Engraving pictures

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Lots of basics in here, if you haven’t seen it already.

Getting started

The Glowforge team recommends working through your first prints by following along with the examples shown here to learn where everything is: They have also recently added instructions with video on using the Manual settings here: Working with Manual Settings And there are methods for Enhancing your Photo Engraves and Cutting Out a Shape as well. (You can click on the topic headers in the left-hand column for even more information.) That particular page is also handy if you have any p…

As for specific engraving topics:

How I Prepare Photos for Engraving Using Photoshop

I originally posted this over on my website at Glowforge Projects: How to Prepare a Photo Engrave Using Photoshop and Engraving on the Glowforge Laser Cutter but thought it might make an OK addition here. I think all of the photos are carrying over - fingers crossed… If you’re here, you are probably wondering how to get the best photo engrave out of your Glowforge 3D Laser Printer / Cutter. And you’re in the right place, because, besides cutting jigsaw puzzles, engraving photos keeps my machine…

Prepare photo for engraving tutorial

I’ve been struggling with engraving my photos on different materials. Fellow owners gave me suggestions and tip and today I finally got a good looking engraving. I thought I show the steps I did. Most likely some steps can be improved. Feel free to suggest improvements. I started with this photo I found online: [th_horses-2904536] Step 1: Desaturate: [image] Step 2: Adjust the curves: [image] I played with it until the tails are good and the background is as white as possible. Step 3: …

Heck, really just search for “how to prepare engraving”.

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=how%20to%20prepare%20engraving

There’s no one way to do it. Steal from the best and make your own process.