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David Fairfield
04-21-2008, 7:42 AM
OK, who here is doing 3-D engraving with their laser? Had my Epilog a few years now and its the one feature I haven't yet tried.

I can think of a few interesting applications. I wonder if I can take a photo of a stone wall, for example, and engrave a stone wall texture? :rolleyes: Surely its not that simple?

Dave

Rodne Gold
04-21-2008, 7:56 AM
Its that simple , must be greyscale. Thing to remember is that light bits engrave shalower than dark.

Stephen Beckham
04-21-2008, 8:21 AM
David - go to gantryco.com and download their free sample 3D file. It gives you a real quick sense of what's right/wrong and how the end result should look.

Once you get that looking nice and you can get an eye for what the image looked like in Corel - then you'll have more confusion than you can deal with...

Benedict Roussos
04-21-2008, 10:23 AM
You can also test the attached file from gcc site.
Or you can crate your own simple file working with contur tool from corel.