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
This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:
Basic features
AutoCAD features
Raster editing features
Vector editing features
Free software
- Inkscape â€" conversion and creation tool (uses Potrace for raster-to-vector conversion)
- librsvg â€" library used in GNOME, rsvg-convert, rsvg-view, and MediaWiki
- Potrace â€" cross-platform utility for tracing a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image
- ImageTracer â€" Public Domain cross-platform raster image to SVG tracing in JavaScript or Java
- Xara Xtreme for Linux â€" old 2006 open source variant of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
Proprietary software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Streamline
- CorelDRAW
- Easy Trace
- Graphic Tracer Professional
- Macromedia FreeHand
- MagicTracer
- Scan2CAD
- WinTopo Freeware - Free to use for any purpose including commercial
- WinTopo Pro
- Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
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