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  1. #1
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    Default New bitmap tracer

    I've been using the relatively new tracer/vectorizing tool in the free Photopea
    tool which can be found at http://www.photopea.com. Look at the tutorials section for the write up on it. I think it's pretty good and there's a good number of output
    formats to choose from. I'm curious what the experts here think of it and how it compares to other tracers mentioned here.
    Thanks

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    Default Re: New bitmap tracer

    If it works and it's free, what's not to like?

    I use Vector Magic which more than lives up to its name but it is a bit pricey. I do not like Xara's bitmap tracer. Since it was added it has been completely forgotten and almost everybody has a more intuitive and effect bitmap tracer.

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    Default Re: New bitmap tracer

    I haven’t the patience to use the Xara bitmap tracer and often it just doesn’t work as expected. I have however achieved some very useful results using the one that is integrated into Inkscape.

    https://inkscape.org/doc/tutorials/tracing/tutorial-tracing.html

    Using the same bitmap image you could run a comparison between the tracers you have access to.



    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    Default Re: New bitmap tracer

    Jonopen - This link is not working for me.

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    Default Re: New bitmap tracer

    Egg

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    Default Re: New bitmap tracer

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    Thanks letting me know about the broken link, and yes that's the page. Strange really, as I copied it directly from the references section this wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrace
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

 

 

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