Comments on: potrace, rad image vectorizer

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:50:23 +0000

Hi Will,

I sent you an email. Thanks.

Jim

By: Will Benton

Will Benton — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:44:51 +0000

Jim,

I’ll answer your question if you’ll tell me what you’re doing with potrace. (I’m particularly interested if you’re using it for a woodworking application.)

I don’t use Windows, but on a Mac or Linux, you can type “potrace file.bmp” — that will create a file called file.eps in the same folder. On Windows, you’ll want to make sure that potrace.exe is in your PATH. Note that potrace works best for monochrome images, since the extracted eps file will be monochromatic.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:38:51 +0000

Hi,
I just found potrace and think ts exactly what I need however I am having difficulty geting it to work. The creaotr is amybe too busy, he hasn’t returned my email. Wondering if you can help out? What’s the command you use at the C:/ prompt to change a bmp file to an eps file? Does it create the file and place it in the same folder? Or does the program pop open the MSPaint or some other graphic utility program for saving the new file? Thanks in advance. Jim