Digitizer (formerly VKDigitizer)

The computer can be used in a large variety of domains of activity, especially because of accuracy, and processing power. One aspect in particular is used to represent data sets in charts, and other visual forms. However, acquiring such images from some sources might miss out important numerical values, which can easily be brought back through applications like Digitizer.

Can be used on the go

A neat advantage is that you don’t even have to install the application for it to properly function, which means you can run it from the moment download is finished, and even carry around on a USB flash drive. However, you need to make sure the target computer is fitted with .NET Framework for all to run as intended, but modern Windows iterations come with the feature packed by default.
Upon launch, a compact main window shows up, but it can be resized for more view space. Most of the main window is taken up by the canvas, where pictures you load show up, but they’re interactive. Moreover, general tools can easily be accessed from the upper toolbars, most of which need to be used with the mouse directly on the picture.

Load pictures, set points, and export values

Digitizer isn’t your ordinary image editing application. Its core function is to actually help you obtain numerical values that are either difficult to identify or missing entirely from graphs and charts. This is done through various algorithms, with the result shown in a custom text format. The files you can load are BMP, PNG, GIF, and JPG, and this can be either done by dragging them over the main window, or using the built-in browse dialog.
The application relies on certain value point that need to be drawn on the image itself. These can be customized, both in terms of visual aspect, and density, having an impact on accuracy. However, there’s also the possibility to define a custom area of interest, pick a base color, and let the application attempt to detect value points.
Once this is done, the result can be copied to the clipboard to quickly insert in an open text editor or other projects. On the other hand, the export tool gives you the possibility to have a TXT file generated, with values separated either by period or comma.

To sum it up

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Digitizer is a practical application that can be used to reveal or recover numerical values for different data representation sets. Although it can be a bit confusing at first, the automated tool can help you define value points, with the possibility to export them in an organized format.