Monday, November 05, 2007

Most cool

Now this is cool. Stanford University put a vectorizing online utility to allow you to upload bit mapped images and convert them to a vector image. Just upload your image and VectorMagic will vectorize it for you.

Vectorization converts a raster image to a vector image. Raster images are pixel-based, but vector images are represented by geometric shapes such as lines, circles and curves. The effect looks akin to a painting.

I vectorized a picture of the Oregon coastline.

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