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I always use just a simple acrylic paint. It’s cheap and applies very well 👍🏻

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check that stuff out for sure 👍🏻

Thank you for watching :) The image was just created as a 2d flat image with plenty of variations with blacks, whites and greys to try and get as much detail from the laser and the slate as possible to give it that “faux” 3d effect 👍🏻

Svg is the format you save it out for a vector file

No worries :) And you must be a mind reader because I am literally making that exact video now 😂 Should hopefully be edited and up in the next week or so 👍🏻

Not the only one to mention this 😅 I really need to check the mic settings along with the plugin settings I use to adjust the audio. Sounds fine to me but probably because I know what I’m saying 😅

You're not the only one.

You’re not the first person to say that. I always check the video on the pc when editing and again on my phone and always sounds good to me. Maybe I’ve got really sensitive hearing 🤷🏻‍♂️ I’ll have to edit it louder than I think needed on my next video 👍🏻

@@MARCAM If you think it's loud enough, methinks you must have some bat genes! ;-) Jokes aside and not knowing what editing s/w you're using, there should be some VU meter type of thingy, and maybe a 'normalise' function for the audio track in most of them. Look after these sponsored videos! ;-)

@zpinkLondonBelow 😂 yeah the dodgy Welsh accent isn’t the best. My editing skills are not the best, especially with audio. I should really look into it at some point

@@MARCAM I lived in Wales for 10 years or so, just a mile over the border, but still in Wales, so it's not the accent. hahaha I guessed it wasn't your favourite thing to do, hence I hinted that there may be a 'normalise'. Which is basically lifting the loudest peak to 0dB. Of course, if there are many such peaks, the CZcams or any other algorithms will punish you by lowering the volume, but that shouldn't be the case with a video like this. You can aim at having the peaks at -1dB or so, one would imagine....

@zpinkLondonBelow greatest country on earth 😜 I usually just use a plug-in built into the editing software and allow it to adjust the audio automatically. I’ll have to look into the normalising of it all. Spent a fair bit of money on a good mic so the least I can do 👌🏻

Thank you very much. Glad it helped you out :) I was in the exact same boat. Always avoided using it in photoshop because of how impossible it always seemed to get it to line up just right. The pen tool in Inkscape is so much more user friendly I find and can use it without any problems.

Should show in the video and also in the video description 👍🏻

Hope it works out well for you too 👍🏻

@@MARCAM hay thanks me too 😃

Now that’s a great idea! Think I might have to give that a go 👌🏻

It’s usually made from polyethylene which is safe to laser. Most companies will use this to protect their acrylic as people will laser cut items and leave this film on to help protect against any scratches.

Thanks for the input :) You are right, that is a much easier way and it’s something I wouldn’t mind trying in the future. I think I’ll need to invest in a vinyl cutter though to be able to cut out the stickers property 👍🏻

@@MARCAM ah no problem I hope you don't think I was being negative I used the silhouette cameo 4 it's a brilliant machine and the software is free for the basic edition I have the business edition. The only downside with the basic edition it will let you load an Svg but won't re-save as an Svg so you would have to make the design in light burn or xtool etc then load it in to silhouette studio :)

@CraftedCustomCreations great stuff thank you. I design all my stuff in Inkscape so could probably just get away with the free version. I’ll have to check it out for sure 👍🏻

Cheers 👍🏻 It turned out so much better than I thought. Didn’t think the 3d effect would work on mirror. They are such cheap mirrors too. Just £1 each so easy to make profit on 👌🏻 Nice little haul then! That will definitely keep you busy for sure!! I need to do more slate projects soon!

Will do! I think having the mirror back lit will look so cool.

Thank you 😊 If the wife is anything like mine then they will definitely complain and every little thing you make 😂

@@MARCAM Hahaha, I don't tend to be told off very severally, she buys a load of arty farty stuff too!

Just find something cool to make for her.

Lucky for some turn 😅 To be fair, I do make A LOT of random stuff and take it home so sometimes she does have a point.

@jenniferv6429 well I’m hoping my next project I make will win her over a bit. It’s going to be a good one 😉

I’m not too sure but can check with the manufacturer. Looking at the US website that gives prices for an idea, looks like the Mira 5s is roughly £5,500 and currently the standard 5 is about £4,500

Now that’s a bloody good idea! I’m trying that today!! 👌🏻👌🏻

@@MARCAM unfortunately i cant send fotos here... i have dozens of different projects that i could show you...

@suplex3987 sweet. There’s an email on my about me part on here. Feel free to drop some over 👍🏻

I honestly don’t measure it. Just pour a good amount in and stir it up. I’d say 2 teaspoons to a pint would be a good amount though 👍🏻

I’ll have to have a look into that. This method just removes the paint to show the original tile colour underneath. I think the Norton method burns the paint on to the tile? I think without having to use any stripper to remove the paint afterwards this is a bit quicker and possibly safer then 👍🏻

😂 yeah I figured that out afterwards.

You can buy extension kits for diode lasers that allow you to do it like it was done in this video.

I’m not actually sure. If you give it a go, let us know the results 👍🏻

@@MARCAM It works pretty well! I used a water based acrylic and engraved while it was still slightly damp. Bit messy on my work table, but was really easy to clean off the acrylic with no risk of scratching. Just wiped it with a microfbre cloth.

Good to hear. Did the laser etch just the top side or both sides?

@@MARCAM Just the top, but I got a better etch I think, clearer and with less bluring and slightly deeper penetration.

@nossica149 good news then! I’m still yet to try it but it’s on my list of things to do

Thank you 😊 Glad it’s helped and hope you make some greedy stuff with it 👌🏻

Thank you 😊 Since we can’t get an official one anymore until 100k thought I’d make one for every milestone I hit since I am a maker on CZcams after all 😅

I believe there is something that can be set up in photoshop but not 100% sure if to do so at the moment. Using different images for this process would probably require different settings each time though.

Legend!! Thank you 😊

Thank you 😊 Glad you got it up and running. It’s always something simple we never think of checking 😜

Cheers :) Hope you got to enjoy the small bit of decent weather we had! I’ve been having so much fun recently with slate and AI! I keep generating such random crap but looks so good when engraved 😅

Thank you very much 😊

Well done fella .. looks blinding 👍🏻

I did try but the results didn’t really work well for me. Not sure if I missed something but I just found doing it directly on top worked best for me :)

@@MARCAM Thanks

Photoshop is not free but there is an exact replica of it that’s free to use in your web browser. It’s called www.photopea.com

@MARCAM many thanks Marc

Piece I used here was 10mm. But any thickness should have the same results 👍🏻

Thank you for the advice! Hopefully make it easier as it can be such a pain. Especially doing small pieces. Hope you have fun with it and create some amazing work ☺️