#LIGHTBURN CAMERA CALIBRATION LOCATIONS SOFTWARE#

Just kind of surprised this all works as well as it does. Focus the camera as well as you can to get a clear image.

#LIGHTBURN CAMERA CALIBRATION LOCATIONS SOFTWARE#

Other applications are you can place an object on the bed, adjust the height of the laser, and use the software to visually place what you want to engrave it on the object before you do so. Depending on the type of lens, we indicate either. Camera Raw A proprietary digital camera file format. I'm actually pretty amazed with how well this works. Run the camera lens calibration (menu Tools -> Calibrate Camera Lens. On a color image, the calibration bars are the color swatches printed at the sides of the image. This is literally just the sharpie line I drew cut out of the card stock. Choose the same camera you did in the Lens Calibration wizard. Then I used lightburn to trace the sharpie line and cut it out. In the Tools menu, choose Calibrate Camera Alignment to start the alignment wizard. IfĪfter went through the calibration wizard, I drew a squiggle with a sharpie pen on the cardstock.

The basic gist of it is that you calibrate the camera and then you can do a few things like scan an image on the bed and then cut it out. So, I mounted the camera to the lid and made some kickstands to prop it up at a fixed angle. I ordered the 140 degree camera, which was probably a bit too much, the 120 degree camera would probably be sufficient and yield a better resolution, but since it's a 5 megapixel camera, it's probably ok. The software package I use, Lightburn supports the use of a camera for doing some 'things'. So, finally got around to adding a camera to my k40 laser.

Lightburn camera calibration locations