How To Convert And Sharpen Photo For Laser Engraving

This is about the best way i have found to convert an Image for laser etching / engraving

[@seandepoppe6716]

Good stuff thanks!

[@carphotography]

Glad you liked it! thanks for watching

[@davidelder5399]

Great tutorial as always. Congratulations on 5K subscribers. Did you use the standard 2" head or The Hi-Res head for the sample you showed ?

[@carphotography]

Thanks i didnt etch it , i would use the 2" , the Hi res runs so close to the material and has a wide nozzle and burned out on me before then i was etching some tile. as always thanks for watching (Y)

[@pedrinho01videos]

Hi, your videos are great, congratulations. I'm from Brazil, I bought an 80w CO2 machine I use the lightburn program. But I can't make a photo as beautiful as you in acrylic and wood. I'm having difficulty configuring the laser height, force and speed... Everything 😂 Do you have any step-by-step instructions on how I can make these settings to have excellent quality? Thanks..

[@carphotography]

look up how to do a ramp test, very simple and it will let you know the best distance for your laser

[@pedrinho01videos]

Ok, I'll try to do the ramp test. Your photo processing in Photoshop is fantastic. A question? After finding the point in the test, will it be used for any material recorded on the machine? Do you think you could take a photo on metal with co2? Do you have a tip on speed x power x engraving precision to start with on these pieces: Glass and acrylic? The borax tip is also very valuable, I'm going to test it too. Thank you very much, your work is very beautiful... Congratulations

[@carphotography]

@@pedrinho01videos CO2 on metal you need a marking spray, for metal i use a 400 speed 40 power with the marking spray, , my tip would be try low poweri like about a 350 speed and 14 power for acrylic, my tip would be start slower with lower power and work you way upto where you like it, you can always run the job again to make it darker , but if you go to higher power and burn it then there is no going back (Y) start low and for photos 350 - 400 speed. and for the image mode make sure if you dither outside of lightburn that you use PASSTHROUGH for image mode.

[@richardpogue4959]

What program are you using?

[@carphotography]

photoshop, but the same can be done with Gimp pretty much and that is free thank you