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Paw-print logo at 520 px: 4,197 nodes down to 403, with 201 true arcs

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PRIMARYSYSTEMRestorationNov 6

Round shapes are where auto-traces struggle most. This made-up pet shop logo is almost all curves, so it is a good test.

Paw-print logo: JPG, default auto-trace and clean-up
Left: the 520 px JPG. Middle: default auto-trace (vtracer 0.6.15). Right: our clean-up, 100 mm wide.
Default auto-traceClean-up
Shapes47531
Nodes4,197403
Open paths00
True arcs0201
Close-up of node points on the paw pads
The pads up close. Half of the clean-up's segments are arcs.

475 shapes in the auto-trace is mostly confetti: tiny islands of colour that a cutter would treat as separate parts.

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