Distanzia Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 Here's a thread from 2014... It's crazy to think that you would have implemented this by now (2022) unless you're going the Reason Studios route, "We know what you need, you don't!" unless I'm missing something.... ATP, Visual Foundry, Artwo and 8 others 11 Quote
ATP Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 I rarely use Designer but when I do 90% of the time I'm converting raster to vector and this tool would make the process 100x faster. So much productivity would be gained in this task if only they kindly would implement this tool. dedebenui and Distanzia 2 Quote
debraspicher Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 1 minute ago, ATP said: I rarely use Designer but when I do 90% of the time I'm converting raster to vector and this tool would make the process 100x faster. So much productivity would be gained in this task if only they kindly would implement this tool. I just use Inkscape>Trace Bitmap (free, multi-plat) and import in as SVG. If you needed an alternative. Chris_06, Distanzia and ATP 3 Quote
ATP Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, debraspicher said: I just use Inkscape>Trace Bitmap (free, multi-plat) and import in as SVG. If you needed an alternative. Thank you. I could almost just uninstall Designer now 😐 Affinity Photo is still quite excellent though. Distanzia and disprint 2 Quote
Distanzia Posted November 10, 2022 Author Posted November 10, 2022 List of workarounds, slows workflow down, but yea, we don't get to decide what Affinity want to integrate. Inkscape DragPotrace mac Potrace cli imagetracerjs javascript Autotracer.org, web Rapid Resizer, web Vectorization.org, web Vectorizer free tier available, web Image Vectorizer $5, mac Super Vectorizer $40, mac Vector Magic $295, mac and windows debraspicher 1 Quote
Artsketch Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 And Vectornator shushustorm and Distanzia 1 1 Quote
ashf Posted November 10, 2022 Posted November 10, 2022 VTracer is the best so far among free ones.https://www.visioncortex.org/vtracer/ HenrikF, Distanzia, 7ustine and 1 other 4 Quote
Artwo Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 Yes, I was a disappointed too.. I still have to use an old version of Illustrator to do that Quote
Visual Foundry Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Distanzia said: Here's a thread from 2014... It's crazy to think that you would have implemented this by now (2022) unless you're going the Reason Studios route, "We know what you need, you don't!" unless I'm missing something.... "We know what you need, you don't!"... I really think that this is what is going on here! Quote
Julian23 Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 Photoline (www.pl32.com) also has conversion to vector for at least 22 years. It also has RAW embedding since many years. It is also just one application with photo/publishing and vector capabilities - for 59€ Quote
Dave57000 Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 I thought V2 would have AutoTrace, SO disappointed thinking twice about upgrade! disprint 1 Quote
Distanzia Posted November 11, 2022 Author Posted November 11, 2022 Gals and Guys, all we can do is share this (If you want to) to other forums and or friends and like the thread ... maybe, JUST maybe they might think about it… Quote
Paul Martin Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 20 hours ago, Distanzia said: Here's a thread from 2014... It's crazy to think that you would have implemented this by now (2022) unless you're going the Reason Studios route, "We know what you need, you don't!" unless I'm missing something.... It rather depends upon the quality of "tracing" that you expect. I bought Vector Magic which sells at £200+ because I often convert pixel to vector. It is a sophisticated product but even so often disappoints. I think your expectation is a little excessive. £200+ for one feature compared to £90 for three excellent programmes? You could always use one of the online conversion products just when you need it, of course. Quote
AITCH Posted November 11, 2022 Posted November 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Dave57000 said: I thought V2 would have AutoTrace, SO disappointed thinking twice about upgrade! It's all I am waiting for Affinity to add then I will upgrade disprint 1 Quote
Dave57000 Posted January 23, 2023 Posted January 23, 2023 Im sure Affinity will make really good when thay do it. Quote
2ddpainter Posted January 23, 2023 Posted January 23, 2023 I love Affinity Designer for some Features but i dont think there will be a Vectortracer. I always wonder about people's patience to wait 8 years for a feature that has long been standard in other programs and still hope it comes in Affinity Designer. Quote
awakenedbyowls Posted January 23, 2023 Posted January 23, 2023 One of the first things I missed when I first started using Affinity Designer In hindsight though, the auto-trace feature on Illustrator was never that good anyway: - for complicated traces it always looked garbage, and - for simple traces you might as well just do it yourself? I recently figured out that to trace objects using the Pen Tool - just set the nodes to Sharp and then change them all to Smooth at the end (and adjust) I'm planning on upgrading tomorrow, but as far as this feature is concerned I'm really not that bothered anymore Quote
loukash Posted January 24, 2023 Posted January 24, 2023 Just the other day I tried Vector Q:apps.apple.com/app/vector-q/id1448103717 Its "vectorizer" is not all that shabby for a freebie. Interesting set of presets. Exchange with Affinity is possible via PDF/SVG/EPS export. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2
tux0r Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 Hi, I just registered here to support that feature. Surprisingly, among those which I’ve tried, Corel‘s PowerTRACE has been the only really good tool for this; however, as I’ve been an Affinity Designer user for quite a while, I wonder if there’ll be a chance to have this as well. Quote
lepr Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 There was a statement by a Serif representative a few years ago which was something like "Serif will not be releasing a vectoriser until we can do it better than everyone else." tux0r 1 Quote
v_kyr Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 In the meantime (until an indefinite unspecified future related to this theme) there are some third party tracers which can be used as workarounds ... Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
tux0r Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 None of those are really great though, in my opinion. The quality is often lacking, even with “high” quality settings. Quote
v_kyr Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 1 minute ago, tux0r said: None of those are really great though, in my opinion. The quality is often lacking, even with “high” quality settings. Then you did something wrong here, as one or two of them are among the best available in this overal image tracing/vectorization discipline. tux0r 1 Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
tux0r Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 Probably! But I also throw some quite hard images at them, distorted photos taken from a distance and such. Quote
v_kyr Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, tux0r said: Probably! But I also throw some quite hard images at them, distorted photos taken from a distance and such. Hard to tell without seeing samples here and so what Corel‘s PowerTRACE does generate in comparison out of those photos then (in contrast to those marked with *** or ** on the above list). Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
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