for Mac® OS X Yosemite, Mavericks the premier embroidery software for Mac® computersworks with most embroidery machines

TruE™ 3 is the embroidery software designed specifically for Apple® users. With a true native Mac® interface, including OS X Yosemite features, you’ll have the ease of multi-touch gestures and version saving.

create it produce perfect embroidery designs automatically to fit your hoop

see it view and design in three dimensions, in your specific hoop, and audition your designs on real-life fabrics and garments

adjust it rotate, resize, and mirror; Encore multiple designs; align, move, and combine to create Endless designs

modify it reshape, restyle, and enhance your embroideries with easy object editing features

letter ituse over 145 specialty fonts including Puffy Foam, satin and hundreds of fill options – or create your own lettering automatically

color it adjust colors automatically with Color Tone; hover over a color block to highlight the stitches

embellish itadd lace designs, motifs, appliqué, and specialty fills

quilt itcreate a filled or outlined quilt block automatically, or create quilting fills around your designs

PhotoStitch™ itautomatically generate colorful or monochromatic, realistic embroidery portraits from your own photos

frame itmake your projects complete with hundreds of borders, corners, flourishes, and shapes

organize it search, save, and categorize your designs, organize your thread stash, and create thread palettes

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common featuresview and work with your designs in real three-dimensional reality• view, move, and magnify designs in three-dimensional

reality with Life View• watch your design “stitching” on the screen with

Design Player• print your designs in three-dimensional reality with color

worksheets and real-size background templates

complete control at your fingertips• use multi-touch gestures: “pinch” to resize or “twist” to

rotate the selected embroidery• cursor changes according to function selected for easy

visual reference• easily constrain perfect proportions when resizing• view any measurements in metric or standard• unlimited undo and redo

select your favorite colors and threads• change colors with the scrolling realistic color palette • hover over a color block to highlight stitches of the

selected color• pick a color from the Mac® Colors Window to find your

threads• choose from over 20,000 threads from 37 different

manufacturers• view specialty threads including metallic, multi-color and

varying thicknesses• Intelligent ColorSort automatically reduces required

thread changes

helpful tools and resources• printed user´s guide, tool tips, extensive program help,

and interactive tutorials• store information and keywords about your designs in

the notes and settings• Smart Update always gives you the latest updates for

your software

choose from over 145 fonts or make your own

create a filled or outlined quilt block automatically with the QuiltBlock Wizard

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TruE™ 3 Studioadjust, personalize, and combine embroidery designs, frames, and flourishesthe perfect canvas for your creativity• combine and adjust an unlimited number of designs and

lettering• project areas up to 2m in width or height• create designs automatically from clip art, photos, and

more

complete control over your designs • select multiple designs and move them as a group• move designs into a specified hoop automatically• align designs with multiple placement options within

hoop• resize any design while keeping stitch density constant• Move, add or delete stitches, color, stop and trim

commands, and tie stitches

personalize and customize• create one, two, or three letter monograms to personalize

your designs with the Monogram Assistant• make any embroidery Endless; repeat your favorite

embroideries across your chosen hoop• Encore multiple designs along 8 line types in a circle, in

one of 28 shapes, or to border your hoop

smart lettering for endless options • generate fonts automatically from TrueType® or

OpenType® fonts with the QuickFont Assistant• change the way your lettering appears with 21 different

line types• adjust spacing and resize letters individually• lettering fills include satin, pattern, contour, spiral, shape,

QuiltStipple, motif, MultiWave, and more

frames and flourishes• surround your design with more than 500 included frame

and flourish options• create a border automatically using the 75 included

shapes• add individual decorative motif, motif underline, or motif

border

audition designs and fabrics with ease• preview your designs on textured fabric backgrounds,

real-life garments, and quilt blocks• view special effects like Puffy Foam or glow-in-the-dark

threads• fade background levels and move the background as you

need• over 2400 backgrounds included

PhotoStitch™ Assistantembroider photo-realistic portraits automatically from your own photos• create portraits, greeting cards, family quilts, framed

pictures, and much more • 10 stitch effects including color*, color tile*, monochrome

linear, and sepia*• use artistic effects like spiral or maze to create beautiful,

single-color designs• adjust density to achieve new effects• use auto-level and remove backgrounds to adjust your

pictures for the best results

QuiltBlock™ Assistant*create a filled or outline quilt block automatically – you can even create a new quilting fill around your embroidery• select any quilting fill to surround your embroidery design• add one of 75 internal shapes as a fill, or outline within a

filled block• Quilt Block Wizard walks you through every choice for your

filled or outline quilt block• choose one of 9 tessellating quilt block shapes that may be

placed at any angle to help piece a quilt • stipple, channel, diamond, echo, motif, contour, and shape

effects

QuickCreate Assistantautomatically generate standard, trace or border designs to personalize any project• create new designs from clipart• create standard embroideries using satin and fill areas• with QuickBorder you can add running stitch, mofti, satin

border or appliqué• trace outlines in a picture with QuickTrace to create

redwork designs and more• includes a library of 375 clipart images

Split Project Assistant*split your project automatically to fit in your preferred hoop• add alignment stitches automatically for re-hooping• print an overview and templates

*Available in TruEmbroidery™ 3 Elite only

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personalize or create whole embroideries with the Monogram Assistant

Comprehensive library of embroidery designs, fonts, project and image backgrounds included

800+standard embroidery designsa wide range of designs to help unlock your creativity

550+SuperDesignsembroidery designs that resize automatically

100 bonus premium embroidery designs*from exclusive design collections

500+frame and flourish optionssurround your design with a beautiful border

145+fonts for letteringincluding 6 Puffy Foam fonts and 21 line types

2400+backgroundsaudition your design on hundreds of garments, fabrics, and backgrounds

700+decorative motifsadd unique stitches to enhance your projects

375 clipart imagescreate designs automatically or use as background inspiration

*Available in TruEmbroidery™ 3 Elite only

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TruE™ 3 Modify* style, reshape, and refine your designs for the perfect touchshape it • advanced object editing makes it easy to select and edit

elements• rotate, mirror and resize your designs automatically; move

the center of rotation if desired• reshape and extend satin or fill areas with easy node point

adjustments• move, add, or delete specific stitches, and insert stops, tie,

and trim commandsstyle it• convert to different patterns

• fills include contour, radial, spiral, QuiltStipple, crosshatch, and more

• transform your designs with 8 different morphing effects and emboss features

• frame your embroideries with border and appliqués

perfect it• Density Advisor allows you to reduce the stitch density of

any design• Stitchout Optimizer improves speed and quality

TruE™ 3 Create* achieve beautiful designs with complete control and endless options: the perfect canvas for your creativitycreate it • create designs automatically from a picture with the

QuickCreate Assistant– then adjust as desired with specialty effects

• open designs from .edo, or use Insert Embroideries to convert an embroidery stitch file to objects and add it to the current design

• choose from thousands of amazing stitch effects and enjoy complete control over the design

enhance it• choose from over 250 fill patterns or create your own• fill types include contour, radial, spiral, shape fill, motif

options and QuiltStipple fill• use Echo Fill to auto generate a shadow effect with perfect,

adjustable lines • choose from one of 75 shapes to create as fill, line, or fill plus

line

complete it• emboss fill areas with personal highlights• appliqué options for all areas• choose from universal motifs like beautiful hand stitches• create beautiful lace designs using the lace tools• create feathered satin and texture for special effects like

fur or flowers

TruE™ 3 Thread Cache organize and select from your own thread stash, create thread palettes, and more• choose threads from many different manufacturers • add threads to one or more personal My Thread palettes• keep track of the stock levels of your favorite threads with

spool size• easily estimate whether you have enough thread for a

project • take the True™ 3 Thread Cache iOS App to the store to

track your thread inventory or create shopping lists • organize your preferred thread ranges together for easy

selection

TruE™ 3 Finder Plugin managing your designs is easier than ever • search to find files by name, notes, settings, colors, and

more• view embroidery files as thumbnail images in the Mac®

Finder with their color worksheets• open files in your preferred TruE™ 3 application and send

to your embroidery machine• convert embroidery files to other formats• Get Info displays dimensions, stitch count, and other

information• QuickLook displays your file information with the color

worksheet• convert a batch of embroideries to other formats

*Available in TruEmbroidery™ 3 Elite only

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compatible with BabylockBerninaBrotherHusqvarna VikingJanomePfaff Singer

system requirements • Mac computer with Intel Core 2

Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor

• Mac® OS X Yosemite, Mavericks• 2GB RAM• 2 GB of available hard disk space• Display with at least 1366 x 768 or

1280 x 800 resolution, 16 million colors

• USB port• Internet connection for activation

load and save most file types Bernina ART .art version 1-3*Brother/Babylock/Bernina PEC .pecBrother/Babylock/Bernina PES .pes version 2-9Compucon/Singer PSW .xxxHusqvarna Viking/Pfaff .vp3, .vipHusqvarna .hus, .shvJanome .jef, .sewMelco .expPfaff .pcsTajima .dstToyota .10**Bernina .art files can only be loaded

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user’s guides TruE™ 3 Getting StartedTruE™ 3 Studio Part 1TruE™ 3 Studio Part 2

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