How do I set a logo to reverse engrave? I want the background to engrave, not the logo

[jflittau (John Littau)]

I want to reverse engrave… the logo to NOT engrave, but the BACKROUND to engrave…

[sensor (Björn Ruber)]

Can you show us an image of what you mean?

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@jflittau

I want to reverse engrave

This is worth review:

How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?

If you want to invert a vector engraving (Fill layer) you need to add an outline to it. Think about what happens when you scan a circle, compared to the letter ‘O’. The inner ring of the O toggles the fill. If you add another shape (like a square) outside it, it negates the whole thing: [image] And a slightly different example, this time done by changing the outer line around the design to a ‘Line’, instead of leaving it as part of the Fill layer: [image] In the case above, the design alr…

[LightBurn (Oz)]

If it’s an image, you open the Image layer settings and turn on ‘Negative Image’ in the upper-right. If it’s vector shapes, Rick’s link above is the answer.