Comparison to
Adobe Live Trace
Adobe Live Trace
|
We compare against the Adobe Live Trace CS5, which is part of the commercial Adobe Illustrator software. Please note: most vectorization tools, such as Live Trace, are designed for much larger input images. In the paper we give a detailed explanation for why they perform less successfully on tiny pixel art inputs. The results below do not make a statement about the quality one can achieve on input images within the design range of these tools, they merely show that there is a need for specialized algorithms for very tiny images. It should also be noted that our algorithm does not generalize to large images with noise or anti-aliased edges. |
Yoshi 1
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Yoshi 2
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bowser
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Boo
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Dolphin
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Help
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Mario 2
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Mario and Yoshi 2
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Mushroom
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Yoshi 3
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Chest
Super Mario All Stars, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Peach 1
Super Mario All Stars, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Peach 2
Super Mario All Stars, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Mario
Super Mario Bros, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Mario and Yoshi
Super Mario World, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Toad
Super Mario All Stars, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Koopa
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, © Nintendo |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Invader 1
Space Invaders, © Taito |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Invader 2
Space Invaders, © Taito |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Invader 3
Space Invaders, © Taito |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Invader 4
Space Invaders, © Taito |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Invader 5
Space Invaders, © Taito |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Invader 6
Space Invaders, © Taito |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Grandpa
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Fake Sage Joch
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Rabite
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Randi 1
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Randi 2
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Salamando
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Broad Sword
Secret of Mana, © Square |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 1
Super Bomberman, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 2
Super Bomberman, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 3
Super Bomberman, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 4
Super Bomberman, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 5
Super Bomberman 4, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 6
Super Bomberman 4, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 7
Super Bomberman 4, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Bomber 8
Super Bomberman 4, © Hudson Soft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Axe Battler 1
Golden Axe 2, © Sega |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (4x) | Our Method (4x) | Live Trace (4x) |
Axe Battler 2
Golden Axe 2, © Sega |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Arc Skeleton
Golden Axe, © Sega |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (8x) | Our Method (8x) | Live Trace (8x) |
Critical Error
TOS Operating System, © Atari |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Save Icon
, © Artists Valley |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Cursor 1
Windows Vista, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Cursor 2
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
386 Enhanced
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Control Panel
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Fonts
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Keyboard
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Ports
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Setup
Windows 3.1, © Microsoft |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Baelog
Lost Vikings, © Blizzard |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Eric
Lost Vikings, © Blizzard |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |
Olaf
Lost Vikings, © Blizzard |
 |
 |
 |
| Input | Nearest (16x) | Our Method (16x) | Live Trace (16x) |