#Lightburn camera drivers windows 10 how to
#Lightburn camera drivers windows 10 software
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For the first capture, place the pattern in the center of the field of view of the camera, with the printed face of the card pointed directly at the camera, as shown in the small view up top.

#Lightburn camera drivers windows 10 how to

The view will change to include a capture button, and a helper image to show you how to position the printed pattern for capture. With the correct camera selected, click Next. You will be presented with a screen like the one below.Ĭhoose your camera in the list, and you'll see the view from the camera in the area to the left. Open the 'Tools' menu and choose 'Calibrate Camera Lens' from the menu. A fuzzy image, or shadows falling across the calibration pattern will make the process much harder, if not impossible. It is best to have good, consistent lighting for the capture process, and the camera should be in focus. If the calibration image cannot be held at the appropriate distance to match the shown image in the display, you may shrink or enlarge the printed pattern. Note: This process is dependent only on the camera and lens, not on its placement in your machine - as long as the camera and calibration pattern are perfectly still, you do not need to mount the camera in the machine to perform the lens calibration. It determines the amount and shape of distortion produced by the lens of the camera, and computes an inversion for this distortion.

#Lightburn camera drivers windows 10 software

The software analyzes how the pattern appears in the images, and compares that against its internal knowledge of how the pattern should look.

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The Camera Lens Calibration wizardĬamera Lens Calibration uses series of captured images of a known pattern. If the image is curved, it will affect the calibration process and reduce the accuracy. Mount it to stiff card, foam-board, or wood, so the image remains very, very flat. The circles image will be approximately 148mm x 105mm (5.8' x 4.1'), and should have at least 6mm (1/4') of white space around the pattern. You will need to download and print the following image: Calibration-Circles.png The first part of this is accomplished in the Lens Calibration wizard. In order to use the camera for work placement, it's necessary to 'teach' LightBurn how to remove the distortion from your camera lens, and where your camera is in relation to the work area of your laser. There is a YouTube video of the calibration process here: LightBurn Camera Calibration Walkthrough It takes a bit of effort to set up, but it's well worth it.

LightBurn can counter both of these, and simulate a top-down view from nearly any camera.

The image from this camera is very distorted, because it is uses a fish-eye lens to achieve a very wide field of view, and it's mounted at an odd angle for use with the laser. Select the camera, and the view from the camera will appear in the window, as shown: If your system has a compatible USB camera connected, it will appear in the Camera drop-down box.

You'll be presented with a window that looks like this: Using the camera as a monitor is simple - enable the Camera Control window (right-click on any window or toolbar and choose 'Camera Control' from the pop-up).

Tracing artwork directly from the bed of the laser.

LightBurn includes a camera feature which allows a USB connected camera to be used in a couple of different ways: