![]() Instead of pixels describing an image, vectors are mathematical formulas that describe the shape of a line. If you use CAD or Illustrator you are familiar with vectors. We need to program the laser with vector lines. This operation requires more than an image. Here the laser slowly travels along a thin line in your design while vaporizing all the material along its path. This operation is used for making specific shapes and cutting material to size. Vector cutting is an operation that can cut your material all the way through. All color will be reduced to a black and white halftone in the software, so make your own grayscale first. ![]() Raster engraving is the only operation that can be used with bitmap images such as jpegs, pngs, gifs, or bmps. The time required for raster engraving is dependent on the overall area the laser must travel to reach your black-filled designs. It can also expose a different color in some specially designed layered materials. ![]() Raster engraving is useful for marking text onto a design. This way it is possible to engrave grayscale images. If your design has fuzzy edges, or gray areas, those will be interpreted as a halftone in the laser software. This operation requires the area to be filled with pure black color. The depth of this debossing can be adjusted roughly with different speeds. The laser will quickly vaporize a thin debossing into the top surface of the material. Raster engraving is a marking operation used for decoration or information. In this operation, the laser beam travels over the entire area of your shape.
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