Wilcom E4.5 Software Levels
Ultimate Embroidery & Multi-Decoration Software for professional digitizers, embroidery shops, industry trainers and educators, and apparel decorators. With new technical and creative stitching effects, even faster digitizing and over 200 professional embroidery fonts, you can digitize more creative advanced designs quickly with full professional control.
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite is included, fully integrated and provides full vector and bitmap graphics software for multi-decoration, printing, cutting, engraving and more.
Advanced Integrated Design Library
- Search designs in seconds by customer, order, date or any text field
- Designs are automatically indexed for fast search. No manual categorization required
- Browse designs from all folders in one screen, or folder by folder
- Group and sort designs by customer, order, date, folder, design status, stitches and more
- Quickly see recent designs by date, no matter what folder they are in
- Batch operations on multiple selected designs. Open, convert, print, stitch and catalogue.
- Use simple drop lists to search text from a specific field
- Default “General” for the fastest and widest search results
- Search by specified dates or pre-set date ranges.
Order Job Feature
- Save customer, order & job details in the .EMB design file. A separate database is not required
- Identifies the garment, quantities, sizes, colors and approval status
- Display job details with high resolution product mock-ups in .PDF for customer approval
- Estimate stitch counts from customer artwork using enhanced Auto-Digitizing
- Create digitizing requests as .EMB designs and manage status in the Design Library
- Minimize printed worksheets by sending .EMB with job details to production computer.
- Specify Color/Size/Quantity in table form
- Customize the information displayed on approval sheets
- Quickly create new colorways with Cycle Used Colors.
Enhanced Product Visualizer and Customer Approvals
- Create mock-ups of designs on high resolution garment images in the required colors
- Wide selection of high resolution predefined generic products included
- Add your own custom product images
- Move and re-size product images within the design
- Print new .PDF approval sheets with job details or email directly to customers for approval
- Save and record the product image directly in the .EMB design file for future use.
More efficient design workspace
- 4K monitor support, large or small icons, optional labels
- Improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick‑access flyouts
- Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with new design tabs
- Visualize stitching sequence with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls
- New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management
- Large, full featured Open dialog displays design details
- “Open Recent Designs” with thumbnail view.
NEW Creative and Technical Stitching
- Sculpture, Raised Satin, Square Stitch Outlines
- Raised Satin, Square Stitch, Double Square fills
- Predefined Motif Fills now standard
- Radial Stitch Effect
- Double Tatami Underlay
- Adjustable Overlap Lap Corners
- Improved Auto-Applique’
- New Satin Tie-off method
- Trapunto Effect now standard
- Extended Sculpture Run stitch.
Improved Auto-Digitizing
- New instant Auto-Digitizing of bitmaps with one click
- Improved interactive Auto-Digitizing dialog
- Enhanced quality satin and fill stitching, better optimized for logo design
- Supports full color bitmaps with transparency (24 and 32 bit)
- Optional cropping / masking of bitmap artwork images
- Optional bitmap image adjustments before stitching.
NEW and Improved Lettering
- 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
- NEW predefined “Lettering Art” envelope shapes
- Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
- Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
- Improved quality of automatic TrueType/OpenType stitching.
Faster Digitizing for Professionals and Newcomers
- Enhanced traditional digitizing tools for fast production digitizing
- New graphics digitizing tools for easier digitizing
- Create embroidered outlines and fills with the same shape tools
- Convert outlines to/from fills in a single click with the new stitch types toolbar
- Add or remove holes and stitch angles
- Create drawing objects as vector outlines or fills in the same way
- Much faster handling and processing of very large designs
- Customize preset style for traditional digitizing tools
- Improved duplicate offsets
- Removing overlaps is even easier
- Choice of traditional e3 Outline Tools or e4 Outline Stitch Types toolbar.
Enhanced Monogramming
- 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
- Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
- Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
- Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
- Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.
7 add-on Elements Included Now as STANDARD
- Virtual Decoration – Create high resolution embroidery TrueView images for digital printing.
- Vector Drawing – Create and edit vector graphics directly in Wilcom designs.
- Bling – Create and output bling designs for stones, rhinestones, beads and spangles.
- Auto-Digitize Bitmaps – One click converts bitmap graphics into embroidery.
- Kiosk Mode – Ultra simple personalised designs for retail shops.
- Auto Shaping – Automatically weld intersect or overlap embroidery and graphic objects.
- Freehand – Integrated freehand drawing of stitched outlines and fills plus selected details from other elements are now also included.
IMPROVED Bitmap Graphics in the Design Window
- Display transparent background bitmaps, normal or rotated
- Crop bitmaps temporarily or permanently
- Preview graphic logos on garments before digitizing.
NEW Drag-and-drop .EMB Designs via Clipart Docker
- Use .EMB designs from any source
- Search for designs or select from specific folders.
NEW Cording Effect
- Display corded stitching with or without thick lines
- Add cord on/off commands to the stitch data.
NEW Barudan FDR-3 Design Format with Production Job information
- Save ES Order Job info in Barudan FDR3 .U03 stitch files
- Save actual thread color info in Barudan FDR3 .U03 stitch files
- View correct colors and thread codes (.U03) instead of default software colors (.U01).
LATEST Version e4.1 .EMB Format
- Keep up to date with the latest version e4.1 EMB file format
- Reads all previous .EMB versions and exports versions.
Latest CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 2017
- Bundled with NEW e4.1 systems
- Optional upgrade from X8.2 available for EmbroideryStudio e4.0 customers
- Open CorelDRAW .CDR graphic files directly from the EmbroideryStudio Design Library.
PC Specifications for EmbroideryStudio e4
Please ensure you have the correct hardware to ensure the software runs well. EmbroideryStudio e4 is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. If you prefer, you can also run the software on a Mac.
Note: An internet connection is required for updates and dongle registration.
The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for EmbroideryStudio e4.
Minimum Requirements
- CPU – Intel® Core i3 or AMD Athlon™ 64
- Operating System – Windows 7 32-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or IE11.0
- Memory – 4 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 40 GB
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for 32bit and 1600 x 900 resolution
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Recommended
- CPU – Latest Intel® Core i7
- Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or later
- Memory – 8 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 256 GB or more (Solid State Drive)
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for Highest Color 32bit and 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Backup – External hard drive, cloud storage or other
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Demonstration video on E4 Designing
Professional Embroidery & Multi-Decoration Software is the new standard for custom embroidery shops and apparel decorators expanding into embroidery. With a simple graphics digitizing approach, full control of lettering and stitch settings and over 200 professional embroidery fonts, you can produce your own commercial embroidery designs more quickly and easily than ever before.
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite is included, fully integrated and provides full vector and bitmap graphics software for multi-decoration, printing, cutting, engraving and more.
Advanced Integrated Design Library
- Search designs in seconds by customer, order, date or any text field
- Designs are automatically indexed for fast search. No manual categorization required
- Browse designs from all folders in one screen, or folder by folder
- Group and sort designs by customer, order, date, folder, design status, stitches and more
- Quickly see recent designs by date, no matter what folder they are in
- Batch operations on multiple selected designs. Open, convert, print, stitch and catalogue
- Use simple drop lists to search text from a specific field
- Default “General” for the fastest and widest search results
- Search by specified dates or pre-set date ranges.
Order Job Feature
- Save customer, order & job details in the .EMB design file. A separate database is not required
- Identifies the garment, quantities, sizes, colors and approval status
- Display job details with high resolution product mock-ups in .PDF for customer approval
- Estimate stitch counts from customer artwork using enhanced Auto-Digitizing
- Create digitizing requests as .EMB designs and manage status in the Design Library
- Minimize printed worksheets by sending .EMB with job details to production computer
- Specify Color/Size/Quantity in table form
- Customize the information displayed on approval sheets
- Quickly create new colorways with Cycle Used Colors.
Enhanced Product Visualizer and Customer Approvals
- Create mock-ups of designs on high resolution garment images in the required colors
- Wide selection of high resolution predefined generic products included
- Add your own custom product images
- Move and re-size product images within the design
- Print new .PDF approval sheets with job details or email directly to customers for approval
- Save and record the product image directly in the .EMB design file for future use.
NEW and Improved Lettering
- 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
- NEW predefined “Lettering Art” envelope shapes
- Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
- Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
- Improved quality of automatic TrueType/OpenType stitching.
Faster Digitizing for Professionals and Newcomers
- New graphics digitizing tools for easier digitizing
- Create embroidered outlines and fills with the same shape tools
- Convert outlines to/from fills in a single click with the new stitch types toolbar
- Add or remove holes and stitch angles
- Create drawing objects as vector outlines or fills in the same way
- Much faster handling and processing of very large designs.
Improved Auto-Digitizing
- New instant Auto-Digitizing of bitmaps with one click
- Improved interactive Auto-Digitizing dialog
- Enhanced quality satin and fill stitching, better optimized for logo design
- Supports full color bitmaps with transparency (24 and 32 bit)
- Optional cropping / masking of bitmap artwork images
- Optional bitmap image adjustments before stitching.
Enhanced Monogramming
- 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
- Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
- Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
- Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
- Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.
More efficient design workspace
- 4K monitor support, large or small icons, optional labels
- Improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick‑access flyouts
- Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with new design tabs
- Visualize stitching sequence with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls
- New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management
- Large, full featured Open dialog displays design details
- “Open Recent Designs” with thumbnail view.
7 add-on Elements Included Now as STANDARD
- Virtual Decoration – Create high resolution embroidery TrueView images for digital printing.
- Vector Drawing – Create and edit vector graphics directly in Wilcom designs.
- Bling – Create and output bling designs for stones, rhinestones, beads and spangles.
- Auto-Digitize Bitmaps – One click converts bitmap graphics into embroidery.
- Kiosk Mode – Ultra simple personalised designs for retail shops.
- Team Names Standard – Create lettering for multiple team members in one design
- Offset Standard – Create automatic outlines around selected objects or designs
NEW Drag-and-drop .EMB Designs via Clipart Docker
- Use .EMB designs from any source
- Search for designs or select from specific folders.
NEW Barudan FDR-3 Design Format with Production Job information
- Save ES Order Job info in Barudan FDR3 .U03 stitch files
- Save actual thread color info in Barudan FDR3 .U03 stitch files
- View correct colors and thread codes (.U03) instead of default software colors (.U01).
LATEST Version e4.1 .EMB Format
- Keep up to date with the latest version e4.1 EMB file format
- Reads all previous .EMB versions and exports versions.
Latest CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite 2017
- Bundled with NEW e4.1 systems
- Optional upgrade from X8.2 available for EmbroideryStudio e4.0 customers
- Open CorelDRAW .CDR graphic files directly from the EmbroideryStudio Design Library.
PC Specifications for EmbroideryStudio e4
Please ensure you have the correct hardware to ensure the software runs well. EmbroideryStudio e4 is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. If you prefer, you can also run the software on a Mac.
Note: An internet connection is required for updates and dongle registration.
The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for EmbroideryStudio e4.
Minimum Requirements
- CPU – Intel® Core i3 or AMD Athlon™ 64
- Operating System – Windows 7 32-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or IE11.0
- Memory – 4 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 40 GB
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for 32bit and 1600 x 900 resolution
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Recommended
- CPU – Latest Intel® Core i7
- Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or later
- Memory – 8 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 256 GB or more (Solid State Drive)
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for Highest Color 32bit and 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Backup – External hard drive, cloud storage or other
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Demonstration video on E4.5 Decorating
Editing, Monogramming, Lettering and Machine Connection Software Combine all the features of EmbroideryStudio Lettering with advanced embroidery editing capabilities. This provides powerful software for non-digitizing staff in a custom embroidery shop or production facility.
Full editing control over .EMB object properties allows for recoloring, reshaping, and resequencing of all design objects. Change densities and other settings to suit different fabrics or sizes.
With over 200 professionally digitized embroidery fonts and direct machine connections, you can create and stitch new variations of existing designs quickly and efficiently.
Correct small technical mistakes or incorporate simple customer changes without sending it back to your digitizer, saving time and increasing your embroidery expertise.
More Efficient Design Workspace
- 4K monitor support, large or small icons, optional labels
- Improved arrangement of toolbox tools with quick-access flyouts
- Switch between multiple open designs effortlessly with new design tabs
- Visualize stitching sequence with the new Stitch Player using classic media player controls
- New Color toolbar commands and My Threads docker for easier color management
- Large, full featured Open dialog displays design details
- “Open Recent Designs” with thumbnail view.
Select and Edit Parts of Designs
More control and simpler than ever! Using the Reshape or Stitch Edit tool, modify shapes or change stitch settings or effects options. Even stitch files such as DST are recognized as objects, giving you full, object based control and eliminating the need for stitch-by-stitch editing.
- Group/Ungroup designs to edit individual design objects
- Change object properties for selected objects eg, color, density, pull, underlay and more
- Reshape individual design objects and lettering
- Cut/Copy/Paste parts of designs.
Advanced Design Processing
The Color-Object List makes sequencing your design as easy as drag ‘n drop. Select objects by color or stitch type to change their properties or resequence your design. You can also group, hide or lock individual objects for improved editing.
- Resequence designs by object, color or selected sequence
- Manipulate design objects in the Color Object List docker
- Check individual stitches in the Stitch List docker
- Automatically process densities by percentage for selected objects or stitch types.
Advanced Integrated Design Library
- Search designs in seconds by customer, order, date or any text field
- Designs are automatically indexed for fast search. No manual categorization required
- Browse designs from all folders in one screen, or folder by folder
- Group and sort designs by customer, order, date, folder, design status, stitches and more
- Quickly see recent designs by date, no matter what folder they are in
- Batch operations on multiple selected designs. Open, convert, print, stitch and catalogue.
Order Job Feature
- Save customer, order & job details in the .EMB design file. A separate database is not required
- Identifies the garment, quantities, sizes, colors and approval status
- Display job details with high resolution product mock-ups in .PDF for customer approval
- Estimate stitch counts from customer artwork using enhanced Auto-Digitizing
- Create digitizing requests as .EMB designs and manage status in the Design Library
- Minimize printed worksheets by sending .EMB with job details to production computer.
Enhanced Product Visualizer and Customer Approvals
- Create mock-ups of designs on high resolution garment images in the required colors
- Wide selection of high resolution predefined generic products included
- Add your own custom product images
- Move and re-size product images within the design
- Print new .PDF approval sheets with job details or email directly to customers for approval
- Save and record the product image directly in the .EMB design file for future use.
New and Improved Lettering
Choose from over 200 professionally crafted embroidery fonts or convert any TrueType or OpenType font instantly. Adjust individual letters to adapt to customer logos or to improve production.
Get the look you are after by refining kerning, word spacing and even individual letters. Built-in intelligence remembers your changes for next time.
- 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
- NEW predefined “Lettering Art” envelope shapes
- Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
- Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
- Improved quality of automatic TrueType/OpenType stitching.
Easier Standard Team Names
Speed up production and don’t waste time manual handling of team names! Mail-Merge style features import a list of names, auto-fits them to your baseline and outputs for either single or multi-head production.
- Create and manage individual’s names by team
- Import/Export team members via .txt or .csv files
- Create single baseline designs with all team names in one .EMB file
- Export team names for stitching individually or in batches
- Create a matrix layout of multiple team names in large frames.
Enhanced Monogramming
Choose from several different type baselines (arc, circle or vertical), or get creative with enveloping. EmbroideryStudio’s Monogramming tool helps you to quickly and easily combine type styles, decorative motifs and borders to create personalized monograms for your customers.
- 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
- Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
- Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
- Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
- Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.
Smart Corners
Don’t like the way the digitizer has handled corners in the design? The Smart Corners feature reduces the number of stitches and the risk of bunched, distorted embroidery in sharp corners.
Save time and money with fast, quality stitch results
Optimize your production with full control of underlay, pull compensation, connectors, tie ins/offs, trims, jump and stop machine functions. You can even edit individual stitches to address any problem areas.
Quick editing for different fabric types
A design created for a towel can now be stitched on silk scarf with Auto Fabric Assistant. This tool automatically applies the most suitable underlay, pull compensation and stitch density settings for your chosen fabric.
Send designs to your embroidery machine with ease
Stitch Manager, Machine Manager and Connection Manager give you all the options to make sending designs to production a snap! You can also edit machine format values to get the best results.
PC Specifications for EmbroideryStudio e4
Please ensure you have the correct hardware to ensure the software runs well. EmbroideryStudio e4 is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. If you prefer, you can also run the software on a Mac.
Note: An internet connection is required for updates and dongle registration.
The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for EmbroideryStudio e4.
Minimum Requirements
- CPU – Intel® Core i3 or AMD Athlon™ 64
- Operating System – Windows 7 32-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or IE11.0
- Memory – 4 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 40 GB
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for 32bit and 1600 x 900 resolution
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Recommended
- CPU – Latest Intel® Core i7
- Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or later
- Memory – 8 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 256 GB or more (Solid State Drive)
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for Highest Color 32bit and 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Backup – External hard drive, cloud storage or other
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Demonstration video on E4.5 Editing
Lettering, Monogramming, Customizing and Machine Connection Software Powerful automatic lettering, customizing and machine connection software for non-digitizing staff in a retail embroidery shop or production facility. With full professional control of all lettering and stitch settings, over 200 digitized embroidery fonts and automatic stitching of TrueType and OpenType fonts, create professional quality naming and lettering designs quickly and easily without the need for a digitizer.
Combine lettering with resizable logos or stock designs. Automate repetitive jobs with the Team Names feature and automatically send stitch files to the embroidery machine.
New and Improved Lettering
Choose from over 200 professionally crafted embroidery fonts or convert any TrueType or OpenType font instantly. Adjust individual letters to adapt to customer logos or to improve production.
Get the look you are after by refining kerning, word spacing and even individual letters. Built-in intelligence remembers your changes for next time.
- 25 NEW embroidery fonts including 3D foam, logo fonts and specialty fonts
- NEW predefined “Lettering Art” envelope shapes
- Easier selection of embroidery fonts by style or type
- Expanded capabilities and easier to use Team Names feature
- Improved quality of automatic TrueType/OpenType stitching.
Easier Standard Team Names
Speed up production and don’t waste time manual handling of team names! Mail-Merge style features import a list of names, auto-fits them to your baseline and outputs for either single or multi-head production.
- Create and manage individual’s names by team
- Import/Export team members via .txt or .csv files
- Create single baseline designs with all team names in one .EMB file
- Export team names for stitching individually or in batches
- Create a matrix layout of multiple team names in large frames.
Enhanced Monogramming
Choose from several different type baselines (arc, circle or vertical), or get creative with enveloping. EmbroideryStudio’s Monogramming tool helps you to quickly and easily combine type styles, decorative motifs and borders to create personalized monograms for your customers.
- 69 professional predefined monogram designs or create your own
- Extensive but easy to use monogramming user interface
- Separate tabs for Designs, Letters, Ornaments and Borders
- Advanced stitching parameters hidden unless asked for
- Use embroidery fonts or TrueType fonts.
Built-in editing for different fabric types
A design created for a towel can now be stitched on silk scarf with Auto Fabric Assistant. This tool automatically applies the most suitable underlay, pull compensation and stitch density settings for your chosen fabric.
Save time and money with fast, quality stitch results
Optimize your production with full control of underlay, pull compensation, connectors, tie ins/offs, trims, jump and stop machine functions. You can even edit individual stitches to address any problem areas.
Send designs to your embroidery machine with ease
Stitch Manager, Machine Manager and Connection Manager give you all the options to make sending designs to production a snap! You can also edit machine format values to get the best results.
PC Specifications for EmbroideryStudio e4
Please ensure you have the correct hardware to ensure the software runs well. EmbroideryStudio e4 is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems. If you prefer, you can also run the software on a Mac.
Note: An internet connection is required for updates and dongle registration.
The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for EmbroideryStudio e4.
Minimum Requirements
- CPU – Intel® Core i3 or AMD Athlon™ 64
- Operating System – Windows 7 32-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or IE11.0
- Memory – 4 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 40 GB
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for 32bit and 1600 x 900 resolution
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Recommended
- CPU – Latest Intel® Core i7
- Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit with latest updates and service pack
- Browser – Microsoft Edge or later
- Memory – 8 GB
- Free Hard Disk Space – 256 GB or more (Solid State Drive)
- Graphics Card and Monitor – Support for Highest Color 32bit and 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
- USB Ports – 2 free for installation (3 for upgrades)
- Sound Card – Required for multimedia training
- Backup – External hard drive, cloud storage or other
- Internet Connection – Required for software updates and dongle registration
Demonstration video on E4.5 Lettering