Guides
How to prompt, convert, check and hand off vector files, written from the workflows we run every day.
An AI vector generator should hand you editable paths, not a PNG with a new extension. These seven tools do that in different ways, at different prices, and each one wins somewhere.
A file can end in .svg and still be little more than a bitmap in a wrapper. These checks show whether it will hold up in a real design workflow.
Image models are good at producing ideas. The harder part is turning the selected idea into an asset that can be resized, recolored, placed, and handed off.
A useful vector prompt does more than describe a picture. It defines the subject, composition, geometry, and final use so the result survives conversion.
The first mascot image is the easy part. A usable character system must preserve the silhouette, face, palette, and distinctive details when the scene changes.
Generating a logo image is the fast part. A usable logo also needs a clear brief, exact lettering, scalable geometry, tested variants, documented colors, and an honest legal review.
The best logo prompt is not the longest. It gives the model one design problem, a small number of meaningful constraints, and no room to hide the mark inside a polished mockup.
A logo is not one file. The useful system is a small set of variants that survive different backgrounds, production methods, software constraints, and sizes without inviting collaborators to improvise.
Yes for simple shapes written as code, no for the pictures it generates. This guide shows where the line is and what to do on each side of it.