Image tracer / Alok Pepakayala

Data visualization/Interactive media and full-stack data science web app developer.

Published

Edited

Mar 3, 2022

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image = FileAttachment("squirtle.png").image()

polygon_points = getImageOutline(image)

svg = {

var w = d3.max(polygon_points, (d) => d.x);

var h = d3.max(polygon_points, (d) => d.y);

var first_point = polygon_points[0];

var last_point = polygon_points[polygon_points.length - 1];

return html`<svg viewbox="0 0 ${w} ${h}" width="300">

<path d="M ${first_point.x} ${first_point.y}

${polygon_points.map((p) => ` L ${p.x} ${p.y}`)}

L ${last_point.x} ${last_point.y}"/>

</svg>`;

}

image_to_svg(await FileAttachment("squirtle.png").image())

image_to_svg = (img) => {

var polygon_points = getImageOutline(img);

var w = d3.max(polygon_points, (d) => d.x);

var h = d3.max(polygon_points, (d) => d.y);

var first_point = polygon_points[0];

var last_point = polygon_points[polygon_points.length - 1];

return html`<svg viewbox="0 0 ${w} ${h}" width="300">

<path d="M ${first_point.x} ${first_point.y}

${polygon_points.map((p) => ` L ${p.x} ${p.y}`)}

L ${last_point.x} ${last_point.y}"/>

</svg>`;

}

getImageOutline = (

await import("https://cdn.skypack.dev/image-outline@0.1.0?min")

).default

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