Place your desired tools on a light box and take a picture. I made mine with a box, led light and white paper.
2
Use the image vectorizer
1 minute
Open a new project and select image vectorizer
3
Select the picture
2 minutes
Select the picture and play with the settings until the image capture satisfies your needs
4
Enlarge the picture
2 minutes
If you know the length of one of the tools, enlarge the image until it matches. After this is done, you can delete the border. You can use the dimension of the ligthbox as a reference. I had to enlarge the image a tiny bit to compensate for the image from the camera.
5
Clean up your image
2 minutes
If you are not satisfied with the image quality, reload it again or take a new picture
6
Add finger grooves
1 minute
My preference is to add finger grooves to quickly grab the tools. Make sure they are big enough for your finger to easily grab the tool
7
Prepare your EVA foam
3 minutes
I use EVA foam (floor mats) for shadow boards. They are easy to cut, and available everywhere. Just choose the color you like best. Cut it to size and secure it
8
Start carving
20 minutes
The time depends on your settings. I usually keep the edges of the foam to help sure the foam. You can cut them later
9
Finish your shadow board
1 minute
When done carving, you can use a heat gun and slowly go over the edges. This will melt the foam burrs.
10
Final Product
1 minute
Enjoy. After a couple of tries, I was able to figure out the correct ratio from my camera
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Mircea Bascuti
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