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Comparison of raster to vector conversion software

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The following tables contain general and technical information about a number of raster-to-vector conversion software products. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

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General information

This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:

Free software

  • Inkscape – conversion and creation tool (uses Potrace for raster-to-vector conversion)
  • librsvg – library used in GNOME, rsvg-convert, rsvg-view, and MediaWiki
  • Potrace – cross-platform utility for tracing a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image
  • ImageTracer – Public Domain cross-platform raster image to SVG tracing in JavaScript or Java
  • Xara Xtreme for Linux – old 2006 open source variant of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer

    • Proprietary software

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Streamline
  • CorelDRAW
  • Easy Trace
  • Macromedia FreeHand
  • MagicTracer
  • Scan2CAD
  • WinTopo Freeware - Free to use for any purpose including commercial
  • WinTopo Pro
  • Xara Photo & Graphic Designer

    • References

    Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software Wikipedia
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