Progress docs: Image Trace edges, strokes, memory and the Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options

docs/roadmap.md

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 # Roadmap: milestones and what's next
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; estimates unchanged; M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups, #1390, #1391, #1392; dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; symbol instance redraw cache, #1386; font rescan, #1376; estimates unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; M11: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; M6: Simplify preview/counts and valid topology selection (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; M14: RPM runtime metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; M5: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); clean-machine/platform drag measurements still pending; estimates unchanged; M2: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; M7: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimates unchanged; M1: no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; M14: dedicated Eyedropper cursor (#1269); estimates unchanged; M3: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimates unchanged; M2: Direct Selection segment picks and Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; M3: adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores 1 pt (#1253); estimates unchanged; M12: graph designs, graph data, Graph Type and label options; M14: native macOS save Format menu, #866; M6: compound appearance and member fill-rule fixes, #1197; estimates unchanged; M9: PDF raster-effect cap warnings; G11: #893 fixed, #937 open; M7: accurate character controls after scaling, #1034; estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (M12 row: Image Trace's presets and options as they are now; Polish interface, #1498; compact native saves, #1492; PDF and EPS paste as vector art, #1499; import fixes, #1528, #1530, #1531, #1544, #1551, #1553; guide objects, #1534; Join after Average, #1533; Keyboard Shortcuts, #1539; estimates unchanged; Direct Selection anchor precedence, #1508; dialog slider rails, #1483; template layers in Outline view, #1486; type that does not fit its frame is reported, #1471; 3D on outlined type, #1481; print-size images, #1517; French catalog, #1511; estimates unchanged; Split Into Grid options, #1462; Transform Objects and Reflect's angle, #1448 and #1460; Pathfinder on a group, #1450; unknown parameter keys refused, #1442; grayscale TIFFs with alpha, #1466 in part; estimates unchanged; M9: Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; `.ai` compound path paint, #1410, overprint on import, #1388, text-only PDF parts, #1387; Transform dialogs preview, #1412, and transforms of direct-selected anchors, #1408; strokes wider than their shape, #1396; estimates unchanged; `.ai` editing-data follow-ups, #1390, #1391, #1392; dialog keyboard focus, #1367 and #1395; symbol instance redraw cache, #1386; font rescan, #1376; estimates unchanged; gradient shapes import as paths, #1304; white constant alpha masks, #1286 in part; Live Corners widget click, #1239; custom ruler origin, #1212; M11: Artboard object clicks create a fitted artboard (#1227); estimate unchanged; Pathfinder single-result source names and SVG IDs retained, #1293; DXF control-point SPLINE closure read, #1299 follow-up; desktop print transport adopts craft-print, Windows 7 fallback retained, scores unchanged; Czech render-site localization follow-up; scores and estimates unchanged; Document Setup: Edit Artboards closes the modal after applying valid settings; pointer-click regressions; scores and hours unchanged; Artboards: Escape exits editing; an active drag cancels first; shortcut-routing regression; scores and hours unchanged; M6: Simplify preview/counts and valid topology selection (#1272); estimates unchanged; G2: Film Grain added; Photoshop effects 29/57; 28 filters remain; M14: RPM runtime metadata (#1275); estimates unchanged; M5: squared-distance texture redraws (#1257); clean-machine/platform drag measurements still pending; estimates unchanged; M2: Curvature point display improved (#1236, in part); estimates unchanged; M7: full-name font matching (#1258); Windows font-service QA pending; estimates unchanged; M1: no-op anchor Align keeps Undo, Redo and saved state (#1180 follow-up); estimates unchanged; M14: dedicated Eyedropper cursor (#1269); estimates unchanged; M3: Eyedropper reads visible locked and outside-isolation sources (#1251); estimates unchanged; M2: Direct Selection segment picks and Delete (#1278); estimates unchanged; M3: adding paint to an unpainted zero-width stroke restores 1 pt (#1253); estimates unchanged; M12: graph designs, graph data, Graph Type and label options; M14: native macOS save Format menu, #866; M6: compound appearance and member fill-rule fixes, #1197; estimates unchanged; M9: PDF raster-effect cap warnings; G11: #893 fixed, #937 open; M7: accurate character controls after scaling, #1034; estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x)
 
 Forward-looking plan. Where VectorCraft stands is in [`ROADMAP.md`](../ROADMAP.md) and
 [target-app-parity.md](target-app-parity.md); the ranked work list is [gaps.md](gaps.md). Hours are Opus 5.5
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 | M9 | Live effects (+ 3D & Materials) | 🟡 2D effects done incl. Effect → Pathfinder, Color Adjustments and Document Raster Effects Settings; PDF export warns when the pixel cap lowers raster-effect resolution; Artistic › Film Grain done (29/57 Photoshop filters); initial Revolve, Extrude & Bevel, Inflate and Rotate; SVG Filters, remaining raster effects and 3D materials, lights and shadows pending | 81–130 |
 | M10 | Brushes, symbols, patterns, Repeat | 🟡 pattern swatches (5 tile types, Pattern Options, editing mode, SVG `<pattern>`/PDF export) and live Repeat (radial/grid/mirror) done; brushes/symbols in progress | 23–37 |
 | M11 | Artboards & views (click-to-fit objects with the Artboard tool (#1227), artboard escape routing and document setup modal handoff done; artboard panel/tool with Move Artwork for X/Y fields and Artboard Options, Trim View, middle-button pan, print tiling and the status bar's artboard navigator done; multiple windows, presentation polish) | 🟡 | 15–25 |
-| M12 | Advanced color & art (CMYK/ICC, separations, Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace, Graphs) | 🟡 Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace (13 presets, 18 ms/1k² image; the Flat Logo mode places edges to a fraction of a pixel, restores sharp corners, snaps lines and circles, and refuses gradients), Recolor Artwork, colour management (ICC, soft proofing, separations preview), Graphs (all 9 tools, Graph Data/Type, group-selected series colours persist through regenerate/save/open) done; Graph Design and Marker designs, Transpose and Switch x/y, `|` label line breaks, the pie options, drop shadows, the legend across the top, overlapping widths, First Row/Column in Front, filled lines, kept label formatting and the Graph Data worksheet done; graph Column designs pending | 6–10 |
+| M12 | Advanced color & art (CMYK/ICC, separations, Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace, Graphs) | 🟡 Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace (15 presets; Ignore Color, Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options; measured in `image-trace-quality.md`; the Flat Logo mode places edges to a fraction of a pixel, restores sharp corners, snaps lines and circles, and refuses gradients), Recolor Artwork, colour management (ICC, soft proofing, separations preview), Graphs (all 9 tools, Graph Data/Type, group-selected series colours persist through regenerate/save/open) done; Graph Design and Marker designs, Transpose and Switch x/y, `|` label line breaks, the pie options, drop shadows, the legend across the top, overlapping widths, First Row/Column in Front, filled lines, kept label formatting and the Graph Data worksheet done; graph Column designs pending | 6–10 |
 | M13 | Automation (Actions ✅ record/playback, persisted; variables, scripting, batch) | 🟡 | 18–27 |
 | M14 | 1.0 polish (preferences, shortcut editor, workspaces, accessibility, packaging for all OSes) | 🟡 Numeric-field pointer selection and focus regression-tested (#1326, in part; short movements still select all); RPM runtime capabilities and glibc floor checked (#1275; real-distro install/start-up pending), Eyedropper cursor with precise-setting checks (#1269), Preferences, shortcut editor (chords with Shift and a punctuation key fire as typed), workspaces, a custom title bar on Windows/Linux with a Home button, content-sized dialogs, menus that scroll when longer than the window and macOS native menu dismissal done (M14.8), and native macOS save sheets with a Format menu (#866); an experimental, unsupported Windows 7 x64 portable OpenGL build (not verified by maintainers); accessibility and broader Windows/Linux packaging/QA pending | 18–28 |
 | — | Interaction fidelity pass (every tool's modifiers, Properties panel per context, isolation, nuance) | ⬜ | 60–90 |
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 | Date | Change | Summary |
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+| 2026-10-13 | minor | M12 row: Image Trace has 15 presets and the Ignore Color, Shapes, Auto Grouping and Gradients options (#1574, #1609, #1618, #1627); its speed figure, measured before these, is dropped for the measurements in `image-trace-quality.md` |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | The interface is available in Polish (`pl`): menus, panels, dialogs and messages, with one/few/many plurals; AI-drafted, native review pending (#1498); Native documents with a lot of path data (traced or generated art, in layers, symbols or patterns) are saved as compact JSON, about a fifth of the size; small documents stay pretty-printed (#1492); Paste takes a PDF or EPS another app copied as editable vector art: from the macOS pasteboard (with SVG), EPS on Windows beside PDF, and `.eps` files copied in a file manager, with the new command `clipboard.importEps` (#1538, fixes #1499); Opening or placing a file with an image too large to decode says so, and the Links panel shows it on the row (#1540, part of #1479); a multi-artboard `.ai` with notes beside its artboards opens from its editing data, a page's art past its artboard no longer lying over the page before it (#1528); a `.ai` gradient whose stops are listed upwards keeps each midpoint on the stop that starts its part of the ramp (#1530); SVG text on a path follows basic shapes (circle, ellipse, rect, line, polyline, polygon) as their SVG 2 equivalent paths (#1531, fixes #1527); PDFs whose alpha soft masks are drawn as images import with the mask instead of empty art (#1551); EPS and PostScript type set in Type 42 (TrueType) fonts imports at its size instead of 1000 times too large (#1553); PDF and EPS import keep a clipping path whose bounding box covers the page but whose shape doesn't (#1544, fixes #1542); Make Compound Path on a group (such as outlined type) keeps the paint of its backmost path instead of drawing nothing, and compound paths joined into one keep their holes (#1537); a round corner next to a curved side curves smoothly instead of sticking out of the shape and the Smooth tool smooths only the stretch of path under the drag (#1547, fixes #1512); Join merges the selected anchor points that lie on one another, as after Average, into one anchor (#1582, fixes #1533); Lock Guides also locks the objects made into guides: they can't be selected, moved or deleted (#1543); they are drawn in the guide colour and style of Preferences, and a dragged selection snaps to ruler guides with Smart Guides on (#1583, fixes #1534); Edit › Keyboard Shortcuts lists Edit › Duplicate and the other commands that are in no menu but run without parameters (panel-menu commands such as Break Link to Symbol), so they can be given shortcuts (#1549, #1580, fixes #1539); Raster effects (blur, shadow, glow, grain) drawn after a pattern, radial or freeform gradient fill export at their place and size (#1541, fixes #1536); the font scan on Linux also reads the folders fontconfig's configuration lists, such as TeX fonts under `/usr/share/texmf/fonts` (#1548, fixes #1529; not verified on Linux); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Direct Selection takes the selected object's anchor where anchors of overlapping objects coincide (#1508); commands and MCP `add_text` report area type that does not fit its frame (#1471), a tab stop in the Tabs panel drags from where the press landed (#1458); M9: 3D and Materials on outlined type and other shapes of many small curves (#1481), Twist 0° to 360° (#1524), twisted walls keep their faces (#1525); print-size images draw, export and crop (#1517), `vectorcraft-cli perf` reports load and memory on Windows (#1502); sliders in dialogs show their rail (#1483), a template layer stays in Preview in Outline view (#1486), French catalog complete again (#1511), a Hungarian message in the informal address (#1474); `graph.setData`'s CSV keeps each value exactly (#1485); estimates unchanged |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | M6: Split Into Grid has its documented options (#1462), the Pathfinder panel works on a group selected alone (#1450); M2: Transform Objects in the Transform dialogs and Transform Each, Reflect across an angle (#1448, #1460); M4: grayscale TIFFs with an alpha channel or extra channels place (#1466 in part), strokes kept apart from a faded or masked fill on PDF and `.ai` import (#1434), SVG knockout groups without masks (#1435); M7: Fit Headline in a frame one line tall (#1444), frames beyond a billion points hold no text (#1451); M13: commands refuse a parameter key they don't take (#1442); M5: edits and Alt-drags of thousands of objects (#1429 in part); M14: a focused field follows its value (#1457), selected text in value fields is readable (#1465 in part), a window surface past 8192 px no longer closes the app (#1459 in part); estimates unchanged |