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Import from other tools
If you're coming from PE-Design, Wilcom, Embird, or Embrilliance, ValidStitch sits before and after those tools — not as a replacement. The articles here cover cross-format workflows, including the formats we deliberately don't convert (and why).
Articles · 2
- DIGITIZER OPERATOR·INFORMATIONAL·EXPLAINERConvert PES to DST: why it's risky and what to do insteadConverting a PES embroidery file to DST drops color names and can corrupt stitch records. Here's what happens during conversion, the workflow that doesn't lose data, and when you actually need a digitizer instead.
- ALL·TRANSACTIONAL·HOW-TOConvert PES to DST safely: the step-by-step workflow that doesn't lose dataThere's no truly lossless PES-to-DST conversion — PES carries thread colors that DST can't. Here's the safest workflow ValidStitch supports: validate the PES, export as DST, ship the color palette as a print-out.