn out

[@KuhNinja]

whenever i insert a text, it still doesn't check out in params :-( i followed all the steps in this video but it keeps saying the borders keep crossing over, however i am only typing the text using the text tool and not drawing it out. any idea what might be happening?? thank you for your videos!!!

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Are you placing the text over any backgrounds? Try going straight to the simulator and see if you get faults opening that, if not, then your design should stitch out just fine. Thanks for watching!

[@Paty.ZG28]

What happens if I downloaded a specific font, can It be use with the lettering inkstitch extension?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Unfortunately, it is not as simple as just picking and adding a font to the lettering tool. It is a long process to add fonts to the lettering tool. Here is a video on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZK4n5-JYtCKb5I Thanks for watching!

[@syukursetiyadi6862]

Great tutorial. May I know you're guys' names?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

We are Mike and Megan. Thanks for watching!

[@gabrielleparente1578]

How do we upload different fonts to ink stitch?

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

If you just want to add additional fonts to Inkscape for your project (these will just have a fill stitch unless you do some work to them) here is where we cover that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ7NqWBrmbWXeMk. If you want to add fonts to the Ink/Stitch lettering tool, here the video where we cover how to do that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZK4n5-JYtCKb5I. Thanks for watching!

[@MarcoGolay]

I’m having troubles when I upload an Svg image with lettering and a logo and I tried to do bitmap for the lettering and it’s coming back with an error saying it doesn’t know where to start

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

When you say lettering, do you mean actual text or the lettering "skeleton" that is created in the lettering tool? We have found when using the lettering tool, params will fault when that lettering is overlapped on another object, but if you use the visualize/simulate preview, it stitches out fine, and if that works it should stitch out in real life, despite the params fault.

[@MarcoGolay]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo Great thanks for the help! and I meant the skeleton yes.

[@VivianMorrisInADream]

Everything I try to use these programs. I get an error message "cannot load simulator"

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Sorry to hear that. Is it just the Lettering tool that gives you the error? Or all of Ink/Stitch tools (params, lettering, fill tools, realistic preview, etc)?

[@elvisa1229]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo same issue for myself but its just the "simulator realistic preview "Ink stitch -GUI" error how can i fix this?

[@fernandodiaz8970]

Has anyone figured out how to ?

[@fernandodiaz8970]

Helppppp my text can’t get in filled , I press exclusion but it keeps it colored in

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

Click on the letter, then move it to the bottom of the layer, then select the “hole” piece and the rest of the letter and exclude. Hope this helps.

[@Boriib]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo That helped me! thank you

[@stoptheinsanity]

This is way too hard to follow for someone who's never used this program before. You're going way too fast. 😔

[@ProjectAnonymous_Duo]

I suggest you start with watching our earlier tutorials: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4HEeKqgrNWtjcU As this is a more advanced feature in Ink/Stitch. Hope this helps!

[@stoptheinsanity]

@@ProjectAnonymous_Duo thank you! I'll definitely check that out.