Hi Irv. Having subscribed a few days ago, I have just read some of the preamble on your website. I, too, am coming up for retirement, and our daughter has just left home, having qualified as a Doctor, here in Tasmania. I just wanted to thank you for these videos. They are capturing my imagination and I'm gradually catching up with your many exciting and informative insights and inspirations. This particular one was just what I needed to help me renovate the pillar lights in our garden. Most of the glass panes in them have broken, and now I have the Prusa i3 Mk3s, with your help I am making PETG panes for them with a photo of our Border Collie showing through when we switch them on! You're an inspiration! I seem to be driving my wife mad with all this 3d printing, but I suppose she will adapt, eventually! Many thanks, and Shalom Chris.
@markwhite85433 жыл бұрын
I love how well you explain somewhat complicated ideas in a simple and easily understood manner. In this video the explanation for aligning the print on the Y axis is something I had never even considered but you did an excellent job of explaining it.
@MakeWithTech3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@tomcarroll6744 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the walk-thru. First try, I did a really nice image of my friend's truck as a gift for him. It came out perfect. Thanks.
@ivorsingh12454 жыл бұрын
You are amazing. Thank you so much. I'm giving away presents now with all of my workplace asking me to make these for them. Thank you for teaching us this technique . Sending best wishes your way and please keep sharing your knowledge and skills. Kind regards
@coreymac23814 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! You have an outstanding teaching style. I love to print lithophanes to give as gifts. I was unaware of how lithophanes were originally made. I always learn something from your videos. Thanks for making them.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you! P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
@Cferg Жыл бұрын
This video (although nearly 3 years old) has helped me a bunch! Thank you Dr. Vax!!!
@antp95553 жыл бұрын
Hi Irv, I'm new to 3d printing and just want you to know how much of a help you've been to me. Your explanations and demonstrations are awesome and easy to follow. I am printing my first lithopane at the moment in prep for mothers day and I am going to check out those sites. Thanks again Cheers Ant.
@poothrowingape2 жыл бұрын
Once again Mr Shapiro provided a plethora of knowledge! Thank you sir!
@PureGfx529 Жыл бұрын
Your website say IT's LIT HO lol great video learned alot. cant wait to make my own lithophanes of my own.
@TheRoon46604 жыл бұрын
Im Roon4660 and I enjoy your videos and your forum. Nicely done and very informative.
@hassimtony73723 жыл бұрын
I saw it and learned something new in 3d printing..feeling excited and wanted to make one for my family..thanks Dr. Vax
@siddharthgod4 жыл бұрын
As usual amazing material by Dr. Vax!
@philliphaasbroek Жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend. Your video is very complete. I enjoy it very much.
@headhunter_42094 жыл бұрын
Good tut like how happy this guy is by 3d printing, a bit slow but thats not a bad thing slow is steady steady is fast 👌
@sousamaster063 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and every one I've seen so far! I'll have to try this with my new Ender 3 v2! Edit: Nevermind, you answered my question right after I paused. Lol. Thank you!!
@colinfielder66954 жыл бұрын
Love the information shared here Irv, I need to try out these different types of suggestions before I comment further. Keep up the great work
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Please do! P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
@StephenGoodfellow2 жыл бұрын
Meshmixer - brilliant! Thanks for cluing me in.
@brodyk39374 жыл бұрын
1st and good to see that your well again @DrVax
@altair_174 жыл бұрын
Very interesting contents as usual! your clear and simplified language allows me to understand everything perfectly .... I'm Italian and sometimes some accents or more technical terms put me in a bit of difficulty ... but not with you Dr. !! Thanks 👍
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you! P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
@EnnesArms3 жыл бұрын
I started printing these a few weeks back, but this video gave me some much needed tips! Thanks Dr. Vax!
@fungicoin56123 жыл бұрын
just drag and drop into cura free quick and easy
@rahbekjonas3 жыл бұрын
I just subscribed - and I don't even own a 3D printer.. Sir you are my new uncle.
@tonydel773 жыл бұрын
Excellent video with lots of useful tips. I have been planning to begin making lithophanes and was looking for guidance. This has been very helpful. Liked, saved and subscribed. Thank you DrVax.
@Manjarow3 жыл бұрын
I made my first prints today my next step is litophane printing thanks to you
@Nomadman4life3 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation of this type of printing you made it very easy to understand and in such detail always enjoy watching your videos. I just made my first lithograph did exactly what you said and worked perfect 👌 thanks so much
@BR-ur2gk Жыл бұрын
Very helpful, thanks for the hint to use meshmixer, was battling with those errors, and great idea to use the y axis
@paulsmessyworkshop4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for yet another great and informative video. This process is intriguing.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
@Noxspecter Жыл бұрын
Thank you very good video!
@otaviobitencourt3 жыл бұрын
very nice videos!
@philipatkinson15323 жыл бұрын
Great video - never heard of these before, but I have now! Made one, and as a first shot it looks great. (I'm a keen photographer and Photoshop holds no terrors for me, much mystery of course ...) Really easy too. I would never have known about them if but for you - my sincere and profound thanks. I shall now watch the other litho vids I can see you made :) You do a very good channel, how I found the lithophanes, only had a 3D printer 2 weeks - clearly you're very knowledgeable indeed. I need all the knowledge I can get right now and I'm impressed - thank you. Phil
@R0B7113 жыл бұрын
20:55 it looks like a negative, because it is a negative. can be switched in settings to positive.
@aleksandardjozic93083 жыл бұрын
He is paid to say it.
@iancooper5987 Жыл бұрын
Irv, I have returned to this video to remind myself about the lithophane process and really trust the quality of information coupled with your presentation style. I know things have moved on and we now have makewithtech to which I subscribe so wondered if you could produce an update video showing any process improvements, new software applications and so on. Thanks again for the great work you do!
@alicacwb3 жыл бұрын
Really really nice, congratz!!!!!!!!!!
@Cybertruck1000 Жыл бұрын
Thanks.. Time for an update? It's a big topic. I'm trying to perfect my lith's. Getting some small specs of plastic on the face of the model, hoping it's a stringing issue that will be resolved by reducing speed and lowering temp's. Maybe It's down to the PLA+ I'm using as it seems to have a bit more stretch to it than standard PLA. I've been using 3d Rocks, it seems good but on screen controls are laggy. The other lithophane sites you suggest are decent too. An online photo editing site I use is good. Has very many editing options including crop, frame, border, back ground remover, scaler, and more. Well worth a look, it's Luna pics.
@ientugth2304 Жыл бұрын
Very useful
@markmullins34323 жыл бұрын
Very Nice. This could be used to create shadow images to order. There is a method of using the heat from the light source to rotate a cylinder that will create dancing images. Putting cylinders within cylinder can create quite interesting scenes.
@crashtke3 жыл бұрын
Going to try one for my wife after I get things dialed in a bit better.
@stevemcnerney4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I have been thinking about trying one. Now I think I can.
@oleurgast7304 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video - I like it a lot. For fixing not manifold models: Prusa Slicer take use of the Netfabb-API, so you simply click with right button on an object and choose "Fix through the NetFabb". You do not need to use an external program, so the workflow is more easy. Another recommandation for 3d printing photos: MatterControl. I mostly use the fuctions for images to put a relief on a coin. As a little background information: I live in germany, where labour is more expansive as in many other contrys (there is a minimum allowed for payment per hour and many social inssurances to be paid by the employer). So much less personal in supermarkets. To organise the shopping baskets without needing personal, they have a chain on the shopping car, which is released by putting in a 1€-coin (or a chip with same size). To get it back you have to put the basket there you got it and reattatch the chain. So making the "maker coin" in the size of a 1€ coin you not only get a "buissnes card" but also a quite usefull object. So printing photos, logos and/or text on a 1€-coin sized plate is quite a good idea in germany. And with MatterControl it is done quite easy. You might take a look on MatterControl, it´s free and quite usefull.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
I am a big fan of the MatterControl tools and the terminal interface. I have not found the slicer as good as Cura or PrusaSliver.
@Askaakash023 жыл бұрын
Dr.vax I love your demonstration I have a question..my lithopanes are spoling with dirt..pla is more prone to dirt and dust..can you please suggest any kind of solutions to prevent from it??
@LogicWheels3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this one Irv, really enjoyed it and I will try this out, just for the fun of it!
@pookpratch3 жыл бұрын
I learned a lot from this vdo, thank you so much!
@smileyleaves30663 жыл бұрын
Ender 3 PRO rules👏
@MakeWithTech3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you like your 3d printer
@charlieheisig69283 жыл бұрын
Very interesting- your timing is good, I was looking for something that can be given out as a present- so this fits the bill. I will get some photos of the grandkids and make some backlite frames. Thanks for the video.
@AJayTheStageArtist3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😊
@bansheeboys78392 жыл бұрын
Do I have to have a square image uploaded in order for the lithophane to be a completely square in 3dp rocks?
@123masteryoda1233 жыл бұрын
I tried all the software you showed in this and got an OK print. Then I just moved a .png into Cura and it came out %100 better. And it was only one step.
@MakeWithTech3 жыл бұрын
Yep. That video is quite old and the Cura built in capabilities continue to improve. Thanks for the push, I think I need to do an updated video.
@Fpvfreaky3 жыл бұрын
DrVax when making your Lithophane put it in to a positive picture.
@arniep7403 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I did follow your instructions but am still having a problem. As expected, when I loaded the STl file that was generated by ITSLITHO, I did get the non-manifold error message in Cura 4.8.0. So, as you suggested, I downloaded and installed Meshmixer and ran the STL file through that. It generated a wopping 360mb STL file (the original STL file from ITSLITHO was around 28mb. However, when I loaded that into Cura, I still got the "non-manifest" error. Any idea why that would persist after running the STL file through Meshmixer? Thanks!
@Dano11822 жыл бұрын
What he didn't explain is that to use some of these awesome features is you have to at least sign up for a trial of the pro version and put in a credit card. I just tried to do this very thing and didn't get an ad but would not let me continue with the tool unless I put my credit card info in for the "trial" with auto renew
@Dano11822 жыл бұрын
Cura will also generate Lithophanes just by importing an image file.
@NetTheHitMan3 жыл бұрын
Hi Dr.Vax i like your videos, i have one question, when i use itslitho, i think my STL file is very large, it takes alot of time to transfer the sliced file to Octoprint. is there a way to reduce the file size? Thanks From Denmark Europe, The Town of H.C. Andersen, Odense
@jerrygaguru9 ай бұрын
Will the Repair in Bambu labs studio repair the image?
@tafeintuch3 жыл бұрын
Can this technique be used to copy parts from a plan and then print them? I amazing thinking of the parts of a model airplane kit that is based on balsa wood construction..
@dman32uk12 жыл бұрын
Can't see the slicer settings for the second example?
@Soranja854 жыл бұрын
Great video! But I think there is only one flaw. At 20:55, the picture probably doesn't look like a negative because of the contrast, but because the picture is probably really set as negative. On the page 3dp.rocks/lithophane/, under the tab "Settings", "Image Settings" you can choose to display the image as positive or negative. "Positive" must be selected for 3D printing. I suspect that this was not the case with the picture. But apart from that, a very interesting and informative video. Keep it up and stay healthy. Greetings from Germany.
@FireN2k94 жыл бұрын
It is negative ;) I also wanted to write the same, greetings from germany too :D
@schogaia4 жыл бұрын
I also wanted to write the same and I also send out greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Folks, I have checked this multiple times and I did not have negative selected. One way you can verify is the background which was white/transparent would be black if negative was selected.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your comment but I checked this and it was positive.
@Soranja854 жыл бұрын
I made a screenshot of both images that were backlit and compared both of them. In comparison you can see the dark shirt, the light caliper and the dark beard. All this is exactly the opposite in the "negative" picture. The background should be black, that's correct. But that's not the case because the image has no existing background.
@MominMesquite3 жыл бұрын
Great instructions! I have a question about a person with a beard when printing the beard is white and makes him look like a completely different person. I cant get a different picture because he just passed away and i was wanting to do this for his relatives. Thank you in advance if you can give any suggestions
@MakeWithTech3 жыл бұрын
You will have to use an image editing picture to change the color of the beard in the original image and then convert it to a lithoprint.
@---H-E-L-I-X---3 жыл бұрын
great video and A1 presentation and so informative.. however it seams pixlr is no longer free and they require you to be premium to be able to do what you did with the background.. maybe i did something wrong on the site but tried everything i could see and select for the version to use and every time i hit auto ai it just says premium member only screen.. shame as a new printer this would of been great.. love your content DrVax.. thankyou for everything you do for us 3d printing newcomers.. however skipped that step as background was a light fade from a portrait so should still be ok.. so did everything else and i am now printing my first one....
@nitayya3 жыл бұрын
another great video! thanks! so whats better - to print along x or y axis?
@boazandruth9094 жыл бұрын
Tech question. I have the bltouch on my Ender 3’s Mi question is do I really need the bed leveling springs still on it or world I be able to replace the springs with a solid tube and do away with the springs completely. Have you yourself ever ran as test on this.
@woodwaker14 жыл бұрын
I have 2 Ender 5s that I replaced the springs with solid mounts from TH3D. I removed them and put new high strength springs on. Nothing wrong with the solid bed mounts, it was with the Ender 5 having only support on the Z back side. the BL touch or in my case the Ezabl was trying to compensate for too much. Now I can manual level my bed and let the ABL do the fine tuning. A good way to visualize is with Octoprint and the add on Bed Visualizer
@tonykyle26554 жыл бұрын
It would be helpful if you included the URLs to the sites and tools you use in the video. What I'm finding is I have to pause the video, open a new tab, and type the URL manually, hoping I don't bork it and end up some where I don't want to be.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
You are correct. I rush this video out and forgot to add the URLs to the description. I have added them now.
And if you scroll down, you'll see the colourful application too.
@Guardian_Arias4 жыл бұрын
Ideamaker IMO has the best manifold fixes and the fastest with offline capabilities
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
I have never been crazy about the Ideamaker user interface. I need to take another look. P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
@Guardian_Arias4 жыл бұрын
@@MakeWithTech yeah, the interface is definitely lack luster and could use more features, but as far as advance features are concerned are really rich. Although, they can be very hard to find and are often counter intuitive but i have been able to fine tune them to the point where I can get a good 60 degree overhang and a consistently printable overhang of up to 80 degrees
@neniefc83124 жыл бұрын
Dear DrVax, Please make ender 3 v2 bltouch Thank
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Evaluating this. The challenge it the firmware and UI on the V2.
@fungicoin56123 жыл бұрын
just drag and drop into cura sorted
@GeezerGramps3 жыл бұрын
Prusa Slicer will fix the manifold errors for you.
@IronMan-yg4qw4 жыл бұрын
WHY NO LINKS TO THE ITSLITHO.COM WEBSITE ??
@Vyker3 жыл бұрын
AI Cutout is premium only now, not ad supported. - now what :(
@wooly1962114 жыл бұрын
All cutout is a premium tool option.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Yes. But it still works in the free version. You just have to wait for the ad timer to complete, about 6 seconds, then you get an option to continue.
@wooly1962114 жыл бұрын
@@MakeWithTech Thank you, your the best.
@AttackCupcake3 жыл бұрын
Sphere all the way 😂
@kevinandmarymoback45374 жыл бұрын
Thank you.. I have been thinking about this idea for a while . A free image editor that's fantastic is a french program called Photo Filtre (French Spelling) you can find it at photofiltre.free.fr/frames_en.htm. There is a paid version but the unpaid version does not have adds to support it. I have been using it for a number of years now and have never had it crash or create problems. Its my go to editor, It might just work for you.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestion.
@raycadmus4 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done... The referral to the itslitho.com site I found specially helpful. I've been using the 3dp.rocks site with some success . Now I'll have to try the new one. Off topic... Why Dr Vax? Having worked for years with VAX computers that's what VAX is to me. Just wondering what your story might be.
@MakeWithTech4 жыл бұрын
Yep. I worked for DEC in the early 80s of VAX/VMS systems.
@JohnPaul-my6ct4 жыл бұрын
24'57" "a beautiful lamp"?? LOL
@Guardian_Arias4 жыл бұрын
Krita is way better than GIMP and its offline and 100% free too