Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software
The following tables contain general and technical information about a number of raster-to-vector conversion software products. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:
|
Creator |
Released |
Latest version |
List price (USD) |
License |
Supported OS (without emulation) |
Adobe Streamline |
Adobe Systems |
1989 |
4.0 |
discontinued |
Proprietary |
|
CorelDRAW |
Corel |
1989 |
X8 |
$449, $169 upgrade |
Proprietary |
Windows |
Easy Trace |
Easy Trace Group |
2015 |
9.8 |
960 Euro, 480 Euro upgrade |
Proprietary |
Windows |
Macromedia FreeHand |
Macromedia |
1988 |
11.0.2 discontinued (MX) |
$399, $99 upgrade |
Proprietary |
Windows, Mac OSX |
Adobe Illustrator |
Adobe Systems |
1985 |
16.0.0 (CS6) |
$499, $169 upgrade |
Proprietary |
Windows, Mac OSX |
Inkscape (using Potrace) |
Inkscape.org |
2003 |
0.91 |
free |
GPL |
Windows, Mac OSX, Linux |
ImageTracer |
András Jankovics |
2015 |
1.1.2 |
free |
Public domain |
Cross-platform , JavaScript or Java based |
MagicTracer |
Elgorithms |
2003 |
2.0.012 |
$59 |
Proprietary |
Windows |
Potrace |
Peter Selinger |
2001 |
1.11 |
free |
GPL |
Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, AmigaOS/AROS |
Scan2CAD |
Avia Systems |
2010 |
Version 8 |
$249 – $399 |
Proprietary |
Windows |
WinTopo Freeware |
SoftSoft Ltd |
1999 |
2015 (v1.76) |
free |
Freeware |
Windows |
WinTopo Pro |
SoftSoft Ltd |
2000 |
2015 (v3.6) |
$299 |
Proprietary |
Windows |
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer |
Xara Group Ltd. |
1994 |
2014 (v10) |
$89.99 |
Proprietary |
Windows |
Super Vectorizer |
Effectmatrix Ltd. |
2013 |
2016 (v1.6.6) |
$29.99 |
Proprietary |
Mac OSX |
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Creator |
Released |
Latest version |
List price (USD) |
License |
Supported OS (without emulation) |
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Basic features
NAME |
Maximum zoom |
Object limit per document |
Control point limit |
Color management for print |
Thumbnails |
Adjust Image (functions) |
Text Recognition (OCR) |
Scripting support |
Easy Trace |
12800x |
No Limit |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
FreeHand |
64x |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
No |
Yes |
Illustrator |
640x |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
Yes |
Potrace |
N/A |
? |
? |
No |
? |
? |
No |
No |
ImageTracer[1] |
N/A |
No limit |
No limit |
No |
No |
? |
No |
No |
Scan2CAD |
64K |
No limit |
No limit |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
WinTopo Pro[2] |
512x |
No limit |
No limit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
Maximum zoom |
Object limit per document |
Control point limit |
Color management for print |
Thumbnails |
adjust image (functions) |
Text Recognition (OCR) |
Scripting support |
AutoCAD features
NAME |
Export universal DXF |
inside AutoCAD application available |
Curve recognition |
Circle recognition |
Arc recognition |
Orthogonal line detection |
Corner detection |
Line connection |
Easy Trace |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FreeHand |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Illustrator |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Potrace |
Yes |
No |
No |
? |
? |
? |
Yes |
? |
ImageTracer |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Scan2CAD |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
WinTopo Pro |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Export universal DXF |
inside AutoCAD application available |
Curve recognition |
Circle recognition |
Arc recognition |
Orthogonal line detection |
Corner detection |
Line connection |
Raster editing features
|
Scanner support |
Freehand sketch |
Raster filters |
Change color depth |
Image resize |
Rotate |
Crop |
Raster shapes |
Easy Trace |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FreeHand |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Illustrator |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Potrace |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
ImageTracer |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Scan2CAD |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
WinTopo Pro |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
|
Scanner Support |
Freehand sketch |
Raster Filters |
Change color depth |
Image resize |
Rotate |
Crop |
Raster Shapes |
Vector editing features
|
Fills & hatch |
Vector combine |
Rotate & move |
Polylines |
Spline curves |
Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa |
Vector shapes |
Easy Trace |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
FreeHand |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Illustrator |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Potrace |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
ImageTracer |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Scan2CAD |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
WinTopo Pro |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
|
Fills & hatch |
Vector combine |
Rotate & move |
Polylines |
Spline curves |
Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa |
Vector shapes |
Free software
Proprietary software
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