Vector graphic request

I would like to get an image of a "Celtic cat" in a vector graphic
format.

I have one from a commercial source, but it neither of two programs I
have access to can read it. I am guessing it is a very old format
variation.

Any ideas.

Oh yea, just to stay on topic, does anyone know of a program than can
turn photo images into vector graphics or bit mapped clip art images to
vector?

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Joseph Meehan

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"Joseph Meehan" wrote:

I would like to get an image of a "Celtic cat" in a vector graphic
format.

Google for "celtic cat" images, then trace one with Inkscape:
http://www.inkscape.org/

Oh yea, just to stay on topic, does anyone know of a program than
can
turn photo images into vector graphics or bit mapped clip art images
to vector?

Inkscape can, it uses the poTrace library to do the actual tracing.


Regards,
wwwald

Joseph Meehan wrote:
I would like to get an image of a "Celtic cat" in a vector graphic
format.

I have one from a commercial source, but it neither of two programs I
have access to can read it. I am guessing it is a very old format
variation.

Any ideas.

Oh yea, just to stay on topic, does anyone know of a program than can
turn photo images into vector graphics or bit mapped clip art images to
vector?

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

What format is it in? What are you using to open it?

Tom

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:58:36 GMT, Joseph Meehan wrote:

I would like to get an image of a "Celtic cat" in a vector graphic
format.

I have one from a commercial source, but it neither of two programs I
have access to can read it. I am guessing it is a very old format
variation.

Any ideas.

Oh yea, just to stay on topic, does anyone know of a program than can
turn photo images into vector graphics or bit mapped clip art images to
vector?

Probably a CAD, Clip Art or DRAW type program such as Corel Draw,
Micrografx Draw or Lotus Freelance. Knowing the file extension of
the vector graphic file might help you to identify the application
that created it. http://www.fileformat.info/ext/ can identify many
file formats.

I haven't tried http://www.fileformat.info/convert/image/jai.htm
but it supposedly will convert between formats for you if your file
is no larger than 5MB. It lists PNG, JPEG, JPEG2000, JPG, PNM. TIF,
TIFF, BMP, WBMP and RAW formats. I kinda doubt that their RAW is
one of the camera RAW formats since their file format identifier
lists for RAW: Real Audio Sound, Raw signed PCM data and RAW file
format (bitmap), so it's probably the last one.

Googling for "graphics conversion software" shows a number of
promising links such as:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/bitmaptovector/

http://www.sofotex.com/download/Grap...re/more11.html


http://www.brothersoft.com/Multimedi..._List _1.html

and http://www.autoimager.com/

This last one identifies itself as "Batch Image/Photo Editing and
Image Conversion Software" and supports 140 formats, including:

AFP, ANI, AWD, BMP, CAL, CGM, CLP, CMP, CMX, CUR, CUT, DGN,
DIB, DRW, DWF, DWG, DXF, DWG, EMF, EPS, EXIF, FAX, FLI, FLC,
FPX, GBR, GEM, GIF, ICA, ICO, IFF, IMG, ITG, J2K, JBIG, JIF, JPEG,
JTF, LBM, MAC, MDA, MPG, MSP, PBM, PCD, PCT, PCX, PDF, PGM,
PNM, PPM, PSD, PLT, PLT2, PBM, PCL, PDF, PNG, PTK, RAS, SCT,
SGI, SHP, SMP, SUN, SVG, TIFF, TGA, XBM, XPM, XWD, WBMP, WFX,
WMF, WPG, and more!

Joseph Meehan wrote:



I did a little more research. The file I thought was a vector graphic
type is a MAC type file and may or may not be vector. It apparently uses a
file extension PIC that someone does use as a vector type.

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Joseph Meehan

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Joseph Meehan wrote:
Joseph Meehan wrote:



I did a little more research. The file I thought was a vector graphic
type is a MAC type file and may or may not be vector. It apparently uses a
file extension PIC that someone does use as a vector type.


If you mean Mac, as in Macintosh, why not post a link to the file in
comp.sys.mac.system and ask someone to 'translate' it for you? I'd vol.,
but I don't recognize the extension.

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john mcwilliams

John McWilliams wrote:
Joseph Meehan wrote:
Joseph Meehan wrote:



I did a little more research. The file I thought was a vector
graphic type is a MAC type file and may or may not be vector. It
apparently uses a file extension PIC that someone does use as a
vector type.

If you mean Mac, as in Macintosh, why not post a link to the file in
comp.sys.mac.system and ask someone to 'translate' it for you? I'd
vol., but I don't recognize the extension.

The problem is, it does not appear to be a vector graphic.

--
Joseph Meehan

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