Hi… Really Old Newbie needs help. Just set up our glowforge today. Successfully printed the measuring key ring. I purchased the luggage tag but I am confused about editing. Does the APP itself do any editing?
If not - how do I download it to edit it and what are the easier applications to edit in?
I know I will figure it out after I hit send, right?
You can’t download the catalog designs to edit, but you can upload additional files to the design by using the “Add Artwork” button. With that, you can upload names, additional design components, etc.
Hi, Welcome Monica!
Although the app has a few design elements right in it (scale, rotate, copy/paste) designing is really done in a program like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape (<free) and Photoshop or Gimp (<free) for editing images.
At this point, the most accurate placement visually is to have the work right under the camera, then you can drag your file where you want it.
You have a great adventure ahead of you - You are going to love that thing!
Align your artwork to the pink PREVIEW on the screen, not the burned result you see on the bed, if you have already cut it. (Use the Zoom tool to fine tune the placement inside the design.) It will come out perfect, as long as you place the whole design visually on the material by staying away from the edges or cutouts by about 1/4".
Placement is a little bit off, but the design elements will tie in very well relative to each other.
If you haven’t cut it yet, it doesn’t matter where you put the material you’re making the tag from. Those instructions were for the case where you cut the tag and then later wanted to engrave something on it, since alignment is best at the center of the bed.
When people refer to the camera, they are usually talking about the one that is on the underside of the Glowforge lid near the front. It’s the one that takes a picture of the bed and sends it to your computer.
If you want to add something, like name and address or whatever, you will need to create that in a separate program. The Glowforge does not have design capabilities, it’s more like a print driver. For bitmap content like photos and such, you would use a bitmap editor like Adobe Photoshop ($$$) or Gimp (free downloadable). For vector based graphics you would use something like Adobe Illustrator ($$$) or Inkscape (Free downloadable). You can find all kinds of useful information about these and other programs in the training matrix in the Glowforge Tips and Tricks section. The first posting has an index to all the training.
Thanks. I kind of thought that was the case but someone in my heart I was hoping it was a all in one type thing. I have gimp and inkscape - guess I need to watch more video’s because I seem to have lost my mind since they delivered it!
Could you possibly help me with something else?
My sister wants a puzzle of her daughters baby. It is pretty dark – would it turn out ?
Is it too dark and will just dragging and dropping it on the puzzle piece work!
Slightly off-topic…but, please don’t feel badly or apologetic about asking questions about stuff. We’ve all been where you are now and that’s the beauty of this forum…we all have something to contribute.
Don’t worry, you’ll get the hang of it.
To set the lines to ignore…
Click on the square with the lines. You’ll see 4 options. Change from engrave to ignore, and you are all set.