Upload an image from your computer to create a halftone image using the free online image editor on gifgit.com. Feature Rich Online Image Editor Online photo editing with layers, layer masks, a workflow and user interface like a traditional desktop photo editor that provides you with the toolset and features to professionally edit your images.
Now we get to the meat of the project. Creating the G-Code. Again, I am going to use Halftoner v1.5 for this example.
Find halftone stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. This gadget can be used to create some stunning halftone effects from your home photo collection or any designs you may have and then machine them on CNC. Note: This gadget is only compatible with Aspire. Halftone process, in printing, a technique of breaking up an image into a series of dots so as to reproduce the full tone range of a photograph or tone art work. Breaking up is usually done by a screen inserted over the plate being exposed. The screens are made with a varying number of lines per.
Metric Metric Metric!!!
I cannot tell you what a headache it was to work in inches when everything (including the X-Carve itself) is laid out in millimeters. That aside, there seems to be an error in Halftoner that will not convert from inches to millimeters when writing the G-Code (or maybe the sender needs to know that the data is inches). Save yourself some frustration and heed this advice!
Generator
This tab allows you to define the specifications of the halftone itself. Most of it is self explanatory. My experience thus far is to make a halftone that is at least 400mm in one direction. Anything smaller and you have to make too small of holes or too few to get it to fit and the result doesn't have enough detail. I think spacing needs to be at least or slightly smaller than the max size and the measurement is from origin to origin of each hole. This means that if do not change the spacing but change the max size, the number of holes will not change, they will just get grouped closer together as you increase the size. You can experiment with the other setting and see what will happen in the preview. The screen shot shows the settings I used for this example.
Toolpath
Since I am using a Dewalt 611 router that is not controllable in speed by the software, the only settings that mean anything are Safe Z, Feed and Tool Angle.
- Safe Z – This is the minimum height your bit will be raised above the surface of your material prior to movement to the next location. Essentially the rule is, the higher it has to go before moving, the longer it will take to finish your project. Even a slight adjustment to this will have substantial effects to this time. So long as the bit clears the material anything above that minimal clearance is a waste of time.
Convert Photo To Halftone
- Feed – This controls how quickly your CNC machine actually moves up and down. I don't have any experience with changing this setting so I will update this part as I get more time to experiment.
- Tool angle – This is the slap your head cuz you're a moron setting. I don't know how long I had been trying to get good results using a 90 degree bit and setting this to 45 degrees. I mean it's 45 degrees. Right? It looks like it. No it doesn't even look like it you idiot! lol. Ok, after setting this correctly things started pulling together. A 90 degree bit will cut shallower holes than a 60 degree bit. Makes sense, right? But be aware that, as in my case, some material is quite thin. So I used a 90. If you use 3/4 ply or some other thick material, a 60 degree bit is more forgiving for a less smooth surface.
Side note
The author of this software, Jason Dorie, actually responded a few times to emails when I was trying to find all the right settings. For this reason alone, I highly recommend the software and to donate to his cause (PayPal link in his web page). Thanks Jason!
Selected by Apple as one of the best Photo & Video apps in App Store Rewind 2011, the iPhone and iPad APP OF THE WEEK, and selected as a Starbucks Pick of the Week. Featured in the New and Noteworthy and What's Hot sections of the App Store. Over 2.5 million downloads! Thank you to all of our users for your great feature suggestions.
Halftone Stencil
Halftone turns your photos into unique, vintage comics that friends and family will love! More than a simple 'photo filter' app, Halftone makes it easy to add paper styles, captions, speech balloons, graphic stamps, and fonts (including built-in comic fonts). Your final image can be sent via e-mail, uploaded directly to Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, and Flickr, shared with apps like Instagram, Camera+, and Color Splash, printed, and even sent as a real, physical postcard through the mail!
Halftone Png
Now we get to the meat of the project. Creating the G-Code. Again, I am going to use Halftoner v1.5 for this example.
Find halftone stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. This gadget can be used to create some stunning halftone effects from your home photo collection or any designs you may have and then machine them on CNC. Note: This gadget is only compatible with Aspire. Halftone process, in printing, a technique of breaking up an image into a series of dots so as to reproduce the full tone range of a photograph or tone art work. Breaking up is usually done by a screen inserted over the plate being exposed. The screens are made with a varying number of lines per.
Metric Metric Metric!!!
I cannot tell you what a headache it was to work in inches when everything (including the X-Carve itself) is laid out in millimeters. That aside, there seems to be an error in Halftoner that will not convert from inches to millimeters when writing the G-Code (or maybe the sender needs to know that the data is inches). Save yourself some frustration and heed this advice!
Generator
This tab allows you to define the specifications of the halftone itself. Most of it is self explanatory. My experience thus far is to make a halftone that is at least 400mm in one direction. Anything smaller and you have to make too small of holes or too few to get it to fit and the result doesn't have enough detail. I think spacing needs to be at least or slightly smaller than the max size and the measurement is from origin to origin of each hole. This means that if do not change the spacing but change the max size, the number of holes will not change, they will just get grouped closer together as you increase the size. You can experiment with the other setting and see what will happen in the preview. The screen shot shows the settings I used for this example.
Toolpath
Since I am using a Dewalt 611 router that is not controllable in speed by the software, the only settings that mean anything are Safe Z, Feed and Tool Angle.
- Safe Z – This is the minimum height your bit will be raised above the surface of your material prior to movement to the next location. Essentially the rule is, the higher it has to go before moving, the longer it will take to finish your project. Even a slight adjustment to this will have substantial effects to this time. So long as the bit clears the material anything above that minimal clearance is a waste of time.
Convert Photo To Halftone
- Feed – This controls how quickly your CNC machine actually moves up and down. I don't have any experience with changing this setting so I will update this part as I get more time to experiment.
- Tool angle – This is the slap your head cuz you're a moron setting. I don't know how long I had been trying to get good results using a 90 degree bit and setting this to 45 degrees. I mean it's 45 degrees. Right? It looks like it. No it doesn't even look like it you idiot! lol. Ok, after setting this correctly things started pulling together. A 90 degree bit will cut shallower holes than a 60 degree bit. Makes sense, right? But be aware that, as in my case, some material is quite thin. So I used a 90. If you use 3/4 ply or some other thick material, a 60 degree bit is more forgiving for a less smooth surface.
Side note
The author of this software, Jason Dorie, actually responded a few times to emails when I was trying to find all the right settings. For this reason alone, I highly recommend the software and to donate to his cause (PayPal link in his web page). Thanks Jason!
Selected by Apple as one of the best Photo & Video apps in App Store Rewind 2011, the iPhone and iPad APP OF THE WEEK, and selected as a Starbucks Pick of the Week. Featured in the New and Noteworthy and What's Hot sections of the App Store. Over 2.5 million downloads! Thank you to all of our users for your great feature suggestions.
Halftone Stencil
Halftone turns your photos into unique, vintage comics that friends and family will love! More than a simple 'photo filter' app, Halftone makes it easy to add paper styles, captions, speech balloons, graphic stamps, and fonts (including built-in comic fonts). Your final image can be sent via e-mail, uploaded directly to Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, and Flickr, shared with apps like Instagram, Camera+, and Color Splash, printed, and even sent as a real, physical postcard through the mail!
Halftone Png
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Halftone Paper
Features
- Universal app that runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
- Open images directly from Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram
- Send real, physical postcards through the mail
- iOS 5 face detection for automatic balloon placement
- Tight integration with Camera+ for improved image capture
- Upload images directly to Dropbox
- Save final images to the photo album, print them, or send them to friends via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and e-mail
- Share images with apps like Instagram, Camera+, Color Splash, and many more
- Full size image editing, including: auto enhance, special effects, cropping, rotation, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, redeye, whiten, and blemish
- More than 25 paper styles, from crisp and clean to distressed and aged
- Multiple caption styles
- Six speech and thought balloon shapes
- More than 25 stamps (BLAM!, Arrrggh!, etc.) with customizable colors
- Nine unique layouts, including layouts without any captions or borders
- The ability to use any installed font at Small, Medium, and Large sizes
- Three licensed fonts: Digital Strip, Alter Ego, and Billy the Flying Robot
- Two of the licensed fonts include international characters (Alter Ego and Billy the Flying Robot)
- Support for a front-facing camera, flash modes, zoom, and tap-to-focus
- Settings screen for lots of additional customization, including halftone dot size, strength, and gain
- Support for full size images
