Image finding help

[infomatrix]

does anybody know were to get or how to create the colorful circuit board image shown in this picture.?

 

[Tom Mann]

Go to Google Images and type in "chip design". Use one of the images that come up as the base layer for a composite. Put an image of the packaging on a layer above that and use drop shadows and other techniques to make it look more realistic, ie, as if it was one single photo.

Tom

 

[iDad]

or you could get a brush and design untill you're happy, there are lots of them out there, here is just one at DA http://basstar.deviantart.com/art/Technical-Brushes-BEST-OF-250x-151466590

 

[IamSam]

In addition to iDads brushes.......

850+ Super Cool Tech Brushes

 

[infomatrix]

my goodness.....tons of info..lol...u guys know too much....lol....holy cow thank you for the brushes man...it advanced my designs...like...10 years lol...seriously...its funny cuz, while browsing the tech brushes i found the designer of the brushes made the wallpaper i currently used..so..i was like....yeah...im going in the right direction..lol..

 

[iDad]

You have the bug now, be careful it's addicting

 

[infomatrix]

lol .... thank you guys for all the help..i just thought about this...i was on google got a bunch of pics using search word circuit board design layout...then i was going to change the colors in it to look brighter and newer..but before i started..it came to me...i think it would be easier if i just download the actual chip design software and use it to layout a nice looking pic...lol...

 

[Tom Mann]

Info, I'm curious, what software caught your eye?

The reason I ask is because most serious chip design software costs tens of thousands of dollars and is highly protected (eg, physical dongles, local license server, etc.). Simpler software to design PCBs (printed circuit boards) (eg, OrCAD-Layout) is less expensive, and student copies are available, but the results don't look anything like that section of the image you posted, eg.:

http://www.pcbunlimited.com/images/circuit_board_layout.jpg
http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb-...slation/multimedia_image/pads-translation.jpg

Tom

 

[infomatrix]

while searching for similar design from the picture above, i had to venture off "circuit design layout" and into "pcb design layout" to get some good examples.Im using KiCad, Zeintpcb, and gplEDA..while the color schemes are not the same im playing around with the functions to see if you can change the colors of the lines and objects.trying to get as close as i can to the chip/cpu design look, with a circuit/pcb design layout sofware lol. this would allow me to create custom, specific chip designs almost instantly lol...instead of editing and hacking a photo, ill put the work in now, and create kinda like a setup, that i can always go back to and create different chip designs faster and easier...and always original......still playing around with it but that is the idea....

 

[Tom Mann]

Info, the only problem is that there is a huge visual difference between the look of a "chip", aka, an "integrated circuit", and the look of a printed circuit board, and it's not just the fact that they are wildly different in feature size ( ~ 1000x in linear dimensions, 10^6 in area).

You can't even come close to approximating the look of an IC using tools meant to design a PCB. Anyone who knows anything about electronics will immediately recognize if you try to pass one off as the other and will probably roll their eyes and say something like "...oh, I guess the artist didn't know what he was doing".

To help you see the difference, here are some links to each type you can skim over. If nothing else, just look at the first couple of links in each list.

Best layout pix of ICs:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/IC_Nanotecnology_2400X.JPG
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mC8VIyzjh9g/TNVVbrsFOHI/AAAAAAAADaA/XJVd0I6ioW8/s1600/ic-chip-example.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/InternalIntegratedCircuit2.JPG
http://breathlessdays1959-1960.wiki...).jpg/90179759/Integrated_circuit_(1950s).jpg
http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2004/10/24_4ef309736f760441603afe03433e193d.jpg
http://mightyohm.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/EC101_Layout_50.jpg
https://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/4/41/Interviews_FEL_layout.png
http://www.asice.com/pics/layout2c.jpg

Best pix of PCBs and their layout software:

http://cdn.alternativeto.net/s/90a53584-f42a-e011-b47f-0200d897d049_3_full.png

http://cdn.alternativeto.net/s/90a53584-f42a-e011-b47f-0200d897d049_4_full.png

http://xtronic.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ZenitPCB_cad_software_pcb_schematic.gif

http://www.te1.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ZenitPCB_PROGRAMA_pcb_esquema.jpg

http://www.zenitpcb.com/images/large_ZenitPCB_9.png

http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/kicad/Kicadsite/LogicielKicad_data/pcbnew_sc_english.png

http://www.kicad-pcb.org/download/a...rsion=1&modificationDate=1334486848000&api=v2

http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/55000/55612/kicad-6.jpg

http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/images/Openbiosprog-spi-pcb-kicad-0.1.png

http://vrtp.ru/screenshots/2443_kicad_pcb.jpg

http://store.curiousinventor.com/media/images/guides/kicad/zone6.gif

http://numato.cc/sites/default/files/2012/Nov/quandary_layout.png

http://wallchan.com/images/sandbox/80421-blue-circuit-board.jpg

http://community.linuxmint.com/img/screenshots/geda.png

http://sourceforge.net/dbimage.php?id=95604

HTH,

T

 

[infomatrix]

yes there is a huge difference visually....but i have hopes that with a little tweaking in colors and objects...with minor photoshoping on certain objects you could fairly come close to it...i mean if they make young people look old in photoshop im more than positive you can make a pcb look like a cpu layout...no doubt ...we can all agree on the miracles of photoshop.....i could just edit a existing cpu layout pic...but every pic out there has extremely thin and detailed lines...maybe not you guys but it would take me a while to make it look like how i want it....then going through this repeatedly for new designs..i just thought i can make the process a little faster...i was just merely contemplating that maybe i can reduce my time in photoshop by mocking up something close to it in a pcb layout...in terms of colors and linier, square, and rectangle objects...then with some minor deletion of circle and other things...i would have a decent looking layout...just an idea of a set up....just trying new things...seeing wut works or not....i truly appreciate your time and imput... thank you mr tom mann.. cheers

 

[sprucemagoo1]

Not positive, but I'm sure I saw a free electrical cad program on linux. I use autocad product design suite myself because it's cool beens, but like tom said, the package that I got cost £7000.

 

[infomatrix]

7000!!!!!! .....do you use the software professionally?...like....its directly an essential for your type of work?....

 

[iDad]

7000!!!!!! .....do you use the software professionally?...like....its directly an essential for your type of work?....

just fell off my chair!.... a wee bit shocked are we?

 

[Paul]

Against FREE that is a little on the large side