Changes are coming soon and may take time to appear.
Speed changes are now live for all Glowforge. A reminder, your top speed improvement kicks in if you adjust settings manually.
Thanks to reports from Glowforge owners, we tracked down three different cases that could cause lines to appear when you engrave a vector design.
As part of the work we’ve been doing to make your Glowforge faster, we are also improving auto-focus speeds on Aura and Spark! This will speed up autofocus (and thus print times), as well as making it quieter. ...
Your Glowforge Aura just gained a top speed 4x faster than when you brought it into your home. This feature will be available in manual settings for all engravings.
We’re releasing an amazing Magic Canvas art style that will save you from the last-minute trip to the store for chocolates and generic cards: completely unique Valentine’s Day cards!
Here’s an example of how you can adjust artwork to make the perfect card…
We’ve added the ‘Connect’ tool to the Magic Canvas ‘Adjust Artwork’ tools.
To use it:
We're replacing the Glowforge app navigation from being expand-on-hover to click-to-expand, improving usability and addressing feedback on app interference. With this change, navigation menus will no longer appear unintentionally.
We’ve updated the Aura bed image to display at 100% zoom on smaller screens. Now, when you open a design in the app, the Aura bed will appear at the optimal zoom level.
It used to be that all Magic Canvas designs created engrave-only options. Our new art style, Ornaments, produces vectors that can be cut, scored, or engraved. The existing art styles behave as before (and can only be engraved).
Turn just about any idea into a stunning handmade custom ornament that’s ready to cut...
We’ve made it easier for you to personalize designs from the Catalog. An increasing number of catalog designs allow you to easily change the included text with Premium text and fonts – whether you’re changing a name. for a gift, updating a date for a memento, or customizing the included message to something more personal for a loved one.
Community Chat display settings in app
We know that sometimes you want to collaborate and share ideas with other Glowforge owners, and sometimes you just need to focus. Now you have a few options.
Glowforge Gives Thanks giveaways
Glowforge Community Chat is hosting four giveaways over the next four weeks, with $500 of prizes per week!
New Proofgrade Settings
We’ve added additional Proofgrade settings in the Glowforge App.
We’ve made it easier to find your next Catalog print from your App dashboard!
Easier to see whether a design works with your printer Designs that are only compatible with Glowforge Performance printers (Glowforge Pro, Plus, Basic) show a teal badge in the top right corner
Easier to see whether a Catalog design is free with your Premium membership Designs that are free with your Premium membership are now labeled with a smaller gold and purple badge. Premium members can add any Free with Premium design with just one click. Print members can now more easily upgrade to Premium to get a Free with Premium design.
A new and improved Referral Program
Our newest updates are live, so when you’re logged into glowforge.com/referrals, you’ll see a new and improved dashboard to share your special link and to keep track of your referral discounts.
You can earn up to $500 for each of the 5 discounts you can share–that’s up to $2500 in Proofgrade materials if you wish!
Adding bitmaps is up to 10x faster!
When you add a bitmap to your design, they should appear in your workspace up to 10x faster. This includes uploading bitmaps, bitmaps created by all Creative Tools (Magic Canvas, Stamp Tool, and Image Adjustments), and copy and pasting bitmaps into your design.
A faster connection between your Glowforge printer
We have made improvements to the way your Glowforge printer connects and reconnects to the cloud. This means that your printer's status in the app should now update up to 5x faster when switching between different operations.
Main navigation updates
The navigation more intuitive and consistent across the site! Now, when you’re logged in with your Glowforge account, you’ll always see links to Create (takes you to your app dashboard), Shop (for materials, catalog designs and more), Community (to access the Forum and Live Chat) and Learn.