Convert Raster or Image to Vector Shapes

[Maximus1969]

Is there a video tutorial on the above, more specifically converting an image of a logo or text to vector for resizing or editing?

[Madame]

There's no way to do that in Affinity, unless you trace the logo with the pen tool.

[m-b]

Here are two free online converter which I use. Very good and fast for simple graphics.

 

http://www.vectorization.org/

http://www.vectorizer.io

[RNKLN]

Not bad at all. Last week i purchased a tool in the AppStore which was on sale, but for straight forward vectors (i.e. a logo made from letters) the vectorisation.org tool does a much better job (less nodes, sharper corners...).

[Maximus1969]

Thankyou for your replies everyone much appreciated. I'll look into these. M...

[henryb]

On 1/20/2017 at 8:55 PM, m-b said:

Here are two free online converter which I use. Very good and fast for simple graphics.

 

http://www.vectorization.org/

http://www.vectorizer.io

thanks for these links! Always wondered whether that was possible..  I went to the first one, however, and it asks you what format I want to export my vector (?) file to:  SVG, EPS, PS, PDF or DXF. 

What is the difference between all these formats? What do I choose? What's the best/most common?

Will they all work with Affinity apps? 

Is there a format that I can send to someone using adobe software, and then back to me to work further on in Affinity? (As long as Adobe rents software instead of just selling it I'm NEVER going there - I don't like monthly/yearly payments, especially when what you're paying for is never going to be yours). But would like to be working on formats that work on both Affinity and Adobe. 

 

Also, does the quality of the original image matter (not "too" bad obv..)?

[John Rostron]

3 hours ago, henryb said:

What is the difference between all these formats? What do I choose? What's the best/most common?

These formats all contain the same information, so you could use any of them, other than DXF.  I would suggest SVG or PDF in that order.  You can open svg files in any Affinity app, though  if you wish to further edit the file, you would best use Designer.

John

[Pariah73]

I absolutely swear by vectorizer.io 

[Harrison Luke]

On 11/2/2019 at 10:23 AM, Pariah73 said:

I absolutely swear by vectorizer.io 

Yeah I used this and it actually does the job. I was expecting it to be pixilated, love it.

[Kloë_Blackbird]

On 11/2/2019 at 9:40 AM, John Rostron said:

These formats all contain the same information, so you could use any of them, other than DXF

DXF are used more for engineering tools, like autocad, bricscad etc. So still useful but very specific.

[Chapit Zulkefli]

On 1/21/2017 at 2:55 AM, m-b said:

Here are two free online converter which I use. Very good and fast for simple graphics.

 

http://www.vectorization.org/

http://www.vectorizer.io

Thank you. I really appreciate this.
Some of the reason I'm missing Illustrator so dearly is this feature and Shape Builder Tools.

[Peter Ruijter]

On 1/20/2017 at 8:29 PM, RNKLN said:

Not bad at all. Last week i purchased a tool in the AppStore which was on sale, but for straight forward vectors (i.e. a logo made from letters) the vectorisation.org tool does a much better job (less nodes, sharper corners...).

I find that vectorizer.io (probably they have improved their algorithm in the last five years) does a very good job with complex drawings with images with gradients and more colours. It is not free, a few euros for a week of unlimited use or €10 a month, but it is definitely worth it.

[Kabiru]

On 1/20/2017 at 9:55 PM, m-b said:

Here are two free online converter which I use. Very good and fast for simple graphics.

 

http://www.vectorization.org/

http://www.vectorizer.io

Thank you so much for this. Its already helping me a lot

[Pšenda]

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[Tart]

Hi!

I find both online tools for vectorasation good!

http://www.vectorization.org/

http://www.vectorizer.io

 

But just checking, is there maybe possible with the latest update from Affinity Designer to convert image to vector in the software? 

[Pšenda]

No.

[albertkinng]

Dumb question here: Do we have Inpainting Brush on the Photo area in Designer?

[carl123]

2 hours ago, albertkinng said:

Dumb question here: Do we have Inpainting Brush on the Photo area in Designer?

No

[albertkinng]

Thanks! 

[nehakakar]

Affinity doesn't have an automatic image-to-vector feature, but you can trace the image manually using the Pen Tool in Affinity Designer. Alternatively, you can use online tools like vectorizer.io or try using an online tool like this image converter to compress the image before converting it to a vector format. It helps in maintaining quality while reducing file size.

[Kent Davis]

Oh well Affinity need support image to vector. You did give link wrong one.

This is better quality this one 

 

[albertkinng]

1 hour ago, Kent Davis said:

This is better quality this one

Here are great free vectoring websites:

1. https://vectorizer.com/
2. https://vectorization.eu/
3. https://www.visioncortex.org/vtracer/
4. https://svgco.de/

[Kent Davis]

Many thanks