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Drop a photo, pick the material, get a burn-ready file in seconds. It all runs in your browser.

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The laser is the easy part.

Turning a photo into dots it can burn is where it goes wrong.

A laser knows two things.

Burn. Or don’t.

Your photo has 256 shades of grey.

Get the translation wrong and faces go muddy, fur turns to worms, and slate comes out like a negative.

Close crop of a terrier's face from the original photoThe same crop as a plain 50% threshold: the face breaks into black and white blobsThe same crop with classic Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion: grainy worm patterns in the fur
The photo, then a 50% threshold, then classic error diffusion. Same engine, same photo.

Every dot is a decision.

This is the real file our engine made from that photo: 1016 by 1016 dots, 4 inches at 254 DPI, Ultra dither. Each pass of the laser turns a band of the photo into dots.

Nothing here is painted.

Switch the material and you get a different file from the same photo. Slate marks light, so its file is inverted. Wood burns dark.

1016 x 1016 · 254 DPI · Ultra

One Click

Drop it, pick the material, done.

Smart Auto sets tone, size and sharpening for the material, and the Ultra dither places every dot. A 4 inch file takes about a second.

Easy Mode

Or take the wheel.

Crop to your blank, choose the material, laser and size, then fine-tune with sliders and a magnifier loupe, previewed on the material.

The One Click screen: before and after slider over the terrier photo, with looks, sliders and export options
Easy Mode settings: the cropped terrier photo next to a grid of ten materials, laser types with DPI, blank sizes, dither and looks

Same photo. Ten surfaces.

Every material has its own preset: tone, sharpening, whether the file is inverted. These are the files our engine made for each one.

The terrier engraved for Wood

Wood

Marks dark.

Burns dark. The preset lifts midtones so faces do not go muddy. Light woods give the most contrast.

The terrier engraved for Black Slate

Black Slate

Marks light. File inverted.

Marks lighter, so the file is inverted. Wipe with oil afterwards to deepen the blacks.

The terrier engraved for Clear Acrylic

Clear Acrylic

Marks light. File inverted.

Engrave the back so it reads from the front. Cast acrylic frosts white.

The terrier engraved for Leather

Leather

Marks dark.

Vegetable-tanned leather engraves best. Check what you have first: some types release harmful fumes.

The terrier engraved for Cork

Cork

Marks dark.

The grain hides fine detail. Bold, high-contrast subjects work best.

The terrier engraved for Glass

Glass

Marks light. File inverted.

Frosts rather than burns. A film of wet paper or dish soap reduces chipping. Use 200 to 250 DPI.

The terrier engraved for Anodized Aluminum

Anodized Aluminum

Marks light. File inverted.

The laser removes the coating to reveal silver metal, so the file is inverted.

The terrier engraved for Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel

Marks dark.

Fiber lasers mark it directly; diode and CO2 need a marking spray. 400 to 600 DPI on fiber.

The terrier engraved for White Tile

White Tile

Marks dark.

Coat with toner or marking spray, engrave, wash it off. The marks stay dark.

The terrier engraved for Painted Tile

Painted Tile

Marks light. File inverted.

Paint it matte black first. The laser burns the paint off to white glaze, so the file is inverted.

Not on the list? Pick the closest preset, then fine-tune it in Easy Mode.

Measured, not claimed.

Three photos, each prepared for wood, black slate and anodized aluminum at 4 inches and 254 DPI, by our One Click and by ImagR One Click. Both outputs were scored with the same code. Lower is better.

9 of 9 cases with lower structural error

Mean scores over the 9 cases, lower is better
Mean over 9 casesImagePrep360ImagR One Click
Structure (1 − SSIM)0.0930.453
Detail (GMSD)0.0510.239
Tone error0.0160.151
The method and all nine cases
Coffee foam on anodized aluminum at 2x: the source, ImagR One Click with streaks and solid black areas, and ImagePrep360 with even dots that follow the photo
Coffee on anodized aluminum, 2x crop. Source, ImagR, ours.ImagR’s output is punchier and higher-contrast; ours is more faithful to the photo. Thin, low-contrast lines like the foam edge come out fainter in ours.

One Click, Easy Mode and Batch run in your browser. Only AI steps send the photo to the AI provider you choose.

Also in the box.

Coming soon: Google Drive for Batch.

Start free. Pay when it earns its keep.

ProvisionalLaunch pricing, subject to change. Nothing here is billed yet.

Free

For trying it on real jobs.

$0 forever

  • A daily limit of prepared files
  • One Click and Easy Mode
  • All 10 material presets
  • PNG and 1-bit BMP export
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Pro

For people who engrave every week.

$12 per month

  • No daily limit
  • Batch: whole folders, saved recipes
  • AI tools with your choice of model
  • Structured Edit (AI)
  • LightBurn .lbrn2 and 24-bit BMP
  • Gallery and Dashboard
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Pro, yearly

The same Pro plan, paid once a year.

$99 per year

  • Everything in Pro
  • $45 less than 12 months of monthly
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Four plain answers.

Does my photo get uploaded?
Not for One Click, Easy Mode or Batch: they run in your browser. Only the AI tools and Structured Edit's AI steps send the photo to the AI provider you choose.
Which lasers does it work with?
It makes files, so any laser whose software opens PNG or BMP, or LightBurn projects. The DPI helper covers diode, CO₂ and fiber spot sizes.
What do I get when I sign up?
A free account. The email link opens the app signed in, where you prepare and download files. No card, no install.
Is this pricing final?
No. It is launch pricing and subject to change before we take payments.

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