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Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by dgb23 » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:52 AM UTC

AmbroseBierce wrote: post #8

I have tried to use ChatGPT and Google's Gemini to make SVG from simple logos bitmaps but its still a daunting task for them, so I guess tools like this one will still be needed for a while.

It seems like the problem of pushing pixels around in an exact way and iterating on visual design is a problem that needs very specialized tools, regardless whether there is LLM support.

Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by eXpl0it3r » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

imcritic wrote: post #10

Very cool! I wish more editors would exist as web services, easily solving the cross-platformity that way.

I'm in the opposite camp. Give me some local tool that does disappear when the maintainer moves to the next thing.

Well and I can eat the cake as well, make it some native app that has proper performance.

Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by exclipy » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

AmbroseBierce wrote: post #8

I have tried to use ChatGPT and Google's Gemini to make SVG from simple logos bitmaps but its still a daunting task for them, so I guess tools like this one will still be needed for a while.

Free idea: turn this into an MCP server. Give the agent the ability to virtually "hover" a path and see which part of the final render it corresponds to

Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by LuckyBuddy » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

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Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by LuckyBuddy » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

AmbroseBierce wrote: post #8

I have tried to use ChatGPT and Google's Gemini to make SVG from simple logos bitmaps but its still a daunting task for them, so I guess tools like this one will still be needed for a while.

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Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by a13o » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC

AmbroseBierce wrote: post #8

I have tried to use ChatGPT and Google's Gemini to make SVG from simple logos bitmaps but its still a daunting task for them, so I guess tools like this one will still be needed for a while.

If you search for ‘vectorization AI’ there are a handful of specialized tools and apis that can do it. It worked well for a handful of logos I wanted to convert. Nano banana generated the raster logos, and these other tools vectorized them

Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by catapart » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC

eXpl0it3r wrote: post #12

imcritic wrote: post #10

Very cool! I wish more editors would exist as web services, easily solving the cross-platformity that way.

I'm in the opposite camp. Give me some local tool that does disappear when the maintainer moves to the next thing. Well and I can eat the cake as well, make it some native app that has proper performance.

What is the problem with this app's performance?

Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by macote » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC

https://yqnn.github.io/svg-path-editor/#P=m4_4h188v188h-188z...

Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC

AmbroseBierce wrote: post #8

I have tried to use ChatGPT and Google's Gemini to make SVG from simple logos bitmaps but its still a daunting task for them, so I guess tools like this one will still be needed for a while.

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Re: SVG Path Editor

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Post by sandos » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC

I keep trying to generate SVG using LLMS when I feel mermaidjs does not work. There has to be a better option here? I just want slightly more control than mermaidjs sometimes, but it seems its the de-facto default we are stuck with.