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Post by Greg on Apr 11, 2013 21:05:07 GMT -8
You can use most any free cad program to make the lines then I use Hy-cad another free program that converts dwg files to svg and those can be loaded into Gimp.
I have not tried to convert an actual picture of a person/baby yet but I have been on the look out to find the best way to do a person pic maybe that will work.
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Post by gullyfoyle on Apr 12, 2013 3:06:20 GMT -8
Greg, great find.... also a fellow I know that has a laser machine told me that there is a free program called draft sight, which is supposed to work to convert images into plain line drawings, it's what he uses on all of his work (which looks pretty good).I really have not tried it yet. The guy gets lots of business out of that laser, trophies and plaques for organizations which one order was for 140 of them. And I'm a selling one at a time. The majority of B&W pictures will print with no problem on the Intellicarve. Gregg mentioned lowered settings, .080 and .100. I've printed three or four pics from the net which came out very well. There is a problem with detail where the image is busy, like with grass.  That was the first photo I Cut. I set at about .080 and it cut wonderfully. All line drawings do not cut correctly. There are depth issues. If you use something like a coloring book picture, few lines and lots of open space, it works well. I've said before these CNC machines are designed for mass consumption. To crack that market they need to be virtually idiot proof and simple to use out of the box. No one wants to cut a shitty picture of the grandkids. So they are marketed with virtually FOOL-proof software and hardware. If you can't make the present software work for you, with trial and error, going more complex will not help. It defeats the sales angle of these machines. www.fotosketcher.com/FotoSketcher is a 100% free program for Windows which converts your digital photos into art automatically and in just a few mouse clicks. Over 20 different styles are available from pencil sketches to watercolor or oil paintings, pen & ink drawings and cartoons. www.ehow.com/how_7797092_convert-photos-line-drawings.htmlHow to Convert Photos Into Line Drawings for Free |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 5:39:23 GMT -8
Just in case anyone out there is bored today, I have been messing around with the attached image trying to come up with a decent rendering for carving and I am about brain dead on it. So anybody would like to take a stab at it ?  |
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Post by Greg on May 19, 2014 0:05:57 GMT -8
The shadow on the bottom is a problem area, try using photoshop cs2
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 3:45:03 GMT -8
Decided to make my own leaf border, and letters in the circle next is to add the center portion.....to be continued  |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 5:30:52 GMT -8
Tightened up the wreath, and previewed so far in I-Picture....  Now to add the center elements |
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Post by Greg on May 19, 2014 7:20:48 GMT -8
Did you try converting to greyscale? I did it and then brightened it up a bit and it looks pretty good in I picture like it is.
The nursing word is just a tad shorter than the other words.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 14:44:20 GMT -8
Eureka I've done it!!! or as much as I'm going to do. Just reworked the whole thing, a lot of time but learned a bit along the way.   |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 6:14:14 GMT -8
A great help in doing the curved text was this video tutorial:
It might be real handy to bookmark the video so that you can reference the steps as you work on your image, pretty much have to follow all them to a tee to have it work.
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Post by The New Guy on Jun 5, 2014 18:17:33 GMT -8
Does anyone know of any training videos of how to create / make 3d greyscale drawings?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 18:47:43 GMT -8
Does anyone know of any training videos of how to create / make 3d greyscale drawings? Thanks You might want to sign up here and explore the many posts thru out the boards with info on how to make the images for carving as there are many examples and discussions on the topic, most of us on here have been learning by the steep curve of trial and error. I am myself almost 2 years into this machine and I am still learning, so there is no magic bullet that all the sudden everything you want to do works. The video that I posted above is just 1 example ( how to make curved text ) however it is just a step in the process but not the whole thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 11:22:23 GMT -8
Eureka I've done it!!! or as much as I'm going to do. Just reworked the whole thing, a lot of time but learned a bit along the way. View AttachmentView AttachmentHere is the final carved result:   |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 14:43:01 GMT -8
As always Bob, I'm impressed. I think reworking it all was probably the way to go in order to get the results you wanted, a direct crossover to grayscale probably would have been a nightmare to get all the raised carvings looking as good as what you did.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 14:54:20 GMT -8
The whole thing was a bit of a nightmare because after I made and shipped it to the guy, the good old USPS must have played toss with it and somebody missed, it arrived with a big chunk tore out of the side. I had it insured so I was reimbursed and had to make another for him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 11:25:22 GMT -8
A new little project I have been working on, have not carved it yet as I am waiting on some new bits.  |
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