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Love the video. I’m trying to figure out buying my first laser. Would a CO2 laser be the best for doing something like this? Would a diode laser be perfectly adequate?

Very nice gathering of example art work. "Hits the spot" for me as I am looking for a nice/style to focus on. In your research, have you found a way to gather more in-depth statistics on number of individual piece sales? I am curious as to for a middle-range price, say $200, which type of items are "best-sellers". This past Christmas, I built 15 layered card stock pieces for family. All were not my design, but each received a lot of smiles and kudos. Many thanks for all the content you provide. I am an xTool S1 owner and appreciate the videos on XCS.

Great ideas here. Thanks for sharing your knowledge ☺️

Thanks, as always! Your videos have been an amazing help to me. I have been working my way through your entire catalog, and I have been thinking to myself, "Gosh, I need to ask him to do a video on Boolean operations, because I never understand what's going on and why it doesn't work the way I want." You read my mind! Hey, there is one topic that would really interest me. I don't really understand when/why to use groups vs unions vs compound vectors. I would love to have a better understanding of the use-cases for each one, and how to use them properly. When I release a compound vectors, I often get a complete mess that I need to do manual clean-up on for included regions. There must be a better way. Groups frustrate me. I sometimes need to group some text with grouped graphics in order to center them, but then I ungroup to edit the text and the graphics are completely ungrouped as well. Is there a way to group groups and have them still retain their original identities? Maybe I should have made the graphics a compound vector instead of a group. I would love to understand this stuff better. Selecting elements can be frustrating for me. I will often select the wrong thing. A quick video with tips on how to select just what you want to select within a complex design would be fabulous. There are a TON of "Beginner's Guide to XCS" but very few covering the more advanced topics. I'm somewhat new (about 6 months), and I have a Lightburn license but I have never used it (it kinda intimidates me). I find that XCS can do a lot, and with the help of your videos I can hopefully avoid Lightburn entirely. But that would also be an interesting video: What does Lightburn do better than XCS, or what can it do that XCS cannot do? You mentioned in one video that Lightburn had a better scissors tool, but I didn't understand why you said that or if there is actually a use-case that would justify the hassle of using Lightburn or just put up with XCS? I know there is one feature I would really like to see in XCS that may someday force me to learn Lightburn: the Variable Text feature. I do a LOT of custom name engraving, and it would be FABULOUS if XCS could read a flippin CSV file so I could just batch 16 personalized coasters or 100 luggage tags! Editing text in XCS is a pain. I often find that I can't correctly double-click, and I wind up shifting the text instead. Grrrr!!! So far I have been bearing it, but my business is growing and this will become unmanageable. Hey, a quick video on how to do this *one specific thing* in Lightburn would be great as well! I don't want a whole Lightburn tutorial; I just want to know how to do stuff in Lightburn that I can't do in XCS (or would be a lot easier in Lightburn). I can always shift SVG files back and forth and only use Lightburn when needed. Oh, another topic: How can I cut a shape in half? Or along a contour? I usually wind up making two copies of the shape/contour and doing two subtracts. What a hassle! There must be a better way. Thanks again

Ummm great, but what application are you using?

Hi ThemeXDigital, Just thought I'd let you know in XCS 2.4.27 (maybe also earlier versions) sadly this method no longer works - I came back to this tutorial as I couldn't get my Happy Easter sign to work thats when I realised they have changed the software. At the point where you seperate the letters you now have to right click the text and "Spilt Text" (so that you can move those letters individually) and not use Weld. This then negates the need to short out letters like a's o's etc that have cutout bits which we used to "make a compound path" as they now are already joined. Then when everything is moved to be overlapping I unite as per before. Hope this makes sense and helps someone, I don't have the skills to make my own video tutorial 🙂 PS Thanks for the tutorials they have really helped me get started

You are the best!

Thanh you vert Michelin for thaïs video ❤

I’ve learned a lot from that, thank you very much.

It's such a great video and a very helpful channel. I learned a lot from your videos. Please make a video on kerf and how to measure it and make the boxes and groves fix exactly in place accordingly using Xtool S1 diode laser. One more request can you also show how to use bolean functions in XCS? Tysm and Keep up the good work.

Very cool.. the last one is new to me, thanks

Thanks for this. Sure will save me time when learning how to use my new laser.

I came back to watch part of this one again so that I could make a slotted divider for my essential oils. Looks like it should work well. Thank you for teaching me skills that I'm able to combine and use in other projects!

When I select offset, it doesn't give me corner style options. Is there a different way to make the bottom pointed?

Link to files in my About section 😀

Link to files in my About section 😀

Link to files in my About section 😀

Your a very good teacher, thank you

Another awesome knowledge share. Thanks again 😊

Usted es un excelente profesor. Gracias por enseñar

Great Tutorial! You have the best, easy to understand ones I've seen! :)

Thanks that was really useful

at last I have found the update!!!! Now to try to follow along and create something.

Brilliant! I have been doing inlays recently using Mandala patterns following a tutorial for laser inlays using engraving and a negative image (from Trotec Laser). This is a great way to do one of my own design as well. Altough I do like the stacked effect too. I see you're using the new XCS. For those perhaps confused by the Outline (now "Offset") options this was added in the latest release. Thanks!

Great video! I never knew what they did.

Can i create in Xtool Creative Space and cut at lightburn?

Great ❤

Love your videos. But I have one problem that makes it impossible to follow. I do not get the function "offset" but only get "outline" and with this I can only create a outer line... Do you have some Idea how that is?

Gracias por compartir. Magnífico trabajo

Thank you! I had asked in a group how to make part of a line cut and part of it score, but never received an answer. This explained exactly what I needed to do! I used the pen tool to trace some patterns that I made and was able to shave off 14 or more seconds processing time on each. May not seem like much, but it is a set of 13; so I am able to save 3 minutes and 41 seconds when I process the set.

Genial video instructivo de lightburn muchas gracias por tus enseñanzas

Thanks heaps. Your explanations are so easy to understand 😊

I have an issue where I would like to unite them so the lines aren't engraved twice, but I'm not sure the best way to go about it. When I try to do it it deletes everything except for a couple lines which tell me I'm doing something wrong. For reference I'm trying to make a collage of flowers and stems on a Tumblr and there are some flowers I would like to give the look of being behind other flowers. Are you able to make a video on something like that?

I watched this despite believing I understood this completely. However, you shed some simple insights on Subtract at Overlap that helped me understand it even better. You really do a nice job on these tutorials - quick, straightforward, and immediately useful. Thanks!

Muchas gracias Amigo

Thank you for giving me the confidence to try the pen tool! I am not dreading it anymore - it’s actually a lot of fun!,

Is there a true single line font witch looks a bit like arial. It would take a lot less time to score the text

Great to watch, thanks

I am amazed at how simple you make this look. I have not even attempted to use the pen, but I am feeling like I can try now. Thank you so much.

Your a AWESOME teacher, I learned so much and just Subscribed to your channel. Aloha and Mahalo 🤙🏾

I don't know if I am missing something , but after you create the slot on the first star, can't you just copy and paste it the rotate 180.

Thank you for this video it was MOST helpful! Can't wait to try it. Now I just need to figure out how to make some fonts "fatter", I have some really pretty cursive fonts that I would like to cut to put on signs and such but the details get a little too fine and "skinny". If I can figure out how to "fatten" them up I'll be in business!

Also let me know how you get on with this technique and tell me what you make 😀 Thanks Gav.

Excellent info, thank you👍

Thanks so much for sharing this information. Question and request time . . . I need to learn how to use Weld on a layered map that I've bought in as an svg. I want the weld part to create the final shape from what arrives in a rectangle form. Thanks in advance 😊

Awesome tutorial! Thanks so much! I've always struggled with the pen tool. Much appreciated!

Absolutely amazing. I didn't know the pen tool was so versatile. Many thanks.

That was an excellent explanation and has cleared so many problems up that I was having. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. As an iPad user I’m also struggling to split my projects onto different canvasses, I can’t seem to find the menu that PC users have that says copy and paste. You wouldn’t know anything about that would you? Looking forward to learning more from your other videos….. Know Expert!

Que buena explicación amigo, para hacer dibujos en este excelente programa. Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos muy valiosos

This makes me so "happy"! Last week, I made a project that I had to first score everywhere I was going to cut because I didn't know how to make it where part of the line could be scored while the rest would be cut. Thank you, thank you, thank you so very much!