STOP Laser Engraving Your Logos Like This! And How To Do It The Right Way

[@austinstroot9910]

Dude seriously you helped me so much with this, it looks so much better! Thank you so much for posting this and being so helpful!

[@LaserEngraving911]

Yesss! Love it when a plan comes together!

[@gr8bskt]

So incredibly awesome! LE911 is my favorite laser content on KZbin.

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thank You for that!!

[@timetempest]

I'm so thankful lightburn makes this so simple. saved me so much time when i switched.

[@rocks2rocks06]

Adobe is a better program than Corel draw I've never seen it in action and I'm impressed with it. This technique is you showed very handy, what I've done in the past when I only had "laser cad" is create a border, fill in the blanks with a contrasting color then disable the color I don't want to etch out.

[@LaserEngraving911]

agreed, adobe is king when it comes to what program you should be using to to prepare your art files for laser engraving, for engraving and cutting.

[@designcreativeguild7137]

THANK YOU for this video!! We have a new Thunder Nova 51 and I’m starting to engrave cups! I’m pretty savvy with Illustrator and just seeing this content has steered me in the right direction. Now I know exactly what to do! I ran across your channel when watching a video from Laser Engraving with Matt. He was using your fill technique with powder coating. I feel like a kid in a candy store and so excited to make new things. Your extensive video on measuring and adjusting graphics for unusually shaped tumblers is a Godsend! Thanks for making TRULY HELPFUL content for other makers like me!

[@LaserEngraving911]

Wow! Im so glad my video helped you so much, that makes me happy!

[@livingmydreamtrading4824]

Thanks!!!! Just what I needed for laser engraving rubber stamps

[@silverbloomdesigns8971]

This video was exactly what I was looking for thanks!!! Short and sweet and very useful.

[@LaserEverything]

Short and sweet, just how I like em. 💯💯

[@LaserEngraving911]

🤓

[@jeffferry9297]

Another great video, i use corel and always have this issue, hopefully it works similar ways, i will try measing around with it today at work. Thanks!!!

[@LaserEngraving911]

Glad it helped!

[@EvilErnie999]

Very useful information to have thank you!

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thanks!

[@lherrada5290]

Great video! i was fighting with this the other day. i was able to do the same thing in lightburn but it took a looooooong time and did not come out like this. thank you!!!!

[@LaserEngraving911]

Glad It helps!

[@ladycne]

Perfect tutorial. Thank you

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thanks Robin :)

[@Creutzfelder]

Amazing! Thank you so much for your tutorials. I've been struggling to get these results in inkscape. Is there any solution for inkscape, too?

[@LaserEngraving911]

I'm sure there is a similar process, I would recommend you get adobe though, as this is the industry standard for making graphics for laser engraving, its worth the money! every penny

[@coulterjb22]

God bless you! So simple. My maroon tumbler looked terrible.

[@LaserEngraving911]

That's nice of you to say thx!

[@coulterjb22]

@@LaserEngraving911 I just imported a file into Lightburn from Illustrator. Inside lightburn, I ungrouped the artwork until it wouldn't ungroup anymore. Then I selected the background shape and moved it. All of the artwork was now negative. I thought that was about the easiest way. That wasn't intended by mistake of course but I thought I would share that. If you mentioned that than thanks!

[@LaserEngraving911]

@@coulterjb22 Nice!!

[@DGLaserCraft]

Thanks for the video - really helpful.

[@LaserEngraving911]

Weslcome!

[@bentheredonethat9296]

Lightburn does the same thing with less hassle and definitely less steps

[@NatesToolbox]

Great tips but that’s not the same image as your thumbnail. The red one has a way thicker offset, I think your thumbnail version looks much nicer and closer to the original image 😊

[@LaserEngraving911]

Yes, you are right

[@davidelder5399]

Great tutorial 👍

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thanks David!

[@thesplinteredfinger]

That was very helpful!

[@LaserEngraving911]

Nice, glad it helped ya!

[@droidvegas331]

Great instructional! Cuz nobody gonna call a red 👻

[@LaserEngraving911]

LoL!!!

[@Scott-gg6kf]

Is there any particular difference between doing this and using the negative option in light burn?

[@LaserEngraving911]

Hi Scott, I'm pretty sure there is not a 1 click button for converting "vector images to negative" in lightburn, maybe for JPEG images yes, and png, bitmaps, but not vectors, but I think you can achieve the same process with a few steps in light burn like I did here on adobe illustrator for sure though. This tutorial is for converting vector images to a negative, not jpg, png, bitmaps or other non vector formats.

[@Scott-gg6kf]

@@LaserEngraving911 thanks for the quick reply,and yes I didn’t notice that it was a vector image. I suppose a second question to ask here is there any practical reason to not convert an svg to another format to then negative?

[@LaserEngraving911]

@@Scott-gg6kf Yes of course, if you know that final color of the engraving (depends on the substrate) will be darker than the foreground color (surface color), then you don't need to do this. 👍

[@Scott-gg6kf]

@@LaserEngraving911 Interesting,thank you for the information its very helpful.

[@pantlessbobandy5795]

This was super helpful, im taking a Longshot here but we are creating a club and need to make thousands of custom cards, anodized aluminum, entire card will be the same except for names and member numbers, if you have any suggestions on what softwares, layout programs jigs etc I would love your input. Ive played around with lightburn and an atomstack x20 pro ive made cards that i love the outcome of but i need to go from one card every 10 to 20 mins to 100 cards a day atleast. I am in over my head i know but im hoping to find some input to get me on the right path

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thanks, you will want to make a template that you can load into Light burn that has as many cards as you can fit on your working area of your laser, and have the part where the name goes "editable" then all you do is load in the cards, change the names as you see fit, and run the whole job. You can make this jig or template in adobe illustrator or lightbar, and you can cut it it out of thin wood, where the shape of each business card is cut from the wood so its easy to place. check this out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYvKl6l6edtritk

[@pantlessbobandy5795]

@LaserEngraving911 thank you so much, currently im having to import, resize, position each name. An editable option sounds amazing!

[@pantlessbobandy5795]

@LaserEngraving911 using an x20 pro currently and after dialed the outcome is beautiful but the time it takes is daunting when thinking mass production

[@EvilErnie999]

I did all these steps but it still looks like how the original one on the left does. do the nodes need to be grouped first or ungrouped? what I did was trace an image into a vector and then started the step process. Am I doing something wrong?

[@LaserEngraving911]

note sure, if you have the adobe file you can send it to me, ill take alook at what you might be doing wrong, just sent it to me as is. [e-mail]

[@EvilErnie999]

@@LaserEngraving911 aw thank you very much. Although I think I figured it out though. I was either not trimming it after I grouped the 2 images together after increasing the strokes by 0.1 inches, or I was not turning the copy image black BEFORE I grouped them together to then trim or something 🤣. But I kept playing with it making sure to do each step and I ended up getting it right. Just remembering all the steps gave me a headache lol. I wish there was a plugin or something that expedited the process a little.

[@rwhipple73]

Love it, Great tip For those who just don’t know

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thanks!

[@lexispapi]

Can you link the video to the finished card I rember seeing it but can’t find it

[@Anonymouthful]

How powerful laser would this kind of metal work require?

[@LaserEngraving911]

You can use Co2 Lasers and Fiber Lasers, best choice right there! Im doing a full video on this later this week be sure and subscribe to get notified when it goes live! Thanks!

[@MrDe0]

Awesome !

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thank You!

[@MannyRozal]

Can this be done in Lightroom?

[@LaserEngraving911]

You mean Lightburn? Yes it can, if you mean Lightroom from Adobe I'm not sure.

[@MannyRozal]

@@LaserEngraving911 Lightburn. My bad. Lol. Thanks, man!

[@tinarichardson8085]

I think in lightburn just offset the object to .1 outward and that 1 step creates the negative image

[@LaserEngraving911]

@@tinarichardson8085 I think I need to do a video on Lightburn Comparing the live trace feature in Lightburn VS Adobe Illustrator, see where the chips fall that will be fun! Thanks for the comment! and giving me new Ideas!

[@humdrumfeast]

Your*

[@davexander4142]

great, now do it in Lightburn as not everyone, raises hand, has an Adobe subscription.

[@IAmErnicus]

In lightburn all you have to do is use the offset tool and draw a line around it. keep it thin so as not to look goofy. It will then engrave black/white in opposites.

[@LaserEngraving911]

See Dave There you go! Thanks Ernie!

[@IAmErnicus]

@@LaserEngraving911 Np. Love your stuff man, thanks for the great content.

[@davexander4142]

@@IAmErnicus thank you sir... a video is STILL needed, I cant read, or write... this is an interpreter lol jk

[@laseroflovecreations]

Thanks Michael for the great content. 😊

[@feelingood2u]

Top man

[@LaserEngraving911]

Thanks!!

[@torowazup1]

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[@LaserEngraving911]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Mekaproyects]

Excellent master, great tip thanks 😀😀😀

[@LaserEngraving911]

Glad it was helpful!