Edges

Trace

Outlines the threshold with real paths — and exports as vector.

Trace: a edges effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Trace in the studio

Controls

level
Where the single closed outline is drawn between dark and light. Not a strength: there is always exactly one boundary
smooth
Simplifies the shape before it is traced. A boundary drawn on grain trembles at every pixel, and a plotter draws that tremble faithfully
simplify
How far a point may stray before it is dropped. Barely visible on screen; in the vector file it is hundreds of points instead of thousands
width
A number from 0.5 to 6 pixels, 1.5 by default.
fill
Fills what the outline encloses, turning a line into a silhouette — a stencil rather than a drawing
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
ink
A colour, #111111 by default.
paper
A colour, #f5f2ea by default.

Starting points

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