Hey All,
I’m trying to plan a project to make my own DM Screen for my DnD Campaign
I want to use the laser to etch an image into the panels of the screens.
Can anyone tell me the best way to convert images into the files needed to laser cut retaining as much detail as possible?
I ideally want characters on the left and right and a scene on the centre screen, i’m hoping to do laser induction soon
Thanks
Leah
What’s the material of the panels?
I engraved a jpg on hardwood with on details loss
I’ve used Corel, it used to be on laser PC too. There are good tutorials on YT for it being used with trotec.
The easiest approach is to use vector files (Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Inkscape, Coral Draw etc.), you can use jpg/bmp to engrave, but it’s tricker to get right.
It’s all explained on the laser inductions (more happening soon)
A chance to show my latest creation!
You can at best get 3 shades out of laser engraving. Burnt, not burnt, and half burnt. So make sure you adjust the image in gimp or Photoshop to be black and white with as much contrast as possible. Some bits need to be completely white, some completely black and some mid grey.
Plywood gives the biggest range of shades at 3+
MDF only 2
Perspex engraves from transparent to white so you need to invert the image.
You have a better laser cutter than I do now so hopefully you can get better resolution than the attached image.
I have really thin walnut sheets they’re about 3mm thick
Theses are some incredible pieces, I’ll have a go on increasing contrast and then see if looks like it will show better. Thank you all!
