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Rocky
09-22-2008, 06:56 PM
Here's the first pattern I made that came out 'ok'
Oliver Lande
09-22-2008, 07:13 PM
Really would like to be able to do portraits. What worked and what didn't?

I'm hoping this one will work, and I'll be putting it in the machine tomorrow.
Kenm810
09-22-2008, 07:20 PM
Rocky,

So much more than 'ok'
A Wonderful Portrait
I went back several times to look at it
Thanks for sharing it with us.
roughcut
09-22-2008, 07:46 PM
Rocky how did you get such detail . I've tried several time to get a picture to come out like that. Great job..
Bubbabear
09-22-2008, 07:59 PM
Rocky that is what I am talkin about. Fantastic detail wish I could figure that out. Keep up the great work. I will be watching for more while my unit is on it's way to the CC hospital
Rocky
09-23-2008, 04:47 AM
Thanks, folks, for the nice comments. I hope I can reproduce what I did when I try again on another photo. I used Photoshop and the tips in the August 2008 Tips & Tricks. I should have written done the steps I followed.
Audie
09-23-2008, 10:38 AM
Wow Rocky! That portrait is excellent! Please do share your techniques if you can as it appears you may be on to something wonderful!!!

Audie
twinpeaksenterprises, LLC
09-23-2008, 11:18 AM
Excellent work!!!! I havnt had too much luck with converting Photos. I have done one or two... But that is great there. Keep up the good work.. Matt.
Major_A
09-23-2008, 11:38 AM
Getting an actual picture to carve in wood more involved than putting it on a piece of plastic. Wood is a dense material; when the machine puts all that detail on a dense material it is harder to make out the fine details. That's why when you put it on a piece of plastic and back light it all the details "appear". The easiest way to mask a lot of the details in a picture is to apply a Gaussian blur to the photo. This will keep the image intact but will smooth out those fine details.
Rocky
09-23-2008, 01:13 PM
I think there was a lot of luck involved with this one.
Spanglerg@hotmail.com
09-23-2008, 09:47 PM
We got to get together again so you can educate me on this process!

Greg
mtylerfl
09-23-2008, 10:19 PM
Rocky that is what I am talkin about. Fantastic detail wish I could figure that out. Keep up the great work. I will be watching for more while my unit is on it's way to the CC hospital

Excellent job, Rocky! Glad the Tips & Tricks helped.

That's probably the best quality wood portrait I've seen done.