Strange Pants - article - Interesting Finds - Software - Bitmap to vector: salvaging poor quality logo art

VectorMagic is an online auto-tracer from Stanford University.

I hate manually re-tracing work, so this suits me … and the results seem to be very good.

First I threw it a copy of the family coat of arms (click for larger version):

Very nice! Particularly visible on the motto at the bottom: smooth fonts again! Thank you!

VectorMagic also claims to be tweaked for translating photos to vector images, so I passed it a photo (click for larger version):

Again, a very passable rendition.

Infinitely scalable goodness. This one is going into the toolbox.

Filed by Jachin Sheehy under Interesting-Finds Software