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Hi there,

I've just released the first version of the pixel2svg tool.

It takes a pixel art image and converts it to SVG in a pixel by pixel fashion, creating a square for every pixel (i.e. it's not a tracing program).

The rationale is to be able to conveniently enlarge pixel art for printing, creating PDF etc.

The tool is at http://florian-berger.de/en/software/pixel2svg

This is the very first release, and may be rather inconvenient if you are on a MS Windows box. It's a command-line tool and requires Python, the Python Imaging Library and the svgwrite module to be installed.

If someone is interested, I could bundle up a version with all prerequisites included or even create a binary .exe version for MS Windows in the next release.

Regards,
fberger

Edited by fberger - 21 July 2011 at 1:42am

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fberger Seaman Joined: 21 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: pixel2svg - convert pixel art to crisp blocky SVG Posted: 21 July 2011 at 1:41am
	Hi there, I've just released the first version of the pixel2svg tool. It takes a pixel art image and converts it to SVG in a pixel by pixel fashion, creating a square for every pixel (i.e. it's not a tracing program). The rationale is to be able to conveniently enlarge pixel art for printing, creating PDF etc. The tool is at http://florian-berger.de/en/software/pixel2svg This is the very first release, and may be rather inconvenient if you are on a MS Windows box. It's a command-line tool and requires Python, the Python Imaging Library and the svgwrite module to be installed. If someone is interested, I could bundle up a version with all prerequisites included or even create a binary .exe version for MS Windows in the next release. Regards, fberger Edited by fberger - 21 July 2011 at 1:42am
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 21 July 2011 at 4:40am
	could u provide image examples at least :0
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fberger Seaman Joined: 21 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 21 July 2011 at 6:47am
	In a minute.
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fberger Seaman Joined: 21 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 21 July 2011 at 10:37am
	Alright, I have put an example on the website: http://florian-berger.de/en/software/pixel2svg Doing this found that Inkscape does a pretty good job zooming and enlaring bitmaps without annoying interpolation. However, pixel2svg is for purists that want vector data for archive and print. Enjoy, fberger Edited by fberger - 21 July 2011 at 11:13pm
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 21 July 2011 at 2:18pm
	You say "dither", you mean "interpolation".
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fberger Seaman Joined: 21 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 21 July 2011 at 11:15pm
	Right, thanks. Fixed. Non-native speaker.
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