- 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 RxRaster Rasterex Software a.s 1997 11.0 2800 Euro Proprietary AutoTrace Martin Weber 1998 0.31.1 free GPL CG Vector Service CG Vector Service 2008 1 $10 Proprietary AutoVector Caricature Software 2009 1.0 $50 Proprietary BMP2SVG Accelerated I/O 2010 1.1.1 free GPL CorelDRAW Corel 2010 X5 $499, $199 upgrade Proprietary Easy Trace Easy Trace Group 2009 9.0 build 1856 1500 Euro, 750 Euro upgrade Proprietary Freehand Macromedia 1988 11.0.2 discontinued (MX) $399, $99 upgrade Proprietary Illustrator Adobe Systems 1985 14 (CS4) $499, $169 upgrade Proprietary MagicTracer Elgorithms MagicTracer 2005 2.0 $59 Proprietary MST Viewer MS Technology 2002 14.1 Commercial Use Only Proprietary PhotoLine Computerinsel GmbH 1997 14.02 59 Euro Proprietary Potrace Peter Selinger 2001 1.9 free GPL R2V Toolkit AlgoLab ? 2.91 $99 Proprietary Ras2Vec Davide Libenzi 1989 1.2 free GPL Image2XAML Roman Kalachik 2008 0.7 free GPL GTXRaster CAD Series GTX Corp 1992 2010 From $495 Proprietary GTXImage CAD Series GTX Corp 1997 V11.5 From $1395 Proprietary Raster to Vector Raster to Vector ? 7.0 $99 Proprietary RasterVect RasterVect 1997 16.2 $79 Proprietary RaveGrid RaveGrid 2006 2.5 free for personal use
(commercial licenses available)Proprietary Scan2CAD Pro AVIA 1997 8 $399, upgrades from $139 Proprietary Silhouette Pro Free Soft S.A. 1992 1.9.4 $359 Proprietary Adobe Streamline Adobe Systems ? 4.0 ? Proprietary VectorEye Siame 2010 (PC) €59,89,119/lic, Proprietary Vector Magic Vector Magic 2007 1.14(PC), 1.14(Mac) $7.95/mo, $295/lic, tokens Proprietary Vextractor VextraSoft 2001 5.70 $99.95 Proprietary VPHybridCAD softelec 2007 9.03 $3800 Proprietary WinTopo Freeware SoftSoft 1998 1.661 free Proprietary WiseImage Consistent Software 2001 10.7 $1400 Proprietary RasVector Daniel Lu 2007 1.1.5 b6 free GPL Xara Xtreme Xara Group Ltd. 2006 2.0f 79$ for Windows, free for Linux GPL XTrace Ronny Schütz 1998/2005 2.0 25$ for Amiga (Demo available) Proprietary VectorNow AutoDWG 2002 2.1 $120.00 Proprietary DesignPresentation DesignPresentation 2002 2.0 Pay Per Use SaaS Creator Released Latest version List price (USD) License Operating system support
This table lists the operating systems that different programs can run on without emulation:
NAME Linux Windows Mac OS X BSD AmigaOS/AROS IBM z/OS RxRaster ? Yes No No No No AutoTrace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No AutoVector ? Yes No No No No BMP2SVG ? Yes No No No No Easy Trace ? Yes No No No No Freehand ? Yes Yes No No No Illustrator ? Yes Yes No No No MagicTracer ? Yes No No No No MST Viewer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PhotoLine ? Yes Yes No No No Potrace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No R2V Toolkit ? Yes No No No No Ras2Vec ? Yes No No No No Image2XAML ? Yes No No No No GTXRaster CAD Series ? Yes No No No No GTXImage CAD Series ? Yes No No No No Raster to Vector ? Yes No No No No RasterVect ? Yes No No No No RaveGrid ? Yes (contact authors for non-gui version) (contact authors for non-gui version) No No Scan2CAD Pro using Wine Yes No No No No Silhouette Pro ? No Yes No No No VectorEye No Yes No No No No Vector Magic using Wine Yes Yes No No No Vextractor ? Yes No No No No VPHybridCAD ? Yes No No No No WinTopo using Wine Yes No No No No RasVector ? Yes No No No No WiseImage ? Yes No No No No XTrace ? No No No Yes No VectorNow ? Yes No No No No Name Linux Windows Mac OS X BSD AmigaOS/AROS IBM z/OS 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 RxRaster No Limit No Limit No Limit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AutoTrace ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? AutoVector ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? BMP2SVG N/A No Limit No Limit N/A No Yes No Yes Easy Trace 12800x No Limit ? Yes Yes Yes No No Freehand 64x ? ? No ? ? No Yes Illustrator 64x ? ? Yes ? ? No Yes MagicTracer 12800x ? ? Yes ? ? No No MST Viewer No Limit No Limit No Limit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Potrace N/A ? ? No ? ? No No R2V Toolkit N/A ? ? No ? ? No No Ras2Vec ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? Image2XAML ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? GTXRaster CAD Series No limit No limit No limit Yes ? Yes Yes, ICR Intelligent Character Recognition Yes GTXImage CAD Series No limit No limit No limit Yes ? Yes Yes, ICR Intelligent Character Recognition No Raster to Vector ? ? ? No ? ? No Yes RasterVect No limit No limit No limit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes RaveGrid No Limit No Limit N/A N/A ? ? No No Scan2CAD Pro 4000x No Limit No Limit Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Silhouette Pro 64x ? ? Yes ? ? No Yes AutoTrace ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? VectorEye ? ? ? ? ? ? No No Vector Magic ? ? ? No ? ? No No Vextractor 25x No limit No limit No ? ? No No VPHybridCAD No limit No limit No limit Yes ? ? Yes Yes WinTopo Freeware +/-512x No limit N/A Yes ? ? No No WinTopo Pro +/-512x No limit No limit Yes ? ? No Yes RasVector N/A ? ? ? ? ? No ? WiseImage No limit More than 100 000 No limit Yes ? ? No Yes XTrace ? ? ? Yes ? ? No (Thru Amiga ARexx) 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 RxRaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AutoTrace Yes No Yes ? ? ? Yes ? AutoVector No No Yes ? ? ? Yes ? BMP2SVG No No No No No No No No 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 MagicTracer Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Potrace No No No ? ? ? Yes ? R2V Toolkit No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Ras2Vec No No ? ? ? ? ? ? Image2XAML No No ? ? ? ? ? ? GTXRaster CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GTXImage CAD Series Yes Yes, Developed with AutoCAD OEM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Raster to Vector Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No RasterVect Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes RaveGrid No No No No No No No No Scan2CAD Pro Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Silhouette Pro Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Vector Magic No No Yes ? ? ? ? ? Vextractor Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes VPHybridCAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WinTopo Freeware Yes No No No No No No Yes WinTopo Pro Yes No Yes No Yes Yes WiseImage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes XTrace Yes No 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 RxRaster Yes, Smart Direct Interface with Wide Format Scanners Contex, Graphtec, Colortrac and TWAIN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AutoVector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A BMP2SVG N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 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 MagicTracer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MST Viewer Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Potrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A R2V Toolkit Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Ras2Vec N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Image2XAML N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A GTXRaster CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GTXImage CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Raster to Vector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A RasterVect Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Scan2CAD Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Silhouette Pro Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Vextractor Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No VPHybridCAD Yes, Direct Large-Format-Scanner interface for Contex, Colortrac, Graphtec, HP, KIP plus TWAIN-Interface
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WinTopo Freeware No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No WinTopo Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No WiseImage Contex, Graphtec, Colortrac, SmartLF, KIP, TWAIN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes XTrace N/A ? Partial 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 RxRaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AutoVector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A BMP2SVG N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 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 MagicTracer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Potrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A R2V Toolkit N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Ras2Vec N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Image2Xaml N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A GTXRaster CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited GTXImage CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited Raster to Vector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A RasterVect No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Scan2CAD Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Silhouette Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Vextractor No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No VPHybridCAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WinTopo Freeware No No No Yes Yes No No WinTopo Pro No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes WiseImage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited Yes XTrace ? ? Yes (3D rotation) Yes Yes ? Yes Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes Free software
- AutoTrace
- BMP2SVG - Used with Accelerated I/O's Pac-n-Zoom Color to create photo quality vector. BMP2SVG is a command line utility for converting BMP files into SVG files.
- Delineate - frontend for AutoTrace or Potrace that exports to SVG
- Inkscape - conversion and creation tool (uses Potrace for raster to vector conversion)
- Potrace - cross-platform utility for tracing a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image
- Scan2CAD - Free edition of Scan2CAD. Free to use for 14 days.
Freeware Software
Proprietary software
- Rasterex Software a.s RxAutoImage and RxSptlight
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Streamline
- AlgoLab R2V Toolkit
- AutoVector
- Corel PowerTRACE
- Easy Trace
- Elgorithms MagicTracer
- Img2Dxf - free demo available
- GTX Corp - GTXRaster CAD Series, GTXImage CAD Series- free demo available
- Macromedia FreeHand
- Macromedia Flash
- MST Viewer
- Project5 Photocut Processor
- PhotoLine
- Rasterex
- RasterVect
- RaveGrid - a conversion program for turning Bitmap images into SVG / EPS vector notations.
- S.A. Silhouette
- Scan2CAD Raster and PDF to vector conversion software with vector and raster editing tools. Free demo avaliable
- TracTrix - from Trix Systems
- Vector Magic - from Stanford University
- Vextractor - free demo available
- VPHybridCAD from softelec - free demo available
- WinTopo Pro
- WiseImage - WiseImage and WiseImage Pro
- Xara Xtreme
- XTrace - from Ronny Schütz - free demo available
References
See also
- Raster to vector
Categories:- Raster to vector conversion software
- Software comparisons
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