I was surprised by the results, since the original tree was traced by Inkscape. Obviously 0.990 captures the highest proportion of the image, but it loses some fine detail.

The traces in Inkscape were done on the “brightness cutoff” setting at thresholds of 0.450, 0.600 and 0.990. While VectorMagic did lose a couple of joints, overall the detail is clean and compared to the others it’s rather elegant. I was really impressed with the quality of the vector from VectorMagic – I didn’t feel the need to do this one on “high”.Ĭircled in red are some examples of where detail is lost. The tree was traced using the “logo with blending at colour boundaries” option, with four “colours” (black, grey, another grey and white), and on medium quality. To compare the quality of VectorMagic’s bitmap conversion results and Inkscape’s, I chose a photo of my brother and cousin, and a bitmap of the tree in my blog’s header. I’ve used its bitmap trace function to convert drawings and photographs into scalable vectors, including: the tree in the header, it was originally converted from a drawing the guy with the umbrella in this wallpaper Snoopy in this wallpaper. Inkscape is versatile open source vector graphics software. LaurenMarie’s review of her experience with VectorMagic inspired me to check VectorMagic out.

Inkscape vector trace