From: n8844264@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Cummins Charles)
Subject: Re: Why does Illustrator AutoTrace so poorly?
Article-I.D.: henson.1993Apr26.113112.2273
Organization: Western Washington University
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mac@utkvx.bitnet (Richard J. McDougald) writes:

>In article <0010580B.vmcbrt@diablo.UUCP> diablo.UUCP!cboesel (Charles Boesel) writes:

>of these application softwares we're using -- but even so, how come one
>hasn't been written? (to my knowledge).  I mean, even Hijaak, one of the
>commercial industry standards of file conversion, hasn't attempted it yet

Adobe Streamline has been out four a couple of years. It does a much better
job than the autotracing functions which are built into illustration
programs. Of course, a higher resolution bitmap will produce a more
accurate trace. The problem that I've run into though, is that when it
creates a detailed trace, it produces WAY more points than are necessary.
If I trace something manually, I use many less es points. The problem
with this is it produces BIG files which slow everything down, especially
printing.

Chuck

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