tom95521

Algorithms are language independent. Beta testing works great to find bugs. Call me an optimist but I don't think bitmap to vector is impossible (or even that difficult) for Serif to add to Designer. Instead of different construction methods I think it's equivalent to NASA and SpaceX. NASA takes decades to design overpriced rockets using contractors while SpaceX builds rockets in months, explodes rockets, learns from failure, and fixes the design until the reliable. Is Serif a NASA or a SpaceX? Give up because it's too complicated or try to add bitmap to vector and fix any bugs. Tom

Maybe "add" was a little optimistic. The operating system graphic APIs might be different and the programming language might not be the same but reading the source code would be a good start for designing a tracing algorithm. It's not as bad as starting from scratch. There seems to be enough people interested in bitmap to vector. Tom

Serif either has a license or the source code for an image tracer in DrawPlus. Just add it into Affinity Designer. Really, on a scale of 1-10 this should be < 5 in difficulty to add to Designer. Tom

That makes sense. I guess I assumed the bleed area would not show up when the card was printed so I didn't worry about color. Thanks, Tom

Affinity designer 1.6.4.104. I am a novice. I created a custom document size for a business card 3.5" x 2" with .055" bleed. I added a 3.5" x 2" green rectangle for the background color of the card. When I did a PDF export with bleed there was a white border. I uploaded to vistaprint.com and the preview looked fine. When I received the order one or more of the sides had the white bleed showing. Vistaprint support was nice and filled in the bleed color to match the card background and will print again for free. Question. How do I set background document color or is there a way to set the bleed color? Is the only way to fix this problem is to make the green rectangle larger than the document size? Thanks, Tom

If you don't like Inkscape then maybe Serif's own DrawPlus X8 has AutoTrace that converts bitmap to vector for logos. It's still available and the price is reasonable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKPHn9CwcmU http://www.serif.com/drawplus/ http://dl.serif.com/pdfs/drawplusx8.pdf (pg 121)