I am new to Designer and just have the Basic software for now. I have been doing a lot of reading and experimenting and I'm getting more confused. I understand that if I import a picture into the CW it will carve a drawing w/ limited height (still looks like a drawing). If I import a gray scale pic it still looks like a drawing was carved on the board w/o any height. What program are patterns designed in that you can import a drawing and have it carve a 2.5D figure? I want to be able to take a picture, JPG, PNG, etc. and carve it with shape & depth. If I understand, a picture needs nurbs, mesh, etc. for the CW to follow, correct? Why does it need to be manipulated with another program before it can be carved? Wouldn't the gray scale be enough instruction for the CW? Why are people turning a design into gray scale, using a 3rd party software to change it and then using Pattern Sculptor to make more changes? This is confusing and seems like a lot of work.