MasterWorks III

Go from clip art to wall art

• Have you found a simple design you would like to make more elegant? It’s easy to convert vector images to beautiful embroidery. Import your design to MasterWorks III and create what you desire.
  The bold interface displays the entire set of
  helpful tools, and the navigation window
  lets you zoom in on specific areas while
  editing your design. Customize every
  detail, from the thread color to the fill
  stitch, while in zoom mode.
  
  
  Remember to review the design density and remove any hidden stitches in overlaps. When you’re ready for embroidery, move the traveling stitch with a quick click so all you see is the
  beautiful design you just created.

Personalize designs with specialty fills

• Personalize every detail of your images and lettering, including the fill stitch! When picking a fill-stitch, choose from over 500 built-in options or customize your own! Specialty fills give designs a textured look or can be used for a reverse appliqué effect.

Quilt at the embroidery machine

• To achieve consistent stitches, move your quilting to the embroidery machine. Add unique embellishment to quilt blocks by applying specialty fills to outline shapes. Even create your own quilt patterns! Arrange designs in a particular pattern or draw your own. Curves are just a few clicks away with one and three click curve abilities, and achieving an intricate ripple effect is as easy as clicking a button.

Create unique pattern arrangements

• Embellish projects with fun pattern arrangements. With Scatter, a quick click randomly rearranges the designs on the design page. Click again for a different scattered arrangement.
  For a more controlled arrangement, create custom paths to fit designs in a circular, carousel pattern. Or, use Quick Copy to place duplicate designs exactly where you want them.
  

Create over 160 new lettering options

• Add and customize lettering for embroidery. Choose from a variety of built-in fonts or convert your TrueType® fonts to increase your lettering options. Plus, you can create over 160 new lettering choices with modifiable fonts. Font options include: run outline, satin outline, appliqué, trapunto, spiral or default with run outline.

Add lettering with MasterWorks III
exclusive fonts

• Curly fonts are all the rage, and MasterWorks III has added a few exclusive curly fonts to its collection including Boingo and Girly Appliqué. Exclusive running stitch fonts such as Art Deco and Licorice are also included. Only MasterWorks III offers these exquisite fonts.

Print design notes and patterns

• Track design details with the Notes feature. This allows you to keep a memo of when and how you used designs, what thread colors work, and how you would like to change things next time. You can also create and print patterns for future use.

One design becomes a masterpiece

• You can do a lot with one design. Create an original scattered pattern, copy the design on a custom path, or create a ripple effect on a quilt. One design can even be mirrored at different angles for a unique look. Plus, using the editing features you can also resize, rotate and flip designs.
  If you want to add another element, merging designs is easy!

Want to embroider now? Choose a quick pick!

• Choose from over 80 Quick Pick, fully digitized designs to embellish your work, or use them as quick sew-outs. Merge Quick Picks with other designs and
  MasterWorks III will remove overlapped stitches from the layers.
  

Bold interface makes creating new designs easy

• Home Tab - Find the features you'll use most often on the Home Tab. Apply stitches to artwork, add text, preview your design and more.


• Tools Tab - Everything you need to make digitizing easy is in the Tools Tab. Find the four helpful MasterWorks Wizards, Custom Thread Palette and Recipe Creator here.


• Modify Tab - Put the finishing touches on your design in the Modify Tab. Change the orientation of your artwork or design. Align your design with the embroidery hoop, sort thread colors and add project notes.


• View Tab - In the View Tab, you can choose what you see while you create your designs. Use Ghost Mode to make editing of specific design sections easier.


• Preferences Tab - Change your settings and calibrate your computer screen in the Preferences Tab.

Easy digitizing at your fingertips

• Easily convert vector images to embroidery to create a
  custom library


• View your digitized design in the Navigator Window and
  check design details before stitching


• Embellish designs with over 500 different fill options or
  customized fills


• Achieve a unique textured look with NEW loose line fill


• Simplify outline creation with the single-click or three-click
  curve options


• Hide traveling stitches by moving them to the side of your
  design

Customize designs with editing tools

• Improve design density by removing overlapped stitches
  from layered designs


• Rearrange multiple designs or artwork on a page
  for a random scatter effect


• Easily place designs where you want them with Quick Copy


• Fit designs on custom paths including circular, carousel
  patterns


• Use over 80 Quick Pick, fully digitized designs as quick
  stitch outs or to adorn your own masterpiece


• Assign fill stitches, colors and embellishment to 137 pre-drawn outline shapes

Add custom-lettering to every project

• Add lettering to your embroidery with 148 beautiful
  built-in fonts


• Convert your TrueType fonts to increase your selection


• Modify 42 fonts with a variety of font options including:
  Run Outline, Satin Outline, Appliqué, Trapunto, Spiral
  and Default with run outline

Enhance your quilting with specialty features

• Achieve a ripple effect around your design for intricate
  continuous quilting motifs


• Mirror designs at different angles for original patterns


• Apply specialty fills to outline shapes or use them for a
  fun masking effect on quilt blocks


• See what designs look like as Sashiko motifs then create
  the Sashiko design


• Easily create a pattern with your designs-choose the
  number of designs and spacing. Rotate, flip, or stagger
  designs for something different

Helpful Tools

• Learn the ins and outs of your new software with the
  included Quick Start Guide and Tutorial CD


• Print your designs before you sew


• Spell check lettering


• Perfect new techniques with Sew at Home online
  classes. Two classes included, each valued at $19.99

Included HoopWorks™ Software

• Instantly split large embroidery designs to fit any hoop
  


• Automatically align split designs to the best position for
  optimal sewing results

MasterWorks II & III Comparison

FEATURE	MasterWorks III	MasterWorks II
Multiple PC installation and use	iKey
Customer Experience
Improved User Interface	Tabs and Custom Quick Access Toolbar	Up to 600x
Zoom Tools for clearer viewing	Up to 600x, includes a zoom slider
Add Notes to a .BLF file
Zip File Browsing
Artwork Features
# of Quick Picks (pre-digitized shapes)	81 shapes	49 shapes
Custom Shapes artwork	137 shapes	86 shapes
Export an Image of a design	Supports the bmp, jpg, png formats
Simplify artwork	Smoothens rough artwork
Digitizing Features
Pen Tools	NEW Click 1 curve, Click 3 curve, Pen, Bezier, Line	Pen, Benzier, Line
Types of Fills	NEW Loose Fill in addition to Standard, Fancy, Motif, Gradient, Color Blend, Wave, Wave Gradient, Wave color Blend, Applique, Cross Stitch, Auto-Stipple, Embossing	Standard, Fancy, Motif, Gradient, Color Blend, Wave, Wave Gradient, Wave color Blend, Applique, Cross Stitch, Auto-Stipple, Embossing
Specialty Fill	8 built-in patterns
Traveling Route for underlay Yes, along	Along edge and middle
Buttonholes	8 buttonholes including NEW double round end	7 buttonholes
Drop Run Stitch	At Anchor, Chord Gap, None
Lettering Features
Pre-Digitized Fonts	156 fonts - 23 monograms	128 fonts - 14 monograms
Outline Fonts	42 fonts	30 fonts
Outline Font Indicator	Shown with a letter "o" in Fly Out Preview
Editing/Layout Tools
Hoop Splitting	Designer's Gallery HoopWorks Software included
Design on Path	For Designs and Artwork
Scatter	For Designs and Artwork
Carousel (Circular Copy)	For Designs and Artwork
Arrange	For Designs and Artwork
Mirror x 4	For Designs and Artwork
Quilting Outline	For Designs and Artwork
Sashiko View	For Designs and Artwork
Snap to Grid
Accents on an outline	Brass, crystals, buttons, pearls, sequins, studs