What is the best way to prepare a vector or cad file from a jpeg to use for laser or water jet cutting to get an effect like the de young museum skin?
I am assuming that the process that herzog used was to use the filter/color halftone in photoshop to generate the pattern in jpeg format, but Im not sure how convert a black and white jpeg file into vector lines or CAD output?
Is this the correct work flow, is there a better way, any other suggestions?
thanks
the skin on DeYoung was done by Zahner Metals. Zahner hired a programmer to write a program in Perl to convert an illustrator file into something their machine could cut. (I'm forgetting what program, perhaps cad) (I think they called the machine a nibbler in this case)
but that really doesn't help you because it sounds like you were on the right path anyway... and i do not have this mysterious converting program..
de young mueusm skin pattern
What is the best way to prepare a vector or cad file from a jpeg to use for laser or water jet cutting to get an effect like the de young museum skin?
I am assuming that the process that herzog used was to use the filter/color halftone in photoshop to generate the pattern in jpeg format, but Im not sure how convert a black and white jpeg file into vector lines or CAD output?
Is this the correct work flow, is there a better way, any other suggestions?
thanks
the skin on DeYoung was done by Zahner Metals. Zahner hired a programmer to write a program in Perl to convert an illustrator file into something their machine could cut. (I'm forgetting what program, perhaps cad) (I think they called the machine a nibbler in this case)
but that really doesn't help you because it sounds like you were on the right path anyway... and i do not have this mysterious converting program..
once you have the jpeg use "live trace" in illustrator cs2 (maybe just cs, not sure)
youll need cs2 or cs3
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