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Robert Wilson
09-19-2007, 1:30 PM
Hello All,
Kind of a newbie here so be gentle. My question is how do you control the background of an image in Photograv? I clipped a portion of a picture of just one person from a larger group and saved it off to a new file. The results after processing in photograve were a gray shaded background instead of white or transparent. I am going to marble and would like to avoid the background being lasered.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

James Stokes
09-19-2007, 2:00 PM
If you do not want the background to engrave it must be black before sending to Photograve

Frank Corker
09-19-2007, 4:13 PM
Robert I've sent you a pm. Backgrounds are a little bit of a nuisance when it comes to working with dark stone. It needs to be removed completely for the best contrasts. Plus it needs to be a negative. A negative picture needs to be on a black background in order to engrave a positive. If you search through the forum for granite and marble you will find a wealth of information relating to just that subject