Michael Simpson Virgina
06-03-2009, 3:55 AM
I just wanted to share this. I like to experiment with different materials when engraving some of my photos.
This is a full 24" x 12" engraving done at 100% speed. I found this material at a local art supply store. Its three color board. It has orange on one side and black on the other with white in the middle.
The settings were at 10% power 100% Speed using the stucki pattern at 600DPI. The board does not yield 600 DPI but those settings seem to turn out the best.
I engrave my photos directly from Photoshop CS3 as it gives me the best results. The photoshop print driver lets you place the image anywhere on the sheet with very good precision. I set my image to 600DPI before doing any thing. I then crop and resize the image before entering the print driver. Photoshop has many options when resizing and use the Bicubic as it keeps banding at bay.
Dont use the print form to resize as it causes all kinds of banding issues much like Corel.
I engrave on the black side so you have to invert the image first so its good practice for doing inverted printing.
Once the engraving is done a light behind the will shine the orange through which gives a very cool effect. Kind of like a sunset.
This is a full 24" x 12" engraving done at 100% speed. I found this material at a local art supply store. Its three color board. It has orange on one side and black on the other with white in the middle.
The settings were at 10% power 100% Speed using the stucki pattern at 600DPI. The board does not yield 600 DPI but those settings seem to turn out the best.
I engrave my photos directly from Photoshop CS3 as it gives me the best results. The photoshop print driver lets you place the image anywhere on the sheet with very good precision. I set my image to 600DPI before doing any thing. I then crop and resize the image before entering the print driver. Photoshop has many options when resizing and use the Bicubic as it keeps banding at bay.
Dont use the print form to resize as it causes all kinds of banding issues much like Corel.
I engrave on the black side so you have to invert the image first so its good practice for doing inverted printing.
Once the engraving is done a light behind the will shine the orange through which gives a very cool effect. Kind of like a sunset.