The Fabricator

AI-driven pattern and texture generator.

Operating Steps

Step 1: Upload Your Source Image

Drag & drop or click to upload any photo or graphic. The canvas displays your image immediately as a starting reference.

Step 2: Paint the Generation Mask

Select the Brush tool and paint over the area where you want AI art generated. The red mask defines the exclusive generation zone — everything outside it stays untouched.

Step 3: Choose a Style DNA (Optional)

Open the Style Library to choose from 100+ professional scroll, floral, and engraving styles. Each style seeds the AI with a dedicated reference image for extreme consistency. You can also type a freeform text prompt directly.

Step 4: Fire the Engine

Four engines span the budget-to-premium range: SPARK (fastest, lowest cost), FORGE (the default — rich, detailed scrollwork), ULTRA (maximum Gemini-family detail), and MASTER (the flagship — strongest on multi-part boards and long, narrow shapes, ~2 min). All of them conform tightly to your painted shape. Click FIRE to fill the mask with high-contrast monochrome line art — the button always shows the live credit cost, and it stays locked until you've painted a mask.

Step 5: Download & Export Layers

Use the layer buttons to download your Source, Mask, Art, or Vector outputs individually, or click 'Merged PNG' / 'Merged SVG' to create perfectly aligned composite files ready for LightBurn.

Tactical Tip

Generation runs in well under a minute, so iterate freely — hit REGENERATE to re-fire the same mask with new art, or tweak the prompt or pattern density between runs. Your work-in-progress is saved automatically, so a page reload won't lose your source or mask. After generation, send your art to the Vectorize tab in Image Lab to get a crisp vector alongside the raster, then preview it on wood or slate with Realistic Render before you cut.

How-To: Multi-Part Projects

Jobs with several parts — every side and section of a firearm, a knife set, a batch of panels — look best when one generation styles all of them. Project folders plus the Arrange board turn that into a repeatable workflow. Free accounts can build a project of up to 5 parts; Operator unlocks unlimited projects and jobs of up to 24 parts.

Trace every part into one folder. For each side or section, load its photo, paint or auto-mask the shape, and click Save Outline. Name the part (e.g. “G19 Slide — Left”) and file it into a Project Folder — you can create the folder right in the save dialog. Repeat until the whole job is captured.
Load the folder onto one canvas. Open Armory Outlines — outlines are grouped by project. Hit SELECT ALL on your folder, then LOAD SELECTED. Up to 5 outlines fit on one canvas on a free account, 24 with Operator.
Arrange with gaps. The Arrange board auto-packs the pieces with spacing. Drag to reposition, resize with the slider, rotate in 90° steps. An amber ring warns that two pieces overlap — they would merge into one region, so pull them apart unless that's intentional. Click PLACE PIECES ON CANVAS to bake the layout.
Fire once. Choose a Style DNA or prompt and FIRE. The engine fills every piece in the same unified style — matched scrollwork across the whole job, for the price of a single generation. Export for LightBurn as usual; every part stays in place.
Iterate. RE-ARRANGE reopens the board with your saved layout so you can nudge and re-bake; REGENERATE re-fires the same canvas for a fresh take on the art.

Tip: pack pieces close but never touching — the tighter the layout, the more of the engine's resolution each part receives.

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