ooohhh and wat do you think about vector magicc??? it seems economical
Vector Magic | Precision Bitmap to Vector Conversion Online
Vector Magic | Precision Bitmap to Vector Conversion Online
The shortcut to trace bitmap in Inkscape is: SHIFT + ALT + Btry inkscape.... it's free.....(inkscape.org)
save from GIMP a bitmap of your image.
bring it to INKSCAPE.....select image and hit ALT + CTRL + B... it will bring you to TRACE BITMAP window....you can play with the configuration a little bit or use whatever the default setting....hit OK.... you're done. bitmap vectorized.
here's a good quick guide to inkscape... a Quick Guide to Inkscape
ops! yes my mistake... it's actually SHIFT + ALT + B....(NOT CTRL + ALT + B)... that was a good catch, NAGA... thanks...The shortcut to trace bitmap in Inkscape is: SHIFT + ALT + B
The trace bitmap in Inkscape is actually the Potrace program, extended to do multichannel tracing.