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-This tutorial is a work in progress and will be updated as I get more screenshots and images.  I am by no means an expert and if you know of a better way, feel free to join us [[https://talk.hackspace.ca/t/laser-etching-a-full-color-image/3306|in the Talk thread]].
+This tutorial is a work in progress and will be updated as I get more screenshots and images.  I am by no means an expert and if you know of a better way, feel free to join us [[https://talk.vanhack.ca/t/laser-etching-a-full-color-image/3306|in the Talk thread]].
 The purpose of this tutorial is to walk you through the steps required to convert a full color image into something the laser cutter can work with to etch the image.  For the sake of this tutorial, I am using [[http://www.gimp.org/downloads/|Gimp]] which is a free alternative to Photoshop, an image I found on Google Images, and 6mm baltic birch from Windsor Plywood. The power settings I suggest are low enough that they should work just fine for 3mm if that is what you have on hand, but feel free to use up a piece of scrap from on top of the material storage to try this.  You will only need a piece that measures 3.5" x 7" so there will almost certainly be a piece big enough there to try this for free.