Laser 3D Model Making with 123D Make
Turning your 3D models into a real-world objects is quick and easy with the combined power of AutoDesk’s 123D Make...
Layering a Clip Art Image
In our 3D acrylic Sample Club download, we engraved parts of a clip art image on five cut pieces of...
Make Your Own FontBot
What is a FontBot? It’s a design you create from the letters and characters of a specific font. Designers have...
Manipulating Clip Art to Create Unique Designs
One of the most common challenges we hear from customers has absolutely nothing to do with lasers. Instead, we hear...
Naming Your Laser Engraving Files
Naming Your File in Your Design Software When creating a file for the Epilog Laser, clarity is helpful down the...
Photo Engraving Do’s and Don’ts
Photographs are one of the most popular items for engraving purposes. Taking a captured memory and engraving it upon a...
Photo Laser Engraving on Wood – CorelDRAW X5 – 2018
Click the link below to download the .zip file for the Wood Photo Engraving Macro, then unzip the file. Instructions...
Placing Text on a Path in CorelDRAW
Have you ever had that engraving job that would have looked even better if you could have just curved the...
Preparing Photos for Glass Engraving in Photoshop
Glass Engraving Steps In the Channels tab, select only the Green channel. Go to Image > Calculations. Set the Blending...
Printing Mulitple Items with CorelDRAW’s Imposition Layout Feature
Corel’s Imposition Layout feature was designed so that you can print more than one page of a document on a...
Print Merge in CorelDRAW
In our last discussion of Imposition Layout (see related articles), we showed you how to use CorelDRAW’s Imposition Layout feature...
Removing the Background from a Photo
Anyone who has engraved photographs has had the experience of someone bringing in a photograph with a dark background that...
Tracing a Logo in CorelDRAW 13
Have you ever received a logo from a client that needs to be in vector format, but they only have...
Tracing Clipart to Remove a White Background from Clipart
You’ve received your client’s image for a project, and all they have available is a bitmap with a white background....
Transforming a Vignette in PhotoLaser Plus
If you’re looking for a more sophisticated look when cropping and engraving photos, consider a vignette – a cropping technique...
Use a Jig to Pre-Engrave an Item for Customization Later
Setup the Artwork Here we are creating a jig to pre-engrave four leather notebooks. We’ll add customized names...
Use Print Merge to Customize Multiple Items
Import Data Here we have a series of name badges to engrave and cut on the laser using print merge....
Using Color Mapping in the Epilog Software Suite
It’s easy to color map with the Epilog Dashboard. Prepare the Artwork for Color Mapping For this file, we want...