1b: What are the overall best practices for my laser designs?

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Knowing how to make your designs ready for lasering is an important skill to develop. Glowforge has compiled an excellent collection of tutorials about this. If you’re new – or even if you’ve been doing this for a while – it’s worth your time to read every topic listed here:

https://support.glowforge.com/hc/en-us/sections/20545959400859-Optimize-Your-Designs

For a more specific look at preparing photos for engraving:

9: My photo engrave isn’t turning out. How do I prepare a photo for engraving?

Return to the common questions index There’s no simple one-size-fits-all answer to this, but there are some best practices to follow. There have been several good posts about the subject, collected here: Another good guide: And an official guide from Glowforge: Once your photo is edited properly, there are many settings options to explore. One interesting (though time-consuming) method involves using two passes: As a last resort there are always people on services like Fiverr that c…

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