Comparison of raster to vector conversion software

Comparison of raster to vector conversion software

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.

Contents

General information

This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:

Creator Released Latest version List price (USD) License
RxRaster Rasterex Software a.s 1997 11.0 2800 Euro Proprietary
AutoTrace Martin Weber 1998 0.31.1 free GPL
CG Vector Service CG Vector Service 2008 1 $10 Proprietary
AutoVector Caricature Software 2009 1.0 $50 Proprietary
BMP2SVG Accelerated I/O 2010 1.1.1 free GPL
CorelDRAW Corel 2010 X5 $499, $199 upgrade Proprietary
Easy Trace Easy Trace Group 2009 9.0 build 1856 1500 Euro, 750 Euro upgrade Proprietary
Freehand Macromedia 1988 11.0.2 discontinued (MX) $399, $99 upgrade Proprietary
Illustrator Adobe Systems 1985 14 (CS4) $499, $169 upgrade Proprietary
MagicTracer Elgorithms MagicTracer 2005 2.0 $59 Proprietary
MST Viewer MS Technology 2002 14.1 Commercial Use Only Proprietary
PhotoLine Computerinsel GmbH 1997 14.02 59 Euro Proprietary
Potrace Peter Selinger 2001 1.9 free GPL
R2V Toolkit AlgoLab  ? 2.91 $99 Proprietary
Ras2Vec Davide Libenzi 1989 1.2 free GPL
Image2XAML Roman Kalachik 2008 0.7 free GPL
GTXRaster CAD Series GTX Corp 1992 2010 From $495 Proprietary
GTXImage CAD Series GTX Corp 1997 V11.5 From $1395 Proprietary
Raster to Vector Raster to Vector  ? 7.0 $99 Proprietary
RasterVect RasterVect 1997 16.2 $79 Proprietary
RaveGrid RaveGrid 2006 2.5 free for personal use
(commercial licenses available)
Proprietary
Scan2CAD Pro AVIA 1997 8 $399, upgrades from $139 Proprietary
Silhouette Pro Free Soft S.A. 1992 1.9.4 $359 Proprietary
Adobe Streamline Adobe Systems  ? 4.0  ? Proprietary
VectorEye Siame 2010 (PC) €59,89,119/lic, Proprietary
Vector Magic Vector Magic 2007 1.14(PC), 1.14(Mac) $7.95/mo, $295/lic, tokens Proprietary
Vextractor VextraSoft 2001 5.70 $99.95 Proprietary
VPHybridCAD softelec 2007 9.03 $3800 Proprietary
WinTopo Freeware SoftSoft 1998 1.661 free Proprietary
WiseImage Consistent Software 2001 10.7 $1400 Proprietary
RasVector Daniel Lu 2007 1.1.5 b6 free GPL
Xara Xtreme Xara Group Ltd. 2006 2.0f 79$ for Windows, free for Linux GPL
XTrace Ronny Schütz 1998/2005 2.0 25$ for Amiga (Demo available) Proprietary
VectorNow AutoDWG 2002 2.1 $120.00 Proprietary
DesignPresentation DesignPresentation 2002 2.0 Pay Per Use SaaS
Creator Released Latest version List price (USD) License

Operating system support

This table lists the operating systems that different programs can run on without emulation:

NAME Linux Windows Mac OS X BSD AmigaOS/AROS IBM z/OS
RxRaster ? Yes No No No No
AutoTrace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
AutoVector ? Yes No No No No
BMP2SVG ? Yes No No No No
Easy Trace ? Yes No No No No
Freehand ? Yes Yes No No No
Illustrator ? Yes Yes No No No
MagicTracer ? Yes No No No No
MST Viewer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PhotoLine ? Yes Yes No No No
Potrace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
R2V Toolkit ? Yes No No No No
Ras2Vec ? Yes No No No No
Image2XAML ? Yes No No No No
GTXRaster CAD Series ? Yes No No No No
GTXImage CAD Series ? Yes No No No No
Raster to Vector ? Yes No No No No
RasterVect ? Yes No No No No
RaveGrid ? Yes (contact authors for non-gui version) (contact authors for non-gui version) No No
Scan2CAD Pro using Wine Yes No No No No
Silhouette Pro ? No Yes No No No
VectorEye No Yes No No No No
Vector Magic using Wine Yes Yes No No No
Vextractor ? Yes No No No No
VPHybridCAD ? Yes No No No No
WinTopo using Wine Yes No No No No
RasVector ? Yes No No No No
WiseImage ? Yes No No No No
XTrace ? No No No Yes No
VectorNow ? Yes No No No No
Name Linux Windows Mac OS X BSD AmigaOS/AROS IBM z/OS

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
RxRaster No Limit No Limit No Limit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AutoTrace ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
AutoVector ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
BMP2SVG N/A No Limit No Limit N/A No Yes No Yes
Easy Trace 12800x No Limit ? Yes Yes Yes No No
Freehand 64x ? ? No ? ? No Yes
Illustrator 64x ? ? Yes ? ? No Yes
MagicTracer 12800x ? ? Yes ? ? No No
MST Viewer No Limit No Limit No Limit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Potrace N/A ? ? No ? ? No No
R2V Toolkit N/A ? ? No ? ? No No
Ras2Vec ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
Image2XAML ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
GTXRaster CAD Series No limit No limit No limit Yes ? Yes Yes, ICR Intelligent Character Recognition Yes
GTXImage CAD Series No limit No limit No limit Yes ? Yes Yes, ICR Intelligent Character Recognition No
Raster to Vector ? ? ? No ? ? No Yes
RasterVect No limit No limit No limit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RaveGrid No Limit No Limit N/A N/A ? ? No No
Scan2CAD Pro 4000x No Limit No Limit Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Silhouette Pro 64x ? ? Yes ? ? No Yes
AutoTrace ? ? ? ? ? ? No ?
VectorEye ? ? ? ? ? ? No No
Vector Magic ? ? ? No ? ? No No
Vextractor 25x No limit No limit No ? ? No No
VPHybridCAD No limit No limit No limit Yes ? ? Yes Yes
WinTopo Freeware +/-512x No limit N/A Yes ? ? No No
WinTopo Pro +/-512x No limit No limit Yes ? ? No Yes
RasVector N/A ? ? ? ? ? No ?
WiseImage No limit More than 100 000 No limit Yes ? ? No Yes
XTrace ? ? ? Yes ? ? No (Thru Amiga ARexx)
Maximum zoom Object limit per document Control point limit Color management for print Thumbnails adjust image (functions) Text Recognition (OCR) Scripting support

AutoCAD Features

NAME Export universal DXF inside AutoCAD application available Curve recognition Circle recognition Arc recognition Orthogonal line detection Corner detection Line connection
RxRaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AutoTrace Yes No Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
AutoVector No No Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
BMP2SVG No No No No No No No No
Easy Trace Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freehand Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Illustrator Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MagicTracer Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Potrace No No No ? ? ? Yes ?
R2V Toolkit No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Ras2Vec No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Image2XAML No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
GTXRaster CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GTXImage CAD Series Yes Yes, Developed with AutoCAD OEM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Raster to Vector Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
RasterVect Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RaveGrid No No No No No No No No
Scan2CAD Pro Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Silhouette Pro Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes
Vector Magic No No Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Vextractor Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
VPHybridCAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinTopo Freeware Yes No No No No No No Yes
WinTopo Pro Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
WiseImage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XTrace Yes No Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Export universal DXF inside AutoCAD application available 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
RxRaster Yes, Smart Direct Interface with Wide Format Scanners Contex, Graphtec, Colortrac and TWAIN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
AutoVector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
BMP2SVG N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Easy Trace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freehand No No No No Yes Yes No No
Illustrator No No No No Yes Yes No No
MagicTracer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MST Viewer Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Potrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
R2V Toolkit Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No
Ras2Vec N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Image2XAML N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
GTXRaster CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GTXImage CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Raster to Vector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
RasterVect Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scan2CAD Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Silhouette Pro Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Vextractor Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
VPHybridCAD Yes, Direct Large-Format-Scanner interface for Contex, Colortrac, Graphtec, HP, KIP

plus TWAIN-Interface

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinTopo Freeware No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No
WinTopo Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
WiseImage Contex, Graphtec, Colortrac, SmartLF, KIP, TWAIN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XTrace N/A  ? Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?
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
RxRaster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AutoTrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
AutoVector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
BMP2SVG N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Easy Trace Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Freehand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Illustrator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
MagicTracer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Potrace N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
R2V Toolkit N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ras2Vec N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Image2Xaml N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
GTXRaster CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited
GTXImage CAD Series Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited
Raster to Vector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
RasterVect No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
RaveGrid N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Scan2CAD Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Silhouette Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Vextractor No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
VPHybridCAD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinTopo Freeware No No No Yes Yes No No
WinTopo Pro No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
WiseImage Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited Yes
XTrace  ?  ? Yes (3D rotation) Yes Yes  ? Yes
Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes

Free software

  • AutoTrace
  • BMP2SVG - Used with Accelerated I/O's Pac-n-Zoom Color to create photo quality vector. BMP2SVG is a command line utility for converting BMP files into SVG files.
  • Delineate - frontend for AutoTrace or Potrace that exports to SVG
  • Inkscape - conversion and creation tool (uses Potrace for raster to vector conversion)
  • Potrace - cross-platform utility for tracing a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image
  • Scan2CAD - Free edition of Scan2CAD. Free to use for 14 days.

Freeware Software

Proprietary software

  • Rasterex Software a.s RxAutoImage and RxSptlight
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Streamline
  • AlgoLab R2V Toolkit
  • AutoVector
  • Corel PowerTRACE
  • Easy Trace
  • Elgorithms MagicTracer
  • Img2Dxf - free demo available
  • GTX Corp - GTXRaster CAD Series, GTXImage CAD Series- free demo available
  • Macromedia FreeHand
  • Macromedia Flash
  • MST Viewer
  • Project5 Photocut Processor
  • PhotoLine
  • Rasterex
  • RasterVect
  • RaveGrid - a conversion program for turning Bitmap images into SVG / EPS vector notations.
  • S.A. Silhouette
  • Scan2CAD Raster and PDF to vector conversion software with vector and raster editing tools. Free demo avaliable
  • TracTrix - from Trix Systems
  • Vector Magic - from Stanford University
  • Vextractor - free demo available
  • VPHybridCAD from softelec - free demo available
  • WinTopo Pro
  • WiseImage - WiseImage and WiseImage Pro
  • Xara Xtreme
  • XTrace - from Ronny Schütz - free demo available

References

  1. ^ [1] WinTopo Freeware usage statement

See also

  • Raster to vector

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