Image to SVG

Convert raster images to geometrical primitives. Implemented using C# and Skia Sharp.

Original

Recreated with 2000 shapes

Features

• Set number of generated shapes
• Downscale image before processing
• Specify parameters of generation:
  • Count of new shapes per step
  • Number of mutations
  • Number of generations
• Save as .svg file
• Save generation progress as .webm file

Getting started

Prerequisites

The project is written in C#, so .NET 6.0 or higher is needed. Some third-party packages are used, that can be downloaded with the following command:

dotnet restore

FFMPEG

To save .webm animations FFMPEG binary is required. It can be found here. Then place binary in any folder you want and copy its path. Run the init command using the copied path:

dotnet run init <path>

Note

If you aren't going to generate animations, instead type anything into path.

Run the project

After initialization there are two folders: /images and /results. All images that are saved in the first folder are visible to the program. Second one contains generated .svgs and .webm animations.

Important

Results with the same name will be overwritten!

The signature of running command is following:

dotnet run <filename> [options]

Where filename is the name of file, saved in /images folder.

Options

To invoke help page (and see default values) run:

dotnet run -- -h

Option	Description
--count	Count of generated shapes.
--scale	Rescale factor of image.
--samples	Generated shape samples on start.
--mutations	Mutations per generation.
--generations	Number of generations.
--frames	Frame rate in animation (0 is no animation).