Free tool / SVG conversion
Image Vectorizer — convert an image to SVG
Turn a pixel image into a vector: a logo that scales from favicon to billboard without going blurry. Upload a PNG or JPG, pick a preset, and download an SVG — traced entirely in your browser.
Local vector tracing bench
ImageTracer 1.2.6 · public-domain license · processing stays in this tab
Choose a logo, icon, or illustration
Tracing works best on clean shapes with limited colors. Complex photos produce large, noisy SVGs.
Drop, browse, or paste an image
STEP BY STEP
How to vectorize an image
Upload the image
Best inputs: logos, icons, diagrams, and drawings with clear, flat colors. PNG with a clean background works especially well.
Pick a preset
“Logo” for few colors and crisp edges, “Illustration” for richer artwork, “Black & white” for scans and line drawings.
Tune the colors
Fewer colors give a cleaner, lighter, easier-to-edit SVG. Add colors back only if something important disappears.
Preview and download
Zoom the live SVG preview against the original, then download a file that scales to any size forever.
SEE THE RESULT
Examples that make the workflow clearer
A raster mark becomes scalable paths
This clean, limited-color mark is the kind of source the Logo preset traces best.
Before
AfterREAL-WORLD USES
When you need an image as SVG
Rescuing a logo
The classic case: the company logo exists only as a small PNG from an old email, and the printer or web developer is asking for a vector file.
Cutting machines and engraving
Craft cutters and laser engravers follow vector paths. A traced SVG turns a drawing into something a machine can cut.
Crisp graphics at every size
Icons and illustrations on a website stay sharp on every screen density as SVG — and often weigh less than the PNG they came from.
WHAT YOU GET
Image vectorizer features
Three tuned presets
Logo, illustration, and black-and-white modes set sensible tracing behavior for each kind of artwork — no cryptic parameters to decode.
Side-by-side preview
Compare the traced SVG against the original at any zoom before downloading, so surprises happen on screen, not in production.
Transparency preserved
A logo on a transparent background comes out as an SVG with a transparent background, ready to drop onto anything.
Runs on your device
The tracing engine is bundled with this page and processes your image locally — unreleased brand assets never leave your machine.
01 / FIELD NOTE
What vectorizing can and can’t do
Tracing redraws areas of similar color as geometric shapes. That’s why it shines on flat-color artwork and struggles with photographs — a photo has millions of subtle gradients, and tracing it produces either a stylized poster effect or a huge, messy file. For photos, that stylized look might even be what you want; just don’t expect a faithful reproduction.
Quality in, quality out: a sharp 800px logo traces beautifully, while a blurry 100px one gives wobbly edges. If your only copy is tiny, run it through the AI Image Upscaler first, then vectorize the sharper version.
NEXT / WORKFLOW
Related tools
Image Converter
Convert between JPG, PNG, and WebP — in your browser.
PNG to JPG
Get a smaller JPG and choose the color behind transparency.
Image Upscaler
Increase resolution when ordinary resizing is not enough.
Background Remover
Create a clean transparent cutout in one click.
Image Cropper
Crop to any ratio, or cut a circle with a transparent background.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Image to SVG — common questions
What is the difference between an SVG and a PNG?
A PNG stores pixels — zoom in far enough and it goes blurry. An SVG stores shapes as math, so it stays perfectly sharp at any size, from a 16px favicon to a truck wrap. That’s why print shops and developers ask for vectors.
Can I vectorize a photo?
You can, but the result is a poster-style simplification, not a faithful photo — tracing works with flat color regions. It’s great as an artistic effect and unsuitable for making photos “scalable”.
Will the SVG match my logo’s colors exactly?
The tracer picks the dominant colors from your image, and you control how many it keeps. For brand-exact colors, open the SVG in any editor afterwards — each color is a simple fill you can set to the official hex value.
Can I edit the SVG afterwards?
Yes — that’s a big part of the point. The output opens in Illustrator, Inkscape, Figma, and even a text editor. Every shape is a separate path you can recolor, move, or delete.
Is my artwork uploaded to be traced?
No. The tracing library is part of this page and runs in your browser. Neither the image nor the resulting SVG is sent to us — safe for unreleased designs.
AI, when the task calls for it
Logo too small or fuzzy to trace well?
Tracing amplifies whatever it is given. Upscale the source with AI first, then vectorize the clean version for smoother paths.
Upscale it first