XNxnx·Oct 13, 2026
Inkscape and https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer can both do this.
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Raster to Vector Graphics Converter
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7 sourcesThis is currently the weakest part of the workflow. I'm tracing the output images with VTracer [0] and then finishing them manually.
Through a combination of careful initial prompting (e.g. requesting line drawings, requesting limited colours ["posterization" works] if you need colour at all, requesting background removal) and then using the settings in VTracer to limit the colours used for the resulting SVG to the minimum needed, you can end up with an SVG that doesn't take too long to clean up in Inkscape. It usually takes a few minutes of deletions and path unions to produce something usable.
Diffusion models outputting SVGs would obviously be very interesting for this, but this is probably a small niche compared to everything that diffusion models can do with raster images, and I've not found anything usable online so far. LLMs (un
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derstandably, given their core technology) are still pretty bad at creating SVG art.
[0] https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer
TIL about https://github.com/fogleman/primitive from
"Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_raster-to-vector... which does already list vtracer (2020)
visioncortex/vtracer: https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer
Vector graphics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics
Rotoscoping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping
Sprite (computer graphics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics)
E.g. pygame-web can do SVG sprites; so that you don't have to do pixel art and sprite scaling just works.
2.5D:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D
3D scanning:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_scanning
"Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly" (2023) ... No AutoLOD Level of Depth https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38160089
Wavetale is a 3D game with extensive and visually
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impressive vector graphics.
It doesn't seem to do all that well on blueprint type line art.[1] It seems to do a lot better when it has areas to separate. Which is not surprising, considering the approach.
This is about as well as I was doing on scanned engineering drawings in 1983. I wrote Autodesk's CAD/Camera. 20 minutes of compute to process a drawing on an IBM PC/AT.
You can be too early. By now, a product in that space should be recognizing not just lines, but dimensions, and generating a properly dimensioned CAD model.
[1] https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer/blob/master/docs/ima...
In Vtracer: Next-Gen Raster-to-Vector ConversionVtracer: Next-Gen Raster-to-Vector Conversion
153 points · Open discussionNice combination of things but most of the nifty stuff is the tracer: https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer
In U_u: Convert JPEG photos of diagrams into transparent SVG picturesIt's indeed a very good read! I have done a similar thing, with a completely different approach, because my math is too bad. https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer
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