LightBurn Tutorial: Image Masking

[@mr.mrs.t.9292]

Thank you for the straight and to the point approach to your teaching. When trying to learn one should not have to navigate through the “fluff filler” of a talking head who wants to hear themself talk before getting to the content. I appreciate you and your direct approach to your lessons. Keep up the great work.

[@milaserguy]

Thanks. While I am working on improving production value of my content, I do not intend to add a bunch of fluff. I too like to get straight to the point when learning things.

[@robmore32]

Thanks. I'm also in Michigan near Port Huron

[@JuanCarlosGarcia-x7q]

how can I activate Mask to image? It does not appears on right bottom in my computer it's in tools but is off. if you can advice thanks.

[@MattChase-zk7pn]

Great video. Thanks. I tried this but the mask option doesn’t show up when I right click. I’ve updated my light burn software but still can’t find the mask option. Any tips?

[@milaserguy]

Hi Matt. Sorry for the late reply. Did you confirm that the shape you are trying to mask with is not a group (should be dashes, not the ants on a log outline)? This only works with single shapes and not grouped shapes.

[@jeffreibling4074]

Nice video. Where are you in Michigan? I’m just north of Detroit.

[@milaserguy]

West side, North of Grand Rapids.

[@Davidesquivel-iv4pw]

Question for I'm having trouble engraving a pmag it only does lines no gray color are you anytime going to make a video on something like that just wondering

[@milaserguy]

I will be doing some pmags this month sometime. If you are getting lines, are you sure your layer is set to fill?

[@Robbolagger1956]

Hi, I watched your video with interest. I am trying to draw an array, then use a shape to mask and cut it (so a background of normally drawn objects rather than a background image). Is this possible?

[@milaserguy]

If I understand correctly, you make an array of items that you want to be your background (for example, an array of small squares), which would only be inside another shape. To do this, build your array of background shapes. The array should not be virtual, so it creates copies of the original shape. Make a duplicate of the outline shape that you want to fill, then select all the background shapes, followed by the outline shape. Use the Tools->Cut Shapes (alt-shift-c) tool to clip the background shapes using the outline shape, then the extras can be deleted, leaving only the background shapes that were inside the outline. The ones inside the outline will be de-selected, and the ones outside the outline will be selected, and can be deleted. If you have trouble following this, let me know and I can record a video for it.

[@garywalsh7592]

when i apply a mask to a image ,i lose the image except in the mask area??????

[@milaserguy]

Not sure I understand your question, but yet, this is precisely what image masking is supposed to do.