Lithophane printing tutorial | 3D printing | How to

Lithophane 3D printing is a process that transforms a 2D image into a 3D object that appears as a picture when backlit. The variations in thickness of the 3D printed object control how much light passes through, creating a grayscale image.
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0:00 Intro
0:16 Lithophanemaker.com
0:33 Box lamp
1:28 Photo preparation
2:05 Generating STL files
3:15 Print preparation
4:17 Printing
4:50 Support removal
6:00 Assembly
7:05 Lighting up the lamp
7:30 Globe /sphere lamp
8:30 Preparation
9:15 Printing
9:25 Outro

[@jojoaky220]

Amazing video! You're insanly underrated

[@therealfazee]

I appreciate that!

[@magpack9]

Great job! I Just stated doing Litho pic and your video showed me the errors I was doing. BTW I'm ordering the LED base as well. Thanks again!

[@therealfazee]

awesome!

[@HowHigh_Juana]

Did you try and print the actual light box? I tried and it keeps failing. Printing in mid air inside. There was nothing to support I even tried that but no support got added.

[@therealfazee]

nope didn't try that one but opened the sample model file and there shouldn't be anything printed on the inside of the cube

[@peterlopez8249]

I have issue using this website for pics. every time I download my stl it converts is to zip file and I cannot open it. is there a way to have it download in zip?

[@therealfazee]

zip file is correct. it includes the stl and text file with used settings so you can replicate the design, just extract the zipped files

[@peterlopez8249]

@therealfazee thank you so much. I will look for the extract button and go from there

[@Shampooworld]

Why not just print them horizontally?

[@therealfazee]

I tried that and still like the vertical better.. the horizontal has better contrast but also contains more fragments and starts to look bit cartoonish rather than photo.. it looks better from a longer distance, but if you look close the quality is worse

[@Shampooworld]

@@therealfazee Interesting! Thanks for that!

[@itayst]

Amateur hour.
Printing a lithophane with supports??

[@therealfazee]

yes. want them to be perfect

[@karynbayley7162]

Wow tough crowd.