13,209 tested settings from 72 verified sources. Calibration tools that find your real dot size. A cost calculator that doesn't lie. One platform, built for makers who are done guessing.
Guessing at settings
You Google "birch plywood laser settings," get 14 different answers from 14 different lasers, and waste an hour running test cuts anyway.
Burning through material
Every test cut is money in the trash. You're dialing in settings on $8/sheet plywood because the manufacturer's recommended specs are fiction.
Photo engraves look terrible
You followed the YouTube tutorial. It looked great on screen. The result? Muddy, banded, and nothing like the preview. The problem isn't you — it's the software.
The old way
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Everything you need to go from "I think these settings work" to "I know they do."
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13,209 tested settings from 72 verified sources. Filter by your laser type, material, and operation. Stop starting from zero every time you switch materials.
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Manufacturer claims 0.06mm — your actual beam is 33% larger
You're overlapping by 37%
At 400 DPI your lines overlap — causing muddy images and longer engrave times. Drop to 254 DPI for clean, sharp results.
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Find your actual dot size, optimal line interval, and power curves. The numbers your manufacturer won't tell you — because they make the specs look worse.
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Calculate true per-job costs including material, electricity, and time. Stop undercharging because you forgot to account for consumables.
Baltic Birch • 50W CO2 • Engrave + Cut
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Photo engraving that actually works. Physics-based image processing designed specifically for laser engraving — not adapted from print or web algorithms.
68+ processing components. Material-specific tone curves. Stippling algorithms calibrated to your actual dot size and line interval. The result: engravings with depth, detail, and tonal range you can't get from generic tools.
The free tools are genuinely free — forever. Pro unlocks the advanced stuff.
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Laser Lab supports diode, CO2 (glass and RF), fiber, MOPA, IR, and UV lasers. Settings data covers xTool, Epilog, Glowforge, Thunder, OMTech, Ortur, Atomstack, Monport, Creality, and 63 more brands.
LightBurn controls your laser. Laser Lab tells you what settings to use, helps you calibrate your machine, and prepares images for engraving. They’re complementary — you can export directly from Laser Lab to LightBurn.
Google gives you one person’s opinion on one machine. Laser Lab aggregates 13,209 settings from 72 verified sources, matched to your specific laser type. Plus calibration tools to dial in your individual machine — because every laser is different, even the same model.
PhotoGrav is a $100 Windows-only app that hasn’t been meaningfully updated since 2005. Photoshop uses generic algorithms that know nothing about laser physics. Image Lab uses physics-based processing designed specifically for laser engraving — it accounts for your actual dot size, line interval, and material response curves.
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