@Sewgorgeous I use PE Design 10 Design Centrre for digitising my own designs or alter preloaded designs, you can also design your own stitches. The Design 10 softwear itself has a wizard which does most of the hard work for you, down load a file, clipart, photo, picture or scan and the softwear will change it into an embroidery design. Sounds simple? Maybe not as easy as it sounds, you have to make sure the image is clear, no broken lines the right resolution etc. As
@Iminei says it is a very expensive bit of kit so if you can get a free trial I would definitely go for that option first.
As
@Bodgeitandscarper says tell us what you are struggling with and we will see if we can help.
Just a thought but have you seen the tutorials,
here for your machine, 8, 9,and 10 are for the embroidery unit.