Building on top of the work previously demonstrated here by another forum member (@gwygonik): community.glowforge. com/t/generative-svgs-for-engraving/5843 , I built an open source, web-based software for converting images into engraveable artworks. These engravings take only a fraction of the time comparing to raster images and the output should be compatible with Glowforge since it’s just SVG files that are generated.
Check out a little example of the image → SVG conversion:
You can use your WebCam to make these drawings interactively and change parameters by dragging a few sliders here: https://msurguy.github.io/SquiggleCam/
The software is open source and the code is published here:
github. com/msurguy/SquiggleCam (remove the space after first dot)
Basically you take a photo via the app and drag the sliders. After that you click the “Draw” button that turns whatever you see on the screen into SVG that’s ready to be imported to GFUI. Let me know if you have specific questions and I can try to answer them soon.
I love this! Do you have plans to allow uploading a JPG instead of using the camera? Myself, I’d love to use this on artwork like this (without having to print it up and hold it up to the camera
i’ll second this. i’m more likely to want to use an already generated bitmap (jpg/png) than to take a photo with a camera. especially on the computer, since i wouldn’t want to use the webcam.
I would LOVE to be able to use this with any ol’ image instead of ones I capture directly with my webcam! I could see myself getting a lot of use out of this
Thanks for the warm welcome, all! I’m working on a version where you can upload your own images… Probably will be done by the end of this week. Stay tuned!
This is seriously awesome! Since everything comes in as paths instead of filled shapes, this will surely make some really awesome score line pieces. I can’t wait to see what people do with it!
Cool idea! I wanted to try an upload, but I really don’t know how changing the values affects the output - Maybe a preview window? Mine didn’t have one. Also, clicking the SVG download button did nada
Hi! Sorry the tool was not working for you! What browser are you using? I haven’t tested this on PC so there might need to be some adjustments to be made.