# PCB Art Studio — image to Gerber

A free browser tool that turns images into a printed circuit board design. Images are cropped on the board by dragging and zooming (business card 85 × 55 mm or any custom size), and the front and back are designed separately. Text can be added in bundled fonts (straight, turned or along an arc), and templates for a business card, round badge, coaster and bookmark start a design with editable text. Tones map to solder mask over board, solder mask over copper, exposed metal (ENIG gold or HASL silver), bare board or silkscreen. It previews the board in common solder mask colours and downloads a Gerber ZIP (copper, solder mask and silkscreen for the top and, when the back has artwork, mirrored bottom layers, plus the outline and optional non-plated mounting holes) for upload to a PCB maker. Every download is checked against JLCPCB and PCBWay minimums (copper lines and gaps at least 0.15 mm, silkscreen at least 0.15 mm, copper 0.3 mm from the edge) and too-thin details are widened automatically. Images are processed on the visitor’s device. Boards are decorative and have no circuit.

Original page: https://alisoglu.com/projects/pcb-art-studio/

## Questions and answers

### Is PCB Art Studio free?

Yes. Designing and downloading the Gerber ZIP is free and needs no account. You only pay the board maker when you order boards.

### Are my images uploaded?

No. Your images are read, cropped and turned into Gerber files on your device, in the browser tab. The browser only downloads this page and its code from this website.

### What is inside the Gerber ZIP?

Copper, solder mask and silkscreen layers for the front, mirrored bottom layers when the back has artwork, the board outline, optional non-plated mounting holes and order notes with the settings you previewed.

### Where can I order the board?

At any maker that accepts Gerber files, for example JLCPCB, PCBWay or Aisler. Upload the ZIP unchanged, check their Gerber viewer and choose the same solder mask colour and metal finish (ENIG for gold, HASL for silver).

### Can I add my own text?

Yes. Add as many lines of text as you like on each side, pick the font and size, and choose whether it is printed, made of metal or copper, or cut out of the mask. Text can run straight, turned or along an arc on round boards. Drag it on the board to place it, or start from a template for a business card, badge, coaster or bookmark.

### Which images work best?

Logos, drawings and bold, high-contrast pictures. Lines thinner than 0.15 mm are widened automatically so the maker can produce them, so very fine detail gets a little bolder.

### Does the board work as a circuit?

No. The boards are decorative art with no circuit. They use real PCB materials, so they look like a real board.

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