Chris Wilson Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Basically I am looking for the best / easiest way to take a photo of the copper tracks side of a single sided printed circuit board and fill in the tracks in solid black so the new image can be printed on clear acetate sheet to make a copy board through photo resist coated PCB and etching. Some boards will have copper coloured tracks, some like this example with tinning on the copper so it looks silver. I have tried filling in with a digital paintbrush in Paint, but it's inaccurate and very tedious. Would some sort of PC Tablet with a stylus be better, or is there an app to flood selected areas in black? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Photoshop and the path tool would probably be easiest. You may be able to do with the selection tool in one go if you took a better picture with more definition between the background and tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Like this? Proper old school circuit board making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Like this? Proper old school circuit board making. You're a star, that will be perfect when resized! Thanks Pete, may I ask how you did it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
and1c Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Just go on https://www.fiverr.com and post it as a job if you have lots to do chris. You will get them done for peanuts and no headaches for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Just go on https://www.fiverr.com and post it as a job if you have lots to do chris. You will get them done for peanuts and no headaches for you! Why? When he can post it up here and get it done for free... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
and1c Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Why? When he can post it up here and get it done for free... Its a good resource. Certainly provides more help than your post anyway. - - - Updated - - - Why? When he can post it up here and get it done for free... Its a good resource. Certainly provides more help than your post anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Its a good resource. Certainly provides more help than your post anyway. - - - Updated - - - Its a good resource. Certainly provides more help than your post anyway. I know, I was only joking..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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