Color raster to colour vector

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Jul 11, 2005
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Hi,

Is there any software that can do color raster to color vector conversion? I’ve searched on google for a while and I can only find software that converts to black lines.

What I’m after is something that could convert an image that has been simplified with the ‘cut-out’ filter to vector polygons.

Does a vector format exist that can support this kind of image?

Cheers

Tim
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Odysseus
Jul 11, 2005
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Is there any software that can do color raster to color vector conversion? I’ve searched on google for a while and I can only find software that converts to black lines.

What I’m after is something that could convert an image that has been simplified with the ‘cut-out’ filter to vector polygons.

Most of the autotrace tools that come with illustration programs like CorelDraw and FreeHand can be set to detect a given number of colours other than black and white. I’m most familar with FreeHand’s, which also gives the choice of creating lines or filled shapes. I haven’t tried any stand-alone tracing software since an Adobe Streamline of the late ’90s — which IIRC had such capabilities as well.

Does a vector format exist that can support this kind of image?

The result of tracing an image with any of these programs will be a native illustration file of some kind, which can then be exported as an ordinary vector EPSF, PDF, or whatever.

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Owamanga
Jul 11, 2005
On 11 Jul 2005 03:53:03 -0700, wrote:

Hi,

Is there any software that can do color raster to color vector conversion? I’ve searched on google for a while and I can only find software that converts to black lines.

Of course. The process is called vectorizing.

Signmaking software – the vynil cutting kind needs to do this. There is loads of stuff out there, nothing fully-automatic you understand, some artistic input is required for good results, but these all handle color:

(Just a group of hits from google…)

http://www.freefirestudio.com/traceart.htm

http://www.rastervect.com/

http://www.panopticum.com/ai/vectorizer/vect.shtml

http://www.filesland.com/software/vectorizer.html

http://www.siame.com/

Some free, some not.

Does a vector format exist that can support this kind of image?

I think most/all vector formats can handle color images consisting of filled polygons.

Macromedia’s Flash authoring tool also has a feature that can vectorize automatically – you tell it the detail level and off it goes. But I doubt you can export the result into a vector file (the point is to then use it in a flash movie).

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Wizard of Draws
Jul 12, 2005
On 7/11/05 6:53 AM, in article
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Hi,

Is there any software that can do color raster to color vector conversion? I’ve searched on google for a while and I can only find software that converts to black lines.

What I’m after is something that could convert an image that has been simplified with the ‘cut-out’ filter to vector polygons.
Does a vector format exist that can support this kind of image?
Cheers

Tim

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