Start to Finish: Illustrator Design for Glowforge Laser Cutting

[@gwendosaurus]

THANK YOU for this video. Finally someone explains the workflow and what's needed in the illustrator file, with the hows and whys. Very very useful!

[@vickiblanchard3385]

Thank you newbie with glowforge. This helped tremendously!

[@ChrisMasto]

Glad it helped!

[@evandefilippis1853]

This is the ideal tutorial video. Extremely efficient, verbalized everything you were doing, anticipated beginner questions/mistakes. Even had the finished glowforge product video! Keep up the amazing work, this helped me immensely.

[@ChrisMasto]

I'm glad you found it useful!

[@ResinBelle]

Thank you so much. Very well explained. Easy to follow all inclusive information taking nothing for granted. Love that you went over all possibilities so that a complete newb can follow.

[@charlessoh]

I'm not sure why there are any thumbs down? Lots of great tips. Thanks for making this so MUCH easier. You literally covered all the bases to get started.

[@kaitlynsears6805]

This was my very first time making something with GF. Your tutorial was very detailed, as well as the one I watched before this to set up AI for the GF. I may note this was also my first time ever opening AI and your video made it very easy to follow along and learn some basics of that as well. Thank you!

[@Splashgoesthepenguin]

I just got a gf and I’m seriously uneducated with computers the gf ui is pretty simple but I’ve been having a hard time figuring out how and what to use for software. Thank you for showing things step by step and explaining so well it is a great help. Subscribed

[@bec627]

Thank you so much for creating these tutorials! I received my GlowForge Basic model today! I made one of the test projects they encourage newbies to do, and I downloaded a free file from the forum. But I REALLY wanted to design and laser something of my own. Problem is, I have ZERO design experience. I downloaded Illustrator and literally using only this and your Preset tutorials, designed and made something, just a few hours after turning the thing on for the first time! Can't thank you enough for making something that to me seems very intimidating and break it down in a way that can be followed along so easily!

[@ChrisMasto]

That's very kind of you to say. I'm still learning, myself.

[@matthewshort6625]

Another great glowforge illustrator video. Making me feel much more confident in creating something for my glowforge. Thank you for making this.

[@lauraluvsdogs7037]

Whew! I'm learning AI - first time using it - so it was lots of pausing and rewinding. Took me an hour to get through the first 8 minutes, must have watched that part 15 times. BUT - I made my first little silly file, and cut it - and it's going on my wall to remind me how far I've come. Thank you for going through the basics for someone like me!!! Great video!

[@ChrisMasto]

Wow, that's great! Thanks for the kind feedback. I put this stuff out on a whim and have no idea if it's useful. I think once you get a few techniques under your belt, and remember to think like a computer more than an artist, it all clicks into place. Not to say I don't occasionally spend hours swearing at the thing.

[@harmonyblakeway9293]

This is exactly what I've been looking for. Off to watch the rest of your videos. Thank you so much for putting this together!

[@pamcampbell7018]

Just switching from another software-finding your videos so helpful!! Thank you!

[@ChrisMasto]

Happy to help!

[@idnarbjm]

Big fan of the illustrator videos.

[@kentallison8584]

Love this! So handy, great job pointing out some very useful tips on designing for the laser engraver!

[@sarahanson9914]

Thank you so much for making this video! Most of the tutorials I was finding were for Inkscape, which I'm not familiar with at all. More than just showing me how to do things in a software I'm familiar with, this video also helped me understand how the glowforge thinks when it's seeing the design. It'll be so much easier for me to find the problems in files, now!

[@minhnguyenai2445]

Thank you for your amazing video!!!

[@ReggieBass]

Thank you!

[@lisashirachi3251]

Learned a lot, thank you!

[@littlemoonmaker1220]

Thank you! I appreciate this so much. I learned alot!

[@sword123n]

Hi I was just Wondering if I'm working with A Monoline Script Font How do I Make sure the Font width/thickness ( Brush stroke of Font in each letter ) is set to 8mm all around 😊 ? Thanks !

[@chasen5252]

Hey Chris, thanks for sharing I'm trying to create hatch fill paths so my laser will engrave inside of shapes. I don't use a glowforge so I'm not sure if it's the same procedure. Any help is appreciated.

[@fr8069]

big help keep these videos coming please ahah

[@yosofya]

i just want to say thanks for sharing this creativity .. i really enjoyed it i am subscribing but you have to promise me to make more videos for box designs laser that contains slots and stuff to assemble it together .. best of luck

[@justinlarson5918]

thank you for the video this will sure help me when i start my next project

[@bradleeburton3011]

Awesome Information! Can anybody point me to the previous video where he explained creating the Glowforge document in Illustrator please!

[@ChrisMasto]

Thank you! Here you go - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHS1m2NretiNhZI

[@MarklandDesignsOfAtlanta]

hey I have a quick Question about using illustrator with a glowforge but how you you designated what is a cut, score, etc using illustrator layer by layer

[@MarklandDesignsOfAtlanta]

could you do a tutorial, I swear you are the most understanding and patient of all the people ive watched on youtube when dealing with the glowforge

[@ChrisMasto]

If I ever get some free time, I'll try to do more videos. But the simple answer is that cuts and scores should have a stroke but no fill. Engraves should have a fill and no stroke (and I recommend rasterizing them at 600dpi). Glowforge doesn't pay any attention to the layers in your file, the way it separates operations is by color. I recommend using the color palette in my Illustrator Workspace Setup tutorial.

[@cuisineandtalk1336]

Thank you for your vidéo. I Also use the erase tools is traduit your lines

[@SeymaOlcay]

loveee

[@jerrygorman5030]

I use LightBurn and have a question for you. When I import the .svg file and run the preview the "fill" section run twice. Any ideas?

[@ChrisMasto]

I'm afraid I don't know anything about LightBurn. If you're sure you don't have any duplicate objects in your file, it's probably best to ask on a LightBurn forum, it's probably something that will be immediately obvious to experts.

[@joanaduffy1436]

depending on the font, mine distorts when I adjust the points. Is there a way to avoid this?

[@esraserhat7583]

thank you

[@BM2X1111]

when you pressed export did it go straight to the glowforge app?

[@ChrisMasto]

No, I just edited out the boring part of saving the file and uploading it.

[@milogrimm6857]

what is the program used in this video called?

[@ChrisMasto]

Adobe Illustrator.