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Hey all,

is there some kind of tutorial how to engrave photos / pictures with the x7 and lasercad? I do not have a clue how to set up things right..

thanks a lot,

tm

Laser engraving photo's is not something special for the X7. Any controller can do the same. It also depends on your material.
But in general you can make a black-white picture and import that in Lasercad.
Although I make a 1-bit picture with the right DPI in Photoshop, you are able to convert a random picture in Lasercad to 1-bit
You have to experiment yourself for settings like brightness and contrast to get the best results in your material.
Kees

thank you! Maybe one more question: How is the dpi resolution of the image related to the ppi setting in the laser? or is there no correlation?

thanks

tm

let me go in. there is no relation between dpi and ppi , dpi is for engraving and ppi is for cutting
greetings
waltfl

typomaniac wrote:thank you! Maybe one more question: How is the dpi resolution of the image related to the ppi setting in the laser? or is there no correlation?

thanks

tm

But there can be a relation between DPI and scangap.. Say, your scangap is 0.08mm.. in one inch that is 25.4/0.08 = 317.5 lines per inch..
Handy to set your DPI the same or half or double.. whatever you like..
Kees