A shop needs consistent files, repeatable settings and a way to run the machine. Here is where each part lives.
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Try Vextrify freePhoto preparation needs no install: Photo Studio runs on the device, and so do the on-device modes of the background remover. Laser Control exists only in the desktop app, for macOS on Apple Silicon, for Windows and for Linux. A free account is needed to load and process images.
The desktop app drives GRBL diode lasers, CO2 lasers with Ruida or TopWisdom controllers and stock K40s, and fiber galvo lasers with a SEA-LASER / BSL board; JCZ / EZCAD2 and EZCad3 boards and Trocen controllers work too. Each laser gets its own tab, with its own profile, calibration and job, and one laser is actively connected at a time. For any other machine it exports files for LightBurn or EZCAD. A calibrated camera places designs on the material, desktop only.
Photo Studio saves a recipe, and Batch applies it to many photos and returns one ZIP. That keeps a run of similar orders consistent. Settings for the machine come from a material test grid on scrap, kept per laser and material.
For orders that arrive from a web shop, there is an API and webhooks for shop orders. Customer photos stay local for the on-device tools. Details on both are on their own pages.
A calibrated camera can place designs on the actual material, which saves test pieces when a workpiece has a fixed position. Camera placement is in the desktop app only. Calibration and alignment are kept per laser, in that laser tab, so changing laser means using its own calibration. A step-by-step guide covers the lens calibration and alignment.
The desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux connects to these controllers directly and runs the job live.
GRBL diode lasers, CO2 lasers with Ruida or TopWisdom controllers, stock K40s with the M2 Nano board, and fiber galvo lasers with a SEA-LASER / BSL board. JCZ / EZCAD2 and EZCad3 fiber boards and Trocen controllers are driven too. For other machines it exports files for LightBurn or EZCAD.
Each laser gets its own tab with its own profile, calibration and job, but one laser is actively connected at a time.
No. Laser Control is only in the desktop app for macOS on Apple Silicon, for Windows and for Linux.