I’m largely happy with the EufyMake Studio software program. Should you aren’t already snug working in Photoshop or different image-editing software program, you’ll need to spend a little bit of time attending to understand how layers and transparency work, in addition to brushing up on dots per inch (dpi) and picture sorts, assuming you’re going to print customized objects. There’s a little bit of trial and error concerned in getting components appropriate every time you modify supplies, however the presets for every are a great start line. Should you, like me, do have familiarity with enhancing software program, you may discover the interface intuitive. I haven’t run into any points deciding on and modifying a number of layers, adjusting opacity and print settings, or importing my very own imagery.
{Photograph}: Brad Bourque
Should you’re not working from your individual customized photos, you possibly can print straight from the shared content material part of the app, which is split into two sections: Tasks and Designs. Within the Tasks tab, different E1 customers add photographs of the objects they’ve created, together with customized keyboard keycaps, photograph shows, keychains, and jewellery. It’s straightforward to seize a design from this tab and customise it with your individual photographs and graphics. Each time I scroll this tab, I see methods to make use of the E1 that I might by no means thought-about. The Designs tab has some helpful templates, but it surely’s additionally type of clogged with random AI-generated junk. For example, at any time when I attempted to discover a background sample or textual content banner right here, I might discover renderings of three in style online game characters trapped within plastic luggage, prominently displayed on the entrance web page. Additionally, the designs aren’t at all times sensible or customizable.
E1 creations are spectacular, given the machine’s small footprint at 23 x 10 x 16 inches. You’d by no means know the mug or coaster you’re holding comes from somebody’s basement and never a manufacturing unit. The printer works finest when utilizing clear, punchy graphics. For the sake of testing, I designed a emblem for a nonexistent firm and printed it on a coaster. Despite the fact that the picture was just a few circles and textual content on a clear PNG file, the ensuing print, full with clear borders and raised textual content, felt like one thing you’d get from a retailer, not my very own workplace. The additional layers present a correct depth and clean contact that leads to polished-feeling merchandise.
Photographs got here out tremendous detailed and crisp too, because of the 1,440 dpi and powerful coloration mixing. Though, combining textures and your individual photographs would require a little bit of massaging within the app settings or tinkering with masks.
The Setup
{Photograph}: Brad Bourque
There are a selection of concerns that make utilizing the E1 extra advanced than a 2D and even 3D printer. To begin, you’ll need to situate the machine in a secluded space. Whereas Anker assured me that the E1 is “completely protected to stroll by whereas the printer is operating,” I used to be additionally suggested to put on the included blue-light-reduction glasses if actively watching the printing course of. To play it protected, you’d in all probability need to maintain youngsters and pets away from the world whereas printing.
