Engraving
Copper-plate line engraving — the image is redrawn as flowing line work whose weight swells with darkness, lines displaced by the form like a banknote portrait: a single plate, cross-hatched shadow plates, or one continuous spiral cut
Props
Prop
Details
style"line" | "crosshatch" | "spiral"Default:
crosshatchThe engraving cut: a single line plate, cross-hatched plates building up the shadows, or one continuous spiral
style"line" | "crosshatch" | "spiral"Default: crosshatchThe engraving cut: a single line plate, cross-hatched plates building up the shadows, or one continuous spiral
frequencynumberDefault:
90Line density — how many engraved lines span the height of the canvas
frequencynumberDefault: 90Line density — how many engraved lines span the height of the canvas
anglenumberDefault:
8Direction of the base line work (in degrees)
anglenumberDefault: 8Direction of the base line work (in degrees)
center{x: number, y: number}Default:
{"x":0.5,"y":0.5}Center the spiral coils outward from
center{x: number, y: number}Default: {"x":0.5,"y":0.5}Center the spiral coils outward from
reliefnumberDefault:
0.6How strongly the image brightness displaces the lines — the engraved 'lines climb over the form' effect
reliefnumberDefault: 0.6How strongly the image brightness displaces the lines — the engraved 'lines climb over the form' effect
wavinessnumberDefault:
0.35Organic meander of the line work, like a hand-pulled burin stroke
wavinessnumberDefault: 0.35Organic meander of the line work, like a hand-pulled burin stroke
contrastnumberDefault:
1.15Tonal contrast applied before the lines are cut — higher pushes mid-tones toward pure line or pure paper
contrastnumberDefault: 1.15Tonal contrast applied before the lines are cut — higher pushes mid-tones toward pure line or pure paper
inkColorstringDefault:
#1a1410Color of the engraved ink
inkColorstringDefault: #1a1410Color of the engraved ink
paperColorstringDefault:
#f4eee2Paper color shown between the lines
paperColorstringDefault: #f4eee2Paper color shown between the lines