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The Design Software

Although our laser cutter is capable of running vector and pixel based files from most applications, we will be focusing specifically on the use of Adobe Illustrator as your primary design platform for all of your laser cutting projects.  Below you will find a series of video tutorials and resources to get you started designing your first project.

Step 4: Retina Engrave 3d

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Laser Cutting 101: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
In this first video I will be walking you through some of the basic tools you will be using to design vector files for laser cutting in Adobe Illustrator.

Name Tag Tutorial Videos

Laser Cutting 101: Name Tag 1 Tutorial
In this video I will walk you through creating the first name tag in the name tag tutorial document found on the additional resources page.
Laser Cutting 101: Name Tag 2 Tutorial
In this video I will walk you through creating the second name tag in the name tag tutorial document found on the additional resources page.
Laser Cutting 101: Name Tag 3 Tutorial
In this video I will walk you through creating the third name tag in the name tag tutorial document found on the additional resources page.
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