What does a laser cutter do?

A laser cutter uses a high powered laser to cut intricate patterns into wood, acrylic, cardboard, felt, etc... Use the tutorials below to learn how to create files that can be read by the laser cutter using a vector imaging platform.

What is a vector image?

Have you ever printed out something from the internet and it turned out really pixelated? That's because most images on the internet are what are known as bitmap or raster images. Their resolution depends on what level of megapixel camera you have taken them with or saved them as using graphic design software. The bottom line is that vector images will never be pixelated because they are mathematical functions. They can be sized up to fit the side of a building and never change resolution!