Hi Everyone, first post and I am sorry to have a big ask for my first post. I have had some success with importing and tracing logo’s in the past for clients. This logo, I have tried to trace and adjust the threshold etc but it is not picking up the various shades of grey (the hook and the green section are the issues) I know it can be done as I had outsourced it before I purchased the laser for myself. Thank you all again for any help and patience with my first post.
I tweaked the setting in trace and came up with this… Each is on a separate layer, so you can move them around…
NDO-Logo-mod.lbrn2 (927.6 KB)
Don’t know if this is what you are looking for or not… it’s roughed out, so check it…
You can also use software like Gimp where you can separate each layer by color…
P.S. Welcome to the forum 
Good luck
Ofttimes you must do multiple traces to get everything. Sometimes it’s easier to just draw the outlines manually. Previous traces, unfortunately, don’t show in the trace window so it can be difficult to get the thresholds just right and you end up with gaps or overlaps between the different closed loops that need corrected manually anyway. I usually give trace a shot and make a judgement if it’s gonna take more time to fix the trace(s) of just go freehand.
Take a look at Inkscape’s multicolor image trace function. It’s free and runs on Win/Mac/Linux.
Here are a couple of options
Nicholas_Dean_Outdoors.lbrn (118.1 KB)
Not sure what you mean, but I traced it four times, one for each color…
You can click OK then trace it again if you want…
That what I do, Jack. I just can’t see where the previous traces are, so for adjoining areas the paths generally overlap or have gaps. That’s not always a problem, depending on desired processes and tolerances, but can be. Just an FYI to a new user.
Once traced, the trace is the selected item, you can change it to a different layer of move it out of the way… then retrace for the next item…
Wow, incredible responses from everyone. Thank you so much. So, just so i am understanding the process. From what you are saying, I can do multiple traces…will each trace then show up in the cut/layer tab which then I can adjust the speed and power settings, which would then potentially give me different shading (for the lighter grey or the difference between the green and blue?)
How would I differentiate between the different traces and layers to know what is the active layer that I want to adjust the power settings?
I will definitely download these options and see what I can work with!!
Thank you so much everyone so far!!
I know that i will want to try and dip my toe into more intricate logos and possibly pictures at some point…I only have plans to use the laser on wood, so any tips for these applications would be greatly appreciated as well!!
Thanks again!
Josh
My “trace” was manual, in that I used the picture as a reference, and then sketched over the top of it. It takes longer, but you get a cleaner file, especially the letters.
There are lots of videos out there on using trace image… might want to watch a couple of them.
When you trace an item, I fade the image, this makes the outline more legible for me and was the purpose of the option.
Once I’ve traced it and clicked OK, the selected item is the tracing and you only have to click on a new layer color to change it to it’s own layer. You can drag the whole tracing away from the other artwork if you wish…
With it on a new layer, you can can adjust the speed/power/interval to make the shade you wish.
Make sense?
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