It’s hard to read on the internet but if you consider making a custom board, it’s a good idea to take 5 min to know more about our process.

1. Laser engraving is bicolor
   
   You can’t get a board with all the colors you want with us. There are only 2 colors corresponding to 2 states : engraved and not engraved.
   You can bring a colored file, but we’ll convert it in black and white.
   
   
   
2. Different finishing
   
   The part engraved will always of the wood’s color. The part not engraved can get different finishing : natural wood and stained wood. These are the finishing available :
   
   
   Natural wood
   
   
   
   
   Black stained wood
   
   
   
   
   White stained wood 
   
   
   
   
   Blue stained wood
   
   
   
   
   Dark red stained wood
   
   
   
   
   
3. Photos need to be processed
   
   We have our home made process to engrave photos. Grey shades can’t be engraved directly so we need to rasterize them. Meaning : we create many dots that give the impression of shades.
   
   Rasterized file
   
   
   
   
   Photo engraved
   
   
   
   To take advantage of laser engraving, try to avoid having homogeneous grey shades on your file. The more your file is contrasted the better.
   
   

The easiest way to understand what works or not with laser engraving is to check examples.

You can read a more detailed page about laser engraving with tips.