vectorize-pixelart

Convert raster pixel art graphics to vector.

Installation

$ npm install vectorize-pixelart

CLI usage

You may vectorize PNG image to SVG using next command:

$ vectorize-pixelart Input.png Output.svg

Also EPS output is supported:

$ vectorize-pixelart Input.png Output.eps

Online web usage

The package has been build with a Browserify version and available online:

http://zasenko.name/vectorize-pixelart.html

Main limitation of the web version is that browser has issues when processing large SVG files. As there are no control over image displaying some resulting SVG might cause browser hang.

API

Please check vectorize-pixelart.js code.

So, basic usage is next:

1. Read raster image.
2. Trace image

var fs  = require('fs'),
    PNG = require('pngjs').PNG,
    ContourTracing = require('vectorize-pixelart/contour-tracing'),
    paUtils = require('vectorize-pixelart/utils');
 
// PNGImageData provides transparent pixel retrieving/comparasion interface
let image = new paUtils.PNGImageData(PNG.sync.read(fs.readFileSync('in.png')));
 
// Vector composer
let composer = new paUtils.SVG(image.height, image.width);
 
process.stdout.write(composer.header());
 
let tracer = new ContourTracing(image);
tracer.traceContours((contour, pixel) => {
    // Output next traced contour
    process.stdout.write(composer.path(contour, pixel));
})
 
process.stdout.write(composer.footer());

Class: ContourTracing

Trace contours of a given image.

new ContourTracing(image)

Object image should contain height and width information. Also it should provide function comparePixels(y1, x1, y2, x2) { } and function getPixel(y1, x1). See PNGImageData.

ContourTracing.traceContours(callback)

Traces contours of a given image and return next contour to callback. The callback gets one argument (contour) that contains array of contour points [y, x].

Copyright

Copyright (C) 2019 Sergii Zasenko

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.