Online Bitmap to Vector conversion tool

Greg K's picture

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Someone posted this in another forum I am on, and I was amazed at how well it seemd to work on the few things I threw at it

http://vectormagic.stanford.edu/

Now I've heard that adobe has something to do this as well, but as I'm a Corel user, I love this site so far. I must say that Corel's program for doing this type of conversion is still stuck in what I would say is "BETA" version from back on version 6 (I have version 12 now). Except for real basic stuff, it blows.

Anyhow, thought you might like the link.

-Greg

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I just stumbled upon this the other day. Looks cool Smiling

I'd like to see a comparison of different programs' vector conversion tools to see which produces the best result. Flash and Illustrator (and Inkscape as well, if I remember correctly) all have bitmap tracing tools.

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Megan wrote: (and Inkscape as well, if I remember correctly)

I've used Inkscape's vector conversion tool to good effect. It works reasonably well, am looking forward to giving this one a try too though. Good find Greg! Smiling

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Greg K's picture

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I'm interested in seeing how this wrks for others who import the vectored image into Illustrator, as it doesn't import into corel draw well.

As an EPS, I just got one object the size of the image.

As SVG, i got all the objects, but all black and white, not layered well. I mean heck, it took 6 objects to create a letter S. (of course, when converting over to a vector image from a bitmapped, IMO it is best to recreate all lettering when possible anyhow)

Now the final it showed on the website looks good. though... Maybe it was just how Corel Draw imported? I see I can get Adobe Creative Suite 3 for only $599, maybe I should switch LOL.

-Greg

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