StitchBuddy HD has become a Swiss Army knife for machine embroiderers, with all editing features on iPads, and now even on iPhones…
Starting today StitchBuddy HD 2.15 is available as a free download in Apple’s App Store, coming with various enhancements:
As it has been quiet for some time I’d like to tell you about the current development of StitchBuddy, which is keeping me busy for the last and definitely for the next weekends…
StitchBuddy HD and View will be combined into a single application, working on iPhones and iPads with identical features. So finally you will be able to convert and combine designs and even make modifications on iPhones. On iPads the app is going to use an optional split view, providing a great overview of your gallery while editing a design. Performance will be improved, and you will be able to search for designs in subfolders, and select all stitches of one color.
I‘m proud to announce that both iOS apps (StitchBuddy View and HD) are compatible with Apple‘s new iOS 11 without any modifications! At least from my point of view there’s no reason to delay updating your device …
By the way: My free app for school schedules - „SchoolRoom“ - is compatible, too.
StitchBuddy’s move to iCloud is completed, update required for Dropbox users!
StitchBuddy HD / StitchBuddy View v2.13.0 is available in Apple’s App Store, and now all apps are supporting iCloud Drive for file synchronization.
When I introduced StitchBuddy View as a universal app on iOS, documents of StitchBuddy should become accessible on all devices, for all StitchBuddy companion apps, and without the hassle of iTunes synching. So I decided to look into cloud-based file synchronization.
Back in those days Apple’s iCloud was lacking an official way to access files on Macs or Windows computers, leaving me with its most prominent competitor, Dropbox. StitchBuddy’s file synchronization was introduced in 2013, and despite various fixes and enhancements, there was and still is room for improvement: The synchronization process is quite fragile and especially for high numbers of designs pushed to its limits, so I have considered a redesign for quite some time.
The last update is some time ago, but finally I released StitchBuddy 2.10.3 for all platforms with some enhancements like
More details can be found in the version history on StitchBuddy’s website (OS X, iOS).
For customizable background colors in StitchBuddy HD / View I had to create a tool to select a color: While on OS X default color pickers are available, iOS doesn’t provide such a control out of the box.
I decided to go with a color wheel, which in my opinion is the right way to pick from multiple colors without loosing usability. There is still some work to do before StitchBuddy’s next versions on iOS will allow you to select a background color and an option to print it as well, but this feature will definitely come.
Since yesterday StitchBuddy View 2.9.3 is available in Apple’s App Store, and can be downloaded / updated for free on your iPhone or iPad.
This version incorporates a canvas size based on the opened design, and the corrected VP3 import. The approval of StitchBuddy HD is still pending, but I expect it the next days including the mentioned changes and a basting function using not locking but overlaying stitches. The Mac version has just been released, too, and can be updated for free by registered users.
Few users have reported problems importing VP3 designs: Sometimes new threads were shown with wrong offsets, corrupting the whole design. This problem was very rare, only happening after designs were written by TruEmbroidery, and other programs are showing the same effect (e.g. Embrilliance Essentials and Wilcom TrueSizer):
Some moments ago I released StitchBuddy for Mac 2.9.1 as a minor bugfix release: Unfortunately I broke the template (real-size) printing when introducing the new scroll view with version v2.8, resulting in too small printouts. This issue and some minor internal ones are fixed, registered users can download the new release for free.
In parallel I submitted new versions of StitchBuddy HD / View for Apple’s App Store, with native support of the new iPhone 6 / 6 Plus screen sizes, and a fix of Dropbox syncing in combination with case-sensitive file names. I expect them to be approved in about one week.
