Did you install ming?
SWFMovie_add may be part of ming.
If you, which directory you installed it?

I cannot remember but, maybe you can turn off ming support in
autotrace explicitly with configure option.

> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -O2
> -march=pentium4 -mmmx -msse -msse2 -c output-swf.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o
> .libs/output-swf.lo
> output-swf.c: In function `out_splines':
> output-swf.c:78: warning: passing arg 2 of `SWFMovie_add' from
> incompatible pointer type
> output-swf.c: In function `output_swf_writer':
> output-swf.c:112: error: `fileOutputMethod' undeclared (first use in
> this function)
> output-swf.c:112: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> output-swf.c:112: error: for each function it appears in.)
> make[1]: *** [output-swf.lo] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/download/autotrace-0.31.1'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

> Did you install ming?
yes, i have
ming-0.3.0-i686-1
(on slackware 11)

> SWFMovie_add may be part of ming.
> If you, which directory you installed it?

i compiled ming with --prefix=/usr

> I cannot remember but, maybe you can turn off ming support in
> autotrace explicitly with configure option.

  ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-ming

i get the same error with this confifgure,so i suppose i can't disable
ming support..

> autotrace
[background-color=FFFFFF--input-format=BMP--output-file=C:\--output-format=hpgl]
<r.bmp>

`[', `]' and '<' and `>' are special characters.

Do like:

  autotrace --background-color=FFFFFF --input-format=BMP
--output-file=C:\\foo.hpgl --output-format=hpgl

or

  autotrace --background-color=FFFFFF --input-format=BMP  --output-format=hpgl >
C:\\foo.hpgl

I'm not using DOS or Windows. So I'm afraid `C:\\foo.hpgl' is wrong. If you get
an error with
above command line, use C:\foo.hpgl instead.

Masatake YAMATO

Can somebody help me get this stuff going? I have been wrestling with
Autotrace, Potrace, and Delineate for the better part of a day, and
have been unable to get anything to work.

The system is Windows 2000.

I have autotrace and potrace installed in their own folders under WINNT.

I have added these to the PATH variable: C:\WINNT\autotrace and
C:\WINNT\potrace.

I have downloaded and installed j2sdk-1_4_2_15 and installed it in
C:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk-1_4_2_15

I have added the environment variable
C:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk-1_4_2_15


This stuff doesn't work. If I run delineate.bat, I get a black window
named C:\WINNT\System32\cmd.exe
and an error box
"Cannot find the file 'C:\program' (or one of its components). Make
sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries
are available."

My understanding was that when first run, delineate it would offer
autotrace or potrace as options. Neither of those seems to do anything
when I try to start them manually from within their folders, either.


What's wrong here?

Thanks in advance,

Pete

--- In autotrace@yahoogroups.com, <junkman@...> wrote:
>
> It's been a while, but I think the only way I got it to work via
Delineate
> was to run it under Linux ( or maybe Cygwin).

Thanks anyway.

This is hackerware. Useless for the vast majority of potential users.
Whose idea was it to use a command line interface for what is
fundamentally a graphical, visual process? Duh...

It's OUTTA here.

Greetings,

I hope someone can help me.

I was told about the AutoTrace program by the creator of Jigs@w
Puzzles 2 at Tibosoftware.com.  They used AutoTrace to create an emf
file that broke a picture of a porsche into pieces very different
from a normal jigsaw puzzle.  The pieces looked more like pieces from
a plastic car model I used to glue together as a kid.  Please take a
look at the sample puzzle at http://www.tibosoftware.com/jigsaw-
puzzle-free.htm  Download the samples and play the puzzle mentioned
below.

The particular puzzle to open is the one called "surprise puzzle".
Anyway, I would like to know how to create such a puzzle.  I don't
know how to upload the porsche.jpg file, but anyone that can help,
please email me and I will send you the file immediately.  One option
in JP2, is to create puzzles using vector templates in emf format.

However, the main problem I am having is I cannot get AutoTrace to
even run.  Martin sent me a zip file.  There was no install program
with it.  I double clicked on AutoTrace.exe and I get a small black
screen that then disappears.  I am running Win 98SE.

I tried Open Office Draw.  When I creat a emf file, I get too many
little pieces.  I edited the file to eliminate the microscopic pieces
in Paint Shop Pro and saved as a bmp, and then opened the file in
Open Office Draw and converted to vector and saved as an emf.  JP2
did not recognize the emf file when I did this.  Interestingly
enough, JP2 did use the emf file when I didn't go through the Paint
Shop Pro steps above with emf files saved in Open Office Draw.  One
other thing, JP2, in the puzzle create mode, will try to limit the
number of microscopic pieces, but I could not produce a puzzle like
the sample I mentioned above.

A trial of JP2 can be downloaded and tried for free.  In the create
puzzle mode, go to advanced mode to get to the screens where you can
use templates.

Therefore my request is:
1. Please help me to get AutoTracem up and running.  What else do I
need to do?  Does anyone have a step by step installation procedure
that may work?
2. A short tutorial on how to create puzzles like the Porsche puzzle,
that shows the settings required.


I appreciate any help that can be provided.

Regards,
George
nj3h@...

Hi all,

I have started using autotrace and exploring on it. I needed some
basic help in it. I want to know the outline algorithm used in the
autotrace, which will help me to understand the code in better way. I
want to what is the outline algorithm used in Autotrace

hello, I'm new here so please forgive if I ask a silly question, but
wondering if anyone knows the best way to install on a Mac running OSX
10.4 tiger. Still saving for leopard. what files should I install and
how would I start to use autotrace. I'm interested in using AT to
convert pdf to vectorbased dxf or similar for cad/cam, also maybe to
use with fonts or other art the way streamline used to work with
illustrator.

Hi All,

I am trying to integrate the autotrace web intreface. I could integrate it well.
But looks like the converted images are not giving me a good quality.
If the images has gradient effect it spoils the quality.. but the same image
works well on vector magic.
Any solutions?

 

Hi All,

I am trying to integrate the autotrace web intreface. I could integrate it well. But looks like the converted images are not giving me a good quality.
If the images has gradient effect it spoils the quality.. but the same image works well on vector magic.
Any solutions?

I know a long time has gone but I plan a totally new software for tracing
bitmaps. Currently I have many good ideas but I am still looking for a soltion
not to get any gaps when tracing color images. Any ideas or links to helpfull
articles?

Greetings
Martin

hi list

I used autotrace to extract the centerlines from a tubular
pattern. I found the resulting centerlines often has a
"seagull-wing" shape at a joint. To illustrate this, here
is the sample image that I want to trace:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.png

the zipped bmp source file is at http://wenq.org/upload/test.bmp.gz

I used the following command:

autotrace -centerline -width-weight-factor 0.01 \
    -remove-adjacent-corners  -corner-threshold 60 \
    -line-threshold 1.5 -filter-iterations 5 \
    -output-format test.bmp -output-file test.svg

the output svg looks like this:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg.png

(the actual svg file is http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg)

Notice the "wiggly" pattern at the joints.

My question is: is there an optimized setting in
autotrace so that I can make these joints more
straight?

thanks a lot

Qianqian

 

hi list

I used autotrace to extract the centerlines from a tubular
pattern. I found the resulting centerlines often has a
"seagull-wing" shape at a joint. To illustrate this, here
is the sample image that I want to trace:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.png

the zipped bmp source file is at http://wenq.org/upload/test.bmp.gz

I used the following command:

autotrace -centerline -width-weight-factor 0.01 \
-remove-adjacent-corners -corner-threshold 60 \
-line-threshold 1.5 -filter-iterations 5 \
-output-format test.bmp -output-file test.svg

the output svg looks like this:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg.png

(the actual svg file is http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg)

Notice the "wiggly" pattern at the joints.

My question is: is there an optimized setting in
autotrace so that I can make these joints more
straight?

thanks a lot

Qianqian

 

I wish I could help you, but for this I would need a better algorithm. Sorry I don't find a better one.

Greetings
Martin

Am 05.02.2012 17:51, schrieb Qianqian Fang:

 

hi list

I used autotrace to extract the centerlines from a tubular
pattern. I found the resulting centerlines often has a
"seagull-wing" shape at a joint. To illustrate this, here
is the sample image that I want to trace:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.png

the zipped bmp source file is at http://wenq.org/upload/test.bmp.gz

I used the following command:

autotrace -centerline -width-weight-factor 0.01 \
-remove-adjacent-corners -corner-threshold 60 \
-line-threshold 1.5 -filter-iterations 5 \
-output-format test.bmp -output-file test.svg

the output svg looks like this:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg.png

(the actual svg file is http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg)

Notice the "wiggly" pattern at the joints.

My question is: is there an optimized setting in
autotrace so that I can make these joints more
straight?

thanks a lot

Qianqian

 

On 02/05/2012 11:59 AM, Martin Weber wrote:

 

I wish I could help you, but for this I would need a better algorithm. Sorry I don't find a better one.

hi Martin

thank you for your quick reply. Don't take me wrong,
autotrace is a fantastic and powerful software! I am
actually very happy for being able to extract the central
lines at all. I truly appreciate your effort for writing and
sharing it with others!

Because I did not find detailed descriptions on some
of the flags, for example, "width-weight-factor", so, I
am not sure if I used autotrace correctly.

In your opinion, did I use the proper flags to do
the tracing for this particular image?

thanks

Qianqian

Greetings
Martin

Am 05.02.2012 17:51, schrieb Qianqian Fang:

 

hi list

I used autotrace to extract the centerlines from a tubular
pattern. I found the resulting centerlines often has a
"seagull-wing" shape at a joint. To illustrate this, here
is the sample image that I want to trace:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.png

the zipped bmp source file is at http://wenq.org/upload/test.bmp.gz

I used the following command:

autotrace -centerline -width-weight-factor 0.01 \
-remove-adjacent-corners -corner-threshold 60 \
-line-threshold 1.5 -filter-iterations 5 \
-output-format test.bmp -output-file test.svg

the output svg looks like this:

http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg.png

(the actual svg file is http://wenq.org/upload/test.svg)

Notice the "wiggly" pattern at the joints.

My question is: is there an optimized setting in
autotrace so that I can make these joints more
straight?

thanks a lot

Qianqian