Practical guide · embroidery machine file formats
Embroidery file formats explained
Why a picture file is not automatically a stitch-ready design.
Start with the decision
Embroidery files contain stitch instructions, color changes and movement—not pixels alone.
What changes the answer
Brother machines commonly use PES; Janome commonly uses JEF, but verify each model.
A sensible next step
Resizing a stitch file far beyond its intended scale can damage density and underlay decisions.