potrace(1) General Commands Manual potrace(1) (NAME) potrace - . (SYNOPSIS) potrace [options] [filename...] (DESCRIPTION) potrace . . SVG PDF EPS . . . potrace : PBM PGM PPM ( PNM pnm(5) ) BMP ( Windows OS/2). . . potrace : SVG PDF EPS PostScript DXF GeoJSON PGM Gimppath XFig. . (OPTIONS) . ( dim) 6.5in 15cm 100pt. ( COMPILE TIME CONFIGURATION ). PGM DXF GeoJSON Gimppath . : -h, --help . -v, --version . potrace . -l, --license . /: filename . potrace . . <<-out>> . potrace . <<->> . -o filename, --output filename . . ( BACKEND TYPES ). . <<->> . -- . . . potrace -- $FILENAMES . -- -o . << (BACKEND TYPES)>> . -b name, --backend name name eps postscript ps pdf pdfpage svg dxf geojson pgm gimppath xfig . . . -s, --svg, -b svg, --backend svg SVG. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) . . -r () 72dpi . -b pdf, --backend pdf PDF. Portable Document Format . . . -b pdfpage, --backend pdfpage PDFPage PDF PostScript . -e, --eps, -b eps, --backend eps EPS (). Encapsulated PostScript . . -p, --postscript, -b ps, --backend ps PostScript. PostScript . . . -b dxf, --backend dxf DXF. Drawing Interchange Format (DXF) . Bezier CAD CNC . . -u . -b geojson, --backend geojson GeoJSON. . Bezier . . -u . -g, --pgm, -b pgm, --backend pgm PGM. portable greymap (PGM) . (antialiasing) . . . -b gimppath, --backend gimppath Gimppath. GNU Image Manipulation Program (Gimp) ( Layers, Channels & Paths Paths Import Path ). SVG . SVG : --opaque --flat . . -b xfig, --backend xfig XFig. . XFig . XFig Bezier X-splines potrace XFig . Bezier . -u XFig 1/1200 . . --opaque . (Algorithm options): << (TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION)>> . -z policy, --turnpolicy policy . black white right left minority majority random . minority . min minority . -t n, --turdsize n (speckles) . -a n, --alphamax n . 1 . . 0 . 4/3 . -n, --longcurve . potrace Bezier . . -O n, --opttolerance n . 0.2 . Bezier . -u n, --unit n (quantization) . 1/unit . 10 . (debug) 100 . XFig ( 1/1200 ) DXF . GeoJSON . -d n, --debug n n. . PostScript/EPS n=1,2,3 potrace . -P format, --pagesize format backend . : A4 A3 A5 B5 Letter Legal Tabloid Statement Executive Folio Quarto 10x14. . dimxdim . Letter ( A4 (COMPILE TIME CONFIGURATION) ). . backend . -W dim, --width dim ( ) . . -H dim, --height dim . -W . -r n[xn], --resolution n[xn] backend ( dpi) . . . nxn x y . backend 72dpi . backend . backend . -W -H . -x n[xn], --scale n[xn] backend . 1 0 1 . 1 . nxn x y . backend . -W -H . -S n, --stretch n . 1 y . 0 1 y . -A angle, --rotate angle ( ) . . . -M dim, --margin dim . backend . backend ( ). backend 0 . backend . . -W -H -r -x . backend . -L dim, --leftmargin dim . -M . -R dim, --rightmargin dim . -M . -T dim, --topmargin dim . -M . -B dim, --bottommargin dim . -M . --tight . pixmap . --tight . placement.pdf . . DXF GeoJSON . -C #rrggbb, --color #rrggbb . . --fillcolor #rrggbb <<>> <<>> . . --opaque . --color . --opaque () . . XFig . SVG: --group SVG . SVG . . --flat SVG . . SVG Gimp (import) . Gimppath SVG --flat . --opaque --flat . PostScript/EPS/PDF: -c, --cleartext . PostScript PDF . PostScript -c -q . -2, --level2 PostScript (). -c . -3, --level3 PostScript . -2 PostScript . PostScript . -q, --longcoding PostScript. potrace Bezier PostScript . ( -c ). PGM: -G n, --gamma n (anti-aliasing) ( 2.2 ). 0.5 . . 2.2 CRT . (Frontend options): -k n, --blacklevel n . potrace . n . n 0 1 . : (indexed color) blacklevel . : potrace greymap mkbitmap(1) . mkbitmap(1) potrace . -i, --invert . --progress (bitmap) . . . --tty mode . "vt100" vt100 "dumb" ASCII . . (BACKEND TYPES) : : ( Letter A4 -P ). . . PostScript (PS) PDFPage XFig . : . . -r -x . DXF PGM Gimppath GeoJSON . . : . . PostScript (PS) PDF PDFPage PGM . : ( -o) . (COMPILE TIME CONFIGURATION) potrace ./configure . --disable-zlib potrace zlib. PostScript . --enable-metric potrace . --enable-a4 potrace A4 . (EXIT STATUS) 0 1 2 . (VERSION) 1.16 (AUTHORS) Peter Selinger AUTHORS . (TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION) potrace potrace.pdf potrace . API Potrace potracelib.pdf . (WEB SITE AND SUPPORT) potrace http://potrace.sourceforge.net . ..SH " (SEE ALSO)" mkbitmap(1) (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2001-2019 Peter Selinger (GNU General Public License) ( ) / . . . GNU General Public License : Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. : http://www.gnu.org Version 1.16 September 2019 potrace(1)