Okay, I know we're all here because we love what Recraft is trying to do for vector graphics, and the core style transfer is genuinely cool. But I've hit a wall with one feature, and it's driving me a bit nuts: the built-in AI upscaler.
Here's my hot take: using it is almost always a step *backwards* for your final output quality compared to a dedicated desktop upscaling tool. I was working on a detailed icon set, and the source illustration was clean but a bit small. Recraft's upscaler introduced these faint, wobbly artifacts along what should have been crisp lines. It felt like it was trying to "invent" detail in a way that just made things look slightly fuzzy and untrustworthy.
I swapped over to a proper desktop upscaler (I won't name names, but you know the usual suspects), fed it the same source, and the difference was night and day. The lines stayed sharp, the flat colors remained solid, and it just *felt* clean. It added resolution without adding that weird, AI "guessing" noise.
It makes me think this feature is more of a convenient checkbox than a professional tool. For quick, low-stakes stuff? Maybe fine. But for anything going into a real design system or a client handoff, I can't rely on it. It's a bit of a letdown because the rest of the workflow is so smooth. Anyone else run into this, or am I just being too picky? 😅