Usage and Operation Archives

Creating a 3D Effect With the Laser on Acrylic and Glass

How can I use the laser to create a 3D effect on glass and acrylic?

1) This 3D effect will work for any block style font and many other types of shapes, but for this exercise we are going to apply the effect to the letter “E”. Start with a capital letter “E” to the specifications below. Font: Arial Black Size: 310 pt Convert to (...)

03/31/2025

Everything You Wanted to Know about Fonts…and Then Some!

How do I use fonts in my designs for the laser?

Regardless of your design program, you’re likely faced with a myriad of fonts to select from when you’re creating a design. But how do you choose fonts? What types of fonts go with what kind of designs? How can you manipulate text and fonts to create appealing visuals? Read on (...)

03/31/2025

Make Your Own FontBot

How do I create an image out of fonts, like a FontBot?

What is a FontBot? It’s a design you create from the letters and characters of a specific font. Designers have come up with all kinds of amazing robots and other creations using fonts, but what will yours look like? We’ll be giving a quick demonstration on how to create your (...)

03/31/2025

Using Margins to Preview Your Engraving

Use this technique to quickly fine tune your engraving.

For a helpful tip, we’ll show how to use margins in the Epilog Dashboard to preview the engraving to make sure our photo quality is ideal. Prepare the Artwork We’ll be engraving this photo on a wood plaque. First, we’ll process the photo in PhotoLaser Plus. (...)

03/31/2025

Using Color Mapping in the Epilog Software Suite

Save time by setting up multiple passes with different settings.

It’s easy to color map with the Epilog Dashboard. Prepare the Artwork for Color Mapping For this file, we want to score the red numbers and cut out the blue outlines. Once the artwork is ready, Print the file to the laser. Everything has come over in a single process (...)

11/11/2025

Use a Jig to Pre-Engrave an Item for Customization Later

Learn how to use a jig to save time on your most popular laser engraving projects.

Setup the Artwork Here we are creating a jig to pre-engrave four leather notebooks. We’ll add customized names to each one later. The red lines are the outlines of the notebooks we’ll cut out in a jig. We’ll cut an arrow at the top left corner so (...)

03/31/2025

Use Print Merge to Customize Multiple Items

Learn to use the print merge feature in CorelDRAW to easily distinguish and engrave multiple items at once.

Import Data Here we have a series of name badges to engrave and cut on the laser using print merge. First we’ll need to pull in the list of names. Select File > Print Merge > Create/Load Print Merge Click Import File and navigate to your .csv, .rtf, or (...)

03/31/2025

Expanding Thin Shapes for Laser Cutting

How do I thicken a line or shape to make it stronger when laser cut?

When cutting out very thin or intricate patterns with the laser, the final cuts can sometimes be so thin that they may break during everyday handling. In this article, we will show you how to expand thin shapes with Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 and combine objects together to make them (...)

03/31/2025

Photo Laser Engraving on Wood – CorelDRAW X5 – 2018

How do I prepare a photo for laser engraving on wood using CorelDRAW?

Click the link below to download the .zip file for the Wood Photo Engraving Macro, then unzip the file. Instructions for installation are included with the download, and are located at the bottom of this page. Download Now How to Process a Photo for Laser Engraving on Wood Open the (...)

03/31/2025

Engraving Small Wood Photos with PhotoLaser Plus

How can I engrave small photos on wood with PhotoLaser Plus?

With the introduction of PhotoLaser Plus, photo engraving has vastly improved. But at Epilog Laser, we’re always looking for ways to make it even better. One of the improvements we’ve recently made is creating a setting that allows you to see more detail when engraving very small photos on wood. (...)

03/31/2025

Creating a Quick Bounding Box for the Red Dot Pointer

How can I preview the area where I am going to engrave?

When we’re running custom engraving jobs, there is nothing better than combining our features of Red Dot Pointer and Center-Center Engraving to quickly position the product. While at the MakerFaire in San Mateo we were providing custom engravings on cell phones and laptops and found ourselves repeatedly using a tip (...)

03/31/2025

Placing Text on a Path in CorelDRAW

How do I place 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 text around the photograph, or been able to have the text along a line you drew? Well, it’s possible in a few easy steps in CorelDRAW! Follow the directions below (...)

03/31/2025

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Creating a 3D Effect With the Laser on Acrylic and Glass

Everything You Wanted to Know about Fonts…and Then Some!

Make Your Own FontBot

Using Margins to Preview Your Engraving

Using Color Mapping in the Epilog Software Suite

Use a Jig to Pre-Engrave an Item for Customization Later

Use Print Merge to Customize Multiple Items

Expanding Thin Shapes for Laser Cutting

Photo Laser Engraving on Wood – CorelDRAW X5 – 2018

Engraving Small Wood Photos with PhotoLaser Plus

Creating a Quick Bounding Box for the Red Dot Pointer

Placing Text on a Path in CorelDRAW