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That is one awesome site!

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Tom - that is an interesting find. I tried it out with an image I found online. I did a screen shot of their result and removed the water marks with Paint.net. Then imported to Inkscape for autotrace. I can see where this may be useful under some circumstances for some folks, but the auto trace result will still need lots of editing to create a cut ready file - plus at least for this example - I don't really think the result looks exactly like the dog in the original photo. But thanks for sharing your find with us.

Also - I didn't watch the video, just looked below the video to get the link to the site. Perhaps If I watched the video I might have a better result.

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David the video show about the same results you showed, I thought it may be useful to those who are doing cars or trucks looking for a trace, or maybe a person's face. Things some were doing with manual tracing.
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The program certainly gives us a good START! Of course, they charge for the files the site creates, so I will look into purchasing a package from them, once I get the plasma table back online. Right now NOTHING in my shop is working :Sad I have to move things around, and get the major machines hooked up so I can begin to take over the WORLD! :lol:

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acourtjester wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 10:06 am David the video show about the same results you showed, I thought it may be useful to those who are doing cars or trucks looking for a trace, or maybe a person's face. Things some were doing with manual tracing.
Tom - I agree!
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bet that water mark taste bad.
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acourtjester wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 7:51 pm bet that water mark taste bad.
:HaHa :HaHa :HaHa
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