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:
| Creator | Released | Latest version | List price (USD) | License | Supported OS (without emulation) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Streamline | Adobe Systems | 1989 | 4.0 | discontinued | Proprietary | |
| CorelDRAW | Corel | 1989 | X7 | $449, $169 upgrade | Proprietary | Windows |
| Easy Trace | Easy Trace Group | 2009 | 9.0 build 1856 | 1500 Euro, 750 Euro upgrade | Proprietary | Windows |
| Macromedia FreeHand | Macromedia | 1988 | 11.0.2 discontinued (MX) | $399, $99 upgrade | Proprietary | Windows, Mac OSX |
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Systems | 1985 | 16.0.0 (CS6) | $499, $169 upgrade | Proprietary | Windows, Mac OSX |
| Inkscape | Inkscape.org | 2003 | 0.91 | free | GPL | Windows, Mac OSX, Linux |
| ImageTracer | András Jankovics | 2015 | 1.0.4 | free | Public domain | Cross-platform , JavaScript or Java based |
| MagicTracer | Elgorithms | 2003 | 2.0.012 | $59 | Proprietary | Windows |
| Potrace | Peter Selinger | 2001 | 1.11 | free | GPL | Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, AmigaOS/AROS |
| Scan2CAD | Avia Systems | 2010 | Version 8 | $249 – $399 | Proprietary | Windows |
| WinTopo Freeware | SoftSoft Ltd | 1999 | 2015 (v1.76) | free | Freeware | Windows |
| WinTopo Pro | SoftSoft Ltd | 2000 | 2015 (v3.6) | $299 | Proprietary | Windows |
| Xara Photo & Graphic Designer | Xara Group Ltd. | 1994 | 2014 (v10) | $89.99 | Proprietary | Windows |
| Creator | Released | Latest version | List price (USD) | License | Supported OS (without emulation) |
Basic features
| NAME | Maximum zoom | Object limit per document | Control point limit | Color management for print | Thumbnails | Adjust Image (functions) | Text Recognition (OCR) | Scripting support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | 12800x | No Limit | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| FreeHand | 64x | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | Yes |
| Illustrator | 64x | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes |
| Potrace | N/A | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | No |
| ImageTracer[1] | N/A | No limit | No limit | No | No | ? | No | No |
| Scan2CAD | 64K | No limit | No limit | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro[2] | 512x | No limit | No limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Maximum zoom | Object limit per document | Control point limit | Color management for print | Thumbnails | adjust image (functions) | Text Recognition (OCR) | Scripting support |
AutoCAD features
| NAME | Export universal DXF | inside AutoCAD application available | Curve recognition | Circle recognition | Arc recognition | Orthogonal line detection | Corner detection | Line connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FreeHand | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Illustrator | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Potrace | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| ImageTracer | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Scan2CAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export universal DXF | inside AutoCAD application available | Curve recognition | Circle recognition | Arc recognition | Orthogonal line detection | Corner detection | Line connection |
Raster editing features
| Scanner support | Freehand sketch | Raster filters | Change color depth | Image resize | Rotate | Crop | Raster shapes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FreeHand | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Illustrator | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Potrace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ImageTracer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Scan2CAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Scanner Support | Freehand sketch | Raster Filters | Change color depth | Image resize | Rotate | Crop | Raster Shapes |
Vector editing features
| Fills & hatch | Vector combine | Rotate & move | Polylines | Spline curves | Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa | Vector shapes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FreeHand | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Illustrator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Potrace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ImageTracer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Scan2CAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Fills & hatch | Vector combine | Rotate & move | Polylines | Spline curves | Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa | Vector shapes |
Free software
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- 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 [3]
- Xara Xtreme for Linux – old 2006 open source variant of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
Freeware software
- WinTopo Freeware - Free to use for any purpose including commercial[4]
Proprietary software
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- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Streamline
- CorelDRAW
- Easy Trace
- Macromedia FreeHand
- MagicTracer
- Scan2CAD
- WinTopo Pro
- Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
References
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