Raster to Vector Graphics Converter built on top of visioncortex
Built with 🦀 by The Vision Cortex Research Group
visioncortex VTracer is an open source software to convert raster images (like jpg & png) into vector graphics (svg). It can vectorize graphics and photographs and trace the curves to output compact vector files.
Comparing to Potrace which only accept binarized inputs (Black & White pixmap), VTracer has an image processing pipeline which can handle colored high resolution scans.
Comparing to Adobe Illustrator's Live Trace, VTracer's output is much more compact (less shapes) as we adopt a stacking strategy and avoid producing shapes with holes.
VTracer is originally designed for processing high resolution scans of historic blueprints up to gigapixels. At the same time, VTracer can also handle low resolution pixel art, simulating image-rendering: pixelated for retro game artworks.
A technical description of the algorithm is on visioncortex.org/vtracer-docs.
VTracer and its core library is implemented in Rust. It provides us a solid foundation to develop robust and efficient algorithms and easily bring it to interactive applications. The webapp is a perfect showcase of the capability of the Rust + HTML5 platform.
visioncortex VTracer
A cmd app to convert images into vector graphics.
USAGE:
vtracer [OPTIONS] --input <input> --output <output>
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--colormode <color_mode> True color image `color` (default) or Binary image `bw`
-p, --color_precision <color_precision> Number of significant bits to use in an RGB channel
-c, --corner_threshold <corner_threshold> Minimum momentary angle (degree) to be considered a corner
-f, --filter_speckle <filter_speckle> Discard patches smaller than X px in size
-g, --gradient_step <gradient_step> Color difference between gradient layers
-i, --input <input> Path to input raster image
-m, --mode <mode> Curver fitting mode `pixel`, `polygon`, `spline`
-o, --output <output> Path to output vector graphics
--preset <preset> Use one of the preset configs `bw`, `poster`, `photo`
-l, --segment_length <segment_length>
Perform iterative subdivide smooth until all segments are shorter than this length
-s, --splice_threshold <splice_threshold> Minimum angle displacement (degree) to splice a spline
./vtracer --input input.jpg --output output.svg
The library can be found on crates.io/vtracer.
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