Cheap useful software

[Woodman]

I've been using a program called "Printmaster" that's quite easy to use, has about a thousand fonts and can export as a .png file. It's VERY inexpensive on Ebay, especially if you get one of the older versions. It's got a ton of graphics too. Some of them aren't too detailed but I've found that too much detail in designer can make for a carving that's overwhelmed. I copied the fonts into my windows font file and now I've got three programs to use (Corel Draw, Designer & Printmaster) in addition to the standard windows stuff. Just thought I'd mention it! Pete

[ChrisAlb]

Useful information Pete! Thanks for sharing it.

[liquidguitars]

Good program!! and fun to use..

LG

[Eagle Hollow]

LG

Can you play any music with your new avatar. It doesn't have any strings!!

[liquidguitars]

Hi Eagle Hollow,

This violin will :) designed in 3D and milled on the Carvewright it's 4/4" size but we can make them bigger or smaller now. I call it the Radius. plays and sounds really nice. the instrument is very lightweight, thickness of about 1/8 the wood is African mahogany.


http://liquidguitars.com/assets/images/RadiusViolinLGR003.jpg

Radius violin (http://liquidguitars.com/html/electric_violins.html)

LG

[castingman]

LG

Fantastic !!! Thats realy great.

Michael

[ChrisAlb]

LG...now THAT is truely ART!! Fantastic!!

[Woodman]

I've been following LG's various posts for awhile now and I have to tell ya, he's one of the best in the forum in my opinion. There's a lot of talent here but a few blend artist and CW carver and do it WELL. Maybe someday when I grow up I can be one of those guys too. . . workin on it!!!! I'd show y'all what I've carved but none of my pics are small enough. Most are 400 Kb or so at the very least. Pete

[liquidguitars]

Thanks you guys,
and more to come I hope :)

We just got a 5.4 temblor felt from L.A. to San Diego today around 11:42 am
Not much damage overall and EMT services were on it! way to go LA city and Co.


LGgfggggugrhgh...v.bbbbbbb

[ChrisAlb]

I've been following LG's various posts for awhile now and I have to tell ya, he's one of the best in the forum in my opinion. There's a lot of talent here but a few blend artist and CW carver and do it WELL. Maybe someday when I grow up I can be one of those guys too. . . workin on it!!!! I'd show y'all what I've carved but none of my pics are small enough. Most are 400 Kb or so at the very least. Pete

Pete,

Just save them as jepg and in the "save a"s dialog box reduce the quality (compression) to around 75%. Then you can post them and they'll be big when we click on them.

[Woodman]

Thanks for the tip ChrisAlb!!! Ok. . . let's try this: The attached file is a wing I carved by hand (rifflers & files) from a maple board for my son in law who's in the air force. I gave it to him when he married my daughter and I thought he was gonna cry. *G* Took me 8 months to finish. Think I'm patient enough to get my CW to work for me???

[mtylerfl]

Hi Eagle Hollow,

This violin will :) designed in 3D and milled on the Carvewright it's 4/4" size but we can make them bigger or smaller now. I call it the Radius. plays and sounds really nice. the instrument is very lightweight, thickness of about 1/8 the wood is African mahogany.
LG

LG - that is fantastic! Love the flowing lines. Almost "sexy".

I've been toying with the idea of making something "musical" for some time now (I play keyboards), but haven't really taken time to design anything yet. Your fine work is definitely starting to inspire me along that line again!!

[ChrisAlb]

Thanks for the tip ChrisAlb!!! Ok. . . let's try this: The attached file is a wing I carved by hand (rifflers & files) from a maple board for my son in law who's in the air force. I gave it to him when he married my daughter and I thought he was gonna cry. *G* Took me 8 months to finish. Think I'm patient enough to get my CW to work for me???

Glad it helped. Even more glad to see your work now! Very NICE!!

[Woodman]

That's high praise coming from you! **Blush** You're another gem in this place as far as I'm concerned. And a fellow biker too methinks? I've been greatly impressed with your skills with the CW, your judgement on various matters in this forum and your all around willingness to help others. Kudo's to you m'friend. . . . Pete

[ChrisAlb]

That's high praise coming from you! **Blush** You're another gem in this place as far as I'm concerned. And a fellow biker too methinks? I've been greatly impressed with your skills with the CW, your judgement on various matters in this forum and your all around willingness to help others. Kudo's to you m'friend. . . . Pete

Thanks Pete....http://www.carvewright.com/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif...that's very kind.

YEP! I RIDE....lol Well, I have a bike, not much time to ride lately...http://www.carvewright.com/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif...BUT..hehe...I get to take it up for it's 10k service this morning and although it's only a 20 minute ride, at least I get to hear it and slap a few gears.....http://www.carvewright.com/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif

[liquidguitars]

Woodman,


Thanks for the tip ChrisAlb!!! Ok. . . let's try this: The attached file is a wing I carved by hand (rifflers & files) from a maple board for my son in law who's in the air force.

Very nicely done and love the wings!

LG

[JVallario]

LG - Just saw your violin - beautiful. Standing applause from me. Glad to see there is someone else with a CW in Calif. Too bad you are way down south, I'd love to stop by and maybe get some tips.

[Amonaug]

Hi Eagle Hollow,

This violin will :) designed in 3D and milled on the Carvewright it's 4/4" size but we can make them bigger or smaller now. I call it the Radius. plays and sounds really nice. the instrument is very lightweight, thickness of about 1/8 the wood is African mahogany.


http://liquidguitars.com/assets/images/RadiusViolinLGR003.jpg

Radius violin (http://liquidguitars.com/html/electric_violins.html)

LG


LG, check you private messages please. :)

[jj8950]

program i find real usefull is CarvePic....creates 2D vectors out of DXF files and imports them into MPC format....I use Wintopo to take images and convert them into simple DXF

[spalted]

two free and powerful programs to look at.

Gimp a photo editing software

Inkscape a graphic design software

Not simple programs to run but powerful and free.