Another engraving question with pic

Atomstack p7 M30
Windows 11
LightBurn (current version)

So my dad’s 70th birthday is coming up and I want to engrave him something special for him the first pic is what I want to engrave but it has a black background is their a way to omit it? 2nd I have a poem I’d like to engrave by it’s side but can’t figure out how to do a side by side engraving any help welcomed many thanks! ps trying to get this done before the 31st

Have you tried "Tools>Trace Image?

You can do that, select the outer edge that will be just a line after the trace, and delete it. Then you have the letters left which you can then change to a “fill” to engrave. You can then add other words/designs to the side. I just traced your image so you can see what it does. This is a jpg, but it looks a lot better when it an svg or in Lightburn.

thanks I’ll give that a try