One person made this
Polychrome is built by Goldwin Stewart in Kingston, Ontario.
A little about me
I'm a solo software developer, making websites for clients and building software of my own. I have a lot of random interests, like chemistry, software and, obviously, 3D printing.
Originally this was only an experiment, and I was pessimistic. I had always considered filaments to be too opaque for any interesting optics to happen. It was only while implementing light scattering in my real-time ray tracing engine that I noticed that thin layers of filament could create the same blending.
So I packaged it up.
Why it exists
I wanted to get more out of my printer.
The tools that already existed for this were hard to use, and they did not give me results I was happy with. So I built the one I wanted: you bring a picture, it works out what your filament can actually do with it, and it tells you what you are going to get before you spend hours working out the layers and a print finding out.
That is still the test I hold it to. If the prediction on your screen is not close to the thing in your hands, Polychrome has not done its job.
What you are buying, and from whom
Polychrome is made by Goldwin Stewart in Kingston, Ontario, trading as Limestone Web Studio, a sole proprietorship. Gumroad handles the payment, the tax and your receipt.
The Personal licence is a one-time purchase, and it covers every version published in the twelve months after you buy. Those versions are yours to keep running for as long as you like. Commercial Prints and Creator, for selling what you make, renew each year. See all three.
If something does not work, write to [email protected] and I will read it.