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We don't use any software to do our raster to vector conversions, its all done manually and each line is on its own layer,unbroken, where it should be, right thickness, etc.
If you want to look at using software, here is a good list to start with.
This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:
This table lists the operating systems that different programs can run on without emulation:
| Windows
| Mac OS X
| BSD
| AmigaOS/AROS
| IBM z/OS
| AutoTrace
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| Easy Trace
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| Freehand
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| Illustrator
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| MagicTracer
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| MST Viewer
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| PhotoLine
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| Potrace
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| R2V Toolkit
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| Ras2Vec
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| Image2XAML
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| GTXRaster CAD Series
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| GTXImage CAD Series
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| Raster to Vector
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| RasterVect
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| RaveGrid
| Yes
| (contact authors for non-gui version)
| (contact authors for non-gui version)
| No
| No
| Scan2CAD Pro
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| Silhouette Pro
| No
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| Vector Magic
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
| Vextractor
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| VPHybridCAD
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| WinTopo
| Yes
| No
| Yes
| No
| No
| RasVector
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| WiseImage
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
| XTrace
| No
| No
| No
| Yes
| No
| VectorNow
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
| No
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Basic Features
| Maximum zoom
| Object limit per document
| Control point limit
| Color management for print
| Thumbnails
| Adjust Image (functions)
| Text Recognition (OCR)
| Scripting support
| AutoTrace
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| Easy Trace
| 12800x
| No Limit
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| Yes
| No
| No
| Freehand
| 64x
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| Illustrator
| 64x
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| MagicTracer
| 12800x
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| MST Viewer
| No Limit
| No Limit
| No Limit
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Potrace
| N/A
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| R2V Toolkit
| N/A
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| Ras2Vec
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| Image2XAML
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| GTXRaster CAD Series
| No limit
| No limit
| No limit
| Yes
| ?
| Yes
| Yes, ICR Intelligent Character Recognition
| Yes
| GTXImage CAD Series
| No limit
| No limit
| No limit
| Yes
| ?
| Yes
| Yes, ICR Intelligent Character Recognition
| No
| Raster to Vector
| ?
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| RasterVect
| No limit
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| RaveGrid
| No Limit
| No Limit
| N/A
| N/A
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| Scan2CAD Pro
| ?
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| No
| Silhouette Pro
| 64x
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| Vector Magic
| ?
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| Vextractor
| 25x
| No limit
| No limit
| No
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| VPHybridCAD
| No limit
| No limit
| No limit
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| Yes
| WinTopo Freeware
| +/-512x
| No limit
| N/A
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| No
| WinTopo Pro
| +/-512x
| No limit
| No limit
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| RasVector
| N/A
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| No
| ?
| WiseImage
| No limit
| More than 100 000
| No limit
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| Yes
| XTrace
| ?
| ?
| ?
| Yes
| ?
| ?
| No
| (Thru Amiga ARexx)
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| Maximum zoom
| Object limit per document
| Control point limit
| Color management for print
| Thumbnails
| adjust image (functions)
| Text Recognition (OCR)
| Scripting support
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