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potrace is a Peter Selinger's GPLed utility for tracing
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bitmaps - converting them into smooth, scalable images.
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It accepts as input a bitmap B/W images (PBM, PGM, PPM
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and BMP formats), and returns encapsulated PostScript
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(EPS) as the default output. Other output format are
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available: PS, SVG, Xfig, PGM and experimental GimpPath.
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2004-03-07 10:10:17 +01:00
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You can create scalable images from scans, such as
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logos, hand taken notes, etc. The resulting smooth
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images can then be rendered at any resolution.
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WWW: http://potrace.sourceforge.net
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