Dot width question

[Blackmamba464 (Vicky Lee)]

Hello,

I am new to lightburn and fiber laser engraving.

Can someone help me understand dot width? If I am marking on image on coins, is it better to leave ‘adjust dot width’ disabled?

Am I right in thinking that when enabled, the larger to number means the laser emits a smaller dot size? In theory, according to me, the larger the number means more details when burning a photo (as long as it’s smaller than the interval). Am I right?

Thank you, everyone for any help in understanding this

Vicky

[berainlb (PY)]

Take a look at this post where Oz explains how it works.

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…

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

Suggest you watch this video by Laser Everything on photo engraving.

They speak to the Lightburn Developer that created dot-width adjust and he gives an excellent description with graphics of how it works.

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