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StarVector: Generating Scalable Vector Graphics Code from Images and Text

by lnyan on 3/22/25, 2:25 AM with 9 comments

• by rahimnathwani on 3/26/25, 6:13 PM

    Note: StarVector models will not work for natural images or illustrations, as they have not been trained on those images. They excel in vectorizing icons, logotypes, technical diagrams, graphs, and charts.

• by peter_d_sherman on 3/22/25, 6:50 PM

  This would be absolutely GREAT for generating icons for applications!

  (Also would make a great SaaS... for $X/month ($9.95, $19.95, ??.??) generate unlimited icons...)

  Congrats to the team for their pioneering hard work in this nascent area of LLM/Transformer research!

  Well done!

• by jasonjmcghee on 3/26/25, 10:22 PM

  Did anyone else notice - the molecule it generated did not match the source image.

  Seems like this could be incredibly valuable, but I'd argue there needs to be validation steps in place to confirm it's actually generating the right thing, for the case of image -> vector generation.

• by aikinai on 3/26/25, 6:09 PM

  I've been waiting for someone to make something like this! Perfect.

• by iFire on 3/22/25, 4:22 PM

  Horray. Code is released