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Post by Keith on Mar 2, 2013 7:30:26 GMT -8
Can the intellicare 13 carve 3D facial images using a siimple photograph, and if so, do i require additional sofware?
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Post by Greg on Mar 2, 2013 8:56:21 GMT -8
Well that kinda depends on what you do to the picture.
We manipulate the pictures with something like Gimp or photoshop to make the machine cut the picture to the desired height, white is the tallest cut and black is the lowest.
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Post by gullyfoyle on Mar 2, 2013 14:11:22 GMT -8
In theory any well shot B&W image should carve with no required manipulation.
That said, I think maybe serious photographers still shoot with the quality required.
Lithophanes are another story though.
Because they are literally lit through the cut, the image is cut on acrylic or corian then backlit, I don't think they are as hard to create as with wood.
No matter what you do it will take a decent amount of trial and error to discover the quality you yourself aspire too.
My theory is commercial CNC machines and 3d printers are designed to be as idiot proof as possible. If not they will never crack the unskilled market they aim at.
Face facts if you could hand whittle a 3d image in wood would you really want to use a CNC machine?
Bearing the idiot proof approach in mind, you should be able to cut virtually any B&W or Grayscale image with no effort. The reality is too many intersections, grass for example, or not enough contrast between various shades tend to skew parts of an image.
But after a while you get the feel of what should cut, then it's just screwing with settings to achieve the quality you desire.
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Post by Greg on Mar 9, 2013 1:47:18 GMT -8
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Post by gullyfoyle on Mar 12, 2013 11:58:16 GMT -8
That is an Icarve tutorial.
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