Importing photos

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Ross W
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Importing photos

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Can anyone tell me is it possible to import photos and then use those photos to establish toolpaths in 2D

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Adrian
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Re: Importing photos

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The only toolpath that will work directly on a photo is the Photo V-Carve one and (if you have the laser module) the Laser Picture toolpath.

Depending on the subject matter of the photo you can use the Auto Trace or manual drawings functions to make vectors from the picture which can then be used with any toolpath other than the 3D ones. That is a real skill and very hard to do for photos of people etc. For most of us it's really only possible for pictures that are basically drawings to start with.

Ross W
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Re: Importing photos

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Thank you Adrian, very informative and answered my question

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