So your thinking of learning to digitize? Can't be that hard, eh? Already good with graphics? You're halfway there, right?
Well, not exactly...It's a nice thought but there's so much more than that. The learning curve is way bigger than you'd expect. It takes years to truly fine tune your art and digitize on a commercial level.
What? Your don't have years? Well, luckily, you have options! When you first open your business, your top priority is getting customers. Once they start coming through your door, you must keep them and the way you do that is to provide great quality. Even if you eventually plan to do the digitizing yourself, you will still need a good digitizer to get you off the ground.
You can begin learning the art without the pressure of deadlines and you will find that just running quality designs will provide a plethora of information if you pay close attention to the way they sew. Take any classes available to you through your software manufacturer, however, they will teach you how to use their software, not exactly how to digitize.
It's best to start learning to edit before you move on to digitizing from scratch. In this way you can also be more efficient in your business if you don't need a digitizer for every little edit that needs to be done.... and believe me, they come up.
The better you get at editing, the further along and more confident you'll be to graduate to full designs. One thing though, at this point, you may decide that your time will be better spent in your business if you continue to use a professional digitizer to free up your time to run the business and the machine not to mention bringing in the customers. Think about it and make a decision based on what's right for your business.
Of course, if you're looking for a professional digitizer, call NeedleUp Digitizing....303-287-6633 www.needleup.com We'll help your business take flight!
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