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List of Vector Conversion Software - 30+ Tools to Turn Photos into Line Art and Illustrations - Most of these tools turn Raster / Bitmap / Photo Images into Line Art / Illustrations / Vector Art.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 1 - Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator - Adobe® Illustrator® CS2 software gives you new creative freedom that lets you realize your ideas quickly and powerfully. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. Save time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces. Plus, tight integration with other software allows you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 2 - Macromedia Freehand
Macromedia Freehand - Use FreeHand MX for creative design, storyboarding, multipage document production, and editing with an unparalleled set of creative design tools. Easily repurpose your designs for print, the Internet, or Macromedia Flash.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 3 - CorelDraw & CorelTrace
CorelDraw (and Corel Trace) Illustration and layout software designed to meet the needs of individuals and businesses
Vector Graphics Animation Software 4 - Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Flash - Flash Basic 8 is a subset of Flash Professional 8 and includes all the core functionality needed to design simple motion graphics and interactivity for delivery to the Flash Player. It is the affordable authoring environment designed for the aspiring professional.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 5 - Deneba / ACD Canvas
Deneba / ACD Canvas - Drawing software aimed at the technology and business sector. Canvas offers a unified creative environment for intermediate to advanced graphics software users on the Macintosh or Windows platform. This all-in-one graphics suite is an exceptional value.
Vector Graphics CAD Software 6 - AutoCAD
AutoCAD - From the new dynamic blocks capability that allows you to quickly create, manipulate, and extract data from blocks, to heads-up design, which keeps your focus on your work rather than on the software, AutoCAD 2006 makes an impact on the way you work, every single day.
Vector Graphics CAD Software 7 - Serif DrawPlus
Serif DrawPlus - Drawing & Graphics Power Everyone Can Afford! - DrawPlus 6 adds a raft of new features and stunning easy-to-use effects. Its unique combination of simple-to-use drawing aids and high-end capabilities means that whether you're new to drawing and graphics software or an experienced DrawPlus user, you'll find that this amazing new version has everything you need to create your best graphics ever!
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 8 - AutoTrace
AutoTrace - a program for converting bitmap to vector graphics.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 9 - Vector Eye
Vector Eye - Faster than a tracing hand, this powerful software is the raster to vector converter you need for Illustrator (Adobe), CorelDraw (Corel), Flash (Macromedia), WebDraw (Jasc), Sodipodi (freeware) and any vector-based software. Vector Eye instantly converts scanned black-and-white or color raster images (bmp, jpg, tiff, png) into editable vector files (svg, ps, eps).
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 10 - Xara X
Xara X - An illustration and drawing software, favored by some of the world's best artists for its speed, versatility and ease of use. It's great for web graphics (all of xara.com has been designed using Xara X) as well as incredibly detailed illustrations—you simply would not believe this art was created with vector illustration software. Check out the Xara Gallery for examples of what it can do.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 11 - Arts Letters
Arts Letters - Ranked #1 in ease-of-use of all the professional quality vector drawing and illustration programs, Arts & Letters EXPRESS combines freehand drawing, clip art and fonts so you can create your own artwork.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 12 - Sketsa SVG Graphics Editor
Sketsa SVG Graphics Editor 3.2.2 - Sketsa is a cross platform vector drawing application based on SVG. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a graphics format and technology based on XML developed by W3C. With Sketsa, you can create vector graphics that can be scaled and printed at any resolution, without losing detail or clarity. You also get instant visual feedback on what you changed.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 13 - InkScape
InkScape Open Source Scalable Vector Graphics Editor - Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 14 - Trix TracTrix
Trix TracTrix - Raster to Vector Conversion - Convert scans and photos to DWG, DXF, HPGL, IGES and more CAD formats. Fully featured with color separation, clean-up and editing tools.Vector to raster conversion - Convert DWG, DXF & HPGL files to PDF and rasters. Viewing, measuring, comparing - Open over 100 raster formats plus DWG, DXF & HPGL. Mark up. Measure lengths, areas, perimeters. Sum areas. Scale. Print details.
Vector Graphics Illustration Software 15 - e-Picture Pro
e-Picture Pro - e-Picture Pro is the award winning graphics design tool for creating images and animations in today’s diverse graphics environment. With e-Picture Pro, you can design freely without obsessing about your target output format using the plethora of powerful built-in design tools.
Vector Graphics Drawing Software 16 - Sodipodi
Sodipodi - Sodipodi is a vector-based drawing program, like CorelDraw® or Adobe Illustrator® from the proprietary software world, and Sketch or Karbon14 from the free software world. It is free software, distributed under the terms of the Gnu General Public License, Version 2.
Vector Graphics Drawing Software 17 - Microsoft Expression
Microsoft Expression - Microsoft Expression™ takes the many sides of your creative personality to all new levels. Professional design tools give you greater flexibility to create sophisticated applications and content. Innovative technologies enable faster and richer interface development for Windows applications or the Web. Compatibility between products increases all levels of your personal productivity.
Vector Graphics Drawing Software 18 - ZonerDraw
Zoner Draw - Zoner Draw 5 is a universal graphics editor for everyone. It's a set of professional tools for achieving great results with drawings, maps, blueprints, illustrations, Web graphics, and more!
Vector Raster to Vector Conversion 19 - Winotopo
Winotopo Raster to Vector Converter - Originally developed in 1999, the WinTopo project was instigated to provide a quality raster to vector conversion solution as good as high priced commercial products. Free from the encumbrance of old legacy techniques, WinTopo benefits from recent and established research in the field of image processing. Since the product launch, WinTopo has gained the approval of hundreds of thousands of users worldwide.
Vector Raster to Vector Conversion Software 20 - Delineate
Delineate Raster to SVG Converter - Delineate is a tool for converting raster images to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) using AutoTrace or potrace. It loads images using JIU and displays results using Batik. Input formats are JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PNM, PBM, PGM, PPM, IFF, PCD, PSD, RAS.
Vector Raster to Vector Conversion Software 21 - Silhouette
Silhouette - Silhouette graphics art software for Macintosh and Windows instantly converts black and white or colour bitmap images into vector designs ready for use. Graphic artists are faced every day with the problem of having to redesign logos or illustrations because the files they have to use are less than perfect (faxes, visiting cards, low definition files) or the original fonts have gone missing.
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