• shakna 4 hours ago

    Autotrace [0] is in a similar space. It's list of output formats mean its fairly entrenched into this incredibly niche space (along with Inkscape).

    For a lot of people, tools like this are only part of the journey of what they're doing. So how you hand off the file to keep editing will matter.

    [0] https://linux.die.net/man/1/autotrace

    • freedomben 5 hours ago

      Some feedback that's hopefully helpful, would be great to add to the readme:

      What would you say the primary purpose of this tool is? (not that a project needs a purpose beyond "because it was fun" or "just to learn" or even "because I could", but wondering). I have many times wished for a png to svg converter for various reasons (size, hackability, animate-ability) but I struggle to understand why you'd want to go from png to png with this (like in the demo image). I could very well be missing something though. The readme doesn't mention svg at all, though the linked inspiration project does so I assume that's a possible use case?

      • JacobJack 5 hours ago

        This page is a little older, but it offers the same kind of service and allows you to save in svg format : https://www.samcodes.co.uk/project/geometrize-haxe-web/

        • jmcodes 5 hours ago

          Not the guy who made it but I immediately wondered if I could use the intermediate steps with some "outline" mode to help me see things in shapes and finally learn to draw a bit.

        • ThrowawayTestr 2 hours ago

          Neat!

          • Loveseat 2 hours ago

            Pristine theatrics, man.