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PerfectVector rebuilds your image as crisp, scalable vector art. Sharp at any size, anywhere.
You do not have to replace your vector editor to try another tracing method. Choose whether the trace should happen inside Inkscape or arrive there as an SVG handoff.
Place the image on the Inkscape canvas and open Path > Trace Bitmap.
Pick brightness, edge, color, autotrace, or centerline behavior and adjust the relevant options.
Review the configured preview, apply the trace, and separate it from the original raster.
Continue editing, simplifying, recoloring, or redrawing inside the same Inkscape document.
Start with the image you planned to trace instead of choosing a scan mode first.
Check the silhouette, gaps, colors, small details, transparency, and visible path structure.
Vectorizing and preview are free and unlimited. Spend one credit only on a finished result you want.
Open the SVG in Inkscape and use its full editing tools for the refinements the job still needs.
Comparison boundary: This map compares the sequence of work. It does not claim that either tracer always produces better paths, needs less cleanup, or finishes faster.
PerfectVector offers a focused browser trace and protected preview. Trace Bitmap is built into a complete open-source vector editor. Either route can end in the same Inkscape finishing workflow.
Choose the actual raster and note what must survive: silhouette, gaps, colors, transparency, lettering, and small details.
Upload the source and examine the protected result. Vectorizing and preview are free and unlimited, so this step does not spend a credit.
If you need a specific scan mode, threshold, centerline result, or a completely local workflow, run the source through Trace Bitmap too.
Unlock the PerfectVector result only if it fits, then open the SVG in Inkscape. Otherwise keep the Inkscape trace and tune it there.
The research team continuously advancing PerfectVector's in-house vectorization engine
PerfectVector is developed in-house by Rastrix Inc. Its researchers bring 10+ years of combined research and industry experience in deep learning and computer vision.
Our researchers hold every vector to a high standard. They design new methods, review results, and continuously improve how PerfectVector reconstructs shapes, edges, colors, and fine detail.
This table compares documented product scope, workflow, controls, and access. It does not rank output quality or name a speed winner.
| Decision point | PerfectVector | Inkscape Trace Bitmap |
|---|---|---|
| Product scope | A focused browser workflow for vectorizing an existing raster, inspecting a protected preview, and unlocking a finished result. | A bitmap-tracing feature inside Inkscape's broader free and open-source vector graphics editor. |
| Where the work happens | Upload the source to a browser-based service, inspect the result, then hand the SVG to a vector editor. | Import the source, trace it, and continue editing within the desktop application on GNU/Linux, Windows, or macOS. |
| Before the trace | Start the focused automatic vectorizer, then use the protected preview as the decision point. | Choose a tracing mode and options, then update the preview before applying the trace. |
| Trace controls | You see and inspect the automatic result instead of choosing a scan mode first. | The manual documents brightness cutoff, edge detection, color quantization, autotrace, centerline, and multiple-scan choices. |
| After the trace | Unlock the result you want and continue refining the SVG in Inkscape or another vector application. | The paths already sit in the Inkscape document, ready for its drawing, node, color, and layout tools. |
| Cost and access | Vectorize and inspect protected previews for free with no usage limit. The first finished-result unlock costs one credit. | Inkscape is free and open source under the GNU GPL. Trace Bitmap is included in the application. |
| Best fit | You want to judge an automatic browser result first and use SVG as the handoff to later editing. | You want a local desktop workflow, manual tracing controls, centerline options, or full vector editing in the same app. |
PerfectVector is an alternative to the Trace Bitmap step, not a replacement for Inkscape's full vector-editing environment. Test the same source and inspect the chosen SVG in its real downstream workflow.
We reviewed Inkscape's current product description and official tracing manual, together with PerfectVector's current product contracts and Rastrix's public team description.
We did not complete a retained same-input benchmark or repeated timing test. This page therefore does not compare fidelity, path or node counts, editability, cleanup time, speed, or output quality.
PerfectVector is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Inkscape or its contributors. Inkscape and Trace Bitmap are named only to help visitors compare the overlapping raster-to-vector workflows.
I'd tried everything and been let down every time — I'd given up, figuring today's tech just couldn't do this. And you actually built it. If this is real, it's genuinely incredible.
It converts at even better quality than I expected — it preserves the character of the original better than anything else I've tried.
PerfectVector is impressively fast, and the output quality is already very good. With a bit more refinement it could easily compete with the leading tools.
Way more detailed than I expected. Opening Illustrator to convert every single time was such a chore — bookmarked.
Tried it — it's accurate. Simple images actually expose detail differences more than complex ones do, and this nails them.
Vectorizing and preview are always free and unlimited — you only spend a credit when you download a finished file.
Try it out, casual use
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For regular design work
100 credits a month · about $0.12 per download
For power users & studios
500 credits a month · about $0.05 per download
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Vectorizing and preview are always free and unlimited — you only spend a credit when you download a finished file.
Unlimited vectorizing & preview
