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Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software
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<h2 id="general-information">General information</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Creator</th><th>Year released</th><th>Year last updated</th><th>List price (USD)</th><th><a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">License</a></th><th>Supported OS (without emulation)</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/CorelDRAW/TjHQLRF6">CorelDRAW</a></th><td>Cascade Parent Limited<a href="/facts/Trade_name/0tbWP1Sn">d.b.a</a> <a href="/facts/Alludo/bkXjnTCW">Alludo</a>Formerly called the Corel Corporation</td><td>1989</td><td>2023 (version 24.3)</td><td>$449, $169 upgrade</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows</td></tr><tr><th>Easy Trace</th><td>InterVek LLC (<a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: <a href="/facts/Private_limited_company/ax0as47z">ООО</a> ИнтерВек)<a href="/facts/Trade_name/0tbWP1Sn">d.b.a.</a> Easy Trace Group (<a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Группа Easy Trace)</td><td>?</td><td>2023 (version 12.4)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>€960, €480 upgrade (Easy Trace Pro)Versions 7.99 and 8.65 are free (Easy Trace)</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Adobe_Illustrator/T0L5wGoT">Adobe Illustrator</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Adobe_Inc./Bj1d5XvJ">Adobe Inc.</a>Formerly called Adobe Systems Inc.</td><td>1985</td><td>2023 (version 27.8.1)</td><td>$19.99 per month</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows, macOS</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/PhotoLine/St77xTRo">PhotoLine</a></th><td>Computerinsel GmbH</td><td>1996</td><td>2023 (version 24.01)</td><td>$86, $42 upgrade</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows, macOS</td></tr><tr><th>Graphic Tracer Professional</th><td>Steve BoekGraphic Powers AB</td><td>2016</td><td>2023 (version 12:2)</td><td>$15 per month or $120 per year</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Inkscape/2tWDngTv">Inkscape</a> (uses Potrace, Autotrace and Libdepixelize)</th><td>Inkscape.org</td><td>2003</td><td>2024 (version 1.4)</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL-2.0-or-later</a></td><td>Windows, macOS, Linux</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerjs">ImageTracer</a></th><td>András Jankovics</td><td>2015</td><td>2020 (version 1.2.6)</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/Public_domain/YWKMDKw4">Public domain</a> (<a href="/facts/Unlicense/24C7RJgX">Unlicense</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">Cross-platform</a> (platforms that can run <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> or <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Potrace/swK5p3k9">Potrace</a></th><td>Peter Selinger</td><td>2001</td><td>2019 (version 1.16)</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL-2.0-or-later</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">Cross-platform</a>, Windows and <a href="/facts/POSIX/mQkSt234">POSIX</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Scan2CAD/4YMK5EE4">Scan2CAD</a></th><td>Avia Systems</td><td>1997</td><td>2022 (version 10.4.13)</td><td>$49–$149 per month</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows, macOS</td></tr><tr><th>WinTopo Freeware</th><td>SoftSoft Ltd.</td><td>1999</td><td>2015 (version 1.76)</td><td><a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">Freeware</a>Free to use for any purpose, including commercial purposes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows</td></tr><tr><th>WinTopo Pro</th><td>SoftSoft Ltd.</td><td>2000</td><td>2015 (version 3.6)</td><td>$299</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Xara_Photo_%2526_Graphic_Designer/x6QUY0rE">Xara Photo & Graphic Designer</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Xara/emTSXtXB">Xara Group Ltd.</a></td><td>1994</td><td>2023 (version 23.4)</td><td>$89.99</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows</td></tr><tr><th>Super Vectorizer</th><td>Effectmatrix Ltd.</td><td>2013</td><td>2016 (version 1.6.6)</td><td>$29.99</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>macOS</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace">AutoTrace</a></th><td>Martin Weber</td><td>1998</td><td>2024 (version 0.31.10)</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL-2.0-or-later</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">Cross-platform</a>, <a href="/facts/POSIX/mQkSt234">POSIX</a> (mainly <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer">VTracer</a></th><td>Tsang Hao Fung</td><td>2020</td><td>2022 (version 0.5.0)</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/MIT_License/8llAQtlk">MIT</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">Cross-platform</a> (command-line version)Browsers with <a href="/facts/WebAssembly/7ukwnxY9">WebAssembly</a> support (web version)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://github.com/tomayac/SVGcode">SVGcode</a> (uses Potrace)</th><td>Thomas Steiner</td><td>2021</td><td>2023 (version ?)</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL-2.0-or-later</a></td><td>Android, web (<a href="/facts/Progressive_web_app/IpkL2Yhb">PWA</a>), Windows</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://github.com/fogleman/primitive">Primitive</a></th><td>Michael Fogleman</td><td></td><td></td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/MIT_License/8llAQtlk">MIT</a></td><td>MAC OS X, with Python & Go packages and a JavaScript port</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220331072052/http://www.kvec.de/">KVEC</a></th><td>K. Kuhl</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">Freeware</a></td><td></td><td>WIN 2000, WIN XP, WIN Vista/7, OS/2, Linux, BeOS, MAC OS X</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://asteridesoftware.com/vectorizer/home">VectorEZ</a></th><td>Asteride Software SAS</td><td>2025</td><td>2025 (version 1.0.2)</td><td>$22</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Windows, macOS</td></tr><tr><th></th><th>Creator</th><th>Year released</th><th>Year least updated</th><th>List price (USD)</th><th><a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">License</a></th><th>Supported OS (without emulation)</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Basic features</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>NAME</th><th>Maximum zoom</th><th>Object limit per document</th><th>Control point limit</th><th>Color management for print</th><th>Thumbnails</th><th>Adjust image (functions)</th><th>Text recognition (<a href="/facts/Optical_character_recognition/kdTyxa1l">OCR</a>)</th><th>Scripting support</th></tr><tr><th>Easy Trace</th><td>12800x</td><td>No Limit</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Graphic Tracer Professional</th><td>No limit</td><td>No limit</td><td>No limit</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Adobe Illustrator</th><td>640x</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Potrace</th><td>N/A</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>ImageTracer</th><td>N/A</td><td>No limit</td><td>No limit</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Scan2CAD</th><td>64K</td><td>No limit</td><td>No limit</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>WinTopo Pro</th><td>512x</td><td>No limit</td><td>No limit</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>PhotoLine</th><td>25600%</td><td>No limit</td><td>No limit</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th></th><th>Maximum zoom</th><th>Object limit per document</th><th>Control point limit</th><th>Color management for print</th><th>Thumbnails</th><th>Adjust image (functions)</th><th>Text recognition (<a href="/facts/Optical_character_recognition/kdTyxa1l">OCR</a>)</th><th>Scripting support</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>CAD features</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>NAME</th><th>Export universal <a href="/facts/AutoCAD_DXF/Nqaahb98">DXF</a></th><th>Available in <a href="/facts/AutoCAD/c83IAlgP">AutoCAD</a> application</th><th>Curve recognition</th><th>Circle recognition</th><th>Arc recognition</th><th>Orthogonal line detection</th><th>Corner detection</th><th>Line connection</th></tr><tr><th>Easy Trace</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Graphic Tracer Professional</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Adobe Illustrator</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Potrace</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><th>ImageTracer</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Scan2CAD</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>WinTopo Pro</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>PhotoLine</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th></th><th>Export universal <a href="/facts/AutoCAD_DXF/Nqaahb98">DXF</a></th><th>Available in <a href="/facts/AutoCAD/c83IAlgP">AutoCAD</a> application</th><th>Curve recognition</th><th>Circle recognition</th><th>Arc recognition</th><th>Orthogonal line detection</th><th>Corner detection</th><th>Line connection</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Raster editing features</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Scanner support</th><th>Freehand sketch</th><th>Raster filters</th><th>Change color depth</th><th>Image resize</th><th>Rotate</th><th>Crop</th><th>Raster shapes</th></tr><tr><th>Easy Trace</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Graphic Tracer Professional</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>Adobe Illustrator</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Potrace</th><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>ImageTracer</th><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>Scan2CAD</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>WinTopo Pro</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><th>AutoTrace</th><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>PhotoLine</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th></th><th>Scanner Support</th><th>Freehand sketch</th><th>Raster Filters</th><th>Change color depth</th><th>Image resize</th><th>Rotate</th><th>Crop</th><th>Raster Shapes</th></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Vector editing features</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Fills & hatch</th><th>Vector combine</th><th>Rotate & move</th><th>Polylines</th><th>Spline curves</th><th>Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa</th><th>Vector shapes</th></tr><tr><th>Easy Trace</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Graphic Tracer Professional</th><th>N/A</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Adobe Illustrator</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Potrace</th><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>ImageTracer</th><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>Scan2CAD</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>WinTopo Pro</th><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><th>AutoTrace</th><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><th>PhotoLine</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th></th><th>Fills & hatch</th><th>Vector combine</th><th>Rotate & move</th><th>Polylines</th><th>Spline curves</th><th>Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa</th><th>Vector shapes</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="discontinued-software">Discontinued software</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adobe_FreeHand/pkg6sBfT">Adobe Freehand (1988–2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adobe_Streamline/HjMg3dXH"> Adobe Streamline (1989–2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Xara_Xtreme_LX/AsvPWkcN">Xara Xtreme for Linux</a> – 2006 open source fork of <a href="/facts/Xara_Photo_%2526_Graphic_Designer/x6QUY0rE">Xara Photo & Graphic Designer</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Скачать". EasyTrace (in Russian). 2023-05-02. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-09-11. <a href="https://easytrace.com/download/" target="_blank">https://easytrace.com/download/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"WinTopo - Raster to Vector conversion Software". <a href="http://www.wintopo.com/faq.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wintopo.com/faq.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>