Lithophane Maker Desktop
Lithophane Maker Desktop
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Lithophane Maker Desktop is a user-friendly application designed for creating lithophanes and chromaphanes (also known as filament paintings) for 3D printing. With the Lithophane Maker Desktop program, you can produce various types of lithophanes, including color lithophanes, light boxes, spheres, moon lamps, flat lithophanes, curved lithophanes, night light lithophanes, lithophane lamps, lithophane silhouettes, and more. The software is continually updated with new features.
Ordering Multiple Licenses:
If you wish to buy more than one license, please order them separately, as ordering multiple licenses at once will not have any effect. The license period begins only after you download the program and enter your order (or confirmation) number.
Post-Purchase Process:
Once your purchase is complete, you can download the latest version of Lithophane Maker Desktop from here and you can come back and download it again if you need to. You will also receive a download link in an email. Please ensure you uninstall any earlier versions of the software before installing the new one. During your first use, you will need to provide your order (or confirmation) number to activate your license. The program will save your license file (license.lic) in the installation directory; do not delete this file during updates, as it can only be generated once. Additionally, you will receive an email containing a link to the installer and your order number, allowing you to set up Lithophane Maker Desktop at your convenience.
Licensing Details:
Please be aware that the license is valid for only one computer at a time, and it is easy to transfer the license to another computer. Because this program works while offline, and we cannot remove the license from your computer, all purchases are final and cannot be refunded. We are committed to continually improve LMD, and if you have any suggestions for how to improve the program, please send them to support@lithophanemaker.com
The personal version does not permit the sale of digital models or printed objects created with it. In contrast, the commercial version allows for the sale of such items. Selling models or objects without a commercial license may lead to the loss of your license and a ban on acquiring a new one.
We have provided Bambu Lithophane and Chromaphane Configuration Files here! The Curved Walls profile is designed for curved lithophanes (e.g., nightlights, spheres, lamp shades, etc.), while the Flat Walls profile should be used for printing flat lithophanes (e.g., boxes, flats, hearts, etc.). You can learn more about creating and printing lithophanes in our Beginner's Guide to Lithophanes.
Don't forget to check out American Filament's Lithophane PLA filaments!
Questions or concerns? Please email: support@lithophanemaker.com.
Lithophane Maker Desktop is only available on Windows operating systems at this time. A MacOS version will be released in the future.
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Software is great, and more visible, you actually know what the settings you modify does. There are although a few ameliorations that I would do.
For flat lithophanes you are not able to scale the crop region. It's size is based on the size of the lithophane so if you need to fit something in, you can't scale up or down the crop region and keep the same aspect/ratio.
You can't do CTRL+Z
Other than that great software
I started testing and then got the flu. 🫤
The software lags on my system.
For the color lithophane, the cropping is not the same as the cloud version. Also, since it's an app, there should be more flexibility in the crop box.
Also, I need to be able to adjust the the layer height. The cloud app allows it, why not the software?
I won't use the app for live work until I've been able to test and verify.
I'm happy to discuss.
Matthew, thank you for the feedback. You are not the first person to ask for flexibility with the layer heights, and we will add that very soon (within a week). LMD will notify you of an available update. Look for v1.4.1.
What more do you want the crop box to do? If you check freeform crop, you can change the crop box's aspect ratio and zoom. It does everything that the online tool does and more.
Sorry that the program is laggy on your system. You can spee it up by making the viewing Lithophane resolution larger.
This software produces consistently excellent results. I love it. So much so that I bought a lifetime commercial licence. Will I use it? I hope so! I've paid more for far less.
Thank you for the kind words Dwayne!
I'm still learning but the interface is easily understood and I love the variety of options.
Great gifts for my loved ones in the future
I was making a number of curved lithophane cylinders using the website. I thought it may work better offline. The purchase was also a 'thank you' for the excellent product on the site. For the samples generated, it did as good a job as on the website.
The only issue: The desktop app did not have a "Curved" preset that worked the way the website built it; It did not set dimensions of the lithos in the same way. After this initial project, this will not be an issue.
I have more requests to make these, so the desktop app will come in handy.
Scott, we are working on getting the curved lithophane tool upgraded and added to the program! Be on the lookout for an updated version. Would you mind sending an email to support@lithophanemaker.com to let us know how the dimensions differed from the website? We want to figure out what is going on!
Thanks for your feedback!
The AF/LM Team