How to create Dotted Art from Lightburn software?

[fins]

I recently came across litmaps and inciteful. They are hugely helpful for exploring an area of research.

Litmaps

inciteful

[fins]

Have a couple more

[12cc (Syd)]

Hey Fins, Thank you so much for helping me out with the research !! You’re a saint for real.

Can you please explain in a more simpler way tho how to generate the images?

Do i need to download python and try to run the Rougier method? cant this be done in lightburn itself?

@fins

For the image I posted, I first converted to greyscale, inverted it and cranked the contrast up then filled a white background.This it to take into account the white on black vs black on white.
Ran through 50 iterations, tweaking various parameters like min and max dot size, number of points etc.
finally, invert again( or export directly as svg, as that’s how lightburn would need it anyway)

I tried to do this by using photoshop first to edit as you said. but i cant figure out how to tweak the parameters in lightburn as you said. heck i cant even get it to make circle dots anywhere

[12cc (Syd)]

Absolutely mindblowing artwork

[misken (Melvin)]

@12cc

I tried to do this by using photoshop first to edit as you said. but i cant figure out how to tweak the parameters in lightburn as you said. heck i cant even get it to make circle dots anywhere

That’s because you don’t do anything in LB. LB is only the last step to laser the finished graphic. The processing is done before. As Fins described, you need to prepare your image and then let it be processed by one of the tools he found / created. This is manual work and requires manual tuning. Afterward, the finished image is transferred to LB.
You should be able to use Python and/or compile code. Otherwise you can’t use the algorithms directly.

[JessN (Jess)]

I just tried using StippleGen2 and I was able to get this within 2 minutes! Fun!

[parsec (FerAS)]

You can make the window bigger by changing the DPI.

[MikeyH (Mike Hembrey)]

@JessN

was able to get this within 2 minutes! Fun!

Cool! I was afraid this was a Dead Thread!

[MikeyH (Mike Hembrey)]

It really pops when you invert it…

Think 1000 LED’s!

[Pete.IRL (Peter O D)]

Had not seen this thread before…Great reading (and interesting threads with such regularity), thank you all.

[parsec (FerAS)]

Using 2 older programs by Jason.

[RalphU (RU)]

Halftoner

[parsec (FerAS)]

First - Halftoner_V1.7, second - Reactor_V1.2.
Real old proggies.
Halftoner.exe.txt (61.5 KB)
Reactor.exe.txt (23 KB)

With Processing + SquiggleDraw–master.zip.txt (115.8 KB) + controlP5-2.2.5.zip.txt (1.2 MB)

[RalphU (RU)]

I used to have Halftoner, but I can’t find it on my backup, and it isn’t on the internet anymore, but maybe I am not looking in the right place