Convector Pro

An incredibly powerful Bitmap to Vector conversion program, and Autotracer.

Convector takes a regular bitmapped graphic file, which you can generate right from your scanner or a Bitmap illustration program like Arabesque, and quickly convert it to a Vector graphic.

Since the Vector graphic no longer contains the individual dots, but rather mathematical descriptions of the lines and curves making up the object, it can be easily scaled to any size without losing any image detail.

How does it do it?

Convector takes in your standard bitmapped image files and carefully analyses them, using its powerful algorithms.

It then finds the type of Vector object (Bezier curve, straight line, etc.) which can best duplicate each specific portion of the original image. Then, one Vector object at a time, it builds a complete Vector graphic which is identical to the original. All of this, of course, takes place at an incredibly rapid speed.

When finished, it will then let you display both the original Bitmap graphic and the new Vector graphic on top of each other. This lets you see if the new Vector object came out just the way you want it.

You can also display all the control points, curves, and lines which make up the new Vector object, allowing you to double-check everything. If something needs changing, you can easily generate a new Vector image, keeping the previous one for comparison.

Convector lets you generate as many vector images as your computer's memory will hold.

Full Control

Of course, there are many things to keep in mind when converting a Bitmap graphic to a Vector graphic:

Do you want the solid areas filled?
Should the new Vector graphic use Bezier curves?
Instead of simply creating filled areas, should it instead shade them using lines?

These are complex questions which can depend on everything from how fast you want a Vector object generated to which program you plan to import it into.

However, with Convector, things could not be easier. You are allowed to not only set all the relevant settings, but actually "play" with them to see how they affect your generated Vector graphic. Convector is fast enough that you can easily try out many different settings.

This type of control lets you test different possibilities and make sure that you get the best result possible.

Each Bitmap image is different (especially true of scanned images of different sizes), which is why Convector gives you complete control at all times.

Productivity

Convector works with of its own special "desktop" which lets you load, convert, and save a large number of Bitmap and Vector graphic files at a time.

This lets you generate a number of different Vector graphics from a single Bitmap image, and then compare them all side by side.

Arabesque Support

If you have Arabesque Professional, you can hook Convector directly into it (Convector will run as a desk accessory), allowing you to "vectorize" any portion of Arabesque's Bitmap screen and place the new Vector graphic directly on the Vector editing screen.

Full File Support

Convector will read in any lMG, Degas, or Arabesque Bitmap image and output it as a Calamus CVG, Arabesque, or Illustrator format EPS (Illustrator Encapsulated Postscript) Vector graphic.

Demo Version Available

Please refer to the demonstration software page.

Convector works with both Colour and Mono monitors, requires at least 1 Megabyte of memory and supports both Geneva and MultiTOS.

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