Good Tool for Initial Pattern Creation
28-Apr-2008 08:21 PM Filed in: Updates
I spent quite a bit of time trying to find a software
tool I could use to modify image colors as I had
described in my last post. I tried half a dozen
different packages and none of them seemed to do what
I wanted to do. It seemed like a fairly simple task
and yet there was only one tool that held out any
promise...
Then, I decided to do some reading and found my answer. I say I did some reading, because I really need to drive home the fact that even though I've been preaching about reading the manual, I failed to do so with a software tool I've been using for years.
When I read the manual again, I found that what I wanted to do was right there!!! What a dork I was - if I had only followed my own advice I could have cut weeks off of this process.
I will be making a screencast soon to illustrate the process.
Then, I decided to do some reading and found my answer. I say I did some reading, because I really need to drive home the fact that even though I've been preaching about reading the manual, I failed to do so with a software tool I've been using for years.
When I read the manual again, I found that what I wanted to do was right there!!! What a dork I was - if I had only followed my own advice I could have cut weeks off of this process.
I will be making a screencast soon to illustrate the process.
Working to Pattern Up
25-Apr-2008 07:17 PM Filed in: Updates
I've been working with the software to design
patterns... The software can import pictures, graphic
elements, clip art, and a lot of other forms of
digital artwork. It converts those images into a
grayscale format. It does this by taking the pixels
and changing them to different levels of white and
dark. These differing shades of light and dark are
then converted to depth. the darker the pixel, the
deeper the depth.
While trying my hand at scanning images and converting them to patterns, I found that I needed to do some manipulations to the scanned images. This especially true of clip art. Clip art is strictly black and white and so the carving would turn out to be very exaggerated. What I need to do is find a way to adjust the images and change or rather swap colors.
While trying my hand at scanning images and converting them to patterns, I found that I needed to do some manipulations to the scanned images. This especially true of clip art. Clip art is strictly black and white and so the carving would turn out to be very exaggerated. What I need to do is find a way to adjust the images and change or rather swap colors.
Next Video is Available
18-Apr-2008 07:20 PM Filed in: Updates
The next video is now available. I want to thank all
you folks for being patient with me (again). I hope
you enjoy this film. I finally get the machine doing
some work. I realize I'm new to this tool, but I
can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy working with
it. The video is a bit longer (15 minutes) than my
usual lot, but I do cover quite a bit of material.
Visit the video page to view it.
Visit the video page to view it.
Member Contact
09-Apr-2008 07:31 AM Filed in: Tips
Got a great note from one of my newsletter
subscribers - R Rauenhorst. He sent me an email to
thank me for putting together the tip on "Reading the
Manual". I've included it here in it's entirety.
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Matt
You are sooo right. I have now completed two projects nearly perfect. I am now ready to read the manual again. One thing I have learned and will do from now on is to take my piece of wood and sand it with my performax sander which will take out some slight imperfects that might cause a problem. A flat board is as important as having it square.
Thank you
R. Rauenhorst
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THANK YOU Mr Rauenhorst for sending the nice
note AND for including a tip of your own.
Letters like this are great to receive and a guy can
never get enough of them. I sure do appreciate this
sort of stuff - it makes putting this site together
very rewarding.
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Matt
You are sooo right. I have now completed two projects nearly perfect. I am now ready to read the manual again. One thing I have learned and will do from now on is to take my piece of wood and sand it with my performax sander which will take out some slight imperfects that might cause a problem. A flat board is as important as having it square.
Thank you
R. Rauenhorst
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Capture Your Notes
06-Apr-2008 07:21 PM Filed in: Ideas
Been spending a lot of time on the CarveWright forum
these last couple weeks. I've been reading every
single post and the corresponding replies. There's a
ton of great information there and the first thought
that went through my mind was how can a guy catalog
and organize this information for later retrieval...
I know you can do a search on the different posts, but sifting through all the posts can take time and may not render the answer you are looking for. In addition, not everyone would categorize these posts in the same way I would. This also applies to all the other data and information I've come across in other places.
I put my thinking cap on and came up with a great way to do just what I want. I will be putting this idea into another one of my tip newsletters. Yes, this is a hint to sign up for the tip sheet.
I know you can do a search on the different posts, but sifting through all the posts can take time and may not render the answer you are looking for. In addition, not everyone would categorize these posts in the same way I would. This also applies to all the other data and information I've come across in other places.
I put my thinking cap on and came up with a great way to do just what I want. I will be putting this idea into another one of my tip newsletters. Yes, this is a hint to sign up for the tip sheet.