Re: Can batik read PNM, then write to SVG

[Joel Uckelman <uc...@ellipsis.cx>]

Thus spake Andreas Neumann:
> Hello,
> 
> I don't understand the use case for this.
> 
> pnm is a raster format, SVG is a vector format.
> 
> Are you looking for a vectorizer? If yes, Batik isn't a vectorizer, but 
> there are plenty of vectorizers out there, some open source, some 
> commercial - many of them support SVG as an output format.
> 
> Andreas

If you want a vectorizer: I've had good luck with potrace, used both
independently and from within Inkscape.
 
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J.

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Re: Can batik read PNM, then write to SVG

[Gary Liang <fi...@gmail.com>]

Thanks guys. I know potrace and it is a pretty good open source c
vectorizer.
Is there any open java vectorizer around? That will be nice guys. :)

On 10/5/06, Joel Uckelman <uc...@ellipsis.cx> wrote:
>
> Thus spake Andreas Neumann:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I don't understand the use case for this.
> >
> > pnm is a raster format, SVG is a vector format.
> >
> > Are you looking for a vectorizer? If yes, Batik isn't a vectorizer, but
> > there are plenty of vectorizers out there, some open source, some
> > commercial - many of them support SVG as an output format.
> >
> > Andreas
>
> If you want a vectorizer: I've had good luck with potrace, used both
> independently and from within Inkscape.
>
> --
> J.
>
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