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Image to LightBurn file: PNG or JPG to .lbrn2

Get a LightBurn project from a picture: traced shapes on an engrave layer, the outline on a cut layer, at the size you typed.

Drop a photo here

PNG, JPG, WebP or GIF up to 10 MB. A logo, a drawing or a photo on a plain background traces best. The picture is traced and not kept.

Black shapes engrave, the red outline cuts, and the file says its size in millimetres.

Quick answer

What is an .lbrn2 file?

An .lbrn2 file is a LightBurn project: the shapes plus the layers they sit on and each layer's settings, such as whether it cuts or engraves, speed, power and passes. Opening one puts the job on the workspace ready to frame, unlike an SVG or DXF, where LightBurn only receives the shapes and you set up the layers yourself.

How it works

  1. Drop the picture

    PNG, JPG, WebP or GIF: a logo, a drawing, a pet silhouette.

  2. Pick a style and the outline

    Turn on the cut outline and the design is cut out around its shape, with the engraving on it.

  3. Set the width

    Type the finished width in millimetres.

  4. Open the .lbrn2 in LightBurn

    The layers are already there. Set speed and power for your machine and material, frame and burn.

Questions makers ask

Which lasers does this work with?

Any laser LightBurn drives: diode lasers from Atomstack, Ortur, Sculpfun, Creality, xTool and others, CO2 lasers on Ruida controllers, and fibre lasers. The project stores shapes and layers, not a machine, so it opens the same on each.

What settings are in the layers?

Conservative starting values: the engrave layer at 200 mm/s and 30 % power, the cut layer at 10 mm/s and 80 % power, one pass each. They are there so the layer types are right; change them for your machine and material before you burn.

Can I get settings for my machine instead?

Yes. Open the trace in the editor, pick your machine and material, and export the LightBurn project from there. The editor fills each layer from published tables and marks each value as published or estimated.

Should I use this or trace inside LightBurn?

Whichever gives the cleaner result on your picture; try both. What this adds is the rest of the job: the trace arrives on an engrave layer and a cut layer at the width you typed, with an outline around the design if you want one and a check for pieces that would fall off.

Is my picture kept?

No. It is traced on our server in memory and not stored; the LightBurn project is written in your browser.

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