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From: HookedOnEmbroidery@...
[mailto:HookedOnEmbroidery@...] On Behalf Of MadelineScully
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:03 PM
To: HookedOnEmbroidery@...
Subject: [HookedOnEmbroidery] Re: Things That Really Bug Me - Bernina ART
doesn't bug me!!

Kathy

You've missed the point of my post entirely and I was not being
inaacurate at all.

I didn't say the designs couldn't be converted, I said you couldn't
do it unless you had Bernina software which most people who don't
own a Bernina wouldn't have, as it is expensive. I was also replying
to the lady who stated she could only use ART4 format. You are
obviously lucky enough to be able to use a variety of formats, have
the software necessary to convert, and are happy to use converted
files rather than native, original, tested files. This lady stated
that she could ONLY use ART4 (and therefore couldn't or didn't want
to convert) and was complaining as to why digitisers weren't
providing it. The simple answer is beause we can't unless we fork
out a large sum for Bernina's software and that is what I have a
beef with. Other manuafactureres allow saving and conversion with
most software. Bernina won't and that obviously affects their users
or they wouldn't be posting complaint about the lack of ART formats
available.

If you can convert to ART that's fine, and you probably have the
Bernina software to do so, but this lady can't and wanted us to do
it for her. I was simply explaining why most of us can't convert to
ART, and why I won't. I didn't say it wasn't possible - in fact I
said it was possible, but only if you have the Bernina software, and
THAT was what was unfair.

The other issue is that if I am buying designs, I want to buy a
native file. That is, the format in which it was digitised and
tested. I don't want to buy a file and then convert to another
format in order to be able to use it. Converting can affect the
quality of the design, particularly intricate lace, and it may not
sew out well. You don't seem to have had that experience, but as a
digitiser, I have had people complain when they've converted a file
to another format and it hasn't sewn out well. Digitisers can only
guarantee what they sell, not what people convert to. If Bernina is
not allowing digitisers to save a native file in ART format unless
they are using Bernina software, then that is ultimately restrictive
for Bernina users and that was my point, and in that I was accurate.

Angela