I am choosing between Embrilliance Essentials and Embird. Can you give me some idea how Embrilliance is superior to Embird? It's difficult to make a proper decision without having a chart to compare each one. I don't want to make the wrong decision and waste money. I have read numerous reports on both programs and they have all raved about each one separately.
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Answer by
Pete Clapp
It depends on your needs. Since both software programs can be tested free of charge, I recommend that you download and install the trial versions of Embrilliance Essentials and Embird respectively and make a decision by yourself. One of the biggest disadvantage of Embird is that in order to run it on Mac computers, you will need to install Windows on your machine using a virtualization tool. Check the official page for further details. Embrilliance Essentials can run on both Mac and Windows platforms without issues.
This is rather a demo than a trial product because you can install and use it for as long as you want, but you will miss some important features that are found in the full version of the software. This means that you will need to buy it if you want to create fonts with additional features.
I have installed the application and checked the supported read/write file formats. Use the list below to see if the Brother machine supports them.
Read: ART, CND, CSD, DST, DSZ, EMD, EXP, EXP+, GNC, HUS, JAN, JEF, JEF+, PCM, PCS, PEC, PES, PHC, SEW, SHV, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX, EMB.
Write: CSD, DST, DSZ, EXP, EXP+, HUS, JEF, PCS, PES (v1-9), PCM, SEW, SHV, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX.
If your Brother machine supports one of the Write formats, then you can use it normally.
Official website: http://embrilliance.com/embrilliance-essentials
I am choosing between Embrilliance Essentials and Embird. Can you give me some idea how Embrilliance is superior to Embird? It's difficult to make a proper decision without having a chart to compare each one. I don't want to make the wrong decision and waste money. I have read numerous reports on both programs and they have all raved about each one separately.
It depends on your needs. Since both software programs can be tested free of charge, I recommend that you download and install the trial versions of Embrilliance Essentials and Embird respectively and make a decision by yourself. One of the biggest disadvantage of Embird is that in order to run it on Mac computers, you will need to install Windows on your machine using a virtualization tool. Check the official page for further details. Embrilliance Essentials can run on both Mac and Windows platforms without issues.
This is rather a demo than a trial product because you can install and use it for as long as you want, but you will miss some important features that are found in the full version of the software. This means that you will need to buy it if you want to create fonts with additional features.