Potrace
Sign in to savePotrace () is cross-platform, open-source software which converts bitmapped images into vector graphics. It is written and maintained by Peter Selinger.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Official website
- potrace.sourceforge.net
- Image
- 6fingeredhand-potrace.svg
- Has use
- vectorization
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- programmed in
- Q15777
- Commons category
- Potrace
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License
- inception
- 2001-00-00
- software version identifier
- 1.14
- operating system
- Unix-like operating system
- source code repository URL
- potrace.sourceforge.net
- readable file format
- Windows Bitmap
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Potrace () is cross-platform, open-source software which converts bitmapped images into vector graphics. It is written and maintained by Peter Selinger.
== Properties == Various graphical frontends are available for the command-line application Potrace. Notably, it has been integrated with Inkscape, giving Inkscape its Trace Bitmap action. FontForge can use Potrace to import a bitmap image into a font. Potrace is also used by the music engraving program LilyPond. An open-source progressive web app that uses Potrace is SVGcode.
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