Bernie – Laser Engraving

Draw, cut and engrave photos

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Free, no account, no subscription: draw, set up each layer, check the preview, then engrave. A built-in virtual laser lets you try everything without a machine. Bernie prepares and runs your laser engraving and cutting jobs, from the first line to the last pass. Free, with no account, no subscription and no ads. On iPad, the whole workshop: drawing, settings, preview and laser control. On iPhone, Bernie keeps you company next to the machine. DRAW FOR THE LASER • A complete vector editor: shapes, nodes, booleans, offsets, arrays, nesting • Text in your own fonts, text on a path, variable text (serial numbers, dates, CSV files) • QR codes and barcodes • Art libraries: your own drawings, plus free libraries to download ENGRAVE PHOTOS • Proven dithering (Stucki, Floyd-Steinberg, Atkinson, halftone…) or grayscale • Brightness, contrast, gamma and sharpening, with a preview of the engraving • Trace an image into outlines SET UP EVERY MATERIAL • 30 color layers: line, fill, image; speed, power, passes, lead-ins and tabs • More than 1,800 ready-to-use material settings, grid material tests and calibration patterns CHECK BEFORE YOU SEND • Path preview and estimated time, accelerations included • Pre-flight check: job outside the work area, power, machine settings • Cut order optimization RUN YOUR LASER • Over the network (Wi-Fi, Ethernet): Bernie finds the machine and reads its settings • USB lasers: through Bernie on a Mac (Hub mode) or Bernie Link on a computer or a Raspberry Pi • GRBL, grblHAL, FluidNC, Marlin, Smoothieware; Ruida over the network; galvo through EZCad export • Framing, jogging, macros, pause, and STOP always within reach • Built-in virtual laser: try everything without a machine ON IPHONE • Open a project prepared on your Mac or iPad: framed preview, run time, device • Start and follow the job from the laser panel, with STOP always within reach AND ALSO • Camera: the work area under your design, Print & Cut • Rotary for tumblers and round objects, center finding • Opens SVG, DXF, PDF, AI, EPS, images and your existing projects; exports G-code • Your projects in Files and iCloud Drive • Built-in user guide in English and French SAFETY Confirmation before every job, manual firing off by default, and nothing starts remotely without your approval. Bernie is free. If you like it, an optional tip helps it grow; it unlocks nothing: everyone gets everything.

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Projects ready to engrave, and layered panels: • 81 example projects (ornaments, coasters, keychains, jewelry, bookmarks, place cards…), set up for your laser, with your own text: New from Example • Layered panels: from a logo or a photo to a plywood panel of glued layers, with cutting rules in mm and the gluing order marked on each piece • Parametric sketches: shapes defined by constraints and dimensions, recalculated when a value changes (Mac and iPad) • Resume after a power cut: an interrupted job is offered for resuming where it stopped • Three free fonts come with Bernie

Version 1.4

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    • Contact Info
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Information

Seller
Bertrand Ledieu
Size
45.8 MB
Category
Graphics & Design
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English and 4 more
  • English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
  • Medium tip $4.00
  • Small tip $2.00
  • Large tip $9.00
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Copyright
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