- Start the program, choose item of the menu File / Open Raster. Choose a raster file, which you want to vectorize.
The image from file will be seen in a program window.
The program works with 1-bit raster images, i.e. black-and-white (LineArt). The grey or color images will have been transformed to black-and-white: there is an opportunity to do it in the program.
Set in "Recognition options" "Centerlines" or "Outlines" as Recognition Method (the menu item Recognition / Options). This is easy methods for most technical and art images.
- Begin recognition (item of the menu Recognition / Start). The program begins to analyze a drawing, at the medium drawing - some seconds. The blue lines over the grey raster will have appeared after ending of recognition. The recognition result can be seen on the display including various modes: Raster, Vector, Raster+Vector. If you would like, zoom in/out/window picture by a choice zoom-preset. There is the horizontal and vertical image scrolling.
- If you would like to change options, clear recognition results by "Clear Results" button. Then open the "Recognition options" window (item of the menu Recognition / Options).
Repeat the previous item after setting of desirable parameters.
- To saving of recognition results, choice the menu item File / SaveVector. Set output file name. DXF-file (or WMF or EMF) will have been created.
You can find full description in help-file.
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- Choose files for the recognition (buttons "Add Files", "Remove", "Clear List");
- Choose target format by ComboBox (dxf, eps, ai, wmf or emf);
- Choose folder for converted files (button "Target path");
- Launch process (buttons "Run", "Stop").
AbleTracer will work with previous (last) settings.
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