• Alex

  17 days ago

  Just bought and tested out with Blender 4.3 and 4.1
  Blender 4.3 – I would say that it doesn’t work as it should. It gets only half of the logo rendered, other half remains as an image.
  Blender 4.1 – same logos, that had issues with 4.3 gets rendered as intended in 4.1 (I guess with 4.2 as well). I know 4.3 is a pain in the as.. neck for many addons creators. So I really hope the author will be able to get it right working for 4.3.
  In general, it works well. You need to play with Color threshold and accuracy to get a good result. Sometimes it comes up with some artifacts/issues. In order to get the good result, the logo must be contrast with decent resolution (not blurry or pixilated).
  What I wish is not texturing with UV mapping but just detecting the logo elements colors and assigning the new materials accordingly (in this case it must be split into island where the colors change. Probably it is too complicated, but would be cool to have it. I don’t want the simple index colored logo to be UW mapped with the texture map. I want just plain color materials. That is what I do with my hands. But since we pay for the speeding the process up – not having to trace it in Illustrator/Corel then converting to SVG, exporting to blender, extruding, splitting, assigning colors etc, but having all that routine done by Addon, would be cool to have it.
  I would love to see further updates with more features.

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  Seth Russel

  15 days ago

  Thank you for your detailed review and great suggestions! I appreciate your feedback.

  I will include an option to generate facemaps, vertex groups, or UVs for easier custom material application in the next update.

  Regarding compatibility, I’m actively working on making TraceGenius fully compatible with Blender 4.3 and above. For now, I’ve noted in the product description that it works best with Blender below 4.2 and has partial support for 4.3 and up.

  Thanks again for your support—I look forward to bringing more improvements soon!
• 田邉

  about 1 month ago

  I was very satisfied with the functionality of the software, but it seems to have an error when used in Japanese (Blender 4.3).
  I contacted the company directly, but after 2 weeks of waiting, I did not receive a reply, so I am posting my rating as -1.

  機能としてはとても満足いく内容でしたが日本語で使用するとエラーが出る様です（Blender4.3）
  直接問い合わせましたが２週間程待っても返信を頂けなかったので評価をー１としてこちらに投稿させて頂きました

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  Seth Russel

  16 days ago

  I'm very sorry for the late reply. Please forgive me.

  I’ve responded to you directly in your inbox as well. I truly apologize for the delay in getting back to you. The reason for the delay is that I’ve been actively working on an update to make TraceGenius compatible with the latest versions of Blender, including Blender 4.3 and future updates.

  I'm fully committed to keeping TraceGenius up-to-date and ensuring that it works smoothly with future Blender versions. I will release the update soon once it's ready.

  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

  返信が遅くなってしまい、大変申し訳ございません。どうかお許しください。

  すでに直接メッセージでも返信させていただきました。お返事が遅れてしまったことを心からお詫び申し上げます。
  遅れた理由は、TraceGenius を Blender 4.3 以降の最新バージョンに対応させるためのアップデート作業を進めていたためです。

  私は TraceGenius を常に最新の状態に保ち、将来の Blender バージョンでもスムーズに動作するようにすることに全力で取り組んでいます。アップデートが完了次第、すぐにリリースいたします。

  ご理解とご辛抱に感謝いたします。
• Thomas Wright

  about 1 month ago

  I try this every so often and it just never works. It will make a mesh out of a tiny piece of the image but never does what I expect. I always end up having to turn the image into a SVG and do it manually.

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  Seth Russel

  about 1 month ago

  Hi Thomas, sorry to hear it’s not working as expected. If your image has transparency/alpha, TraceGenius treats transparent areas as black. For the best results, try converting it to JPEG (which makes alpha white) or replace the alpha with a color in your PNG.

  I’m always happy to help and would have gladly assisted you in getting the most out of TraceGenius if you had reached out before leaving this review. Many users achieve great results, and I’d love to help you do the same!

  Note that TraceGenius was built for and works best with Blender 4.2 and below. In Blender 4.3+, the developers made changes to some key parts of the code that TraceGenius relies on. I’ve updated it to work with the latest version, but these changes have made it only partially compatible. The update is the best I can do given Blender’s modifications.
• Dylan

  2 months ago

  Great Tool!

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  Seth Russel

  about 1 month ago

  Beautiful. Thank you Dylan
• Abdullah

  2 months ago

  Super easy to use and everything is self-explanatory. I got the hang of things within minutes.

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  Seth Russel

  about 1 month ago

  Thank you, Abdullah. I really appreciate the review.
• Sarah Cartwright

  2 months ago

  Does what it says it does, and does it well! Developer is adding features from time to time to make it even more useful and time saving!

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  Seth Russel

  about 1 month ago

  Thank you for this excellent review, Sarah
• Chris Bruckert

  4 months ago

  The best addon for any 2d to 3d workflows ever. I originally bought the addon when it was first announced and installed every update since then and it continues to get better with each update. I convert a lot of 2d to 3d vector art over and it works flawlessly. The Dev deeply cares for his product and will answer any question and find a solution to any issue. 100% recommended! Thanks again.

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  Seth Russel

  about 1 month ago

  Thank you very much, Chris.
• Ian Takahashi

  4 months ago

  this add-on sure makes life easier and most importantly russel studios put his effort in solving the problem that im having and solve it for me lol . and im seeing he's doing great in maintaining the add on . salute!

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  Seth Russel

  4 months ago

  Thank you Ian Takahashi. I appreciate your support.
  I'm dedicated to maintaining and improving TraceGenius.

  Happy Tracing, Sir
• Sid B

  4 months ago

  I'd give this 10 stars if I could. Insanely useful addon and very easy and intuitive to use.

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  Seth Russel

  4 months ago

  Thank you very much, Sid. Really appreciate your review.
• Terry

  4 months ago

  Blender 4.3, paid for Trace Genius, installed per instructions.
  Errored out wont even work.

  Attribute error: Calling operator

  bpy.ops.gpencil_trace_image

  Could not be found.

  I am NOT a programmer so no idea how to fix.

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  Seth Russel

  4 months ago

  Version 3.2 supports Blender 4.3 excellently.

  Please uninstall previous version(very important).
  Then Download and install the latest version of TraceGenius(version 3.2).
  It works like charm, and you'll love it!

  Going forward from Blender version 4.3, Blender's developers have changed how we call the greace pencil programmatically, from "bpy.ops.gpencil.trace_image" to "bpy.ops.grease_pencil.trace_image".
  This massive change breaks the previous versions of my addon in Blender 4.3.

  I've implemented the changes and updated it in the newest version of TraceGenius(version 3.2). It now supports Blender 4.3.
  I'm very dedicated to improving TraceGenius and making it compatible with the current and even future version.

  I'm really sorry to hear about your experience.
  After installing the latest version of TraceGenius, please chat with me and let me know how it performs.

  If you reached out to me earlier with a direct message/chat instead of a review, I believe this review would have been a positive one.

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