Complete CO2 Laser Etch Photo Tutorial Photograph to wood Engraving
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
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This video is a start to finish of how i achieve the best photos for laser engraving below is a list of chapters if you just want to skip to a certain part, i am a photographer and have practiced on the laser to get to a point that i am happy with, if you have any questions please leave a message below and i will get back to you, if you like the content please subscribe for more videos.
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Photoshop
5:50 - Image-r
7:44 - Lightburn
9:46 - Prepare Borax
10:45 - Outside
11:51 - Apply Borax
14:06 - Laser settings
16:46 - Frame
18:19 - Out of focus
19:45 - Time lapse
20:35 - Finished
21:50 - Clearcoat
Thanks very good talk calm informative.
I've watched all of your videos on the Thunder/ Nova 35. I've got a Nova 35-100watt on the way.
awesome, i been really happy with mine i had it just over a year and it has done really well, when you get it if you need some pointers let me know and if i can help i will.
I've been looking for those videos, Thunder/Nova 35!
Could you give us a link, please?
What ImageR are you using I downloaded it but do not have access to everything you have on yours I paid for the full one as well or is there a way to get all those extra features and nice work. And thank you it came out amazing
i just use free online www.imag-r.com/ click that and scroll down you will see Upload.
@@carphotography dam i paid for mine lol. But i dont think it had all the stuff you had on yours. Keep up the amazing work.
What does the Borax do to the wood to make it darken so much??
it must have some reaction with the heat from the laser, normally when you etch wood you can see the wood absorbs a lot of the beam but when you add borax you get a larger flash and maybe a higher temperature I'm not sure.
Thanks for the clear process video. It looks like you used 1/4 in plywood, is that correct? Thank you.
yes 1/4" Birch plywood from Home depot, thank you for watching.
Really good and informative thank you for that Can you do a granite if you get a chance
yes as soon as i get hold of some i will have a go and post it up :)
@@carphotography thank you your videos are a huge help
Love the video . Where can we get borax in UK . I thought it was banned
thank you, i live in the USA and i looked and see. "To get started, it is important to know that in the UK and EU you can no longer buy borax. Back in 2010, the EU decided that the 'Borate' group of chemicals - the group that Borax belongs to - may be potentially hazardous to health. Borax was therefore banned for sale in the EU." i think Baking soda also will darken it, just run at a low power and out of focus slightly, should work. thank you
is imagR better than what lightburn automatically does when you upload an image?
i like the dither Imag-r gives, i did do a comparison video of lightburn vs imag-r results were simular but i feel imag-r gives a more even burn, lightburn can sometimes over do the dark areas in my opinion.
@@carphotography thanks for the response. Another thing, imagr turns a colored image black and white so is there a reason to do that in photoshop?
@@axelbrambila2802 yes,in photoshop if you use a black and white adjustment layer you can mess with the colors and effect the photo in the way you want to. Then when you take it to imag-r it will have the colors as you chose them if you know what i mean.
Can this be any type of borax?..i been curious about this method but everytime i go to the store i forget...as usual lol
Hi i am not 100% sure, i have only every tried this type, there is a couple of comparison on youtube with other products, but i only every tried this brand thank you