The following tables contain general and technical information about publicly available raster-to-vector conversion software.
General information Creator Year released Year last updated List price (USD) License Supported OS (without emulation) CorelDRAW Cascade Parent Limitedd.b.a AlludoFormerly called the Corel Corporation 1989 2023 (version 24.3) Windows Easy Trace InterVek LLC ()d.b.a. Easy Trace Group () 2023 (version 12.4) Windows Adobe Illustrator Adobe Inc.Formerly called Adobe Systems Inc. 1985 2023 (version 27.8.1) Windows, macOS PhotoLine Computerinsel GmbH 1996 2023 (version 24.01) $86, $42 upgrade Windows, macOS Graphic Tracer Professional Steve BoekGraphic Powers AB 2016 2023 (version 12:2) Windows Inkscape (uses Potrace, Autotrace and Libdepixelize) Inkscape.org 2003 2024 (version 1.4) Windows, macOS, Linux ImageTracer András Jankovics 2015 2020 (version 1.2.6) Cross-platform (platforms that can run JavaScript or Java) Potrace Peter Selinger 2001 2019 (version 1.16) Cross-platform, Windows and POSIX Scan2CAD Avia Systems 1997 2022 (version 10.4.13) Windows, macOS WinTopo Freeware SoftSoft Ltd. 1999 2015 (version 1.76) Windows WinTopo Pro SoftSoft Ltd. 2000 2015 (version 3.6) Windows Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Xara Group Ltd. 1994 2023 (version 23.4) Windows Super Vectorizer Effectmatrix Ltd. 2013 2016 (version 1.6.6) macOS AutoTrace Martin Weber 1998 2024 (version 0.31.10) Cross-platform, POSIX (mainly Unix-like) VTracer Tsang Hao Fung 2020 2022 (version 0.5.0) Cross-platform (command-line version)Browsers with WebAssembly support (web version) SVGcode (uses Potrace) Thomas Steiner 2021 Android, web (PWA), Windows Primitive Michael Fogleman MAC OS X, with Python & Go packages and a JavaScript port KVEC K. Kuhl WIN 2000, WIN XP, WIN Vista/7, OS/2, Linux, BeOS, MAC OS X VectorEZ Asteride Software SAS 2025 2025 (version 1.0.2) Windows, macOS Creator Year released Year least updated List price (USD) License Supported OS (without emulation)
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 Graphic Tracer Professional No limit No limit No limit Adobe Illustrator 640x Potrace ImageTracer No limit No limit Scan2CAD 64K No limit No limit WinTopo Pro 512x No limit No limit PhotoLine 25600% No limit No limit Maximum zoom Object limit per document Control point limit Color management for print Thumbnails Adjust image (functions) Text recognition (OCR) Scripting support
CAD features NAME Export universal DXF Available in AutoCAD application Curve recognition Circle recognition Arc recognition Orthogonal line detection Corner detection Line connection Easy Trace Graphic Tracer Professional Adobe Illustrator Potrace ImageTracer Scan2CAD WinTopo Pro PhotoLine No Export universal DXF Available in AutoCAD application 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 Graphic Tracer Professional Adobe Illustrator Potrace ImageTracer Scan2CAD WinTopo Pro AutoTrace PhotoLine 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 Graphic Tracer Professional N/A Adobe Illustrator Potrace ImageTracer Scan2CAD WinTopo Pro AutoTrace PhotoLine Fills & hatch Vector combine Rotate & move Polylines Spline curves Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa Vector shapes
Discontinued software Adobe Freehand (1988–2003) Adobe Streamline (1989–2001) Xara Xtreme for Linux – 2006 open source fork of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
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