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MDHunt
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software for changing pictures

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Hi, any suggestions on software for changing highly detailed color pictures into usable bmp files for Vcarve?

Thanks

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Kayvon
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It depends what you want to do with the file in VCarve. Generally, I'll use GIMP (or any other photoshop-like program) to convert the photo to black & White or apply a line filter. Try messing around with the settings on GIMP's newspaper filter, for instance, then vcarving the result.

MDHunt
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Will do, thanks!

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MDHunt wrote:
Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:16 pm
Hi, any suggestions on software for changing highly detailed color pictures into usable bmp files for Vcarve?

Thanks
You can take the more user-friendly Skylum app https://skylum.com/photo-editor-for-beginners Easier than Photoshop or Gimp.

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irfanview.com is another great free graphics program. I use it every day. It's batch features make it very powerful as well as being a very good graphics photo program.

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