My first post. My Ortur is still on the FedX plane somewhere over the US. I have been playing with a .png and can’t get the LB software to pick up all the lines and edges. As I adjust I get more, but lose others. Go back the other way with the sliders and I lose what I had, but pick up some of what I didn’t have. Is this when I should take the .png to corel or gimp and play with it? And just what steps seem to help the most in adjusting lines and perimeters in the art creation software?
Lightburn is just as good, if not better, than most image processors. No, it’s not photoshop, but for image enhancement for lasers it’s more than fine. Same as for desiging an image. You might want to post the original image and a side by side comparison.
You really need a hi res image to get the best results. Always over enhance the image imo. The worse it looks in preview, the better results. Of course there is speed and power, and man I hate to say this because it so frustrsted me…but every laser is different. Even the same exact model is going to have different settings for optimal. Everything you engrave or cut is going to be slightly different.
It really is trial and error. Get a cheap box of 40-50 tiles for $14-$15 dollars. Get cheaper…not the cheapest…3mm plywood blanks. Try then and post your results. Watch videos…I am also kinda new 3+ months now…but it is not easy at first and these guys and other forums have seriously helped me so much. Really great guys and gals on here.
We can only give approximations for speed and power and adjustments, but at least it’s a starting point for you to fine tune. When you get your 1st great image…feels so good, but it’s not as easy as some youtubers want you to believe.
So…sorry prob wasn’t you asked for. If you select your image and right click, you can ‘adjust image’. These are the same as most photo editing progs. Brightness, gamma, contrast. The sharpness is a bit diff. You will see no difference in this unless you select the property underneath this, the percentage. It’s all the way on the right, and underneath. I, personal choice, always convert any image to a .bmp. It’s an old file format, but gives me better results than .jpg or .png. Many progs can do this, but if you use Windows, believe it or not, Paint can convert image files to diff formats really easy.
Thank you, Brad. I appreciate your helpful remarks. Learning what all the tools do in a piece of powerful software is going to take some time. Patience needed.
You really do not need any different program to edit or import an image into lightburn. I mean sure, you can, but if you do make sure that ‘pass through’ is on or you can get some weird results. Over scanning, over burn, etc. I’ve made that mistake many times. And yes, you can still edit in a diff program and re-edit or adjust settings in lightburn, but it over complicates things.
I really like ‘The Louisiana Hobby Guy’ videos. He’s pretty helpful, but there are alot of vids. Lightburn itself has videos to really walk you through the different settings and usage. It’s a pretty powerful design prog tbh, which also means if you are new to these progs, it’s a bit of a learning curve.
Make sure you post some of your finished projects with settings, and ton’s of people will help you.