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Convert JPG, PNG, GIF Files to PDF, SVG, EPS Vectors

38 points by mlejva 8y ago

Kagerjay 8y ago
Been an occasional long time user of clippingmagic, another tool made by this company. Great stuff
tasty_freeze 8y ago
A terrible user experience. Yes, it is very easy to upload a photo and see a vectorized version online. I understand they don't want to give away their services/product for free, and it would be reasonable for them to limit the size of the image, or the quality, or to add a watermark. Instead they show it to you, but to access it to really see what comes out means subscribing. The worst part is they don't even tell you how bit the resulting file is. They expect me to pay $200 or whatever to buy the product or sign up at $10/month before I can even find out what the resulting file size is?
- lousken 8y ago
  I agree, also if they don't want to download your files why not at least have some sample images so we can see the file sizes in general
  - hnnh44 8y ago
    It all depends how complex (eg. How many vectors) the image your use is. I'm sure it can range by 100x.
- hnnh44 8y ago
  I disagree. No one is entitled to free work. I have no use for a subscription, but I need 2 logos converted to vectors. I'll happily pay the $10 for that then cancel the subscription. Would a month access for $10 without a subscription be good? I think so. But he's obviously looking for customers with ongoing needs for the service.
djmips 8y ago
This just seems like a sneaky ad. How did this get this high up on HN. Seems fishy.
pbiggar 8y ago
This looks really cool. I remember in the early 2000s I wanted a tool to take the low quality real video versions of Family Guy cartoon that we all watched, and convert them to shiny vector-based flash. Glad to see tools exist to extract shapes from pixelation now.
- pbiggar 8y ago
  And here's a sample. I took a 256x256 image (https://c-sf.smule.com/sf/s78/arr/65/98/f10d1e00-e955-4e4b-afd5-c382ca0df268_256.jpg https://c-sf.smule.com/sf/s78/arr/65/98/f10d1e00-e955-4e4b-a...) where you can see the jpg artifacts, and ran it through. Outcome: https://imgur.com/a/dpysixt https://imgur.com/a/dpysixt Pretty good, imo!
skilled 8y ago
I like the idea of this and have to say, I wasn't expecting that much detail for some of the photos. But, something else that I wasn't expecting was the price... For this price, I could just hire someone from Fiverr to print out all the illustrations I need for the next year or two. Meaning, I cannot justify paying $300 for a full license, only to see myself using the product once or twice a week. As other said, this might just be an ad that managed to slip by.

38 points by mlejva 8y ago

Been an occasional long time user of clippingmagic, another tool made by this company. Great stuff

A terrible user experience. Yes, it is very easy to upload a photo and see a vectorized version online. I understand they don't want to give away their services/product for free, and it would be reasonable for them to limit the size of the image, or the quality, or to add a watermark. Instead they show it to you, but to access it to really see what comes out means subscribing. The worst part is they don't even tell you how bit the resulting file is. They expect me to pay $200 or whatever to buy the product or sign up at $10/month before I can even find out what the resulting file size is?

lousken 8y ago
I agree, also if they don't want to download your files why not at least have some sample images so we can see the file sizes in general
- hnnh44 8y ago
  It all depends how complex (eg. How many vectors) the image your use is. I'm sure it can range by 100x.
hnnh44 8y ago
I disagree. No one is entitled to free work. I have no use for a subscription, but I need 2 logos converted to vectors. I'll happily pay the $10 for that then cancel the subscription. Would a month access for $10 without a subscription be good? I think so. But he's obviously looking for customers with ongoing needs for the service.

djmips 8y ago

This just seems like a sneaky ad. How did this get this high up on HN. Seems fishy.

pbiggar 8y ago

This looks really cool. I remember in the early 2000s I wanted a tool to take the low quality real video versions of Family Guy cartoon that we all watched, and convert them to shiny vector-based flash. Glad to see tools exist to extract shapes from pixelation now.

pbiggar 8y ago
And here's a sample. I took a 256x256 image (https://c-sf.smule.com/sf/s78/arr/65/98/f10d1e00-e955-4e4b-afd5-c382ca0df268_256.jpg https://c-sf.smule.com/sf/s78/arr/65/98/f10d1e00-e955-4e4b-a...) where you can see the jpg artifacts, and ran it through. Outcome: https://imgur.com/a/dpysixt https://imgur.com/a/dpysixt Pretty good, imo!

skilled 8y ago

I like the idea of this and have to say, I wasn't expecting that much detail for some of the photos. But, something else that I wasn't expecting was the price... For this price, I could just hire someone from Fiverr to print out all the illustrations I need for the next year or two. Meaning, I cannot justify paying $300 for a full license, only to see myself using the product once or twice a week. As other said, this might just be an ad that managed to slip by.