The original photo you see taken by the photographer is quite dark. I first lightened up the photo as best as I could, then dropped it into Lightburn to edit a bit further. I really tried to keep as much detail as possible (in her dress, the pleads in the shirt etc). I have only used a piece of 3/4" pine ply because it’s something I make as scrap/bi-product so in saying that this wouldn’t be a sellable piece as I’d change up my wood and do finishing touching such as a border.
Specs to this: 2000mmm/17.5 DPI 230 Gamma .750 Contrast 8 Brightness 4 in Jarvis
mm/s? Suspect it’s mm/m?
It’s difficult to do, especially with a dark image…
Thanks for the post…
Hi! Hahaha yes you are correct. Mm/m. Thank you for noticing that
But yeah these dark images are proving to be difficult and I thought it might of been easier with it being a professional photo due to high quality etc but its not!
Welcome to the site…
The problem is a photo has an infinite range of grays… A piece of wood has a very limited range of gray.
Sounds like you’ve tried adjust image…
I’ve had to resort to Gimp with some photos I’ve had to work with that had very dark/light areas that I wanted captured…
There is lots of experience with photo engraving here…
If you have not watched this video, it’s one of the best I’ve seen for explaining interval and I recommend it to anyone using a laser. For nothing else, it’s great with selecting a proper interval. Process is done on a fiber, but it works with any laser and any material.
These are done with a fiber, but he does excellent work… gives you a target of quality… it’s worth a peek
Have fun, again, thanks for posting including the fairy
You’re most likely going to need to mask the darker portions and adjust their brightnest using something like GIMP, then go from there.
EDIT: or what Jack said… LOL
This is amazing. Thank you very much!