StitchMotion Help
StitchMotion turns an embroidery file into an animated stitch-out video — right on your Mac. Open a design, watch it stitch itself in, dress it up with a background, captions and your logo, and export a ready-to-post video for your shop or social media.
Everything runs 100% on your Mac — no account, no cloud, no subscription.
What StitchMotion does
- Opens embroidery machine files — DST, PES, JEF, EXP, HUS, SEW, VP3 and VP4.
- Animates the stitch-out — the design builds up stitch by stitch, like it would on a real machine.
- Lets you style it — render look, background fabric or mockup, thread colors, captions, logo and data overlays.
- Exports video (and still images) — square, vertical, landscape or portrait, ready for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Etsy or your own shop.
StitchMotion is a preview and video tool, not a digitizing or machine-upload program. It reads your files and makes videos from them; it does not edit or write embroidery files.
Free vs. Pro
StitchMotion is free to use. Pro is a one-time purchase (no subscription) that removes the watermark and unlocks the extra styles, formats, backgrounds and overlays. See Free vs. Pro for the full breakdown.
Where to start
- New here? Install StitchMotion, then make your first video.
- Learning the app? Take the interface tour.
- Which files can I open? See Supported formats.
- Exporting? Read Exporting a video.
- Stuck? Check the FAQ.