Lasercut 3D engrave photo christmas ornaments!

[adrianf]

I’m loving the new 3D engrave settings. They work beautifully out of the box with proofgrade materials!

Video of the cut & final product below!
https://www.facebook.com/7932027/videos/10110802563577870/

We also had some fun with the trace features for lasercutting a few hand drawn ornaments!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Y’ALL!

[Jules]

Love them both! You should do a couple of new ones every year - you’ll have a tree full by the time he goes off to college.

[bruceaulrich]

Awesome job!

[dan]

Adorable. Pretty soon, Luke will be drawing some ornaments of his own!

[donnamarie66]

I purchased the GF plus and I am overwhelmed… I have a mac computer and i need help choosing the right software that would be easy for me to understand… I did my first cut as instructed and for a project i would love to create is a simple round Christmas ornament with a engraved photo.

[Jules]

Step one is definitely to select your design software. They all work about the same, with the proviso that the more you pay for it, generally the more easily it does things. (Like anything in life.)

But there is a learning curve associated with whichever one you get. (I use Illustrator, which is excellent but pricey, but Inkscape can be made to do everything as well, and it’s free. There are a few experts on both programs here to help with questions. For some of the other options there is less help available.)

It’s easy to create a photo ornament in either program…here are a couple of writeups on how to do it in Inkscape and Illustrator.

I thought it was supposed to be easy to print photo's using glowforge?

It’s about as easy as it gets, but it’s also got the ability to do some advanced things, and those are the ones we tend to discuss and hash out on the forum. Which I imagine can be pretty confusing at first glance. If all you want to do is engrave some photos (and cut them out, I assume) the process runs like this: Load your photo into a new Inkscape document. (If you want to clean it up first you would need to do that in another program, but lets assume it’s a great…

Glowforge Interface - How to Align a Double Sided Engrave

I’m going to demo an alignment process below using my (ancient) version of Adobe Illustrator, but the process is the same for Inkscape or CorelDraw or Affinity Designer. Whichever one you like to use, you’ll do the same things, with the tools in that program. (I’m also going to give you the thought process that goes into creating a design with 2D Design software, to keep from having to write another one up, so if you can slog through it, you’ll pick up some stuff you need to know to make thing…

[wesleyjames]

Don’t leave out those ms paint pros!!

https://www.sadanduseless.com/insane-ms-paint-art/

[Jules]

Holy cr*p! What kind of drugs are those people on?

[jbv]

@Jules

What kind of drugs are those people on?

It’s called “internet” and it’s destroying lives. People are using it, like, 24/7. Kids are using it in the bathroom at school, in the parking lot, even in the classroom. At least half of the people on the bus are doing it… probably more. I’ve seen people using internet while they eat, while they drive, first thing in the morning and last thing before going to bed. Getting it can be expensive. It makes some people docile, and others violent. The government gives it away for free at libraries to addicts who can’t afford it. And it’s still spreading. Even elderly folks that you think would know better are on it. Scary stuff.