Thank you Edward! I've tried searching for these things before but didn't even know what they were called so I just looked at "grayscale" images. I love how you covered everything here in detail. Thank you very much! I'm feeling inspired to try this now. 😊
Great tutorial in that you show multiple approaches. When you covered auto leveling in GIMP I expected and additional gaussian blur/smoothing operation to remove high frequency noise, but nope it wasn't necessary in this case. I can see this approach to make a novel lithophane. Vectric has a lot of value because of such a support base. Thank You!
When trying to import a topotopo.io obj file is anyone getting an error message in aspire that says "Failed to load component data. Check file contains model".
Thank you for this excellent video. I have a question...the first topo model, the one shown starting :06 seconds into the introduction, what mountain is that? I am working on a large sculpture and that mountain in the upper portion of the screen shot is perfect. Thank you for your time.
Hey Whit, thank you for your kind comments! I believe it might Cùl Mòr - here is where we got the reference material from mapsculpture.co.uk/gallery/#lg=1&slide=3 I hope this helps! Thank you, have a great day!
Hey donamoni, that is correct as this technique is essentially making a model you need the modeling tools to be able to do this which is apart of the Aspire feature set only. Thanks.
either this is no longer valid or i'm doing something wrong. that site goes strait to the parent site (hush). there's no link, no download, no functionality, nothing.... anyone?
Hi Shawn, unfortunately it looks like they've took the site down I'm afraid. A google search might be able to help in finding a similar resource :) Sorry we couldn't be of any more help - Have a great day!
Hello, and thanks for the question. Only if it is a STL, and most height maps are image files, so I would expect not... but again it depends on the file you are importing.
Hey Walter, have you tried the "Save 3D File" option in the lower right hand corner? Also make sure your window is maximized as the "Save 3D File" option seems to disappear when the window isn't fully open! I hope this helps! :)
You can watch it at increased speed (Shift>)if it is too slow for your liking. I personally like the ability to get the details for a new process at a normal speed.
Thank you Edward! I've tried searching for these things before but didn't even know what they were called so I just looked at "grayscale" images. I love how you covered everything here in detail. Thank you very much! I'm feeling inspired to try this now. 😊
Hi Ryan! Thank you for your kind comments! Great news that you're inspired! We do try! Thanks again!
Thank you Edward, clear and straightforward tutorial.
Thank you for your kind comments, we are glad you enjoyed it :)
Great tutorial in that you show multiple approaches. When you covered auto leveling in GIMP I expected and additional gaussian blur/smoothing operation to remove high frequency noise, but nope it wasn't necessary in this case. I can see this approach to make a novel lithophane. Vectric has a lot of value because of such a support base. Thank You!
Great video. Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Wow, thank you very much for the great info!! Can't wait to make something.
You're welcome! Thank you!
Great tutorial! Got an STL of my state, going to give it a go.
Thank you! Let us know how you get on :)
You may want to see how Winston Moy does it on his Shapeoko, search "Carving a Topographic Map of Colorado from an STL"
I told you we was going to win today gooo jets hahahaha
When trying to import a topotopo.io obj file is anyone getting an error message in aspire that says "Failed to load component data. Check file contains model".
Thank you for this excellent video. I have a question...the first topo model, the one shown starting :06 seconds into the introduction, what mountain is that? I am working on a large sculpture and that mountain in the upper portion of the screen shot is perfect. Thank you for your time.
Hey Whit, thank you for your kind comments! I believe it might Cùl Mòr - here is where we got the reference material from mapsculpture.co.uk/gallery/#lg=1&slide=3 I hope this helps! Thank you, have a great day!
Great video. Tried to import .tiff file in VCarve Pro but it won't allow. Believe this information only applies to Aspire . Very unfortunate.
Hey donamoni, that is correct as this technique is essentially making a model you need the modeling tools to be able to do this which is apart of the Aspire feature set only. Thanks.
either this is no longer valid or i'm doing something wrong. that site goes strait to the parent site (hush). there's no link, no download, no functionality, nothing.... anyone?
Hi Shawn, unfortunately it looks like they've took the site down I'm afraid. A google search might be able to help in finding a similar resource :) Sorry we couldn't be of any more help - Have a great day!
Can you do the same auto leveling in photoshop? I have multiple images to do (action script)
Yes you can, create your custom (Levels- Auto) Action, save it and then Tools>Photoshop (run from Adobe Bridge)
Can you import a heightmap into vcarve pro?
Hello, and thanks for the question. Only if it is a STL, and most height maps are image files, so I would expect not... but again it depends on the file you are importing.
Seems like the download option at topotopo is no longer existing
Hey Walter, have you tried the "Save 3D File" option in the lower right hand corner? Also make sure your window is maximized as the "Save 3D File" option seems to disappear when the window isn't fully open! I hope this helps! :)
@@vectric seems I have looked in the wrong direction. Had it on half screen so the button disappeared. Everything fine now. Thank you!
@@wabo1 Great stuff- glad you got there in the end :)
Boo! Site no longer exists!
Hi there, here is the link to the video and files: www.vectric.com/vectric-community/free-projects/tips-and-tricks/TerrainMaps hope this helps!
good topic very interesting. but man get to the point
You can watch it at increased speed (Shift>)if it is too slow for your liking. I personally like the ability to get the details for a new process at a normal speed.