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Buzz Tools Plus Vs. BuzzXplore®

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BuzzXplore® retains all of the Buzz Tools® Plus design management features and adds the features most requested by our Buzz Tools Plus users. Cross stitch and machine embroidery hobbyists will enjoy instant 3-D renderings of designs, and file management in an intuitive and powerful Explorer style interface. To support both cross-stitch and embroidery designs, both editions need to be purchased and installed. Below is a detailed feature comparison of these two products:

Which One Is Right For You?

If you are a dedicated embroidery hobbyist, professional digitizer, or "power user" who is serious about getting the maximum features in all your embroidery software, then you will definitely want to use BuzzXplore. This ensures that you will always have the most powerful tools and the most embroidery formats. Buzz Tools Plus is better suited to occasional users, users with a fixed budget, and embroidery hobbyist who are new to the computer. Note, both BuzzXplore and Buzz Tools Plus offer lots of great features and are fully capable of helping you to find and organize your design collection.

Features

Buzz Tools® Plus

BuzzXplore®
Embroidery Edition

Suggested Retail Prices

Full Version

 $99.95 $169.95

Upgrade for Buzz Tools Plus Users

 59.95 $99.95

Formats Supported

Embroidery Formats Supported

 23 Formats
 See List 		23 Formats
 See List

Cross Stitch Formats Supported

 NO

Only if Cross Stitch Edition is also installed.
(No longer available)

Graphics Formats

 BMP ONLY

8 Graphics Formats
 See List

Other Formats

 TXT

RTF & TXT

Optionally Include ZIP'd Files

Include Multiple Formats in the Same Window

Optionally Filter by File Type

Browsing Designs

Remembers Last Catalog

Explorer Style Interface

 NO

Span Multiple Non-Contiguous Folders
in catalog mode

Toolbar Button Command Access

Instant Realistic 3-D Threads
instant 3-D for actual size only
instant 3-D for multiple designs at the same time

Views Possible
    • Thumbnail Images


in Small, Medium, Large and Full Window Sizes
    • Actual Size
in same window


in pop-up window
    • Large Icons

    • Small Icons

    • List View

    • Detail

Optional Sewing Information
Size
Color Breaks
Stitch Order
Thread Changes
Number of Stitches


Size
Color Breaks
Stitch Order
Thread Changes
Number of Stitches

Sort Options
    • By File Name
    • By Date
    • By File Type
    • By File Size
    • By Folder
Always in Folder & File Name Order
Catalog Mode
    • By Design Width
    • By Design Height
    • By Number of Stitches
    • By Number of Colors

Design Slide Show
with 3-D option

Fabric Color Settings

Printing

Actual Size Designs
Up to one page output per design


Design can span
multiple pages

Thumbnail Reports


with 3-D option

Table of Contents

Optional Report Header

Design Management

Create Design Notes

Create Individual Design Graphics


with 3-D option

Launch Other Programs

Supports Multiple Software Packages on the Same Computer

Converts designs, one at a time or by the hundreds


to same directory as
original only


to the directory of choice
See Note 1

Converts on-the-fly if needed

Search
for File Names
for Folders
for Design Notes

Locate Next Folder with Files

Organizing Capabilities

Delete
One at a time
Multiple selected designs

Uses Windows Recycle Bin
deleted files not ecoverable.

Cut

Copy

Paste

Rename

Extract ZIP'd Designs

Create New Folders

Create New ZIP Archives

Drag-and-Drop

Right Click Menu Pop-ups

ZIP'd File Support

Browse ZIP'd Designs

Extract ZIP'd Designs Wizard

Convert ZIP'd Designs

Drag & Drop to Unzipping Convenience

Create New ZIP Archives

Embroidery Tools

PES Fit Hoop

PES Fix Card Data

PES Convert to Version 1

Extras

Includes BuzzEdit Lite Embroidery Editor
BuzzEdit Lite V2
BuzzEdit Lite V2

Professional Embroidery Design Samples
Provided by participating professional embroidery design companies.

Detailed Online Help

Detailed Manual
On PDF

Free Knowledge Base Questions and Answers

Free Online Technical Support

Free Program Updates and Bug Fixes See Note 2

Note 1: Embroidery designs can only be converted to other supported embroidery design formats and cannot be converted to cross stitch formats even if both BuzzXplore Editions are installed.

Note 23: Updates with the current version number are free. Upgrandes to the next version number have an ssociated cust unless you qualify for a free upgrade with a recent purchase.