Comparison of raster to vector conversion software

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of raster to vector conversion software. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

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[edit] General information

This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:

Creator Released Latest version List price (USD) License
AutoTrace Martin Weber 1998 0.31.1 free GPL
Easy Trace Easy Trace Group 1993 8.1 $1180, $595 upgrade Proprietary
Freehand Macromedia 1988 11 (MX) $399, $99 upgrade Proprietary
Illustrator Adobe 1985 12 (CS2) $499, $169 upgrade Proprietary
MagicTracer Elgorithms MagicTracer 2005 2.0 $59 Demoware
PhotoLine 32 Computerinsel GmbH 1997 13.01 59 Euro Shareware
Potrace Peter Selinger 2001 1.7 free GPL
R2V Toolkit AlgoLab  ? 2.91 $99 Shareware
Ras2Vec Davide Libenzi 1989 1.2 free GPL
Raster to Vector Raster to Vector  ? 7.0 $99 Shareware
RasterVect RasterVect 1997 10.2 $79 Shareware
[1] Sriram Swaminarayan, Lakshman Prasad
Los Alamos National Laboratory		 2006 2.5 free for personal use
(commercial licenses available)		 Proprietary
Scan2CAD Pro Softcover Intn'l 1997 7.4a $469, $190 upgrade Demoware
Silhouette Pro Free Soft S.A. 1992 1.9.4 $359 Demoware
WinTopo Freeware SoftSoft 1998 1.5 free Freeware
WinTopo Pro SoftSoft 1999 2.52 $385 Demoware
Xara Xtreme Xara Group Ltd. 2006 2.0f 79$ for Windows, free for Linux GPL
Creator Released Latest version List price (USD) License

[edit] Operating system support

This table lists the operating systems that different programs can run on without emulation:

Windows Mac OS X Unix
AutoTrace Yes No Yes
Easy Trace Yes No No
Freehand Yes Yes No
Illustrator Yes Yes No
MagicTracer Yes No No
PhotoLine 32 Yes Yes No
Potrace Yes Yes Yes
R2V Toolkit Yes No No
Ras2Vec Yes No No
Raster to Vector Yes No No
RasterVect Yes No No
RaveGrid Yes (contact authors for non-gui version) (contact authors for non-gui version)
Scan2CAD Pro Yes No No
Silhouette Pro No Yes No
WinTopo Yes No No
Windows Mac OS X Unix

"Unix" includes the similar Linux and BSD operating systems.

[edit] Basic Features

Maximum page size Maximum zoom Object limit per document Control point limit Color management for print Export universal DXF Scripting support
AutoTrace  ? N/A  ?  ?  ? Yes  ?
Easy Trace  ? 12800x  ?  ? Yes Yes No
Freehand  ? 64x  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes
Illustrator  ? 64x  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes
MagicTracer  ? 12800x  ?  ? Yes Yes No
Potrace  ? N/A  ?  ? No No No
R2V Toolkit  ? N/A  ?  ? No No No
Ras2Vec  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Raster to Vector  ? N/A  ?  ? No Yes Yes
RasterVect  ? No limit  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes
RaveGrid No Limit No Limit No Limit N/A N/A N/A (only SVG/EPS) No
Scan2CAD Pro  ?  ?  ?  ? Yes Yes No
Silhouette Pro  ? 64x  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes
WinTopo Freeware  ? +/-32x No limit No limit Yes Yes No
WinTopo Pro  ? +/-32x No limit N/A Yes Yes Yes
Maximum page size Maximum zoom Object limit per document Control point limit Color management for print Export universal DXF Scripting support

[edit] Auto-tracing Features

Curve recognition Circle recognition Arc recognition Orthogonal line detection Corner detection Line connection
AutoTrace Yes  ?  ?  ? Yes  ?
Easy Trace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freehand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Illustrator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MagicTracer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Potrace Yes  ?  ?  ? Yes  ?
R2V Toolkit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Ras2Vec  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Raster to Vector Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
RasterVect No Yes Yes Yes No No
RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scan2CAD Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Silhouette Pro Yes No No No Yes Yes
WinTopo Freeware No No No No No Yes
WinTopo Pro Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Curve recognition Circle recognition Arc recognition Orthogonal line detection Corner detection Line connection

[edit] Raster Editing Features

Scanner support Freehand sketch Raster filters Change color depth Image resize Rotate Crop Raster shapes
AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Easy Trace Yes No 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
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
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 No
RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scan2CAD Pro Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Silhouette Pro Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No
WinTopo Freeware No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No
WinTopo Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Scanner Support Freehand sketch Raster Filters Change color depth Image resize Rotate Crop Raster Shapes

[edit] Vector Editing Features

Freehand sketch Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes
AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Easy Trace No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Freehand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Illustrator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
MagicTracer Yes Yes 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 N/A 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 N/A
Raster to Vector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
RasterVect No No No Yes Yes No No Yes
RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scan2CAD Pro No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Silhouette Pro No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
WinTopo Freeware No No No No Yes Yes No No
WinTopo Pro Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Freehand sketch Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes

[edit] See also

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