SVGcode – Convert raster images to SVG vector graphics

[quyleanh]

https://svgco.de/

[tomayac]

Thanks for sharing! Tom, the developer of SVGcode, here, happy to answer questions!

[car → tomayac]

Very impressive. Is there documentation for the parameters (they weren’t always intuitive to me)? How did you implement it?

[tomayac → car]

Thanks for the kind words! The documentation is still missing (tracked in part as https://github.com/tomayac/SVGcode/issues/19), but Potrace, the library SVGcode is based upon, has detailed information in a PDF on all parameters: http://potrace.sourceforge.net/potracelib.pdf.

[anitil → tomayac]

It's got a few gems in there -

> the turdsize parameter can be used to “despeckle” the bitmap to be traced

[tomayac → anitil]

Yeah, turdsize is a personal favorite as well, LOL.

[FractalHQ]

This is one of the few features of Adobe Software I’ve been unable to replace. I use Adobe illustrators “trace image” tool for this every so often, and I’m excited to learn that I might finally have an alternative that isn’t overpriced malware!! I’m really looking forward to trying this out!

[tomayac → FractalHQ]

You’re welcome! The fun fact is that some (not sure about Illustrator [probably not], but definitely some non-free alternatives) use a commercial license of Potrace internally, that is, the same library that is used in SVGcode.

[terrycody]

Nice tool and free! Thanks!

[tomayac → terrycody]

You’re welcome! With the underlying library Potrace being free, it was just a question of adding an expressive enough GUI on top.