Dot Width Correction Feature - how to use?

[LazyDogDesign (Cynthia Johnson)]

Can someone post HOW to use this feature? Is there a video on how to set it up? I have an Omtech 80W CO2 laser and if this helps images come out better I would like to use it. I just need to know how to set it up.

[berainlb (PY)]

Oz discusses it here:

Dot width correction?

It’s a new setting for images that is used to compensate for the fact that your beam has width. If you tell LightBurn to dither an image. On a 50% grey bit, it produces alternating on/off short line segments, like this: [image] If you draw the width of the beam, it looks more like this: [image] If you look at that 2nd image, the gaps between the lines are shorter now than the lines themselves, because of the shape of the beam. ‘Dot Correction’ is the total amount to shorten the line, t…

[LazyDogDesign (Cynthia Johnson)]

Yes, but I have yet to find info on how to set it up.

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

There is a section of the Laser Everything video on photo engraving, where the Lightburn developer actually explains the dot width correction mechanism in great detail, why it was developed and how to use it.

It comes with great graphics too…

If you haven’t seen this video, it’s one of the best and you will use it’s information for as long as you lase things…

The COMPLETE Photo Engraving Guide Part 1 | Fiber CO2 UV and Diode

Good luck