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How to Digitize Flats vs Caps
Ricoma TV
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- Read the summary below to decide whether this demonstration matches your task.
- Open the original video. Pause at each step and note the materials, settings and sequence shown.
- Try the method on a sample and record what changed. Match any settings to your own equipment.
Why we picked it
In this Embroidery Hub episode, Willy from Ricoma explains the key differences between digitizing a design for flat garments and digitizing it for caps, and then demonstrates them. Aimed at anyone who has run a shirt file on a hat and been unhappy with the result. Watch it to understand why a cap usually needs its own version of a logo, whether you digitize yourself or buy stitch files.
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