840+ Embroidery Designs, Including 101 NEW Designs

New Designs

A wide variety of new professionally digitized designs to customize. Something for almost

everyone, from elegant to sporty.

Frames

Add decorative or fun frames to monograms or other designs.

Monogram Décors

Use the monogram décors to create monograms or small accent designs to enhance your

embroidery projects.

Word Collage

Create lettering artwork by selecting a predefined shape and typing in words. The program will

randomly generate lettering in the artwork.

199 Pre-Digitized Fonts, Including 9 NEW Fonts

Our split letter designs are perfect for creating unique and personalized embroidery.

Enhanced Design Customizing and Editing

Merge Multiple Designs

Merge multiple designs onto a design page and add text for a finished embroidery design.

Horizontal & Vertical Distribute Tools

The new Horizontal and Vertical Distribute Tools evenly space designs on the design page.

New Multi-Colored Lettering

Create multi-colored lettering with the click of a button.

Font Filter — Sort Fonts by Category

The new Font Filter narrows down font choices based on the attribute selected. Font filter

categories are Appliqué fonts, Run fonts, Script fonts and Small fonts.

Drop Shadow for Fonts

Add a 3D effect to your lettering with our new Drop Shadow effect for fonts.

Scatter Design Tool

The new Scatter Design Tool allows random artful arrangements of an embroidery design. Click

"Apply" until you have the design you desire.

Add Lettering to Embroidery Design & Align Design Elements

As always, with the 199 fonts at your fingertips, you can add lettering to your own designs or use

one of the built-in designs and align with our alignment tools.

Arrange on Row

Allows easy artful repeating designs on rows. Select a design, choose the number of rows and

columns and click “Apply.” It’s that easy.

Text Connector Designs

Create unique monograms or text segments using our text connector designs.

Alpha Mapping

Turn text designs into keyboard lettering with all the benefits of keyboard lettering, such as text

on a circle or path text designs.

Monogram Designer

The Monogram Designer has 21 monogram templates to select from with 126 monogram frames

and 137 monogram décor designs to create stylish monograms.

Follow Path Tool

The Follow Path tool arranges words along the outside of a path to create embroidery designs.

Built-in Recipes, Match Projects to Fabrics & Stabilizers

Take the guesswork out of designing and embroidering by using one of the built-in recipes to

adjust the properties for the built-in lettering designs. The recipes provide stabilizer, needle and

thread guidance for successful embroidery results.

Go Wireless with BES®4 Wireless Upgrade Kit

Connect Wirelessly

Transfer virtually any PES file from your PC to select Brother machines*

Transfer designs from your PC to BES® Cloud to access on-the-go

BES®4 Wireless Upgrade Kit includes SD Wireless Card and USB to SD Adapter

*Ask your dealer for machine compatibility.

4 Simple Steps to Connect Create Appliqués from ScanNCut Cut Files

Precision cut appliqués with ScanNCut.

It’s simple! Convert cut files into appliqué embroidery files, and then embroider on your

embroidery machine.

Free BES® Cloud to Edit and Store Designs On-The-Go

Edit on-the-go from your desktop or mobile device with this simplified version of BES®4 Dream

Edition on http://www.BESCloud.co

FREE ACCESS TO BES® CLOUD

Access to BES® Cloud, a free cloud-based software for basic editing

No subscription required

Edit and save on-the-go from your PC / Laptop or tablet

Send designs wirelessly to your machine

IN THE BOX

USB containing full version of software

8GB SD Wireless Card

Card Reader (USB Adapter) – allows PCs and embroidery machines without SD card slot

to use the included SD Wireless Card

Installation and Quick Start Guides

FILE FORMATS FOR FULL VERSION OF BES®4

Compatible with most brands of embroidery machines and software.

Save designs in multiple formats: .pes, .sew, .jef, .hus, .pcs, .dst, .xxx, .exp, .shv, .vip,

.vp3; and these quilting formats: .dxf, .pat, .cqp, .hqf, .iqp, .plt, .ssd, .qli, .wmf

Import designs from: .brf, .pes, .pec, .sew, .jef, .hus, .pcs, .dst, .xxx, .exp, .shv, .vip, .art,

.vp3, .zip

Import and export as: .fcm and .svg cut files

Export as artwork files: .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif

MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS

Computer: PC or compatible computer

Operation System: Microsoft® Windows® 7, 8 or Windows® 10

Processor: Genuine Intel Pentium IV 2GHz or higher

Memory: 1 gigabyte of RAM

Hard disk free space: Minimum 1 gigabyte

Monitor: 1024 x 768 video resolution with 16-bit color or higher

USB Port: Required for installation

Mouse: Required for operating software

Internet Access: Required to activate license and utilize wireless and Cloud capabilities

Wireless router (2.4 GHZ band) required to activate embroidery machine’s wireless and

Cloud capabilities

Made in the USA from imported software and USB. SD card made in Japan. Card Reader

Adapter made in China. Apple and Mac are trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and

other countries. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the

United States and other countries. Android is a trademark of Google, Inc. *It is not

recommended to save designs to the included USB stick, standard USB stick available for

separate purchase.

Comparison Chart Quick Start Guide