Images that overlap

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

Can someone assist me with this please. I have imported two images which have been traced to line+fill, a baseball on top of two bats. Is there a way in lightburn that I can hide or cover up the bottom image where both images overlap?
What I’m trying to do from the image is hide the bat behind the ball, so there are crossed bats with a ball in the middle.

Hopefully not confusing,
Thank you AmyH.

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

I think you’re looking for the ‘mask’ option. Here are the Lightburn docs on it, but you can search the forum for many discussions. There’s also a lot of tutorial videos.

https://lightburnsoftware.github.io/NewDocs/ImageMasking.html

Sorry… @RalphU has what I should have suggested. Didn’t switch from image to vector mode.

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

Never would have thought of that. Thank you!

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

Thank you!

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

I did as you suggested RalphU, but hear’s the preview. I need to set all layers to Fill+Line, so I guess it’s picking up the circle under the ball.

If I put the bats to “Line” all looks good but burn isn’t what I’m looking for.
Did I do something wrong?

Thank you,
AmyH

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Having a short read of the few threads provided in this post might assist with understanding. A bit hard to identify the exact shape or layer causing this, from the image you share. You can post the file if you’d like more direct feedback.

Line and Fill problem

This may be due to needing to understand how LightBurn decides what to fill based on the edges or boundaries of closed shapes. You need to add an additional blue shape or circle to the outside to get the blue layer to fill as you’d like. Have a read of this: In particular, the “How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?” part.

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

Sorry I’m confused what you are saying, and I know I’m not clear in my questions…I am sorry for this.

I have these two images that I have traced and welded as per above instructions by RalphU. When I put the ball into the circle, The circle turns black.

I need both lays to be set on Fill+line. I do understand why it is black…due to the layer set as Line+fill. I was trying to find a way for the ball to show up. I can put the whole thing on 1 layer as long as it’s line+fill, sorry for the confusion. I was playing with a faster way to burn with adding layers.

Thank you,
AmyH

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Easiest solution, place another red circle, just inside the “bats” shape, yet outside the baseball shape.

This shows why this works.

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…

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

I’ve searched for a way to upload the file but still clueless on how to do it…still looking.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@AmyH

upload

(edit:) While editing your post, you can use Ctrl-C to copy then Ctrl-V to paste, or drag and drop what you want inline, or look for this,

Additionally, click this to open the preview of forum posts.

[AmyH (Amy Hale)]

I’ll be darn it worked. I’ll read the FAQ How do I invert a vector engraving? closer cause I don’t understand it…but I need too. Thank you all very much and Ralph I see where you mentioned to add the additional circle but I think I had it inside the ball. Again thank you all!

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

Yes, add another circle or take one away to get the correct fill sequence. When reviewing the FAQ, consider the shape boundary to be a switch for filling.

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

I just drag and drop it on the reply window…