Bug 128718

Summary:	Transforming bitmaps into vector graphics
Product:	[Applications] karbon	Reporter:	Stéphane <stephane.brunner>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Tim Beaulen <tbscope>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	acidrums4+stuff, toddrme2178
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Stéphane 2006-06-06 11:48:52 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.3)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Add a way to transform a bitmaps image into vector graphics by using Potrace (http://potrace.sourceforge.net) for example.

Comment 1 Tim Beaulen 2006-06-06 11:56:32 UTC

I'll add it to the todo list for KOffice 2.0

Comment 2 Stéphane 2006-06-25 14:23:47 UTC

Thanks ;-)

Comment 3 Alan Horkan 2006-09-02 23:31:02 UTC

Just in case you were not already aware of it Inkscape integrates potrace to trace bitmaps

Comment 4 Alan Horkan 2006-10-10 01:34:11 UTC

What we really need is a lib potrace.  If potrace was available as a library Karbon would be able to provide a much higher quality experience.  Oh wait nevermind, here it is:
http://potrace.sourceforge.net/potracelib.pdf

Inkscape crudely wraps the command line utility and gets on with business but that approach leaves it unable to provide progress feedback.  Tracing a bitmap can take a long time so this is a big issue.  

It is also worth noting that Inkscape integrates SIOX a foreground extraction tool to get better results, and Krita features such a SIOX based tool.

Comment 5 Alan Horkan 2006-10-14 23:01:26 UTC

Autotrace is another option worth considering
http://autotrace.sourceforge.net/

Comment 6 Jan Hambrecht 2011-03-21 23:43:05 UTC

*** Bug 269050 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 acidrums4 2011-03-28 23:58:48 UTC

Hope this feature for the Calligra release. Is anybody working on this? It will go to 5 years and this is a must-have feature for a vector editing app.

Comment 8 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 03:44:46 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 9 acidrums4 2021-03-10 12:32:07 UTC

To this day, Karbon doesn't have any bitmap tracing auxiliar/dock/option/whatever. Hope it can have that.