
Once a suitable image has been obtained the auto-digitizing Sewing mode is entered by clicking the Convert toolbar button (the sewing-machine icon). Usually, clipart images are already smooth enough to be sewn immediately, so these constitute a good set of images for starting to use the digitizing features of SewArt. In many cases, these will be necessary to use in order to reduce the color content and smooth the image file before it can be sewn.

Several image-processing tools are available in SewArt. This will open the Getting Started main help page which presents a step-by-step tutorial for using the various features of SewArt. After opening SewArt by double-clicking the desktop icon, click the Help/Help Topics menu item. The help that accompanies SewArt contains a mini-tutorial that describes the steps necessary to load input image files and convert them to embroidery files.

Converts images to high-quality embroidery files for sewing.

Allows images in other (unsupported) file formats to be pasted into the SewArt workspace.Reads raster or vector format images (supported input formats include *.bmp, *.png, *.jpg, *.gif, *.svg, *.wmf, and *.emf).
