Contents

Image Style

Add a filter

Best Practices

Image Color

Set sharpness

Set saturation

Set brightness

Set contrast

Set grayscale

Invert the color

How Bitmap Filters Enhance the Engraving Style?

Updated Dec 31,2024

Image Style

Add a filter

You can adjust image style by clicking "Filter" on the top toolbar.

The following options are provided: original, grid, sketch, comic 1, comic 2, embossment, black-and-white, and halftone. For embossment, you can set the strength; for halftone, you can set the maximum radius.

Best Practices

Sketch for a Superior Trace Effect：

When aiming for that authentic sketchy trace, the Sketch filter does wonders.

Apply Sketch, and use Trace Image to turn it into a vector file.

Blending Sketch with Comic 1 for Vector-like Outcome:

It's an intriguing mix! The fusion of Sketch and Comic 1 simulates a vector illustration.

Left to right: Original, Sketch , Sketch+Comic 1

Accentuating Color Blocks with Comic 1 & Comic 2 :

For images where color blocks are close in hue, the combination of Comic 1 and Comic 2 can make them pop, enhancing clarity.

Left to right: Original, Comic 1 , Comic 1 + Comic 2

A Clear Contrast with Sketch and Comic 2

Seeking a departure from the original style? This duo offers distinct engraving styling, highlighting even the minutest details.

The 3D Visual Punch with Sketch & Embossment Filters

Here's a trick for a faux 3D embossed look:

Begin with the Sketch filter, ramping up sharpness to its peak.

Take a screenshot, then reapply using the Embossment filter. Tweak to suitable strength.

Here's the result, a visual treat that looks 3D embossed!

Image Color

You can adjust image color by clicking "Adjust" on the top toolbar.

Set sharpness

With other settings unchanged, sharpness is related to the clarity of details in an image. The larger value you set, the details are clearer.

When working with filters, maxing out on sharpness can often give optimum results.

Set saturation

With other settings unchanged, saturation is related to the color vibrancy of an image. The larger the value you set, the more vibrant the colors are.

Set brightness

With other settings unchanged, brightness is related to the lightness of an image. The larger the value you set, the brighter the image is.

Set contrast

With other settings unchanged, contrast adjusts the difference between the darkest and lightest colors.The larger the value you set, the greater the difference in color or grayscale in the image.

Set grayscale

The grayscale is related to the contrast of light and shade. Slide the block on the left to the right to enhance the shade. Slide the block on the right to the left to enhance the light.

Invert the color

You can invert the colors of a bitmap image. This function can be useful for the processing of some dark materials, such as engraving bitmap images on transparent or translucent acrylic, black slates, rubber, and mirrors. The engraving results can be improved by using this function.

XCS supports color inverting of black-and-white, grayscale, and color bitmap images, as described in the following:

Black-and-white images: White pixels are inverted into black ones, and black ones are inverted into white ones.

Grayscale images: Light pixels are inverted into dark ones, and dark ones are inverted into light ones.

Color images: A color image is converted into a grayscale image first, and then light pixels are inverted into dark ones, and dark ones are inverted into light ones.

Note:
For an image with a transparent or translucent background, the background is not inverted, and only the colors of the pixels in the image are inverted.

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