![]() Why the difference? There's too many colors in the portrait, soft gradients, textures, etc. The cup full of pencils turned out good enough that I would consider using that output in a project. As you can guess the portrait didn't turn out so well. One of a female portrait business headshot photo with a textured backdrop, and the other of a coffee cup full of colorful pencils with a white background. It's very difficult to identify where to place an anchor point with color variants such as an image of a cloudy sky. Hi-res photos are a different breed altogether because of the millions of pixels of different colors and shades all jammed together. Using VectorMagic didn't give me an option (online test) to set any properties - it just started to convert. It can *read* the bitmap image best when there's stark contrast between what will eventually be the vector shapes and everything else. The Image Trace feature in Illustrator has a set of properties to tell how many anchors you want, how smooth the lines you want, corners, etc. I can't comprehend what goes on under the hood other than I "understand" how it works. ![]() The way vector mapping works is an algorithm of math equations to identify where to put anchor points (bezier handles). I use Adobe Illustrator almost daily and most commonly the Image Trace feature to convert my drawings into vector images. Didn't sign up or purchase other than the testing the free uploads, but maybe I can help by sharing my experiences working with vector graphics. ![]() ![]() I just gave Vector Magic a try with varying results. ![]()
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