Punto is a full-featured, professional embroidery digitizing, editing and lettering system that combines art production, punching and presentation of designs into one complete, easy to use and powerful package. Punto is available as a cross platform Windows or Macintosh application, and different levels can be purchased to tailor the application to your particular needs.
Punto is a vector based drawing package that allows the user to easily and quickly create vector objects that are then combined to produce the finished embroidery design. These vector objects are then "filled" with stitches, with user-defined parameters controlling different aspects of the stitch. E.g. density, length, angle, phasing, compensation, underlay, etc.
Punto is completely Windows compatible, giving you flexibility to work on the platform that you choose, whether it's the original Macintosh version, or the Windows version. Punto is Macintosh based, giving the user full access to the powerful features of the premier graphics production computer platform in the world. These powerful features are translated perfectly to the Windows operating system, so you enjoy the best of both worlds.
Punto is vector based. Anyone who is familiar with any high level drawing package (Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Macromedia FreeHand, Canvas, etc.) will be immediately familiar with the tools and functions of the application. Because Punto is a full-featured drawing package, it eliminates the necessity of separate art creation, streamlining the digitizing process and improving productivity of the digitizer.
Punto is a powerful lettering package. More than 50 high quality fonts are included, and powerful manipulation functions including arcing, bridging, etc. are easily accomplished. Punto's fonts are hand digitized by experienced craftsmen giving you superior quality. Best of all, it's easy to use and understand.
Punto is a powerful editing package. Punto features a powerful built in stitch processor that will allow you to make changes to your existing embroidery machine files. Imagine being able to enlarge, reduce or control density in an area or overall, adding stitches, removing stitches, or dozens of other editing functions with the click of a mouse. Punto brings power to your editing chores.
Punto is a powerful digitizing package. Punto allows the user to design and apply specialty fills to areas through the use of its "motifs," "backgrounds" and "Tile" functions. It also features curved running fills, combined satin/fill stitches, and variable density controls, giving the user freedom to create special effects. These special, high-end features are combined with high quality stitch generation from Punto's powerful stitch engine to bring you the highest quality and incredible accuracy in your output. You'll quickly and freely create embroidery images on-screen, and output those images to all major embroidery machine formats with the highest level of accuracy.
Punto is competitively priced. Even with all the high-end powerful features that Punto offers, its pricing remains low in comparison to other full-featured systems. From its top-of-the-line Punto Designer level, down to its basic Punto Lettering level, Punto is priced to allow the user to take advantage of its features and save significantly in the cost of purchase. Punto also lowers your cost of continued ownership by offering competitively priced upgrades, and you can always upgrade to the next higher level of Punto for just the difference in the price of the two packages.
Punto is easy to learn and easy to use. Your cost of training is reduced two-fold with Punto. First, Punto is so similar in function to other vector-based drawing software that anyone with exposure to this type of software can learn and use Punto for digitizing with a minimum of training. Because Punto works this way, you will have a vast pool of talent to draw from when hiring or training a new digitizer. You get up and running fast and you produce better designs faster because the tools you use are familiar and easy to understand. Second, Punto is truly cross-platform. If you learn Punto on the Macintosh, you know Punto on Windows. There is no loss of expertise or quality if you move from one platform to another. Your future is assured with Punto, regardless of your choice of computer platform.
Punto offers an incredibly comfortable and easy user experience. Featuring easy-to-use, time-saving floating palettes drag and compatibility with your favorite applications, and intuitive working environment, Punto gives the user complete control in an easily understandable way. You can customize Punto to the way you work by using special keyboard short cuts, function keys and floating palettes. You can even experiment freely, and take advantage of the multiple levels of undo/redo to back up and try again to find that perfect look for your embroidery designs.
