Loads images and exports traced outlines as image/svg+xml URL-encoded data

Image Trace Loader

Loads images and exports traced outlines as image/svg+xml URL-encoded data

Install

npm install --save-dev image-trace-loader

Inspiration

I saw Mikael Ainalem’s fantastic CodePen showcasing this technique, and I wanted a way to automate the process.

Usage

The image-trace-loader loads your image and exports the url of the image as src and the image/svg+xml URL-encoded data as trace.

import { src, trace } from './image.png';

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.(gif|png|jpe?g)$/i,
        use: [
          {
            loader: 'image-trace-loader'
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

It can also be used in conjunction with url-loader or file-loader.

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.(gif|png|jpe?g)$/i,
        use: [
          {
            loader: 'image-trace-loader'
          },
          {
            loader: 'url-loader',
            options: {
              limit: 8192
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Options

The loader options allows you to specify values for all the parameters of the Potrace class, with the addition of skipTraceIfBase64.