Changes are coming soon and may take time to appear.
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.
This week, we will be releasing an update for Glowforge Aura printers that will help a print's starting and ending points better meet.
When browsing the Glowforge Catalog, Glowforge Aura owners can check now easily find Catalog designs that can be printed on a Glowforge Aura.
Instant help from our team, instant conversation with the community – while you print
We’ve made it even easier to connect with other Glowforge owners while you’re printing: now you can chat directly from the Glowforge App! Just hit print and ask questions, share ideas and tips, and get connected with your fellow creators.
Bringing Glowforge Aura to your door
If you know someone who’s looking to purchase a Glowforge Aura, then you’ve probably heard their frustration - Michaels and Joann stores are selling out around the country. We’re shipping stock as fast as we can, but it’s been hard keeping up! Well, good news - now folks can order their own Glowforge Aura directly from Glowforge.
We’ve added Proofgrade settings for Thick Plywoods in the app for Aura customers. These include Thick Basswood, Maple, Cherry, and Walnut. If you’re printing on an Aura, you can now choose from standard Proofgrade cuts, scores, or engraves for your design, and these standard settings will be automatically applied to your print.
Thanks to your feedback, we were able to identify and resolve an issue related to the All Designs and Free with Premium pages in the Glowforge Catalog. These are updated and you can continue to add or buy any designs from those pages. Additionally, we resolved an issue with Community Chat where customers were unable to verify their Glowforge account.
We’ve added two features to make it easier for you to manage your Glowforge account and printer.
As you know, your Glowforge comes with a lifetime free subscription to Glowforge Print, the app that makes everything possible. Well, we’ve made some dramatic improvements under the hood to improve your Glowforge Print experience! When editing your design, you should see a smoother and more responsive experience (up to 2 times faster in responding to your key/touch/mouse), especially if your design contains lots of parts.