Ask HN: How to Systematically Turn Bitmaps into Beautiful Vector Graphics? I've done plenty of work with web graphics, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc., but I have a problem that's trickier than anything I've dealt with before. Not only do I now know who to solve it, I don't know who to ask how to solve it. Here's the issue... I work for a theater nonprofit. I have a bunch of bitmap images of Broadway theater seating charts. I want to turn these seating charts into beautiful vector graphics to make interactive seating charts for our website. I could go image-by-image and try to recreate each one in Illustrator by hand, but that would take forever. I'd like to build a systematic way to take a bitmap seating chart and convert it into a vector graphic that captures the shapes of each seating section. What's the best way to go about doing this? I realize the solution is complex and probably can't be answered on a HN post, but I'd just like to know what resources I can turn to. What folks would know about this sort of thing? |