Design Projects From Difficult Bitmaps [Bitmap Tracing Isn't Enough] - Maltese Cross Fire emblem
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- This video teaches you how to design from complicated bitmap images to vectors in the Vectric software when bitmap tracing image to vector doesn't work well (vcarve desktop, pro & Aspire). Bitmaps are one of the most common baselines Vectric users start from. they often get stuck well into the design process because they don't know how to work with more complicated bitmaps.
This Vectric tutorial teaches many tips and tricks with Vcarve and Aspire with a fire department maltese cross emblem, on how to break down the bitmap and build designs from it. We use the firefighter's shield of life as an example to design from.
you will learn how to use array, vectors, nodes, circular copy, bitmap tracing, and many other aspects.
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Hi Garret,
Have had V Carve Pro for many years and spent fruitless hours trying to close vectors that wouldn’t close.
My eyes lit up when you suddenly had the same problem, boy did you make me sit up in my chair.
Great to see you step back and find the problem and how to correct it.
Especially if you can not move on and being continually bombarded with open vector notifications especially on complicated drawings.
What a pleasure.
Thanks
John
Thanks
John, you are so welcome my friend. I am happy to hear that this one helped you fix problems with your projects. Happy CNCing!
A recent subscriber, I have been contemplating on purchasing a cnc router. Was originally thinking of onfinity, but after seeing several of your videos, I have decided on the longmill, so thank you. I have had a boss laser for a few years, so it is not totally new to me.
I two was a FF/EMT, retired after 34 years. Volunteer Chief for over 30 years and paid interim District Chief for approx 2 years. Thank you for your service.
I also designed our challenge coin using my cnc software. So I am aware of the challenge in creating from a bitmap.
acowboyinalaska465, thank you for your service yourself my friend and welcome to the wonderful world of CNC!
Garret, sat down this evening and watched this whole video. Very impressive and I found it easy to follow. Superb content! I am very impressed with the power of vcarve pro design tools. Everyone interested in learning about taking bmps into a design and vector must watch this video. Two thumbs up! The talk of the fire struck very close to home and heart.
JeffTurner, so glad to hear that brother! Happy CNCing.
See, that is what I like about this.... You take the beginners hand, and go through this, step by step.... Thanks, I am getting lot of your wisdom...
Thanks Michael. That is the intention. To learn step by step.
I recently purchased a CNC machine for my workshop and I have learnt so much from you videos than I have in the last 2 months on TH-cam… thanks for sharing all these knowledge.
Adedamola, I am glad they are getting you up to speed quickly. That was my hope.
A fantastic way to spend 2 hours. Thanks for passing along your knowledge!
MrChuckles, my pleasure brother! Thanks for sticking it out!
Long, but worthwhile. Thanks for your time and for sharing this.
Hi Steve. Definitely long...my longest one. I am glad it helped
As a firefighter that has experienced what you spoke of, I understand and sympathize. I love your videos. Keep up the great work.
Brother Doug, us firefighters (and other brothers and sisters in the various services...we have big hearts that break hard in those situations.
Garrett, it's been a long day and I've spent it all with your training videos. Awesome learning!!! I have literally gone from not knowing how to even do "anything" to now I'm learning how to build a bit map! Wow, there's progress. Last night I was overwhelmed thinking I had made a huge mistake getting into all this, but now I have much renewed hope. Thank you! I've spent 15 hours today learning from you and I am so pleased. It will take tons of hours for me to learn more but I'm willing to put in the time. You make the learning so much easier than I have gotten up to this point from other sources. Thank you again. I won't give up!
Margaret, when you feel like throwing in the towel (which is common AND normal), just drop me an email and we'll get on the horn and we will get you fired right back up to know you can do it!!!!!
Very well put! I completely agree!
Garret, Outstanding! Thank you for the detailed explanation of how this project was made.
Thanks Darren, and you're welcome!
Thank you for your videos, spent hours watching them, and they really helped me to learn vectric. Hats off to you sir!
Hi Limo. Thank you! Are you carving some amazing projects yet?
Great video as always Garrett, I can identify with your story as I spent 22 years with the Bakersfield Fire Dept. I definitely will try this project and give it to my best friend that is retiring next month.
Hi Jim. It's a good project to work through. Please send me pictures when it is done!
Thank you so much for your videos and what you are doing for people starting a business the info you are supplying is priceless
Hi Clint. Thank you for sharing this. Priceless is a powerful word!
Wow............ This is way more powerful than the (20 year old) software that I use on my aircraft panel machine. I can't wait to play.......................
Dan, right on brother! I'm excited for you to pick it up.
Hi Garret, love the videos, you have a natural way of teaching, well presented and enjoy them very much, hope your business grows off the back of your youtube vids as you have clearly taken a lot of time in preparing them and editing. Don't worry about the whopsies, as we learn from that too !
Paul, Thank you so much for the words of encouragement brother! I am so happy that you enjoy learning from the videos just as much as I enjoy making them.
I watched the whole thing! I always pick up things and it helps me remember the program and buzz through the work load faster. As in not hunting for the right button etc. Thanks Garrett, please keep up the help my friend!
Hi Chevy! This one was a long one for sure. I was a little overwhelmed with editting.
How are things going your way?
@@IDCWoodcraft Things are going well, I'm learning Mach3 with my new to me cnc machine. Very powerful program, this is going to be a fun time! Thank you for you great video"s!
Love your videos, tons of knowledge. Appreciate what you do.
Ray, my pleasure! I'm glad to help!
Awesome instruction....I've watched it twice in its entirety....
Rubert, I'm glad it was helpful!
Very detailed learned more from this video than any other video I've seen on TH-cam. Awesome. As with all your other video very informative and educational.
Hi One. thank you. It was definitely a long one. Thank you for sticking around
WOW ! Very impressive.... I never had to do a "Bitmap Trace" in AutoCad since I was mostly involved in the design aspects of the program......Still learning at 84..... It keeps the brain functioning... Thanks for the new challenge.
Bill, keep learning everything you can brother! It definitely keeps you sharp learning new things to make amazing projects!
Just want to say thank you for being real when you make a mistake you show it I sometimes learn more from the mistake it shows me that it’s ok to make a mistake.
You are the #1 person I watch
Thanks again for all you do for us.
Fred
Fred, you are so welcome my friend.
Big thumbs up!! I’m one of the people you did this for. I have tried this and just like you said, I didn’t know what to do with it. This opens up a crap load of projects.
I can see Bob's brain burning rubber on ideas now!
Great video!!! Save early, save often.
Thanks Conrat
Boy , we learned so much , now i will practice it over from the begining ! gives me confidence that I will do it ! 🤓
LouisDesChamps, right on brother! I am excited for you to create yours.
Thanks for covering the process of working with bitmat images. I'm about the make a jewelery box I've designed, and with the helpful guidance you've provided here, I'll be able to use the .jpg file of the design to guide my tracing. Yahoo!
Marty, right on! I'm so happy to help! I can't wait to hear how your jewelry box turns out!
Thank you for your informative teaching.
Jean, you're so welcome! Glad to help!
Fantastic! This finally has cutting in dummy terms, the light it on!
Hi Darren. thank made me smile!
I have listened and ATTEMPTED to learn from many "instructors" on youtube in regards to making projects on my CNC and to fully use my software that I purchased with it. And after every "lesson" I almost hit my head against the wall. Then I found Garrett and it is like I was reborn!! Garrett....you state you are a fireman by trade in your past life but I think you missed your teaching calling. You are the BEST and I really appreciate your videos!! You apologize on the longer ones but the good thing is that if they are too long people can pause them. But I finally have LEARNED from YOU....how to design projects from bitmaps, text on text signs, and how to use my expensive software in a better manner. THANK YOU for taking your time to do that for myself and others. And I agree with you in your video I saw last night. You mentioned how some things really touch the heart of people. I served in the Marine Corps for 26 years and then another 10 in the Idaho State Police, and my "I love me " wall has so many of the plaques I received. So now I can use my CNC to help me create new styles for my Marine and law enforcement brothers and sisters. Thank you....thank you...thank you!! You explain it simply and in detail and that is so motivating. I had one months ago I watched of a gentlemen on TOT and I was more lost after the hour video than before. Not with you....you got through my brain housing group on the first video....and now I REFUSE to watch another person at all!! And now I am not going to have to pay Axiom $300 dollars to learn what you offer me here. By the way...I feel for you 100% about losses on the job. I have been on too many crashes with the loss of children and still ache. And my heart hurts for you in regards to your grandson as well. Thank you brother for your service here and on the job as a firefighter!! Semper Fidelis
Scott, wow I'm so humbled! Thank you for all the kind words my friend and thanks for sharing your story. Thank you for your service too brother. Those losses are tough, my heart goes out to you. And I'm glad to be a part of your cnc journey and help make the learning process a little less confusing! Keep up the good work brother!
Fantastic, I learned so much in this one! Chris
Hey Chris. I am definitely glad to here this!
New to CNC, just got mine built and looking for content like this! I came across your video’s and find them very informative! I’m from Indiana also! Small world! Thanks for all your knowledge and video’s! Keep up the good work!
From one Hoosier CNc'er to another, welcome to the community TP! What kind of projects are you making?
Well as soon as I figure out why when I zero my machine out it ghost cuts I’m gonna do some coasters as a small project to try and get the feel of how this all works! Sadly I am getting pretty frustrated already! Lol
You got my thumbs up at around 0:50 with "s-load'! 😂
Modifyre, glad to hear you liked this one brother!
I haven't recieved either my machine or my Vetric software yet, but I am confident I will be able to jump right in thanks to your videos!
Zippe43467, right on! You can do it! I'm excited to see what you create!
This is a wonderful video to watch at 5:15 am with coffee :)
Hey Black. Did it take the edge off or add to the confusion of a foggy morning brain?
@@IDCWoodcraft - Actually, I like that sort of subject first thing in the morning. Given the length, It took me three sit-downs to get thru it, but like a box of kolache's with the good German sausage, I came back to it throughout the day.
So much useful information about stuff I wondered about and stuff I never thought of. Thank you!!
user-qx4yb9kn6h, you are so welcome my friend.
Very helpfull, watched it to the end !! thanks Garret
EinneBbennie, you are so welcome brother!
Awesome video I am learning a lot. Thanks.
Hi Robert. What was the biggest thing you learned on this one?
Nicely done! I learned a lot.
Thanks Alex
Great content Garrett, thank you,
Jason, my pleasure! Glad to help!
hi Garret, great stuff!! Thank you.
Bryan, you are so welcome brother!
Having used coreldraw for 4 years on my laser products I'm picking up the little differences in the software from your videos. I'm a retired automotive products designer (almost 40 years. Starting with hand drawings to solid solid modeling cad cam)so new software isn't much of a problem to work with. I also have 58 years on my local fire dept. was chief 1985 to 2000. Still an active member.
Herbert...58 years? Boy, you've seen some changes for sure! Us engineer types...this stuff just takes a little working through and we have it down. It's all about logical steps.
I have been using this Technique For awhile but I like watching because you can Learn new tricks or even learn something you didn't Know. I did Learn a few things In this video so thanks for this. Thanks for Your service I myself am a Firefighter/Emt For 9 years now.
Hi JDR. A brother firefighter. What state and town/city are you serving in?
@@IDCWoodcraftWest Salem Ohio
got my Fire in 2014 EMT in 2015 and Fire 2 in 2019 also my Bad 7 Years It feels Like 9
@@jrdevelopment2020 I was in northern kentucky. A little town called elsmere
@@IDCWoodcraft I always enjoyed helping people this was the best thing i ever did.
I'm just now picking up CNC because it's part of my job. I want to get in at the hobbyist level at some point but for now all I have to play with are 3D printers. There's still quite valuable stuff you can learn on this channel especially when it comes to gcode. Will get to programming at a later point.
Captain Thicc Nick, you can definitely do it brother I know you can! Learning 3D printing is a great way to get started and thinking in the same direction of CNCing and a lot of the skills will transfer over. Keep up the good work!
wow learned so much thanx Garrett
flashgordon1599, you are so welcome my friend.
Learned alot, THANKS !!! So cool
paulcreech7731, glad you liked this one brother!
You're not perfect but damn near.love your teaching. God bless you my friend lost his four year old in a trailer fire around that time. Can get the picture out of my head of him in the news crying his eyes. I tear up too.
Hey Mike. thanks for the compliment.
It is so hard to here stories of people losing childrem. That teared me up. I can't even imagine.
Hey Garrett i was going to buy a machine off ebay thought about what you looked at machines made In 🇺🇸 can't afford any of them. So looking for something used. Do you know of any forum where people who sells there machine.
@@michaeldennis7857 I don't know of any special place for people seller CNC routers. You can always check Craigslist. I see them on there quite a bit
@@IDCWoodcraft thanks Mr. G
thanks well worth the time i learnt a lot
Julian, glad to hear that my friend!
Ty your a great teacher
Thanks Glenn
Thank you very much learned so much from your tutorial
You're welcome John. Ready to rumble on those more complex projects?
@@IDCWoodcraft Yes I have already used loads of they tips and tricks most definitely one of the best tutorials on utube . And I really enjoy your business side tutorials too
Damn it, now you got me a teared up. I did 20 years in the Navy, and a total of 34 years in Law Enforcement (Military and Civilian). I did a lot of collision reconstruction for the highway patrol - I know your pain!! I can't count to car wrecks I worked that involved children. Heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking to lose such an innocent life.
Hey JP. So you know the feeling of helplessness, that you wish you could have been there to stop the accidents from happening.
That fire run was the last one I was on as life was going in a new direction.
I had a thought about losing people in accidents and fires like this. It hurts when we lose a child. However, we also saved many more in our career journeys.
You have a heart like I do.
Garrett, I've learned so much from your videos. You have become my "John Wayne" of Vectric and everything CNC!
Today I had a problem I couldn't fix. I was carving a project and my computer battery died before I could plug it in. The cut stopped of course, but I couldn't find a way to pick up where it left off. I had to start over! Do you have a solution, should this happen again?
Thanks and Merry Christmas.
Hi Jim. There are ways to do that but I have not worked with them.
this is so good
Randy, thanks brother! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video!!!!! Have they ever fixed the bug with "Text on a Curve" in Vectric with an update??
Brian, glad to hear you liked this one brother! I am not too sure about that one, try to update your software and see if it is fixed!
Thank you for this and all your other excellent videos, Garrett! Great explanations and really a well of priceless advice. I have a question - is there a point of using 3rd party specialised vector or 3D software giving the advantage of constraints and parametric modelling and other stuff for carving designs, the pros and cons of importing them into Vectric? Do you think it will be a time-saver or are there are downsides of importing 3rd party CAD to Vectric CAM (mainly 2D or 3D for more complex designs)? I am building a budget MPCNC project right now and hence looking into the possibilities to optimise the projects for one-person manufacturing, especially when not using the Aspire version. Cheers from Russia and best wishes to the channel!)
Hi Ban. It really depends on the software and the models/vectors you import. The software I use is very powerful. It is more aesthetic design software, rather than engineering, so there are are some limitations. You sound like an engineer, so, what types of projects do you want to do where these questions are relevant?
@@IDCWoodcraft Thank you for your reply. I'm neither designer, nor engineer. I'm a lawyer in fact) I'm asking because I do believe in the beauty of geometric proportions and numbers in the backstage of any design or drawing. And preliminary engineering becomes even more relevant, when a project contains some sort of complicated repetitive ornaments, which have to be calculated in the first place.
Hey Garrett. Great video. How well versed are you with the vcarve inlay technique? Myself, and I believe many others, would LOVE to see your deep dive approach to this subject. Not just bit selection and settings, but insight into the thought process and planning, which seems to be a strength of yours.
Anyway..."good stuff" Garrett :)
Hi Kenny. Yes, I've had a lot of requests for this. So I will start working on a video for it. It'll be a couple weeks.
Bitmaps aren't really complicated if you use the right software, I haven't got my cnc machine yet (as I finally made up my mind which one ima get) but I am pretty good with adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator. With illustrator you can trace basically every bitmap picture (As it has many different ways to trace the image) and save as a vector and cuts alot of the editing and manually tracing times in half. I used it when cutting viynl when making tshirts Also I wanna Thank You have helped me get to this point in picking out a machine, learning the software, and tips to start a business. I really appreciate what your doing for the community
Hi Snap. Yes, bitmaps are easy. At least to the experienced. And, you are absolutely right...the software quality makes a huge difference!
Hey Garrett
Do you have any videos on making dovetail joints?
Greg, I dont personally have any videos but this video might help get you started: th-cam.com/video/UjkUeS3B4ZQ/w-d-xo.html
Do you have a video with the finished product?? Would love to see it! I’m new to your channel, and new to CNC world! Love the videos I’ve been watching from you!
James, first off I want to officially welcome you to the amazing world of cncing and to the channel! I'm glad to be a part of your cnc journey and hopefully make things a little easier for you along the way! My apologies though brother, I don't have a video of the finished product.
@@IDCWoodcraft oh no worries, love the videos! Have watched multiple videos a couple times over already haha
F9 will auto center the selected to the center of the work piece. It is super handy for when you were troubleshooting your circle.
I'll remember to start using the F9 shortcut. I need to do a video on shortcut keys.
@@IDCWoodcraft I would absolutely love that! There are so many short cuts and tricks that I still don't know. How did you do the "select all nodes and then convert to smooth " trick. I remember seeing it in a video but can't remember which one and the keystrokes for it
Sorry to hear you lost Katie. God bless fireman!!
Hi Ed. Thank you. Even 20 or so years later, it still makes me sad.
Thank you
Allandart, you are so welcome my friend.
will V-Carve Desktop version be suitable for most applications or is Pro version needed for a lot of stuff
desktop is limited to 24x24.Pro is not and has more features. If you can, I would go with Pro version
Working through this tutorial and after creating the complete badge (from the very beginning) I discovered a couple of things right at the point where you discovered the outside circle doesn't quite touch the crown vertical lines and can't be properly snipped. While my version has the same issue, I discovered a couple of other issues: somewhere along the way the layers changed and all I have on the Body layer are the two inside circles. Everything else up to the current progress (about mark 46.04 on the video) resides on the detail layer. Also, I am unable to select any of the badge items to edit; for example, if I try to select a line anywhere, the entire project is selected with a solid line rather than a dashed line. I find that I cannot edit in this particular condition. As a matter of fact, the only editable items are the 3 inner circles while I have the details layer on and the body layer active.
I discovered that all objects had been grouped and had to be ungrouped if I wanted to edit any of them. I'm curious if this is a typical design occurrence, or did I somehow mess something up?
This is a great tutorial by the way, and I've worked through it - up to the point of discovering the layer issue - 4 times now. I could proceed, and have actually gotten to the point of adding the jaws of life icon and the fire nozzle, but eventually my project doesn't quite match yours and I start over. In some ways that's actually good as the repetition of using the various design tools becomes more familiar and I can get through the process much faster!
Gary, I couldnt agree more with your points brother. There are plenty of ways to skin a cat and you are discovering some quirks of Vectric that only advanced users find. Take a look at this video. It might help clear up some issues with your layers. Here is a link: th-cam.com/video/ujA7Uug9ph8/w-d-xo.html
@@IDCWoodcraft Thanks Garrett, it's definitely a process! I'm lucky in that I have some previous experience with Auto Cad and some other design software, so I know the learning curve can be significant!
Can you use easel with long mill cnc?
Hi Brett. To my knowledge, yes.
Another quality video se u Thursday.
Thanks Mike. See you them.
tops for that got heeps out of it onley got my machine in agust got along way to go yet your help is good
Ed, congrats on the new machine brother1 glad this one helped you.
An easier way to align the graphic is to grab "construction lines" in the ruler. Just left click in the ruler and drag down or across and you will pull a guide line out of the ruler, With snap turned on you can place the line on any coordinate. If you don't like the position you can grab and move it. And if you don't want the line just drag it back into the ruler. You can make as many of these lines as you want.
Hi RJ. I haven't gotten in the habit enough to use them and talk about them. Thank you for pointing that out. I will definitely get them in my discussions more.
Hi Garrett, can I follow you with the free trial version of Vcarve desktop?
Yes you can but you can't cut it out.
Vcarve is awesome, worth every nickel we no longer have pennys in canada.
My amn, I thought I answered this question as it was not showing up. Now it just popped up again. Yes, you can follow. You can do everything except generate gcode. Basically, you can design all day long but cannot make projects.
I just ordered my first CNC machine and I am going back and forth on which software to run. The problem I have is I live in a extremely remote area with no cell phone or internet service. Which software can I use offline for creating new projects. Any help and advise is extremely appreciated.
Bearded Familyman, sorry for the delayed response. Things have been so busy this one slipped through the cracks! You can use Vcarve offline once you have it downloaded.
when you adjusted your circle at 21:40 you didnt hold down shift thats why you were off center after doing circle array
Afbigfish1, you're totally right! Thanks for finding that, it drove me nuts!
what do you press toescape?
LouisDeschamps, try using the backspace button brother!
Can you show me how to checker a gun stock
Stewart, great idea but this would likely require a 4th axis. If you have a 4th axis, I'll be glad to help you with this stuff. You can schedule a one-on-one meeting with me through the home page on my website or use this link here: calendly.com/garrettfromme/60-min.
I have a tip of the day i got some vinyl flooring double sided sheet comes in roll this is super sticky only need to cut 1 inch x 2 inch peaces i only used 2 one on each end wow the wood did not move and it camme right off the back
Sylvia, using vinyl to hold down your wood is genius! I love that idea, I'll have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing the great tip! Keep up the good work!
Layers, as in I'd like to make disk, plate over that, then frame and lettering with symbols. Would be fine as layered separate pieces but seems can be done as on piece. Material matters wood or aluminum, how to color is advanced finish.
PS - flip and do backside carve.
Jambay, definitely a double sided carve would be cool on this one
@@IDCWoodcraft I'm a bit biased for "eagle globe and anchor" but that's due to my time in the Marine Corps.
@@jambay4785 a MArine! Of course, thank you for your service. My best friend was a marine and, despite his many years 'post Marine', he was always a Marine. Just as I expect you are.
Hey,, Can you fix my XK8 Emblem for me,,Very greitful..(swedish) the bitmap is Jaguar XK8 emblem. I can´t fix it,,,,KS
Kenneth, I would be happy to point you in the right direction brother! I should have a video that will really help you.
Garrett asked me if I would comment on the Text on a curve issue he was having. If you cut the vectors so you have two half circles when you select that line and text on a curve the text will automatically jump to the top or bottom depending on which one you select.
You can also create the circle, hit "N" to node edit, set the node at the top as the starting point. (The text starts along the curve at the starting node). You will then see a little arrow pointing either left or right at the node. You can right click on that arrow to change the direction. The text will follow the direction that the arrow is pointing.
Thanks Tim. I didn;t think about checking the node on that one. That would explain the jump to the bottom
That was the brilliant little move I missed, RB. Thank you for throwing that in
When you changed the size of the circle by dragging the corner down to the left it wasn't centered. you could have fixed it by drawing a circle center out to the desired size.
Duc, great point brother. Another tool for the toolbox sir!
Why not rotate it or does Vectric not provide that facility?
Hi Paul. Rotate what aspect?
@@IDCWoodcraft When you didn't line up the badge completely horizontally and vertically I thought you might have illustrated use of the rotation facility in Vectric if it has one.
I was interested in your general technique as I use a similar one using Inkscape for when either vectorisation fails or some artistic licence is called for.
@@paulreader1777 it was one or the other really. They both worked in this case so just choose to move them
@@IDCWoodcraft Thanks Garrett I appreciate the lessons.
ok love the learn the shit stuff already
Sheila, I'm sorry I don't really know what you mean.
@@IDCWoodcraft sorry bad spelling love your video's learning a lot from you still learning this cnc machine but if i keep mwatching you ill be as good as you in 4 years lol
@@sheilamarsh879 yes, that is what I hope for!
I´m fixit for a plexiglass picture whith light,,, KS
Kenneth, right on brother! Its going to be great.
Very sad story…
Allen, I hope I didn't put you too far into the blues my friend. Happy cutting!
@@IDCWoodcraft nope. Working on my first bitmap trace now. Learned a lot!
PS bles you im sick also
paulcreech7731, thank you my friend.
Far out.
Barneycarparts, glad you liked this one brother.
oh so you go to free files spend the money to bye took them time free ones are from guys that have nothing to do but make
Sheila, can you explain that a little bit more in detail? I am not sure what you mean.
Why do you have to use course language? We teach our children 😊this language is disrespectful. Please clean it up. Thank you.
JanetPersons, my apologies. I will work on this in future videos.