A lady that my sister works with ordered a memorial plaque from me in remembrance of her daughters father to give to her daughter for a Christmas present. She messaged me 5 or 6 pictures to pick from, and told me that he liked Eagles, the American Flag, and that his favorite song was ‘Running against the wind’ by Bob Seger. After a lot of time trying to make the photos look good engraved (they were several years old and not the clearest), I came up with this…
Well, on these 2 i used the custom setting on 700 speed and full power, but adjusted the slider bar under that (the darkness value on the high and low side) to 7 on one side, and 90 on the other. Before i did that however, i took the photos into photoshop, and removed the back ground. Then grey scaled them and adjusted the contrast and the lighting levels to make them look much lighter. (I hope this is what you were asking)