Re: Bill's 2.x Gallery
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:39 pm
Here are some attempts at engraving a photo onto a light colored piece of wood I picked up at Hobby Lobby. The first attempt was converted to black and white. While you could recognize the girls in the engraving it wasn't what I was looking for. I forgot to check the dither photo box before I hit Go. I stopped the process at the halfway point and turned the piece of wood over and tried again. This time I checked the box. As you can see it turned out rather dark. I was told that the fast orange hand cleaner will clean up wood engravings pretty well. I am going to get some at lunch today and see what happens.
Since this piece of wood turned into a test piece, I turned it over for another try. I decided to convert the photo in CorelDRAW before sending to the Retina software. I changed the power setting from 30% to 18%. The outcome was lighter but still not to my liking. I will have to pick up some more pieces to test on. I may need to turn down the power a bit more or probably learn the CorelDRAW program better so I can processes the photo for better engraving.
Bill
Since this piece of wood turned into a test piece, I turned it over for another try. I decided to convert the photo in CorelDRAW before sending to the Retina software. I changed the power setting from 30% to 18%. The outcome was lighter but still not to my liking. I will have to pick up some more pieces to test on. I may need to turn down the power a bit more or probably learn the CorelDRAW program better so I can processes the photo for better engraving.
Bill