{"id":1001,"date":"2011-09-15T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1001-announcing-brighter-higher-definition-full-color-3d-printing-for-all.html"},"modified":"2022-09-22T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:54:33","slug":"announcing-brighter-higher-definition-full-color-3d-printing-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/announcing-brighter-higher-definition-full-color-3d-printing-for-all","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Brighter, Higher Definition, Full Color 3D Printing For All"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shapeways 3D Printed Full Color Sandstone<\/a> just got a whole lot brighter thanks to a change in our post processing.  Full color 3D prints will now have whiter whites, brighter colors, greater contrast and definition.<\/p>\n

You have seen the beautiful results from community members Magic<\/a> and Stony’s<\/a> experience with better color quality and resolution! Now this same quality is available for all. All orders in Shapeways  Full Color Sandstone<\/a> will now be finished with the new process so you and your customers will have the best quality 3D prints possible.<\/p>\n

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\nAs you had seen with Magic<\/a> and Stony’s<\/a> 3D prints, the new process involves a coating with cyanoacrylate (aka superglue) with no wax finish.  This reduces the yellowing of the white and allows for truer colors and crisper contrast as you can see in the samples below with the previous process on the left and the new process on the right. There is some possibility that this will make the full color prints slightly more brittle, but the Shapeways keychain<\/a> that has been bouncing around in my bag for the past month has endured with no breakages or discoloration.<\/p>\n


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So now we have turned up the awesome on our full color 3D printing, what are you going to start designing? Are we going to see more full color figurines, wild train components (Jettuh?), or perhaps you will try the latest cool project  by archipelis?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\nInterested in movable parts? Check out the design guidelines<\/a><\/small>. With this new process we have a few changes to design guidelines, read the guidelines carefully to ensure awesome designs.
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