Creating printable stencils from photographs

[melissa g]

Hello!

I currently have affinity photo and have been playing around with creating stencils from photographs using threshold, invert, posterize, etc. Was wondering if anyone can suggest an easier/ more time saving method. Or with the current sale, I am open to adding another program or add-on to make this process less frustrating.  Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

[Pšenda]

16 minutes ago, melissa g said:

Was wondering if anyone can suggest an easier/ more time saving method.

Without a detailed description of "your" method, it is not possible to judge whether someone knows a simpler / faster method.

[melissa g]

Hmmm well, I am totally green at this, but trying, so please bear with me. I have no specific "go-to" method that I have found to go about this and it definitely depends on the shadow in the photograph. I play with all of these adjustments,  however, I mostly manage to get frustrated in the process. My medium is textile / clothing design and my goal is to create stencils in affinity, upload to my cricut ( cutting machine) to cut out the stencil and then use that for my textile project. 

[Dan C]

Hi @melissa g,

Welcome to the Affinity Forums

I'd recommend checking out the below thread, as the workflow suggestions made here may help -

Equally, as you've mentioned Cricut, if you're looking to export Vector documents for your cutting machine, I'd recommend also checking out the below FAQ - 

I hope this helps!