GPencil: New Trace images using Potrace

This patch adds a new operator to convert a black and white image into
grease pencil strokes.

If the image is not B/W, an internal conversion is done.

This is the first operator using Potrace, but we expect to add more features in next Blender versions.

Reviewed By: HooglyBoogly

Maniphest Tasks: T79877

Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8951

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/python/intern/CMakeLists.txt
index febb0d1cad5..772b31fd9d8 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -341,5 +341,8 @@ if(WITH_XR_OPENXR)
   add_definitions(-DWITH_XR_OPENXR)
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_POTRACE)
+  add_definitions(-DWITH_POTRACE)
+endif()
 
 blender_add_lib(bf_python "${SRC}" "${INC}" "${INC_SYS}" "${LIB}")
diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app_build_options.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app_build_options.c
index cc97f6dec94..e3bd7d25806 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app_build_options.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_app_build_options.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static PyStructSequence_Field app_builtopts_info_fields[] = {
     {"usd", NULL},
     {"fluid", NULL},
     {"xr_openxr", NULL},
+    {"potrace", NULL},
     {NULL},
 };
 
@@ -282,6 +283,12 @@ static PyObject *make_builtopts_info(void)
   SetObjIncref(Py_False);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef WITH_POTRACE
+  SetObjIncref(Py_True);
+#else
+  SetObjIncref(Py_False);
+#endif
+
 #undef SetObjIncref
 
   return builtopts_info;