KromaCut test on the PrusaXL

I first needed to find an alternative to HueForge which is a paid programme to transform colored images into 3D images where each hight has a specific color.

So I asked copilot instead of searching myself.

Q: programs like hueforge but free

And a summary of its answer:

Tool	Browser‑Based	Open‑Source	Layer Control	STL Export	Filament Swap Instructions
Kromacut	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Filapaint	✅	❓ (free)	✅	✅	Supports basic layers
AutoForge	✅ (demo)	✅	Automated		✅

So I choose Kromacut

I checked the PLA colors that we have and with Mistral AI I created an image with the following prompt:

generate an image of a norwegian fablab viking with the only 5 colors from the following list
blue
orange
galaxy black
white
grey
green
army green
red
galaxy red
mango yellow
algea pigment

Uploaded it to kromacut and setup that I want max 5 layers / Number of colors. Than I hit Apply Quantization. And export the STL

Prusa Slicer

In Prusa Slicer I used the Multimaterial Painting Tool with the Height Range Tool Type.

So I will skip my struggle part.

In short you put in the height that under which you will use head #1. So you paint from top to bottom.

And the result:

kromacut-fablab-viking.3MF