Carve a Photo CNC - Estlcam Halftone

Watch as we go over using Estlcam's Halftone to carve photos. All preproduction work done on the photos can be done using Gimp or Inkscape (Both are Free).
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00:19 - Materials
00:31 - Get rid of the background
01:10 - Invert
01:52 - Levels
02:40 - High Pass
03:19 - Add some details
04:05 - Layout
06:15 - Estlcam Halftone
13:20 - Conclusion
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[@SlowPCGaming1]

This could be adapted for use with a digital cutter like the Brother Scan N Cut, Cricut, Silhouette. Using aftermarket engraving tools from Zoom we can etch away a top layer for the same contrasting colors from a variety of materials and soft metals up to 3mm thick. These cutters don't typically read G code. But if something like this can be exported or saved as .SVGs that is a common file format we can use.

[@D.E.Hammer]

Great idea!

[@stevenfixo]

That's awesome 😮

[@D.E.Hammer]

Thank You, these halftone photo carves are a lot of fun to make.

[@richardburgers8965]

great instructional video. thanks

[@D.E.Hammer]

You're welcome! These really are fun to make.

[@eddyfontaineyoutu100]

Hello,
Thank you for your video !
What version of estlcam are you using?
What are the parameters you cannot save ?
Thanks,
Eddy.

[@D.E.Hammer]

I am using 11.245_A_64. So when you do a Halftone, once you have your settings and generate the g-code it will clear those settings for the halftone. This is the only area I have seen that happen in with Estlcam.

[@lloydpoole1787]

The thing that is annoying is that a lot of there tutorials are in German, your videos are in English which helps a lot.

[@D.E.Hammer]

The developer is German, so I get it. I plan on doing some more estlcam videos later this year.

[@lloydpoole1787]

@@D.E.Hammer He has done some English versions but is concentrating on his German users, thanks for your reply and I will watch your videos when they are available. Regards Lloyd from Australia.

[@driftergw]

Did you send the gcode to your Long Mill directly from Estlcam or did you export it and use gSender or UGS to control the Mill? Tks.

[@D.E.Hammer]

I exported gcode and used gsender. I use a raspberry pi 4 so have not tried estlcam control yet.

[@driftergw]

@@D.E.Hammer Tks much.

[@MrLeopain]

Great video. Can you work a little slower next time?

[@D.E.Hammer]

Thank You, and yes, it is something I try to be cognitive of when making a video.