# Image Credits

All photography on this site is **placeholder stock**, licensed for commercial use.
Every image shows CNC laser / thermal profile cutting — no welding, grinding or turning.
Replace it with real SIXPRO shop-floor photography before launch (see the note at the end).

| File | Photographer | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| `laser-hero.*` | Ptmtechnology | [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) | [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LASER_CUTTING_MACHINE_AT_PTM_SHOP.jpg) |
| `laser-head.*` | Contour | [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) | [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laserkop_van_Amada_FO-4020NT_4kW,_industri%C3%ABle_laser.jpg) |
| `laser-band.*` | Andryj.romanow | [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) | [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE.jpg) |
| `laser-machine.*` | Пресс-служба Мэра и Правительства Москвы | [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B8_2025-11-26_22.jpg) |
| `plate-cutting.*` | Loffredo | [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) | [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STEP-NC_plasma_cutting.jpg) |
| `laser-cut-art.*` | conall.. | [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) | [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/16176711@N02/53577215808) |
| `cut-steel-plate.*` | Zgyricky | [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) | [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2X6m-Steel-Plate-CNC-Laser-Plasma-Cutting-Table_.jpg) |
| `steel-tubes.*` | — | [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) | [rawpixel](https://www.rawpixel.com/image/5916714/image-aesthetic-background) |

The credit link in the site footer points at this file, which satisfies the attribution
requirement of the CC BY / CC BY-SA licences. **If you delete this file, remove that
footer link too.** Note that several images are CC BY-**SA**: any modified version of
those must be shared under the same licence.

## Notes on two of these

`plate-cutting` and `cut-steel-plate` show CNC *thermal profile* cutting on a gantry table
rather than fiber laser specifically. They are captioned neutrally ("profile cutting",
"nested profiles") so nothing on the page claims they are laser work. `plate-cutting` has
had its top strip cropped to remove a legible machine brand name.

## Where each image is used

| Image | Used in |
|---|---|
| `laser-hero` | hero background · 60KW machine card · Why-choose background |
| `laser-machine` | About section · gallery |
| `laser-band` | 60KW flagship band · gallery |
| `laser-head` | 8KW machine card · gallery |
| `plate-cutting` | 30KW machine card · gallery |
| `steel-tubes` | pipe & tube machine card |
| `cut-steel-plate`, `laser-cut-art` | gallery |

## Replacing with your own machine photos

Swap the file in place, keep the name, and update the `width`/`height` attributes in
`index.html` to the real pixel dimensions (they prevent layout shift while loading).

Shoot each machine three-quarters-on, lit from the front, bed clear — and get one shot of
each machine actually cutting, sparks and all. Those sell the capability far better than
any stock image. Export at ~1600 px wide, under ~200 KB, and generate a `.webp` alongside
the `.jpg`.

The CNC bending machines are still custom SVG illustrations rather than photos: no
commercially-licensed press-brake photograph exists that isn't dominated by another
manufacturer's branding. Replace those with real photos of your two brakes when you can —
the markup to use is the same `<picture>` block as the laser cards.

## CNC bending photography

| File | Source | Author | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| `bending-heavy.*` | [LIWEI 2000T Press Brake](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LIWEI_2000T_Press_Brake.jpg) | Markhanksjr45 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| `bending-tooling.*` | [Bystronic Bending](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bystronic_Bending.jpg) | Bystronic | CC BY-SA 2.5 |

`bending-heavy` is cropped from the original: the top of the frame carried the
machine builder's wordmark and has been removed, keeping the tooling, operators
and formed profile. A small model plate remains but is illegible at display size.

> **These are stock photographs of other manufacturers' machines, used as
> placeholders.** Replace them with photographs of SIXPRO's own 600 Ton and
> 320 Ton brakes before launch — same filenames, and nothing else needs to change.

## Pipe & tube photography

| File | Source | Author | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| `tube-loading.*` | [Typical Pipe Spool Workshop](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Typical_Pipe_Spool_Workshop.jpg) | Belle Tong | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| `tube-cutting.*` | [Retro Systems CNC Pipe Combo System](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retro_Systems_CNC_Pipe_Combo_System.jpg) | Steve Brown Photography | CC BY 3.0 |

Both are cropped from the originals. `tube-cutting` in particular is cropped in hard to
the pipe, nozzle and spark burst — the full frame carried the machine builder's and the
plasma supply's wordmarks, and both are now outside the frame.

> **Note on process:** `tube-cutting` shows a CNC pipe-cutting system, not specifically a
> fiber tube laser — it was the only commercially-licensed large-diameter pipe-cutting
> action shot available. The captions describe it as pipe cutting rather than claiming a
> laser process. Replace it with your own 12KW tube laser when you can.