Tinkershop Tutorial: Photo Engraving With Gimp

Do you miss designing in the hackLAB? Join our hackLAB programmer, Martin, for an online tutorial about how to engrave photos using Gimp and Inkscape!
Tutorial Image here: www.pexels.com/photo/adorable...

[@dasg5805]

I've looked at 10 different tutorials on how to do this. This filter technique was the easiest and best one I've used. Thanks!

[@narovanjanaharyfanomezanaa1023]

Helped me a lot, thank you.

[@computercreationz]

What great info, just tried it out and love the result. Thank you!

[@PeterRosas]

Well, done, very detailed. I’m using a fiber laser. Thanks.

[@InnisfilideaLABLibrary]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bertalafacousl4384]

Awesome if been editing the gamma and ither settings, struggling too get it right thanks.

[@alexandersarria2754]

Muchas gracias. Muy claro y detallado tu tutorial.

[@bentebrunsvelt319]

Yes i learning must,thanks👍👍❤

[@rajmickael]

Thank you very much

[@user-sf3kg8go8r]

Does anyone know whether it's possible to turn engraving into a more realistic "photo"?

[@josefschmitz1382]

Perfekt,! kann zwar wenig englisch aber für mich verständlich

[@danielnorman8595]

My problem is finding some way to make this into G code because my Elks maker Cam does not do that with grayscale

[@haydeneisenstein1092]

To make the finished product a gcode? Or too make the one you exported from gimp into gcode? Either way just change the extension

[@evansmott461]

It would be a complete demo if the finished engraving was shown

[@stevej4923]

resizing by just dragging will not produce a good engraving. when you saved it as a PDF it clearly states 96 dpi which is way too low for an engraving. you should have rescaled it properly in gimp while you had it in there. somewhere between 254 and 318 would give a much better result. interesting using the photocopy filter though. may have a play with that. hope this info is useful to someone. happy lasering!

[@insignia_2934]

Wouldn't you use BMP instead of PDF

[@MrOliverHBailey]

BMP is actually a Windows only format and is not scalable. PNG, JPG, or PDF are the best choices, i that order.

[@ritusharma1092]

Dog and animals are easy .... give a video on human image as clothing.... face and pther shades are present.... I'll subscribe and that'll be a real help to many

[@wyattdrmby1]

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[@viktordimitrov8982]

Hello there!
I saw one of your videos how you prepare a photo for laser engrave.
I bought a K40 co2 laser 2 days ago and im really not happy with my engraving results, Im trying to engrave photos on MDF(wood).
WIll you be interested in helping me with a quick session for prepare a photo with me just to see what im doing wrong.
Of course I will pay you for the activity.

[@karifugate902]

i need help with this as well