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• Dividing

  By digitizingjourney on January 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There are two ways to divide objects: Divide with Line(s) and Divide with a Curve. Both are accessed through the View Outline setting by right-clicking the object. The difference between the two is whether the dividing line is a straight… Read More ›

• Faces

  By digitizingjourney on January 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I was playing around with a photograph, trying to figure out how much information one needs to have a recognizable face. (This is a good time to remind you that I can’t draw, so be kind.) By recognizable, I mean… Read More ›

• Setting Defaults

  By digitizingjourney on January 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Generations has two stitch default settings, both of which are found under the Accessories menu. Set default stitch type allows you to specify which stitch types should be used by the line tools, Create Free Hand Line and Create Continuous… Read More ›

• Adjust with an Arc

  By digitizingjourney on January 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Adjust with an Arc is one of my favorite tools. I can go from this to this with only a few clicks. (Yes, I know if I wanted a circle, I should just use the circle tool, but that’s not… Read More ›

• Ties

  By digitizingjourney on January 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Generations has several settings for tying stitches at the beginning and end of a section. These are found on the Tie Off tab of the Stitch Properties screen. There are two ways to tie off. The first one involves going… Read More ›

• The Building Block Bar

  By digitizingjourney on January 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Generations’ Building Block Bar is amazing! It’s a repository of objects you can use in your designs. It comes with a number of items, but the best part is that you can save your own. For example, I’m currently working… Read More ›

• The Ins and Outs of Digitizing

  By digitizingjourney on January 14, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  You may have noticed that I took down the Getting Old files because the 4×4 didn’t stitch out well at all. I didn’t expect it to, since all I had done was scale the 5×7 and it really needed to… Read More ›

• Downloading Files

  By digitizingjourney on January 14, 2018 • ( 33 )

  

  Some of you are having trouble downloading the files, especially from a phone or mobile device. I suspect the problem may be that when you go to this page from within the Facebook app it will cause an error when… Read More ›

• Lost and Found

  By digitizingjourney on January 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Just a quick note tonight. I managed to misplace both my Navigator and Tool Property windows. Neither one of them would open, even after several re-installs. I eventually realized that these two windows are not tied to the main window… Read More ›

• Embossing

  By digitizingjourney on January 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve started working on a new font, based on Midnight Constellations. I decided the stars needed a little help so I’ve been playing with embossing. The first thing to know about embossing is that it adds stitches to the design…. Read More ›