#Diy light box table windows#

The finished lightbox! DIY Lightbox Lights Step 8: Now just position two lights on either side of your lightbox, put in a large piece of paper to act as a backdrop, and snap away. Greg demonstrates how the top piece hinges before we tape it to the lightbox. The tape acts as a hinge, allowing you to open and close the to for better access. Important: Make sure the side with tape (where you joined the two pieces of the top panel together) is on the top. Step 7: Tape the top on, putting the extra bit we added toward the back. One side (windowed) wall and the back wall taped to the bottom.

Tape each side (windowed) wall on top of the bottom panel, as shown. Important: The two side wall panels go on top of the bottom panel, as shown below.

#Diy light box table windows#

You want two windows walls on either side, and a new piece of foam core (no window) on the back. Step 6: Now tape the walls to the bottom of your lightbox. Step 5: Tape the other half-size piece you made in step 3 to a new piece of foam core. Important: Tape only one side of the foam core, not both. You want to tape the long sides together so the total size is 30″ x 30″. Step 4: Tape one of the half-size pieces you made in step 3 to one of your windows. This means you’ll end up with two pieces, each 10″ x 30″. Step 3: Take one sheet of foam core and cut it in half lengthwise. You need only one layer of parchment paper per window. Carefully tape all four sides of the parchment paper to the foam core, avoiding wrinkling the parchment paper. Step 2: Roll out the parchment paper to fit each of the three windows you cut in step 1. This will allow us to overlap parchment paper over the edge of the windows later. For example, my parchment paper is 12″ so I cut out my windows at 11″ high. The windows should be about 1″ narrower than the width of your parchment paper. Step 1: Cut out windows in three sheets of the foam core. Your lights should not get anywhere near that hot! DIY Lightbox Step-By-Step Tutorial Parchment paper vs wax paper: I recommend you use parchment paper as it has a higher burn temperature (450☏) than wax paper, thus it’s safer. Note: You can make a lightbox from an old cardboard box if you wish (here’s a Lighting sources), but I think the white foam core looks more professional, is sturdier, AND reflects more light onto my subject. Measurements ( linked at the bottom of this post).Lighting sources (see notes below for types).

Xacto knife, box cutter, or rotary cutting wheel.

Parchment paper roll (the kind you use for cooking in ovens).

Easy Paper Craft Ideas & Projects Expand.