Your machine.
Your process.
Standard keeps image analysis, color planning, and export local. The maker stays in control.
An image shouldn’t
have to stay
on a screen.
We’re exploring what happens when images become physical. More room to experiment. More understanding of the material. More of your ideas out in the world.
Something
you can hold.
Real test print / Color-wheel project
Two halves. One idea.
CMYK
Color is the starting point.
Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black: the familiar foundations of process color. Cyan, magenta, and yellow absorb different parts of light; black adds depth. CMYKForge brings that color-planning idea to filament, where translucency and layering shape the result.
Forge.
Making is the point.
An idea becomes something you can hold. CMYKForge studies the image, plans around the loaded filaments, and prepares the work for a physical printer. A tool for making—not a replacement for the maker.
Make.
Look closer.
Make again.
One project, from artwork to an object. Every step gives us something to question. The preview helps us plan; the print gives us something real to examine.
Results depend on materials, calibration, printer and slicer settings, and lighting. Simulated color is not a promise of exact printed color.
Your machine.
Listen to
the material.
Filament behavior matters. Plan around it, print it, and learn from the difference.
Show it
as it is.
Real tests. Labeled simulations. Open questions. Progress worth following, not perfection claimed too early.
“I got tired of printing an image, looking at it, guessing what went wrong, and printing it again.”
That frustration became CMYKForge: a way to spend more judgment before the printer starts, rather than after it finishes.
The story behind the work ↗The decisions
behind the making.
What we build matters. So does why we build it that way. Our articles open up the choices behind CMYKForge—from ownership and development standards to the work that earns its place in a release.
CMYKForge V0.5.5: A Stronger Foundation for Better Color
CMYKForge V0.5.5 strengthens saving, export handling, and persistent settings while color-development work continues toward v0.6.
Read the article
CMY-AI Development Update: Completing the Evaluation Period and Moving Forward
The scheduled CMY-AI evaluation period has concluded, and we are beginning the next stage of development.
Read the article
Read the reasoning. Follow what changes.
All articlesThis is
just the start.
Standard is in active development. Come along for the print tests, the decisions, and the next iteration.