Photo Vcarve VS Vcarve Pro

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Craig A. Rupp
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Photo Vcarve VS Vcarve Pro

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Is there anything that stands out in Photo Vcarve that isn't in Vcarve Pro?

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Adrian
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Re: Photo Vcarve VS Vcarve Pro

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Everything PhotoVCarve can do VCarve can do (plus a great deal more) as well but in different ways.

The major difference is lithopanes and relief carving. In PhotoVCarve you do them both from pictures but in VCarve they are done from 3D models instead as the Photo V-Carve toolpath doesn't allow for ball nose tools. There is no way with VCarve to convert a picture into a 3D model. It has to be done with Aspire or external software.

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