Talk:Comparison of raster to vector conversion software

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[edit] Inkscape

Hi, Inkscape ver 0.43 (Nov 2005 release) is a stable open-source release. I haven't use any other packages listed under this article (except for WinTopo Free, and I wager (POV) that Inkscape is much better), so am not in a good position to put comparisions. Would rather like to request if someone can update the tables with Inkscape included.

Inkscape uses Potrace, so it is not a raster-to-vector software per se. However, it adds some limited color support. -PS

[edit] Definition of features

Could the author of this article (or whoever added the information) please provide definitions of the various features that are being compared? I would like to add information, but I have no idea what many of the features stand for. It is hard to say whether a certain software has, say "line connection", if it is unexplained what this is supposed to mean.

For example, I have no idea what "Maximum page size" is supposed to mean (is this in pixels? Raster graphics don't really have "pages"), nor "Maximum zoom" (the notion of "zoom" seems meaningless for vector graphics). What are "object limits" and "control point limits" - none of the software seem to have them.

What is "Color management for print", and what is meant by "scripting support" (e.g., the ability to call the program from a script ("batch mode"), or is the program itself supposed to be scriptable? and if yes, what is an example of that?) Under "auto-tracing features", what is "Line connection"?

[edit] Before I VfD this

Can someone please explain how the bleeep it's encyclopedic? -Halidecyphon 20:43, 20 September 2006 (UTC)