Convert PNG to PES embroidery files
PES is the Brother format, which makes it the most common one in home embroidery. Newer machines read newer PES versions; if yours is old, PEC is the safer choice.
PES runs on Brother, Baby Lock and Bernina Deco. PES stores thread colours, so the palette you see in the preview travels with the file.
PNG is what most logos are exported as. Transparent areas stay unstitched — the engine reads the alpha channel and leaves bare fabric where your artwork is empty, instead of filling a box around it.
The output format below is already set to PES. Digitizing, the preview and the file are free — no account needed.
Other formats: PNG to DSTPNG to JEFPNG to VP3PNG to EXPPNG to XXXPNG to PECPNG to U01JPG instead
What it does
Upload a logo, drawing or piece of artwork. The engine turns it into real stitches — satin columns along thin strokes, tatami fill across solid areas — and writes a file your embroidery machine can run. No software to install.
What you get
A machine file in the format your brand uses:
DST · PES · JEF · VP3 · EXP · XXX · PEC · U01
Tajima, Brother, Janome, Husqvarna, Bernina, Singer, Barudan.
What it costs
Free. Digitize, preview and download the machine file — no account, no watermark, no card.
We are new and want to hear how the files sew. If you run one on your machine, a line to hello@converttostitch.com helps a lot.