VectorForge — Modes — how each one works
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For messy photos the local trace can’t handle, AI redraws your exact image into clean, traceable art (B/W or a few flat colors), preserving the composition. You can also generate an image from a text prompt. This is the only part that uses credits.
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Converts your image to clean one-color line art with potrace. Use Manual threshold for evenly-lit art and logos, or Adaptive for photos and uneven lighting. Despeckle removes tiny specks. Best for single-power engraving or cutting a silhouette.
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Separates the image into stacked color layers (2–12) using k-means, traced lightest-first. Each color becomes its own layer in LightBurn/xTool so you can assign a setting per color.
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Depth (3D relief & challenge coins)
An AI depth model runs in your browser (free) and turns a photo or logo into a grayscale heightmap: white = highest, for true 3D relief engraving. Turn on “Challenge coin” to frame it as a round coin with a raised rim, adjustable diameter, and curved top/bottom text. Toggle “Remove background (AI... -
Turns a photo into dots for laser photo-engraving, with seven algorithms (Floyd–Steinberg, Jarvis, Stucki, Atkinson, Burkes, Sierra, Bayer). Scale sets dot size; contrast/brightness/threshold tune it. PNG is recommended; SVG is experimental.
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The real “laser depth layers.” It splits the image into tonal bands — darker = deeper — and exports each band as its own color-coded layer with a suggested power. Set a different power per layer in your laser software and the stack engraves as a stepped relief. Bands are exclusive, so every spot ...