Brother PES
Brother's own format, used across Baby Lock and Bernina Deco machines. It carries thread colours and a design thumbnail, so a converted file arrives with its palette already set.
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Convert embroidery files between machine formats
Drop in a stitch file and take it out in the format your machine reads. Stitch paths, jumps and colour stops are preserved exactly — the design is re-encoded, never re-digitised. Free, no account, and your file is deleted the moment your download is ready.
Stitch preview
ANY SUPPORTED FORMAT · SAMPLE DESIGN Showing a realistic stitch-out sample — choose or drop your own file.
Sampler · Roundel
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How embroidery conversion works
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Choose a machine file
Open a PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01, PEC, HUS, SEW or PCS design up to 20 MB.
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Check the stitch preview
Review stitch count, thread order, design size, jumps and common hoop fits before you convert.
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Download the new format
The stitch plan is re-encoded for the selected machine family, then the uploaded file is immediately deleted.
Embroidery file converters
From .JEF — Janome, Elna
From .EXP — Melco, Bernina
Open a file without converting
Embroidery file format guide
Machine formats do not all store the same information. Use this guide to see which brand family a file belongs to and what may change when it is converted.
Tajima DST
Written for Tajima commercial machines and read by nearly everything since. It stores stitch movements only — no thread colours at all, which is why a palette is assigned rather than read.
Open the DST viewerJanome JEF
Janome and Elna machines read JEF. It carries thread colours drawn from Janome's own thread chart, along with the hoop the design was built for.
Open the JEF viewerMelco EXP
Melco and Bernina machines read EXP. Like DST it stores movement only; colours travel beside it in a separate INF file, so a converted EXP arrives uncoloured.
Open the EXP viewerHusqvarna VP3
The current Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff format. It carries thread colours, and unlike the older HUS it can hold larger designs.
Singer XXX
Singer and Compucon machines read XXX. It stores thread colours alongside the stitches.
Barudan U01
Barudan commercial machines read U01. It stores a single colour block, so multi-colour designs lose their colour-change information.
Brother PEC
Brother's embedded stitch block — the part of a PES file the machine actually reads. Some older machines and card writers expect it on its own.
Husqvarna HUS
The older Husqvarna Viking format, superseded by VP3. We can read it, but no current machine writes it, so we do not offer it as a target.
Janome SEW
The older Janome format, still common in design bundles sold for Elna and Bernina machines. Read-only here.
Pfaff PCS
The older Pfaff format from the PC-Designer era. Read-only here.
Common questions
Is HoopFile free to use?
Yes. Every converter and viewer on HoopFile is free, with no account or signup required.
Does HoopFile keep my embroidery files?
No. A file is used only for the requested conversion and is deleted from the server as soon as the converted download is ready.
Which embroidery file formats can HoopFile read?
HoopFile reads PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01, PEC, HUS, SEW and PCS embroidery files.
Which formats can HoopFile create?
HoopFile can create PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01 and PEC files.
Will converting an embroidery file change the design?
HoopFile re-encodes the existing stitch paths rather than re-digitising artwork. Format limits can still affect thread colours, hoop information, trims or very long movements, and each converter explains those limits before download.
Can HoopFile turn a JPG or PNG image into embroidery?
No. Image-to-embroidery requires digitising decisions that are different from translating an existing machine embroidery file.
Your file never leaves this conversion. It is deleted from our server the moment your download is ready — we keep no copy, and there is no account to store it in.