Make sure your image is positioned properly on the overlay in Lightburn so that the relief will be carved into the correct place on your chosen material. Take the material you’d like to engrave and place it on the Thunder Laser engraver. Start with a high-resolution grayscale photo of an image you’d like to engrave.ĭownload, then click and drag the image into your Lightburn software interface. Settings for the 4th Attempt (Abbreviated Video):Ī 3D Relief Engraving Workflow Summary 1. The 2nd and 3rd Attempts were not captured for publishing. Here, we’re looking specifically at grayscale relief engraving. The text below summarizes what’s covered in the videos and provides some additional detail on suitable materials and other aspects of creating your own 3D engraving laser artwork. The first attempt workflow video is a good starting point, and overall, the video series should cover what you need to know to do your own 3D relief laser engravings. The videos vary between short form and full length and include some time-lapse sections. It provides details on most of the settings and materials, along with toolchains and workflows for the process. Here, we present a series of videos that shows the progression of a 3D relief engraving. You might be surprised at how easy it can be to create a high-quality 3D relief engraving using a Thunder Laser machine, a Ruida DSP and accompanying Lightburn software.
