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  1. 08-08-2018, 11:56 AM #1
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    interesting entry on facebook

    this was posted on facebook , a guy engraved this picture on black marble using corel photo, photograv
    he has a 60 watt laser-- settings 14% power speed 150 and san gap 350
    I think its excellent
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  3. 08-08-2018, 2:14 PM #2
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    most of the battle is getting the photo 'fixed' so it'll engrave nicely, which was obviously done right here, very nice!

    I keep thinking I should try photograv...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev Williams View Post
    most of the battle is getting the photo 'fixed' so it'll engrave nicely, which was obviously done right here, very nice!

    I keep thinking I should try photograv...
    Save your money. Rodney Gold posted the way to do it all manually years ago.

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    Wow, that's some beautiful work! Reminded me of this thread from a few years back. Joseph, if you're still active on this forum we would love to see some of your more recent work!
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    Quote Originally Posted by stan kern View Post
    this was posted on facebook , a guy engraved this picture on black marble using corel photo, photograv
    he has a 60 watt laser-- settings 14% power speed 150 and san gap 350
    I think its excellent

    That does look good. I should probably mention though, and not to start any issues w/ you personally Stan, but you really shouldn't save pictures someone else took of their work and share them without their permission. Just thought I'd point that out since it's not great for you or SMC if they take exception to it.
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  7. 08-08-2018, 5:18 PM #6
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    He was sharing this images with people on rdworks and talked about how he did it
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  8. 08-08-2018, 5:59 PM #7
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    I never thought anything of it as it looked good , his name is derick close and he is ok with the post
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    Quote Originally Posted by stan kern View Post
    I never thought anything of it as it looked good , his name is derick close and he is ok with the post
    Awesome, glad he's ok with you sharing!
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    I dont care what laser you have... and I don’t care who you buy your version of PhotoGrav from. ... It is really worth it. I am not a master at preparing photos for lasering... but PhotoGrav makes it MUCH easier to do. I have tried to use GIMP, MSPaint, Corel, and Adobe Illustrator... PhotoGrav just makes it easy to come out with great results. There are some key concepts that you have to take into consideration while directing PhotoGrav about what you want... and then the magic software just does all the hard work ...I look at the previews to see if the simulations are what I want... Then I use the processed engrave file with the appropriate speed, power, and interval (DPI, scan gap, step-over)..

    I feel that it is easier ... and I always get better results with PhotoGrav.
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