.jpg file needs to be digitized. This can be a big job..dst is a machine embroidery format.

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One of several that can be saved in many other machine embroidery formats will little effort. Many professional embroidery shops will do the digitizing, if it is possible, for a sizable fee. Some designs/photos are complicated, need to be separated into layers and some details eliminated. He can try this with machine embroidery digitizing software. Again, it can be complicated and time consuming for someone who has never digitized clip art or photos.

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Or just go download the free trial of some not very expensive and pretty easy to use autodigitizing program maybe. One that might work might be the Amazing Designs temporary one here: Pick the Digitize and Stitch one there, load it into a computer, and then just send your.jpg into it, and try different settings on the little wizard helper controls in there and just see what happens. Nothing tried nothing gained. It would not be the same as having someone painstakenly manual digitize something, but some times a.jpg graphic might even turn out amazing well, considering everything, and just how picky you might be.

I have for real the much older version of that program, (as in paid for it) and if running a bunch of clip art though it, sometimes I have been surprised at how nice 'somethings' might turn out. Even just autodigitizied with some wizard helpers in there. Graphics with no lettering, simple shapes and not a whole bunch of colors work better than otherwise though. For best chances on that on your.jpg file though, scan high resolution at least 300 to 600 dpi on it, or create it in some bit map program in high dpi, to even get the.jpg in the first place. The less lossy compression the better and no progressive compression. No autodigitizing program can do much of anything with a.jpg file more suited for the internet instead though, with like only 72 dpi or 90 dpi or anything like that. What makes some.jpg load up fast on a web page, (low dpi) is the opposite of what you want, if feeding it into some embroidery autodigitizing program instead.

A.jpg is a picture, which you can view on your computer. A.dst is a commercial embroidery file, which can be created using a.jpg picture for a pattern. The digitizer will place 'stitches' over areas of the picture that are really a series of commands that tell the embroidery machine to sink the needle, trim threads and change colors. Most home embroidery machines will also read a.dst file, the difference you will see is that it does not retain thread colors, yet it does retain color stops. A commercial embroiderer will put a design into the machine and tell it which needle numbers to sew first, second, etc.(the screen will not show thread colors, only numbers) A home embroiderer will look at the screen and see which color is supposed to be placed on the machine and when it stops, the screen shows what color is next. An embroidery file cannot be viewed on a computer unless embroidery software is installed.