Sfumato creates embroidery designs from color photos. Embird Sfumato Stitch is an optional plug-in for Embird Software. Sfumato Stitch generates embroidery design from color photo. Sfumato creates designs with use of small curves of stitches that approximate brightness of image. Current version produces designs with up to 22 colors. With specially designed algorithm for stitches calculation, Sfumato Stitch produces designs with fine detail and crisp edges even at small size. When finished, design is compiled into stitches and put into Embird Editor for final adjustment and save in desired embroidery format.