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[fmw42]

Sorry, I have not dealt much with vector processing. Had no idea that one could go from pixel images to vector images without doing image segmentation.

Fred

[anthony]

JPEG is raster, so to create a vector image you need a raster to vector convertor.

Onlt two free ware ones I know of is autotrace (whcih IM can use automatically if installed and you save to SVG. and "PoTrace".

These however work better for greatly simplified images, that have color reductions (like to two colors only) to gnerate basic shapes. Their web pages have more detail.

Some examples of use in IM is
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/transform/#edge_vector

[kanwar_daman]

Thanks a lot i think PoTrace can just work fine for what I want.

Thanks a lot man.

regards,
Kanwar

[anthony]

I looks at potrace and autotrace, I opted for autotrace as it seems to produce cleaner output.

the potrace output was scaled and distorted making it harder to use. Mind you I wanted to extract the path and change the resulting SVG so as to convert a filled shape into a outline shape. However if you are happy with potrace, go for it.

Prehaps you like to publish what you are actually doing with it. If you don't want it public, send it to me using the "PM" (private mail) button below.