Lasering a photograph into
wood, glass, Plastic, or opaque mediums Choosing your photograph is the most important step. Not all photographs can be laser etched, or engraved. Photographs that are to be etched
with a laser, require 'contrast'. In other words, once converted to black
and white (the laser does not etch in colour) there must be 'visible' difference between colours. Dark coloured clothing,
seen against a dark coloured background may be perfectly obvious in a colour photograph, but once converted, the black and
white (black etches, white does not) the difference will not be so obvious. A dark blue suit against a dark brown background,
'may' result in a 'head' floating in a dark background. For example see the samples below <Before converting < After Engraving As you can see, there is not much difference between the colours after etching. Your photograph must also be 'high resolution'. We
can scan a 'glossy' photograph, however, photographs printed on textured stock, no matter how fine the texture, may not give
satisfactory results. The textured areas have a tendency to cast light back at the scanner, resulting in spots, fuzziness,
or banding when etched. Digital photographs are acceptable providing they are at least 2000 x 1500 pixels or the highest
resolution obtainable from a minimum 3 mega pixel camera. .JPGs 'can' be used, but please keep in mind that EVERY TIME you crop, manipulate, or change a .jpg AND save
it as a .jpg it will get worse and worse with every load and re-save, until it gets to the point, where is pretty well unusable
for anything but the web