firepoint 0.1.0

prepares your images for laser engraving

FirePoint prepares your images for laser engraving

Command line program to convert an image to a more "engraver ready" image. Default values should provide decent results, many different effects can be achieved my using the numerous parameters.

Syntax

firepoint [arguments] <source image> <output image>

Examples

this color image is the input which have been used to generate the following images:

Basic arguments

• --use_squares draws squares instead of circles, sometimes provides better results
• --width forces a specific width (in pixels) for the output image
• --multiply makes the image more dark (<1) or brighter (>1)
• --normalize performs a normalization of the colors, 0 to disable up to 1 (100% normalized)
• --sharpen sharpens the image, 0 to disable up to 1 (100% sharper)
• --hypersample When > 1, will work on a higher definition image and will re-scale it down at the end. Generally increasing the quality drastically, but can lead to weird effects with some values 3 and 5 can provide spectacular results but 1 leads to more consistent output across laser settings (outputs a pure black & white image).

Advanced parameters

Check firepoint --help