Set up fee, what is it?
The term "Set up fee" is a generic term referring to a process by which your graphic is converted into an embroidery file. In other words, graphic to stitches. At OMD this fee is only charged ONE TIME. Once your graphic is converted to stitches, the process is done and ready when you call again for a reorder. Everything is done inhouse to be sure our customers are happy with the embroidered version of their logo before we send your order to production.
The process:
More specifically to embroidery, the set up process is technically known as "Logo digitizing." Logo digitizing is a process where through advanced embroidery computer software & a skillful trained eye, we take your graphic file and turn it into stitches. Your graphic is used as a pattern and stitches are laid over the image to create your embroidered design. At OMD, it is important that the stitches be placed carefully, creatively and correctly to produce a clean, professional and eye catching logo. It is all done by hand, and not auto-generated. We spare no amount of time or number of stitches to achieve the best translation of your graphic possible.
To achieve the best outcome, we suggest that your graphic be a minimum of 300dpi. We like to have a file that is at least twice as large as the desired size for embroidery. When digitizing for knits, the minimum size of small text is 1/4 of an inch.
The examples below show the translation from graphic to embroidery. At times, artwork must be modified to achieve a high quality, readable embroidered design.
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| Logo inserted trutype font. |
This customer wanted a Left chest & Jacket Back design. |
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The Embroidery Design created to the left was hand digitized from a photo. Although difficult & labor intensive, the final result was an impressive jacket back design for a local Riding Stable. Average cost: $300
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This was a fun project for a customer created from original artwork. |
| Some of our customers prefer to have just text. Should you want to do that, we can do any Trutype font easily and without a set up fee. We have more than 130 different font styles and if you have a favorite that we don't have, you can just email us the font and we can set it up for you. It's that easy! |
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