Adobe Illustrator for Laser Cutting 101! (& Easy DIY Ornaments)

Once you have mastered Adoble Illustrator, there's nothing you can't accomplish. This tutorial goes over pen tool, pathfinder, unite, align, image trace, shape tools, text outlines, and a sneak preview of Adobe Draw / Adobe Fresco. The idea with this is it walks you through a couple ornaments you can make in an hour or two at your local makerspace.
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[@rp338]

What file type do you save as? .svg?

[@sjlhm1]

I loved this, I am a complete beginner and you made it seem easy.

[@vinspinful]

Have you got a video where you then send it to your laser?

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

Thank you for this. Im a graphic designer and Im making a cutting board for someones wedding and its being laser cut in another office, so its great to hear from a professional if I'm doing this to the standard they need it done

[@adamvoigt545]

Can you tell Ai, where to start on the cut? If I want to start on the outside or inside of the part?

[@mannybencomo5740]

what a gorgeous smile, what a doll...

[@zenku41]

How do you export this to the laser cutter?

[@XNRGYZDX]

Yes, very easy to learn from you. Thank You! I've used Photoshop for years but never Illustrator for vector images.

[@nfinkle1]

Hi, awesome video. I noticed that you didnt change the width. Do you have to change the width to 0.01pt or will it cut fine/ cleanly with the setting of 0.1pt?

[@FigmentsMade]

Very cool! And I somehow didn't know about the Pathfinder > Unite tip! Thank you!!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

You're most welcome! Also after I published this video I realized it's avengers assemble not avengers unite and I was very bummed.

[@vincentlekei1969]

Omg neat but you forgot the most important part how did do the laser cutting part?

[@samueltafolla619]

Great how-to video. I've used Illustrator for two years and still learned a few things. I am, however, a beginner using a laser. I'm curious about what file type you saved to import into laser software. Would I be saving as SVG?

[@kamleshjethwa4151]

did you had to edit the line colors to RGB prior to sending the file for laser cut ?

[@some______guy]

Making a prototype for my brother in law's boardgame as a Christmas gift for him. Came here to find out how to actually do it in some maker space. Bonus: you're a very compelling person

[@GuntheeerK]

Hi, could it be that the makerspace map is gone?

[@MihaBevcStraxer]

Video starts at 3 min mark!

[@shaunmckinnon1193]

Offset path would've helped with the inner part :) (great video though)

[@allweb429]

How do you save the doc

[@BL-mf5dn]

Thank you. Hope you keep posting vids as they are always helpful and entertaining.❤️❤️❤️👍😊

[@Makeupbymissesalove]

Love it

[@RedPillSurvival]

Glad to see this. Wish more videos were dedicated to AI rather than Corel. AI is SOOO much easier to learn and logical to use.

[@jenlo5977]

How do you get AI to communicate to your laser? Is there an extension or plug in or driver?

[@TJ13062010]

Export the format your laser cutter software needs :-)

[@Wingspeak]

Amazing video!

[@AandAWeddings]

how do you make your laser engraver cut/engrave the shapes you made on Ai?

[@carynbrooks9767]

Thank you for this info. I will be watching soon. I was interested in your Beauty and the Bolt makerspaces map, but it seems the website is not active? Has that been updated or am i just missing something. thank you!

[@MCMCHRIS]

But how you export them, what config to lasergrbl not to understand line widht with two line passes?

[@GioJohnny]

Will this work for any laser ?? An epilog fusion edge 12 ?

[@xena8_8]

Very cool, thanks!

[@robbiesmith79]

The makerspace-map url now redirects to "our-vision". Is the map still around?

[@KrisAndLarry]

Thanks for sharing. We just picked up a glowforge laser and are beginning to design our new products.

[@clydetaganahan5850]

Very informative and fascinating. Thank you❤

[@Sank1982]

Would be great to show how to save as DFX file

[@ronaldmartin9808]

How do o get my atom stack to communicate with adobe.‽

[@anadawson9305]

Super helpful. Do you have a patron?

[@vewarren]

What did you use as a backer for your epoxy ornament? Thanks for the pathfinder unite tip too!

[@alltaira5922]

Absolutely love this video! I’ve been using a trial version of CorelDraw and not liking. Now seriously considering looking at AI.

[@Bob-rd2bq]

Thank you

[@eyetwinkle]

thank you! super helpful :)

[@W.E.]

"purchased merchandise" a 4 piece boy band back in the seventies. Did mostly blues stuff.

[@totlblnde002]

I noticed the map zoomed in on cleveland. Are you in the cleveland area by any chance!?

[@thanemakes5377]

👍💕

[@YashRastogiVlogs]

waste of time please show how you process this into the machine these things all of us know how to make those

[@electricsmoke]

more like a sales site than instructional. Way too fast for beginners. More spam than needed.

[@1-Nice-Guy]

I'm sorry, but for someone that has used Illustrator for years, you sure made the tree harder that it should be and your lines don't meet up.

[@robbiesmith79]

You literally skipped the most important part of why I'm here and it's the steps you'd take from illustrator to the laser cutter. Without that this was a wasted 10 minutes.

[@trumpetflowerII]

I don't do well trying to listen to someone who talks as quickly as you; it's not a good teaching style. So, I must replay your presentation many times to get what you say. Almost two minutes of the presentation wastes time, as you are not demonstrating "Laser Cutting 101!" Try to be calm and slow down - it helps others and does not diminish what you think of yourself.

[@blizzard7122]

Shut up lol