Free Bitmap to Vector Graphics Software
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When you resize a small image to make it larger, it tends to run the color together, and makes the edges jaggy or blurry. By turning a photo into Vector art, you get rid of those little imperfections.
If you want to clean up your image, make the lines clearer and colors cleaner when resizing it, you definitely want to use VectorMagic. This website and service is absolutely free, which amazes me. It’s easy to use, and the results are astounding.
Upload your image, and watch the tool detect what type of image it is. In my case, it detected my logo as a logo with blending. If I wanted to, I could change that to a logo without blending, a regular photo, whatever the case may be. It then asks what the quality (NOT the resolution) is of the picture. Analyzing begins, and it will stop to ask what color palette you want to use. Once analyzing is done… you can see the results. It’s amazing to see the difference between the original stretched image on the left, and the new cleaned up version on the right. That’s Vectorization, baby!
What is Vectorization, you ask? Vectorization (aka tracing) is the process of converting a raster image to a vector image. Raster images are pixel-based, whereas vector images are represented by geometric shapes such as lines, circles and curves.
Any time you come across a site like this, please let me know so I can help spread the word. I love finding places like this. This site is definitely something I’ve needed for a long time.
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57 Comments
ursad
October 30th, 2007
at 10:58am
:O Vary nice, for a web app even more WOW!
adamkhimjirules
October 30th, 2007
at 11:21am
i didnt here the link clearly what is the link
cjh6793
October 30th, 2007
at 12:21pm
vectormagicDOTstanfordDOTedu
;)
IKLIPTIC
October 30th, 2007
at 12:36pm
Chris is wrong on this. What hes looking at is a raster image, raster is images made of pixels. Vector is a mathematical equation for an image. You would NEVER EVER use a photo in vector. The file size for a vector PHOT would be monsterous and would not be as crisp and smooth as a high res photo. Logos and type are done in vector, photos and graphics with large amounts of gradients, texture and color are done in raster.
ursad
October 30th, 2007
at 5:58pm
:O Vary nice, for a web app even more WOW!
adamkhimjirules
October 30th, 2007
at 6:21pm
i didnt here the link clearly what is the link
0cards0
October 30th, 2007
at 6:25pm
what is the web?can some one write it?
cjh6793
October 30th, 2007
at 7:21pm
vectormagicDOTstanfordDOTedu
;)
IKLIPTIC
October 30th, 2007
at 7:36pm
Chris is wrong on this. What hes looking at is a raster image, raster is images made of pixels. Vector is a mathematical equation for an image. You would NEVER EVER use a photo in vector. The file size for a vector PHOT would be monsterous and would not be as crisp and smooth as a high res photo. Logos and type are done in vector, photos and graphics with large amounts of gradients, texture and color are done in raster.
claytonraymond2004
October 30th, 2007
at 8:20pm
Hey I asked him that quesetion a few days ago.
qzconnection Software Feeds
October 31st, 2007
at 12:40am
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed. When you resize a small image to make it larger, it tends to run the color together, and makes the edges jaggy or blurry. By turning a photo into Vector art, you get rid of … clickherefor more
0cards0
October 31st, 2007
at 1:25am
what is the web?can some one write it?
PINZAOdotCOM
October 31st, 2007
at 1:33am
amazing, how can this be free
Windows Vista Torrent
October 31st, 2007
at 1:54am
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claytonraymond2004
October 31st, 2007
at 3:20am
Hey I asked him that quesetion a few days ago.
binaryfinger
October 31st, 2007
at 3:43am
Damn that’s really useful!
studiochronoqua
October 31st, 2007
at 5:16am
yes…
jokerfest
October 31st, 2007
at 8:26am
And like clockwork, the site is “down for maintenance.” I’m looking forward to using it though, thanks!
PINZAOdotCOM
October 31st, 2007
at 8:33am
amazing, how can this be free
CrashGames2108
October 31st, 2007
at 9:34am
The web is a collection of websites linked together by hyperlinks. Yes, anyone can write to it.
binaryfinger
October 31st, 2007
at 10:43am
Damn that’s really useful!
DerelictDreams
October 31st, 2007
at 11:23am
Way cool
studiochronoqua
October 31st, 2007
at 12:16pm
yes…
kevnca
October 31st, 2007
at 4:01pm
It’s the Stanford logo.
CrashGames2108
October 31st, 2007
at 4:34pm
The web is a collection of websites linked together by hyperlinks. Yes, anyone can write to it.
DerelictDreams
October 31st, 2007
at 6:23pm
Way cool
0feet0
October 31st, 2007
at 7:28pm
so can you write it here plz?the link?
kevnca
October 31st, 2007
at 11:01pm
It’s the Stanford logo.
YubiShines
October 31st, 2007
at 11:55pm
Heh. “Where the dog sits in his seats.”
This, I suspect, is only handy for a quick logo or image with simple lines and shading. When you get into higher detail, I don’t know how useful it gets. Even with one of the example transformed pictures there’s some wonkiness in the lines. It’s still a handy program though.
fogaoagas
November 1st, 2007
at 1:29am
I just tried this and I got to say it’s freeking amazing. I’m used to usig Corel Trace and most recently the live trace feature in Illustrator. But this just completly blows them out of the water. Great fidelity without having to do a ton of tweaking. Must have.
John Buffam
November 1st, 2007
at 1:58am
Very cool, seems like the web is the place to be for applications now. I gave this one a try and thought it was quite good
0feet0
November 1st, 2007
at 2:28am
so can you write it here plz?the link?
Harold
November 1st, 2007
at 5:14am
Great link, thanks Chris.
YubiShines
November 1st, 2007
at 6:55am
Heh. “Where the dog sits in his seats.”
This, I suspect, is only handy for a quick logo or image with simple lines and shading. When you get into higher detail, I don’t know how useful it gets. Even with one of the example transformed pictures there’s some wonkiness in the lines. It’s still a handy program though.
Jason Friesen {dot} ca
November 1st, 2007
at 7:00am
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hotevancat
November 1st, 2007
at 7:08am
cool
fogaoagas
November 1st, 2007
at 8:29am
I just tried this and I got to say it’s freeking amazing. I’m used to usig Corel Trace and most recently the live trace feature in Illustrator. But this just completly blows them out of the water. Great fidelity without having to do a ton of tweaking. Must have.
Andrea Vascellari
November 1st, 2007
at 11:59am
Oh.. my…..
I’ve been waiting for something like this for ages!
Awesome…
Andrea
hotevancat
November 1st, 2007
at 2:08pm
cool
Karolinka15
November 2nd, 2007
at 8:52am
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!! =D
chajum01
November 2nd, 2007
at 12:35pm
thanks man.. i just did my work logo en 10 min !!! u save my a lot of workhrs !!!
Karolinka15
November 2nd, 2007
at 3:52pm
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!! =D
chajum01
November 2nd, 2007
at 7:35pm
thanks man.. i just did my work logo en 10 min !!! u save my a lot of workhrs !!!
Hugo
November 8th, 2007
at 12:39am
When I tried it gave me:
In order to use VectorMagic you must have Adobe/Macromedia flash installed. You can download flash here.
Just what I need. More bloatware.
Eric
February 2nd, 2008
at 5:01am
I am kinda new to this so I was hoping someone could help me. Once I download my newly vectorized image, how do I resize it without losing image quality? I tried using the “Image Size” option in Photoshop, but my vectorized image still loses quality if I enlarge it. Please help.
jeesh123
February 25th, 2008
at 4:09am
hey chris just wondering how do you get the lil banner above the details??
newvolkain5
February 28th, 2008
at 6:15am
what u cant save as a pivture format
misterpaine
March 4th, 2008
at 11:30am
OMG.. i’m speechless.. awesome tip!!
antonettan
March 8th, 2008
at 10:01am
Thanks man!!
clasper1987
April 11th, 2008
at 8:10pm
not free
shenlong888
May 6th, 2008
at 9:40pm
Yeah it’s not free, you have to pay $ 4.95/month to download the vectorized results.
arphetamin
May 17th, 2008
at 8:54pm
I think, this soft is not better than CorelDRAW’s trace.
MentaLNight
May 21st, 2008
at 2:03pm
Are you ******* kidding me?
MentaLNight
May 21st, 2008
at 2:03pm
Are you ******* kidding me?
jeesh123
May 22nd, 2008
at 1:09am
no i wanna no there seems to be no clear way to do it.
jeesh123
May 22nd, 2008
at 1:09am
no i wanna no there seems to be no clear way to do it.
jeesh123
May 22nd, 2008
at 1:09am
no i wanna no there seems to be no clear way to do it.