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Vectorizing Images

Started by Rhapsodus Apr 25, 2004 at 12:03 AM 2 replies 800+ views

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Apr 25, 2004 at 12:03 AM

Greetings all, Looking for some tutorials or starting points. I am trying to write a utility / tool which takes in a string, "Bob" and spits out a vectorized image onto the hard drive. This image is simply going to be dynamically rendered text onto a bitmap. The image will be the same size no matter what, and the same font/size will be used, which is why I am trying to automate the process. The first half of this process is easy, read in a texture, and render text onto the texture... but how do I convert the resulting bitmap into a vectorized image that could be read by a program like Illustrator. The intent is that this would be a printable graphic [edited by - Rhapsodus on April 25, 2004 2:44:14 PM]

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Apr 26, 2004 at 8:29 PM

Nobody has info on the algorithms to vectorize a bitmap texture into a .ai file?

Googling doesn''t find me much usefull info

ngill

Apr 26, 2004 at 8:54 PM

it''s easier to go from "Bob" to a vectorized image.

Doc

Apr 26, 2004 at 9:18 PM

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Original post by Rhapsodus
The first half of this process is easy, read in a texture, and render text onto the texture... but how do I convert the resulting bitmap into a vectorized image that could be read by a program like Illustrator.

Um, have a look here for autotrace, something that does what you seem to describe. It''s GPL, so you can have a look at its source to get an idea of how it works.

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