https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Selinger 2026-04-29T15:59:37Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.36.1 https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Potrace&diff=17594 2007-12-21T03:36:45Z

<p>Selinger: Not all multiSyllabic words must be spelled with alterNating capiTals. Potrace is never spelled &quot;PoTrace&quot;. Yuck!</p> <hr /> <div>Potrace is an open source [[raster]] to [[vector]] conversion utility. It has been embedded in Inkscape and can trace bitmap images into .svg and .pdf formats. <br /> <br /> ==To use==<br /> # Import the bitmap you want to trace using the File menu, (File-&gt;Import...)<br /> # Select the bitmap<br /> # Choose trace from the Path Menu (Path-&gt;Trace Bitmap ...)<br /> # The Trace Bitmap dialog has settings for the tracing operation and a &quot;preview&quot;<br /> # When you are happy with the preview, click OK, potrace will spend a few seconds processing the bitmap<br /> # Close the dialog box and verify that you bitmap has been converted to a grouped set of vector shapes. ([[User:Autodmc|Autodmc]] 11:23, 9 February 2006 (PST))<br /> <br /> ==????==<br /> features welcome on [[Potrace]]:<br /> - tracing picture sequences or movie clips (.mpeg, .avi, .mov, .gif animated, .iff animated) into .sgv or .pdf sequences, .svg animated, and .swf<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Tools]]<br /> * Worked [http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/ch02s05.html example] at the [http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.html Inkscape Manual]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ Potrace at Sourceforge]<br /> *[http://confluence.concord.org/display/CCTR/Tracing+Color+Raster+Images Review of Color Tracing with Potrace and Inkscape]<br /> <br /> __NOTOC__</div>

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