Difference between revisions of "Photo to etch"
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=== Convert to greyscale === | === Convert to greyscale === | ||
Mode >> Greyscale | Choose in menu: Image>>Mode>>Greyscale <br> | ||
Flatten image <OK> | Flatten image <OK> <br> | ||
Discard color information? <Discard> | Discard color information? <Discard> <br> | ||
=== Image size === | === Image size === | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 18 April 2024
Preparation in photoshop
Open image in Photohop
Make the image Black & White
in the layers panel <Adjustments - Black & White>
Make negative
<Adjustments - adjust curve> bring the right top of the curver down and right side of the cuve 4/5 up.
Convert to greyscale
Choose in menu: Image>>Mode>>Greyscale
Flatten image <OK>
Discard color information? <Discard>
Image size
(the size of your copper plate)
Resolution 150 PPI
resample: <automatic>

Convert to bitmap
output <300 PPI> Method <Diffusion Dither> Inverse image (negative) Flip canvas Horizontal 
Save as tiff

Raster link
Open
Place
Make special layer
primer 100% valit pixel
Rip and Print
primer <start>
On the mimaki
clean copper plate
with alcohol place on the right corner of the table
place the machine in remote mode
After printing
Cover the back of the plate
with tape
Put the copper plate in the etching liquid
for ±30 minutes
