Autotrace Scanner Darkly Effect

Something fun to do on a Friday afternoon..

A quick hack to make a photo look like something out of the movie Scanner Darkly.. also known as a Rotoscoping effect.

All you need is Autotrace and Inkscape.

apt-get install autotrace
autotrace -despeckle-level 15 -input-format JPG -output-file lh.svg -output-format svg mymugshot.jpg

This gives you an svg file which you can play with in Inkscape before exporting to PNG.