Image vectorization project

PBM to EPS image vectorization project

This program simplifies the contours of a PBM image and converts the result into an EPS file

How to use it

Make sure to compile the files before use with the command : make

Once compiled, all commands will run with the prefix ./main

The first command returns the image (PBM) information before any simplification :

./main -i <file.pbm>

The second command returns the image (PBM) information after simplification :

./main -ia <file.pbm> <simplification tolerance> <simplification degree>

There are three possible types of simplifications :

1 which corresponds to the douglas peucker algorithm with Bézier curves of degree 1 (segments)
2 which corresponds to the douglas peucker algorithm with Bézier curves of degree 2
3 which corresponds to the douglas peucker algorithm with Bézier curves of degree 3

The third command writes the outlines of the image to a text file:

./main -fa <file.pbm>

The fourth command writes the simplified outlines of the image to a text file:

./main -f <file.pbm> <simplification tolerance> <simplification degree>

The fifth command converts the simplified image to an .eps file:

./main -e <file.pbm> <simplification tolerance> <fill/stroke> <simplification degree>

There are two different options when converting to an eps file :

There are different unit tests to verify that our algorithm correctly simplifies the image contours

Command to run simplification tests with Bezier 2 curves : ./testunitaires_2

Command to run simplification tests with Bezier 3 curves : ./testunitaires_3

Command to run tests about image manipulation : ./test_image

Command to run test about geometric calculation : ./test_geom