New user, Why does my Engrave always have hard lines on my final product?

[BreakTheChainsMedia]

Hey all!
I’m just getting up and running using the glowforge pro version and I am running through the learning curve using GIMP and the Glowforge online interface. I have a photo that I am trying to engrave, but every test I run, I always end up with large lines and a ‘reduced precision’ if you will, of my original image. I would like the final product to be about 6x6 inch square running on standard pre set engraving settings on the glowforge interface.
any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

[deirdrebeth]

Without knowing what setting you’re using it’s hard to determine what needs adjustment - but in general increase your LPI to lessen those - it will increase the time though!

I have taken to using the method @geek2nurse came up with of doing 2 runs, one with vary power and one with SD engrave.

You also might want to increase the contrast on that image - if it looks a little blown out on the computer it’ll look better on the wood.

[MarcM]

I’m so sorry to hear that you are running into trouble, but I’d be more than happy to help.

I see that @deirdrebeth has provided some great next steps that may help to obtain the results you’ve been looking for. Could you let me know if any of these items helped?

I also noticed that this particular photo includes some “filtering” that is changing some of the outlines and background elements in a way that may be difficult to capture via engraving. Have you noticed this behavior with other photos, or just this particular one?

[Brandon.B]

Hi @BreakTheChainsMedia. It’s been a while since we’ve seen any activity on this thread, and wanted to check in to see if you’re still running into any trouble with engraving, or if the suggestions @deirdrebeth offered were able to help. Let us know ,and we’ll be here to help if needed. Thank you!