A bitmap vectorizer that can trace along the centerline of a stroke. The builtin inkscape 'trace bitmap' can only trace edges, thus resulting in double lines for most basic use cases.
A bitmap vectorizer that can trace along the centerline of a stroke. The builtin inkscape 'trace bitmap' can only trace edges, thus resulting in double lines for most basic use cases.
Download <ahref="https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-centerline-trace/releases">Source code and Debian/Ubuntu package</a>
Written with python-Pillow.
Written with python-Pillow.
It uses 'autotrace -centerline' and an optimal threshold to vectorize a pixel image.
It uses 'autotrace -centerline' and an optimal threshold to vectorize a pixel image.
See centerline-tracing.svg for an illustration of the idea.
See centerline-tracing.svg for an illustration of the idea.
