Raster to vector conversion

[motorollin]

I have a raster image (JPG) which I need to convert to a vector. I have tried a Windows application called MagicTracer, which sadly was not very magic at all. I also tried using Photoshop on my Mac to trace the image with paths, but it's too complex to trace accurately. I am wondering if anyone is aware of any software which could help me , either for AmigaOS, MorphOS, Windows, or MacOS. Or if someone more experience would be willing to do this for me I would be extremely grateful :-)

Cheers

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moto

[mendark]

havent tried it, so here's a shot:

http://potrace.sourceforge.net/

Otherwise the best solution is Adobe Illustrator.

[motorollin]

Thanks mendark, that worked perfectly! :-D

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moto

[Cymric]

The following is off-topic, but it bears some resemblence to bitmap-to-vector transformation, in the sense that an algorithm needs to work out characteristics of a picture on its own. And the results are pretty damn spectacular. Point your browser to this link, and then click on the 'Demonstration' link. The algorithm is capable of removing a helluvalot of noise from an image without distorting its global features. It can even selectively 'paint in' missing parts of a picture: take a look at the parrot behind bars, for example. And since the algorithm can 'fake' parts of an image, it is also incredibly good at upsizing images---well, not in an absolute sense perhaps, but certainly when compared to classical algorithms.

Exceedingly impressive work, and a beautiful application of an arcane topic in mathematics: tensor calculus. I skimmed it in advanced classes during my studies in chemical engineering, and make no mistake: those things are not easy.

[Ral-Clan]

There is a program for Amiga 68K on aminet called AUTOTRACE which works great for converting bitmaps into EPS vector files.  It's a CLI program.  I find it very valuable.

There were also some commercial programs for the Amiga which did this.

Too bad there isn't an Amiga 68K version of POTRACE, though.  It looks good.

[Rabbi]

Hmmmm, this problem seems vaguely familiar to Amiga4001's question about eps pictures on amiga or pegasos.  I don't understand why no one has mentioned

XTrace by Ronny Schuetz.  It's shareware, so feel free to d/l it & try it out.  I don't think you'll be able to save your work until you register it, which is easy to do via Paypal.  I've registered it years ago & find it meets my needs & then some.