Tuesday, June 26, 2018

vector - What is a good CLI-based bitmap tracing method?


I often use the 'trace bitmap' function in Inkscape to create a vector image from a raster image. However, on larger or more complicated bitmaps, the program completely freezes. GUIs being what they are, I know that a command-line based approach would suit the task. So what's a good way to do that?




Answer



The software that powers Inkscape's bitmap tracing function is actually a non-GUI program called Potrace, so you're in luck:


http://potrace.sourceforge.net/


Download here: http://potrace.sourceforge.net/#downloading


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