DISCOVER LASER ENGRAVING
Laser engraving allows you to make your custom board with a beautiful and high quality rendering.
We are here to help and advise you, also we think you should know as much as possible to make exactly what you want.
The machine
Like a printer.
But instead of sending ink, it sends photons that burn the wood extremely precisely.
If you want to know more about it and his benefits, check this article.
the wood
The wood is your canvas.
It can be natural or colored.
Natural wood
When engraved, the wood gets darker.
White
With white wood the result is close but the contraste is stronger.
Yellow
Give it some pop with yellow !
Black
Watch out !
The colored layer is removed and the natural wood appears. It makes the engraved parts lighter than the background.
Blue
Once again, engraved parts are lighter than the background.
Red
The color of love ?
Same same, the natural wood appears after the laser has engraved the colored layer.
ENGRAVING A PHOTO
Have you ever heard of rasterization process ?
If not, you've seen it for sure : it is used a lot in printing.
Engraving shades
means
engraving
a lot of
small dots.
A piece of advise
> Imagine your picture in black and white
> Prefer a contrasted picture
WANT TO USE the FULL POWER ?
Full power can't be used to engrave the small dots.
But it's possible if you choose a pure black and white illustration.
You'll have a nice relief.