Potrace

Potrace
Developer(s) Peter Selinger
Initial release 2001
Stable release
1.13[1] / October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)
Written in C
Platform Cross-platform
Type Vectorization
License GNU GPL
Website http://potrace.sourceforge.net

Potrace is an open-source, cross-platform computer program which converts bitmapped images into vector graphics. It is written and maintained by Peter Selinger.

Properties

Various graphical frontends are available for the command-line application Potrace. Notably, it has been integrated with Inkscape, giving Inkscape its Trace Bitmap action.[2] FontForge can use Potrace to import a bitmap image into a font. Potrace is also used by the music engraving program LilyPond.

Potrace's input and output is black and white (colored images are greyscaled before processing). However, Inkscape is capable of producing color images by decomposing each channel into several black and white images and tracing them separately with Potrace. The commercial Total Vectorize program also uses Potrace as its core.

The program is dual-licensed as "Potrace" under the GPL and as "Potrace Professional" in a proprietary license by Selinger's company, Icosasoft Software, Inc.[3]

Examples

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to potrace.
  1. ↑ Peter Selinger (2015-10-22). "ChangeLog". SourceForge project potrace. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  2. ↑ "Inkscape tutorial: Tracing". Inkscape. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  3. ↑ Dual licensing program for Potrace

Further reading

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