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This is probably impossible; if so, please just say it is. =)

I've done a few drawings/diagrams in TikZ, and I find it very cool, but also a lot of work for a somewhat simple image. However, I do not want to give in to other, worse formats to make a picture. So I was wondering: is it possible to give some program a picture (could be something other than LaTeX), have it get the necessary points from the picture, upload it to LaTeX, and end up with a TikZ picture that at most I have to color (bonus points if it can do that, too).

I apologize if this is ridiculous (seeing as I'm new to LaTeX/TikZ, it probably is); I can delete it if I'm requested to. I'm just wondering if it's possible.

Thanks!

auden
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Yes, what you want is more than is reasonably possible. However, there are gui programs that produce tikz code. See this list of such programs.

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  • Thank you! That will be useful. However, I didn't see any mention of something that carried out what I described (put in a picture, get a TikZ file out, basically). And, I guess, I was also kind of hoping that if it was possible, someone could describe (in a nutshell, I can figure out details) how to do it... – auden Aug 09 '16 at 19:39
  • That's because such a program doesn't exist afaik. – JPi Aug 09 '16 at 19:42
  • Um...in your answer you said it was. – auden Aug 09 '16 at 19:46
  • And it doesn't need to be a program; it could be a specific command in a program... – auden Aug 09 '16 at 19:46
  • I said that what you want is more than is reasonably possible. – JPi Aug 09 '16 at 19:46
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    Oh, I see, I misunderstood your phrase. Okay, sorry. – auden Aug 09 '16 at 19:48
  • No worries and good luck. – JPi Aug 09 '16 at 19:48