Try desaturating and inverting the colors. That's basically what you paid for. A plug-in that takes advantage of features already present in GIMP. If you need to further adjust the levels use the color tool menu. It offers a lot more control over the end product. Play with the gama level. Look through the filters. You'll wonder why you paid for the shortcut...
I think using hot glue to glue your tiles down together on a sheet of 1/4" plywood in the pattern you want the image to be would be way easier then having to split apart the image before lazering, it would also eliminate the white border it's going to leave.
Thanks for all the info. It helps seeing these videos, At least gives us a good starting point for those of us that don’t have a clue. Lol thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for sharing your information with us regarding working with the device. I have not yet bought a device and I am really debating the issue. I have to purchase one and the way you pass the information only encourages me to replace the product I wanted to purchase with a device like the one you are working with. Thanks again for sharing.
I painted the tiles wirh two light coats, and colors weren't engraving dark after they were already. So I went to add another layer on my tiles and they bubbled up in minutes after I repainted them? What could cause that?
1.hey i have a 150w co2 laser what power settings would you recommend? 2. Does this particular technique also work on say a black tile rather than a white one
Awesome Job man, I do have a question about your Josey Wales 6 tile picture. The very bottom center tile looked washed out? What does that? I get a lot of those like that and cant figure out why. Great job.
I'm gonna start calling it the Scooby-Doo laser. I have this weird thing where I can read words backwards and Ortur backwards is Rutro. Think about it...
Wonder if this can be done in multi colors....i have seen 2 colors like the black and green but never anything more like if you wanna do for example a moose with a background of trees or something where you get green leaves the brown and black moose the dark cream antlers...the grey rocks...the white and silver of the paper birch? If it could do something like that I would be all in...do an entire shower with those types of tiles...
Thank you so much for your videos. Great production quality. Was wondering what the legalities of using the images is. I know we are technically editing them so they aren't the original files. Just wondering thank you!
Is it possible to get the list of software you work with? And which one is free and which one should pay for them? You explain beautifully and clearly and how you make it look easy Is it really as easy as you show on RU-vid?
Maybe you can help. I just got a Lasermaster 2 20 W. It worked great and was just getting productive, then ran into a snag. When I turn the machine on and try to link it to Lightburn, the program can't connect. The lights are on in the laser and it homes itself but will not connect. I'm still waiting to hear from Gearbest. Any ideas?? Steve
Problem solved with connecting. I had a problem painting the tiles. I first used white with two modest coats and left the tiles overnight. When I put on a colored coat (blue) the paint seemed to dissolve the first coat. Tried several tiles with the same problem. Do you think the colored coat was too thick? Steve
Hi there I've watched your video over and over for a whole month . I purchased the plugin I purchased lightburn every image that I do once I placed it into lightburn it comes out dark when I preview it on lightburn the image comes out dark. I don't know what am I doing wrong I need your help. please help me🙏.wait for reply. Thank you for your time.
Excellent...what is your methodology to centre tile...so that all have same starting point...myself I use centre for job origin..I have a tile that has the centre marked..two diagonal lines Crosshair..and a small jig to hold tiles in exact spot
Another great video! Quick question when I follow your steps even with the same image when I get to the final stage in Lightburn to set my interval to .11 my resolution goes to 9 DPI and the laser burn time goes to like 7 minutes a 4by4 tile. What I'm I doing wrong. Thanks in advance for any help guys. Great ideas
Please make a video with the process for burning images on painted wood or please tell me the steps because i cannot make it 😥 it keeps burning the wood no matter what settings for power i use or layers of paint 🤦♂️ thanks great video the greatest of all 😍💪
Strange question I suppose ... have you had some of these used as proper tiles, have you considered adjusting the image to allow for the grouting gap between the tiles? Or are people happy without the compensation? Thanks for assisting those of us new to the idea.
Thanks your video is great, i dont have that software but i uses the grbl one that came with the machine, do you have any suggestion regarding the line direction, is horizontal, vertical or diagonal, which one you think is better for engraving pictures like family one
Hi I love your youtube channel But need some help How do I Get the ( Da Big gimping Plug-in ) I have download and Unzip on my computer, II need it in the Gimp.org program. Thank you Steven T
I’m new to all of the laser engraving/burning. I have an xcarve that I’m fairly use to using but was wanting to expand to laser burning as well. Would the methods in these videos also work with a 7 watt jtech laser setup on the xcarve? Thanks for the videos bye, there are amazing.
Yep! I don't see why not! You are only burning off a thin layer of paint, so wattage on the laser can pretty much be anything. I have seen great work with a 7w laser. It's definitely worth some testing!
This is awesome, I was hoping to buy one of these and make some presents for coworkers. Is it possible to do a mug and what would I do to do so. Thanks again for awesome videos.
Question, Is it posible to do a multi color image? Set every color in a different layer. Or would the laser burn trough Al the layers? My theory is, if it's only burning the black on the first pas it would burn the second color on the second pas and so on. Would take a lot of time to set the image up. But maybe it pays of for bulk sales?
Love your stuff. You said to ask questions and here is mine. I have some old windows I would like to engrave wildlife seens on. How would I use the big gimping plug in for that or what do I do
Hey! Thanks much! I would do some experimentation and pull in the wildlife files into Image R and do a bit of testing on some scrap wood. There are some settings you can tweak to the get the best results. Best is Image R is free and very similar to GIMP. www.imag-r.com/
HI. Thank you so much for the great videos, I learned a lot from them, and even created some wonderful tiles. But ... I had a problem with the finish. When I paint a layer of glossy transparent paint on the tile, after a few minutes cracks are made. I only use "Rust Oium" paints.
Did you clean the tile very, very good before the initial layer of paint? Did you allow the preceding coat of paint to totally dry before applying the next coat? Are the different colors (brands) compatible with each other?
I saw your video awesome job by the way..& I would like to purchase but am so confused about which laser would be best to get to accomplish the same results . Any help would be appreciated...could I ask which laser you used for this video..7w,15w or 20w? Thankyou
I am trying to understand what is the mechanism behind all of this: In this video instance, where the white tile is painted with green, then black. The laser seems to burn off the black exposing the green. Am I correct? In the instance where a white tile is painted with white paint, is it that the laser turns the white paint to black? Will "enamel" spray paint work?
You're close... The first technique uses low power to burn just the top layer of paint off. You can achieve all kinds of crazy techniques with different coats and colors of paints. The white tile painted white is a different animal. It uses a high power to actually burn the paint in such a way that it actually burns the image into the tile indelibly
