On Friday 26 March 2010 14:48:48 josfon@...861... wrote:
Looks good
But is no good for me: no windows application
Jos
> A day more of search and I've found potracegui, which acts as an
> interface for potrace and autotrace
http://potracegui.sourceforge.net/
> I think it's more worth using that instead of trying to get Frontline
> to work. Could this recommendation be added to the wiki instead of
> recommending using old broken software?
>
> Ant
>
> On 25 March 2010 22:07, Antonio Roberts <antonio@...2662...>
>> Spoke to soon. Found these:
>>
http://sourceforge.net/projects/autotrace/files/ which includes a
>> windows binary for Autotrace, though I'm on Ubuntu so can't test it.
>>
>> Has anyone managed to install frontline? I converted the rpm to a
>> .deb using alien but when trying to launch I get the following error:
>>
>> frontline: error while loading shared libraries: libgnomeui.so.32:
>> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> Which is odd as I have that installed. If anyone has managed to
>> install it could you provide instructions?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ant
>>
>> On 25 March 2010 21:45, Antonio Roberts <antonio@...2662...>
>>
>> wrote:
>>> I found too that the link for Fronline doesn't go anywhere. It's
>>> also not available in the Ubuntu repositories. Is there anywhere
>>> else to download it?
>>>
>>> On 25 March 2010 18:21, <josfon@...861...> wrote:
>>>> Thanks for your answer.
>>>> But I have been there.
>>>> No binaries for Windows.
>>>> Link is dead ?!
>>>>
>>>> Jos
>>>>
>>>>> I don't have any direct experience, but the inkscape wiki
states:
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------
>>>>> Alternatives to Potrace (Autotrace and Frontline)
>>>>>
>>>>> Autotrace
>>>>> An open source vectorization program by Martin Weber. That
>>>>> means you can convert bitmap images (like scans) to vector
>>>>> graphics. While not optimal for photos, it does good job on line
>>>>> art and poster-like images. Doesn't do too well with color.
>>>>> Autotrace has some features not available in the embedded
>>>>> Potrace dialog in Inkscape. For example, there is a centerline
>>>>> switch that is especially usefull for tracing roads (in maps) or
>>>>> font characters. Frontline
>>>>> A GUI frontend to Autotrace by Masatake Yamato. Frontline can
>>>>> be run as standalone aplication, but it can also be directly
>>>>> accessed from Inkscape and GIMP.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to have tracing option, you have to install both
>>>>> Autotrace
>>>>> and Frontline before compiling Inkscape. Inkscape automatically
>>>>> detects these programs, and adds inline raster to vector
>>>>> conversion option to image menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Both Autotrace and Frontline can be downloaded from Sourceforge.
>>>>> Binaries are available for windows and linux.
>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't find a windows binary for frontline, however.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Rob A>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:43 AM, wrote:
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>> I have a problem with tracing.
>>>>>> I want to trace with centerline so I get a single line which I
>>>>>> can edit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is not possible with podtrace (or is it?)
>>>>>> Autotrace seems te do the job.
>>>>>> To get that working with Inkscape I must install Autotrace and
>>>>>> its GUI
>>>>>> Frontline.
>>>>>> But although autotrace has a win binary, I can't find a win
>>>>>> binary of
>>>>>> Frontline.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>> Greeting Jos
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