We have done a few experiments with two different laser engravers to engrave pictures. We even used borax and baking soda tricks. Both at the risk of completely ruining the projects. We are still learning and trying to get the hang of our engravers. We have also used lightburn and laser GRBL. We like lightburn but our current engraver is not compatible with it. We hope to get back to lightburn someday. But we get by ok with what we have. We try to stay creative with our projects. We have not done a lot of videos on our channel on photo engraving because we keep getting inconsistent results. We are yet to tune in the settings to get what we want. We have observed that a diode laser engraves better than a CO2 engraver.
I’m a keen amateur photographer, pets & landscapes mainly, and testing out laser engraving photos to wood first. I’m debating how to maximise quality of the image before I even bring it in to Lightburn… Would increasing structure clarity be best? Using Snapseed and Procreate on my iPad.
Yes, it does. Check out a guy who looked at this burning a koala onto a slate coaster. He explains it better than I will and he walks you through the whole process,but do a grey scale intensity test. This will show you what your laser tops out at. It's a scale that goes from 0-255. I get differences in white fromm 0% upto 55% power, then it's all the same. Then in imageR or inkscape etc, adjust your scale to whatever your laser will max out at. For me is about 0-175. You will be amazed at the result!!! Good luck.
Hello teacher! I did a test, using the speed (suggested by you) of 6000 mm/min and, I used the "Gray Scale" but, it weakly marked the wood/MDF (10W laser). I redid the test, now using a speed of 2400 mm/min, still using "Gray Scale" but this time the image (photo) was not sharp. Shows the image as a cloud.
Sir. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! For the first time, I'm consistently getting the results I longed for, over a long time. Thanks again Sir! Your effort and knowledge shared with the community is greatly appreciated.
Another great video (as usual) 👍 .... I think the sheer number of options for engraving a photo will be confusing for a lot of people ... especially the result when you change the power and speed settings! Is the screen output a reasonable representation of what the actual output will be for the given material or is it a more of a try it and see what happens?
I would say try and see what happens lol To some extent it will give you a rough idea but with the same settings the engravement will look different on ply, wood etc.
Fantastic, Tomasz! Thanks for all the testing and comparison! 😃 It's really interesting how the changes in the software reflects on the wood! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I had been using imagr with success when engraving on canvas and glass for negative imaging, but struggling with wood, until I saw this. Thank you.
Glad that my video was some help 👍
I've got a big project on my hands engraving a photo, this video is very helpful! This will be my first photo engraving wish me luck
Good luck 👍 it may take few trials and tinkering the settings so don't get discouraged if it won't come out perfectly in the first few trials
@@CasualDIY I appreciate it! Cheers
We have done a few experiments with two different laser engravers to engrave pictures. We even used borax and baking soda tricks. Both at the risk of completely ruining the projects. We are still learning and trying to get the hang of our engravers. We have also used lightburn and laser GRBL. We like lightburn but our current engraver is not compatible with it. We hope to get back to lightburn someday. But we get by ok with what we have. We try to stay creative with our projects. We have not done a lot of videos on our channel on photo engraving because we keep getting inconsistent results. We are yet to tune in the settings to get what we want. We have observed that a diode laser engraves better than a CO2 engraver.
Well with practice come better results and knowledge 👍
I not undestand why the first picutre mim power is disable. And second picure you can set de mim e max power.
It is because different options are setup in Image Mode - Grayscale allows you to set min and max, Jarvis wont allow that.
I’m a keen amateur photographer, pets & landscapes mainly, and testing out laser engraving photos to wood first. I’m debating how to maximise quality of the image before I even bring it in to Lightburn… Would increasing structure clarity be best? Using Snapseed and Procreate on my iPad.
I don't think it will make that much difference. I would use Lightburn to make any changes to the photo.
Yes, it does. Check out a guy who looked at this burning a koala onto a slate coaster. He explains it better than I will and he walks you through the whole process,but do a grey scale intensity test. This will show you what your laser tops out at. It's a scale that goes from 0-255. I get differences in white fromm 0% upto 55% power, then it's all the same. Then in imageR or inkscape etc, adjust your scale to whatever your laser will max out at. For me is about 0-175. You will be amazed at the result!!! Good luck.
Hello teacher! I did a test, using the speed (suggested by you) of 6000 mm/min and, I used the "Gray Scale" but, it weakly marked the wood/MDF (10W laser). I redid the test, now using a speed of 2400 mm/min, still using "Gray Scale" but this time the image (photo) was not sharp. Shows the image as a cloud.
You can adjust the DPI so more lines. Should make the image darker and more accurate
I'm sure I have seen that image of you on an Interpol most wanted site😂
Quite possible 😂
How long did the photos take
Oh it was a while back can't remember sorry
How do u remove back ground from a picture in light burn ?
Example: if I just wanted a picture of my dog not the trees etc !!
You need graphics software for that (like photoshop) I don't think Lightburn has options like that.
It's not healthy for a diode laser to go 100% on power
Why? Got few lasers been working them most of the times at 100% no issues so far.
Yeah why?? I just got one
A diode laser and CO2 tube are consumable parts and running it a full power makes them run out faster.
That's what everyone says
@@DanielH it's okay I get what I need at 23% with Borax so I'm happy 😄
Sir. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! For the first time, I'm consistently getting the results I longed for, over a long time. Thanks again Sir! Your effort and knowledge shared with the community is greatly appreciated.
Glad that my video was some help 😁👍
Another great video (as usual) 👍 .... I think the sheer number of options for engraving a photo will be confusing for a lot of people ... especially the result when you change the power and speed settings!
Is the screen output a reasonable representation of what the actual output will be for the given material or is it a more of a try it and see what happens?
I would say try and see what happens lol To some extent it will give you a rough idea but with the same settings the engravement will look different on ply, wood etc.
Fantastic, Tomasz! Thanks for all the testing and comparison! 😃
It's really interesting how the changes in the software reflects on the wood!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Yes and this is just scratching the surface of all the options and setups 🤔
@CasualDIY Oh, I bet! The interesting part is that some of the results reminds me of modern art!