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Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software

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This article is about raster image conversion. For other uses, see Vectorization (image tracing) and Vectorization (disambiguation).

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

General information

Creator Year released Year last updated List price (USD) License Supported OS (without emulation)
CorelDRAW Corel 1989 2023 (version 24.3) $449, $169 upgrade Proprietary Windows
Easy Trace Easy Trace Group 2015 ? (version 12.0) €960, €480 upgrade; versions 7.99 and 8.65 are free Proprietary Windows
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Systems 1985 2023 (version 27.8.1) $19.99 per month Proprietary Windows, macOS
Graphic Tracer Professional GraphicPowers.com 2016 2023 (version 12:2) $15 per month or $120 per year Proprietary Windows
Inkscape (uses Potrace) Inkscape.org 2003 2023 (version 1.3) free GPL Windows, macOS, Linux
ImageTracer András Jankovics 2015 2020 (version 1.2.6) free Public domain (Unlicense) Cross-platform, JavaScript or Java based
Potrace Peter Selinger 2001 2019 (version 1.16) free GPL Cross-platform, Windows and POSIX
Scan2CAD Avia Systems 1997 2022 (version 10.4.13) $49–$149 per month Proprietary Windows, macOS
WinTopo Freeware SoftSoft Ltd 1999 2015 (version 1.76) free Freeware (free to use for any purpose, including commercial purposes)[1] Windows
WinTopo Pro SoftSoft Ltd 2000 2015 (version 3.6) $299 Proprietary Windows
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Xara Group Ltd. 1994 2023 (version 23.4) $89.99 Proprietary Windows
Super Vectorizer Effectmatrix Ltd. 2013 2016 (version 1.6.6) $29.99 Proprietary macOS
AutoTrace Martin Weber 1998 2002 (version 0.31.1) free GPL Cross-platform, POSIX (mainly Unix-like)
VTracer Tsang Hao Fung 2020 2022 (version 0.5.0) free MIT Cross-platform (command-line version)
Browsers with WebAssembly support (web version)
SVGcode (uses Potrace) Thomas Steiner 2021 2023 free GPL-2.0 Android, web (PWA), Windows
Creator Year released Year least updated List price (USD) License Supported OS (without emulation)

Basic features

NAME Maximum zoom Object limit per document Control point limit Color management for print Thumbnails Adjust image (functions) Text recognition (OCR) Scripting support
Easy Trace 12800x No Limit ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Graphic Tracer Professional No limit No limit No limit No ? ? Yes No
Illustrator 640x ? ? Yes ? ? No Yes
Potrace N/A ? ? No ? ? No No
ImageTracer[2] N/A No limit No limit No No ? No Yes
Scan2CAD 64K No limit No limit Yes ? ? Yes Yes
WinTopo Pro[3] 512x No limit No limit Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Maximum zoom Object limit per document Control point limit Color management for print Thumbnails Adjust image (functions) Text recognition (OCR) Scripting support

CAD features

NAME Export universal DXF Available in AutoCAD application Curve recognition Circle recognition Arc recognition Orthogonal line detection Corner detection Line connection
Easy Trace Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Graphic Tracer Professional Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Illustrator Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Potrace Yes No No ? ? ? Yes ?
ImageTracer No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Scan2CAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinTopo Pro Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Export universal DXF Available in AutoCAD application Curve recognition Circle recognition Arc recognition Orthogonal line detection Corner detection Line connection

Raster editing features

Scanner support Freehand sketch Raster filters Change color depth Image resize Rotate Crop Raster shapes
Easy Trace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Graphic Tracer Professional Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes No N/A
Illustrator No No No No Yes Yes No No
Potrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
ImageTracer N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scan2CAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinTopo Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scanner Support Freehand sketch Raster Filters Change color depth Image resize Rotate Crop Raster Shapes

Vector editing features

Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes Font ID & replace
Easy Trace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Graphic Tracer Professional N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Illustrator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Potrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A No
ImageTracer N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A No
Scan2CAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
WinTopo Pro ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? No
AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A No
Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes

Discontinued software

References

  1. ^ "WinTopo - Raster to Vector conversion Software".
  2. ^ "Jankovicsandras - Overview". GitHub.
  3. ^ "WinTopo - Raster to Vector conversion Software".
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