Overview
What is Arkan?
Automatic B-spline tool for fast, intuitive and qualitative contour and mask outlining. Arkan is designed to convert border of a raster mask (selection of an object in scene) or any closed polyline into B-spline representation.
In depth
A closer look at Arkan
Arkan is designed to convert border of a raster mask (selection of an object in scene) or any closed polyline into B-spline (piecewise cubic Bezier curve) representation spread widely in vector graphics packages. Arkan chooses the best position both for node points (junctions of adjacent Bezier polynomial pieces) and for control points, which don?t lie on the curve but only affects its shape. Minimum description length approach powers the program. In addition to its unique outlining capabilities Arkan features nice and friendly user interface (see screenshot).It?s typical task in computer graphics to describe contour of raster masks in terms of a set of cubic Bezier curves. For example, to allow changing (interpolation) of the mask during the time in a compositing environment, such as Adobe After Effects. Currently this task is performed manually for many frames and it?s really painful even for a skilled computer designer.
Requirements
System requirements
Pentium III, 128 Mb
Verdict
Should you download Arkan?
Arkan runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 1483 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Graphics Conversion.
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At a glance
Arkan specifications
- Last updated
- Feb 3, 2025
- Requirements
- Pentium III, 128 Mb
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 1483 KB
- Price
- Free
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