Improved Engraving Quality - Please Help!

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You might find some good suggestions here:
https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=preparing%20for%20engraving

I particularly like these two posts:

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: …