Product updates & FAQ

FAQ

What hardware platform can Coloreel Studio work with?

Coloreel Studio is working only on Windows platform. It is sensitive towardschanges for the graphical cards (e.g. when connecting or unplugging a laptop from docking station). Experience is different for different users and some users it has seen as working only for. Experience is also that graphic drivers can be a cause of problem. Compatibility testing is not performed at Coloreel.

Contact your distributor for support but ensure to include information about:

• Has Coloreel Studio ever worked on this computer? When did it stop working?
• Has your colleaguethe same problem?
• For your computer: Provide the About information + history of graphic driver changes
• If laptop. Does it work as standalone?
• If laptop. Does it work when connected to a docking station with external monitors? 

Sometimes the CSE-files get locked by Coloreel Studio?

It can happen that a file gets locked by Coloreel Studio and impossible to open, edit or delete the CSE-file. Seen happening when having multiple Coloreel Studio windows open at the same time.

Mitigate risk by limiting the windows open and the workaround for this issue is to normally to do a copy of the file itself.

Will Coloreel Studio continue to be a free software to use?

Coloreel Studio will continue to be free software to use to be able to give more colorful and stunning embroideries to the world. 

What is meant with Color Change Precision and why is that important?

An Embroidery Machine consumes different amounts of thread for the same embroidery and that is the reason for a designer to consider the CCP aspect. The type of Embroidery Machine, how well it is maintained, and tension of the bobbin thread also impact the CCP.

The Coloreel ITCU has a function that constantly compares the expected thread consumption towards actual thread consumption for the current embroidery (using the stitch sensor information) to adjust the jetting of ink to the thread. For a Coloreel designer this means that you need to design your embroidery files (DST and CSE) to manage this variation of thread consumption and make your design robust.

Coloreel Studio has a visual representation with CCP MIN (early minimal color change) and CCP MAX (late maximum color change) that will assist a Coloreel designer. The 10cm and 25cm depends on how robust you want the design to be.

As a designer you should, as a quality measure for your design, always press CCP MIN/MAX to confirm that the design is robust to reduce the risk of complaints from embroidery producers.

The examplebelow is to illustrate(potential) different outcomes when producing a non-robust design.

What is meant with cartesian, spherical and ease in/out as alternative for gradients?

Illustration by 2-dimensional examples below the difference between the cartesian and the spherical alternative. Cartesian can risk that gradient goes through inner greyzone area of the color space compared to the spherical alternative.

For Easing Method In-Out the gradient remains in the start and end-colors longer time and goes quick in the middle part of the gradient. In-Out is a non-linear alternative.

Digital coloring using CMYK sublimation inks will be limited to the CMYK color space; hence, not all colors are possible to print

In short, you can produce all the colors that your standard office color printer can print to the Coloreel thread.

The image below shows one example of what colors the human eye can see, colors your monitor using the RGB color space (screen or monitor) can show and colors a CMYK-printer can produce.

Note:  The color space when using a sublimation CMYK print, as we use with Coloreel technology, will be slightly wider than the CMYK area displayed in the image. The CMYK area is partly outside the RGB area. The ITCU can print colors that a computer display cannot show!