rosskowalski
09-12-2001, 08:59 PM
I recently switched over from using photoshop 2.5 to a program called Gimp.
It is a Graphic IMage Proccessor (hence the name) that is very much like photoshop except in price. If anyone is looking for a drawing program for scanning, etc this is at least worth a look.
It is avilable for free at
www.gimp.org/win32/
I use this in conjunction with another free program called WinTopo to scan images, process them, and convert the bitmaps to DXF files.
Then use Turbocad 2D (also free) to scale, rotate, etc the dxf file before bringing it into vector to create the toolpath.
If anyone is using any other free programs in the creation of sbp files, I would be intrested to know.
It is a Graphic IMage Proccessor (hence the name) that is very much like photoshop except in price. If anyone is looking for a drawing program for scanning, etc this is at least worth a look.
It is avilable for free at
www.gimp.org/win32/
I use this in conjunction with another free program called WinTopo to scan images, process them, and convert the bitmaps to DXF files.
Then use Turbocad 2D (also free) to scale, rotate, etc the dxf file before bringing it into vector to create the toolpath.
If anyone is using any other free programs in the creation of sbp files, I would be intrested to know.