Hi All,
It's me again, I found what I think I could use, however when I put it into designer pattern editor, none of the bumps show?, I do not know how to remove them. I am not even sure if the pattern would work? I would like some tips on how to acheive what I want?
Again, Thanks to anyone who can send help my way. I am really trying hard to do this.
what is shadermap? Do you have to pay for it? I am trying to keep the costs down until I can prove to my husband that I can do this. I really appreciate any help.
The original image was very poor quality and very low resolution so I used Photoshop to clean it up and remove the background. In this example the upper left star is mirrored, set to a depth of .2 and inverted. The patterns were made in a different program other than the Designer and I think the quality is much better. Generally speaking, in order to achieve good results when importing images the image has to be very high resolution at a native 300 ppi or above and not converted from a lower resolution. It also has to be clean with clearly defined edges and no clutter. Otherwise, it will require a great deal of work to clean it up and make it acceptable for carving. This example isn't perfect but it should carve a little better.
Last edited by SteveNelson46; 01-20-2017 at 12:59 PM.
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You are a mircle worker, yours is exactly the way I wanted mine to turn out. Is there a special way to find these high resolution images? I normally search for high resolution image of whatever I am wanting? You mentioned 300ppi? I am not sure what that is. Do you know if there is any free graphic design that might help me? I appreciate the help from everyone and I am trying to learn what you guys are telling me. I really appreciate all the help!!!
Lori, I am still looking for my hardware so haven't forgotten.
There are some really good tools out there to use for this but they will take a bit to learn. GIMP is an amazing software package that is free but has a learning curve to it.
Cleaned up the graphic a little so you can play with it if you want.