The Best Way To Vectorize a Photo in LIghtburn

[@macdaddie1]

Sir your video is on point, no music in the background, no useless video intro graphics. Thank you.

[@diysweat1171]

Simply outstanding Jeff. Thank you!

[@plaxhub]

I have been engraving images onto slate and using the trace image function, until i watched this video if the trace came out crap i just didnt use the image and moved on. But now using your technique image trace is improved massively, thank you 🙏

[@retparatrooper]

@@plaxhub thank you buddy

[@chrish9003]

Very easy to understand and it works!

[@JimmyLee0757]

Thanks so much for sharing this. I have tried to follow others who say "Do it this way" only to fail and give up. The way you explained has made a difference and I have had fun with this process, these last two days. I haven't engraved a single on yet but learnig to tweek it and make it work has been a game changer.

[@woodwarddlw]

Thank you so much! Thanks for the content and the phenomenal delivery of to the point, short, and no extras. Thank you!

[@777daveboy]

Great explanation Jeff 👍👍👌

[@DaveGumm-wg2gk]

crystal clear and effective. Thanks for taking the time to share

[@retparatrooper]

@@DaveGumm-wg2gk u r very welcome

[@orendook]

One of the best tips I've seen. Thank you very much.

[@terryh5677]

Don't forget to change the layer to "Fill". If you have the layer on "Line" it will not be right. Notice Jeff has his on C00 (Black) and is set to Fill. Thank you Jeff, I learned something very useful. Just subscribed.

[@cam_DA_Hawkdriver]

Thanks for sharing and allowing me to learn from you. Thank you sir!

[@jazzgot101]

Thank you for explaining this so well! You're a pro!

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

Wow thank you I’m just now getting into engraving and was wondering how I can engrave any picture and turn it into a SVG file but you help me out a lot. I appreciate you, sir. Awesome mark.

[@cnckitsplus1]

Wow that was one of the best finds I have seen in awhile. Thanks.

[@nwmi493]

wow good content. subbed. HOW I have not seen this channel before is beyond me . Ive been binge watching laser/cnc content since november, and this here is some great stuff! thanks

[@DonXenon75]

Thanks, your video is very helpful. Easy to understand.

[@carloavergas]

Thanks brother. To the point and task. You've got a new subscriber. Fly Army!

[@gabrielkelly5268]

This is a brilliant and important tip. Thanks for sharing.

[@lastofthedesper8s]

OKAY, thankyou very much, this is one of the best videos that I have seen on this subject and hopefully will make a difference ( huge ) on some pictures that I have been working on. Now all I have to do is remember where it is and what it is in all my Laser videos.

[@retparatrooper]

i really hope so. it took me forever to figure this simple process out.

[@Cornelis-Dz]

@@retparatrooper I am glad you did. I had ended up with other programs while searching but didn't know it can be done with Lightburn as well. And better too. My laser engraver is coming in about 10 days but can buy Lightburn soon now to try this out.

[@keithjones8070]

Thank you Jeff, excellent tutorial.

[@TinkerandBuild]

I was just trying to figure this out this weekne.d. Very timely ! Nice work. Thanks for time it took to post!

[@fourwheelcowboy7918]

Awesome video man. Thanks a million now even I can vectorize my own images. Well done. 1 subscriber earned many thanks

[@Mo50014]

Easy to follow your video - thank you for sharing!!!

[@jon_landwehr]

Well this was amazing. Thank you sir. Keep them coming.

[@DwightStebner]

would be great to see comparisons of pics

[@iambravoteamo36]

I’ve been so frustrated with trace image. Was thinking of going to another program. I used others which made it nice but getting past trace image was driving me crazy. I’m going to try this. Makes sense and I’m sure it’ll work. Thanks for the video. 🤙🏽

[@untenableposition]

excellent tip, straight to it, no bs. thanks pal

[@simonwiltshire8941]

Great video, definitely a must now.

[@stretch3736]

Wow!!!!fantastic process, thanks very much for sharing that🙌🏼

[@richardzicarelli3193]

Amazing!!!!! Thank you. We have struggled for years. Can’t wait to give it a try.

[@l03j27]

Awesome video, my best friend and I were trying to make coasters & our image just was not cooperating no matter what we tried, this helped out a ton. You rule!

[@QuagmireLXIX]

Helluva find Jeff, thank you for sharing! Gotta love the info a bitmap can store.

[@samsungw200]

this works brilliant thanks Jeff ive been scratching my head trying to this and your method works 100% cheers!

[@samsungw200]

i did an owl, it looked better than ive ever got it with trace, and on the laser tab i selected fill instead of line and it came out looking fantastic! thanks again Jeff

[@stephane7232]

Loved every second of the video thanks

[@Paolorth]

Damn !....That's brilliant. Thank you Sir👍

[@davidelder5399]

Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@carloscarrillo3060]

im bout to start this myself definitely a huge help and straight forward. especially explaining it to where a beginner can comprehend

[@Katskraftkorner]

You just saved me so much time and trouble. This is a huge help!

[@horatiorp]

Thank you so much. It makes a huge difference.

[@Cornelis-Dz]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for this great video. The laser engraver is purchased and on its way and will definitely be working on this. Thanks again and am subscribed. Ciao

[@kennethrich2107]

I'm not sure what I like more. The process or the example photo you chose. well done sir.

[@LarryDMitchell]

Great video and I learned something new. New subscriber now and will be binging your other videos soon. I'm going to try this your way but also with removing the background of the original and then using this process to adjust it. Thanks

[@Intense_Shifter]

Thanks for a good start point.

[@drweip2892]

THANK YOU! This is truly a game-changer!!!

[@retparatrooper]

yes it is…

[@bobbrooks4996]

Very helpful video Thanks!!

[@tremolobar]

This is exactly what I was trying to do! Thanks!

[@Voodoo5.2]

This is awesome, exactly what i came on here for. Thank you!

[@TheJohnny3d]

Thank you, Great video mate!

[@davidfinney6855]

I wasn’t a complete failure doing this, but I think discussing what makes a good picture would help me significantly

[@robertarmstrong2323]

This is awesome..vid of the year

[@photosbywalt7124]

Great tip! Just subscribed, keep up the good work.

[@samlenlap]

Just brilliant.. My photo engraving journey will be different from this pint onwards thanks 👍

[@Splattboy1]

YOU SIR ARE AMAZING, First thing I will do tomorrow is this !

[@EricTyler-k4j]

I tried step by step and I didn't gt the same results in version 1.7. You are using version 1.5. I thought that with the newer version that I would still get the same results. Please help.

[@EricTyler-k4j]

I tried copying a photo of the Pacific Northwest and I am sorry to say that it DOES NOT WORK.

[@retparatrooper]

@@EricTyler-k4j send me the pic you are trying to do. [e-mail]

[@berkay1114]

The same case occurred to me. Did you solve the problem?

[@EricTyler-k4j]

@@berkay1114 not yet..

[@jf6720]

Great tip! And thanks for not taking 2 hours to explain it like some videos :)

[@lawdg8145]

great video... thank you

[@joejames3929]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@nikkicork8815]

Absolutely brilliant will help me out so much thank you

[@ThomasKranias]

i was looking everywhere for this. !!!thx

[@noahbodhi8657]

Would be nice to see a finished product. Js

[@BuckysCustoms]

Thank you, Jeff!

[@higherstandardspc]

Wow I believe you just boosted my laser experience, thank you so much ; ) This will help immensely : )

[@retparatrooper]

Make sure that you do threshold instead of grayscale, it works much better. So manipulate the picture and threshold, then save it as a BMP delete the file bring it back in and then trace it. Thanks for the comment.

[@JamesMcGilton]

Thank you you just made my day

[@Arcottocra]

Many, many thanks.

[@steve-martin-42]

I will be trying this today thank you

[@karvtek]

I’ll have to try this. Thanks.

[@theExcalibur2]

Thank you so much for this tip! You got new subscriber here!

[@kd-CarvingAway]

Good tip - I have to try it.

[@lpfdemt]

Very nice! Thank you sir

[@FranktheDachshund]

Great info, thank you!

[@boblabla4756]

I give this video a 9 outta 10. I just wish you could have shown an example of the final print.

[@dianaquintanar8521]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much!!

[@sofmedgr]

Amazing Video...

[@L7pushman]

Thank you Soooooo Much

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

Wow thank you I am going have give this try! 😁🛫

[@mrsdizi1234]

OMG Thank you so much you are a lifesaver...

[@HoundDogHats]

Thank you. I will try this on some whiskey glasses.

[@arthurschwieger82]

Sweet hack! I will have to give that a try.

[@johngallagher4309]

What laser are you using?

[@retparatrooper]

@@johngallagher4309 Chinese 80 w

[@carloscarrillo3060]

what power and speed would be best for this type of engraving with a 10 w laser

[@retparatrooper]

i’m not sure, buddy, I have an 80 W laser. But I’m sure someone will answer.

[@paulraycastillo2238]

Awesome!! TY

[@billanderson839]

Can you take a digital photo from your phone and do the same thing?

[@kteilers1]

Great Stuff! Thanks so much! I tried this for a pet memorial on slate, but forgot that I would need to invert the image to look like a "negative" since the slate is dark. My work would have been OK on wood, so I'll have to review how to invert the image.

[@derekjenkinson8014]

Never seen this before, and I bet is save a massive amount of time!

[@retparatrooper]

It actually works better if you use the threshold instead of like grayscale. I meant to show threshold. Then once you have done threshold, save it as a BMP file, and then import it back in and it works fantastic.

[@imadeit3579]

You saved lives with this tip hahaha

[@super0chick]

wow, that's a game changer. Thank you.

[@dbnewmanmedia377]

Bro, fucking genius. High fives all-around ✋

[@AmasikoCustomDesigns]

Great video

[@DavidCook42]

Awesome!

[@Chip-ky4gb]

I'm trying this and I can't get it right. Does the image matter? I really would like to make a portrait a good vector

[@retparatrooper]

@@Chip-ky4gb not sure I never had any issues other than the way I showed it.

[@retparatrooper]

@@Chip-ky4gb send me a pic you are trying this on. email [e-mail]

[@BillWheeler613]

my man so i have a image of a tiki ive been trying to get rid of the background... how can i get around the curves of the image?

[@retparatrooper]

@@BillWheeler613 apply a mask I think I made a couple videos on that too.

[@BillWheeler613]

@retparatrooper thanx i'll give it a look

[@royrivas894]

Dang that worked like a charm!

[@BrendaDavis-1963]

How do I engrave a regular picture of somebody?

[@user-zx9qs1lz6e]

👍👌

[@JoesAutoElectric]

Locks up lightburn when I try

[@retparatrooper]

@@JoesAutoElectric yeah you need to make the picture smaller by dragging it diagonally. Let’s just say 4 inches. Then you can resize it after you trace it. But if you have it big, it will lock up light burn.

[@JoesAutoElectric]

@retparatrooper ok I'll give it a shot thanks

[@retparatrooper]

@@JoesAutoElectric let me know if that helps

[@telwood15]

😊

[@ColoradoLocal]

Thanks. I think everybody struggles with Photos.

[@glennmartonic6376]

alwaays wondered why