Colorizing a picture quote

[bcondon]

The best part about using a shopbot is that you are only limited by your imagination and a picture for the customer!

I have aspire (and use it almost exclusively). I have partworks but
have not updated the version because Aspire does everything.

I am building some outdoor signage for a customer. The scary part is the customer does not want to pick the colors nor the text... They had a sign with just the company name but did not tell what they did so I added a single line and they liked it.

Now they want a colorized picture. I gave them proofs of the design from Aspire but it is not colored. The N/C side does not have good enough options to produce a colorized final.

So what do you do?

My kids gave me a new camera and Photoshop elements 11 which I am just starting to work with. Of course I have Paint...

Suggestions?

I may build a 1/8 scale and quickly paint the model up... This has worked in the past.

Thanks!!

Bob Condon

[curtiss]

If you can save the linework as a DXF you could drop it into AutoCAD which would pick up the vectors and you could hatch in the various sections in different colors, and print to a PDF.

Not sure what photoshop will import.

[myxpykalix]

I think you can assign different colors to different toolpaths?
try looking here: http://support.vectric.com/

[steve_g]

Bob...
To get toolpath assigned colors to show on areas not cut, make a pocket of just a few thousandths in that area and assign a color. Of course, that toolpath is just for illustration and not something you run when you do the job...

Steve

[srwtlc]

You could also make a model of it, colorize that and save as a .jpg.

[bcondon]

Curtis - That's exactly the type of suggestion I was looking for,,,

Jack and Steve... The tool paths only allow a single color (I need white background, some letters RED and some letters Navy Blue). If Aspire had the ability to assign colors TO EACH TOOLPATH, there is a chance it would work.

Thanks!

Bob

[steve_g]

Bob...
You can assign separate colors to each tool path!!!

SG

(The clip is from V carve but I'm sure Aspire can do any thing V carve can)

[feinddj]

Aspire will assign colors to any toolpath. Just select toolpath color set all and then hit each toolpath.

David

[bcondon]

Steve,

you are correct! After playing with it some more, once Again, I learned something new!

Thanks for the correction.

BOb

[MogulTx]

You guys are awesome. This is not even my project and I learned something too! I never knew this was possible in Aspire.

Its great to have you folks hanging around!

Monty