Cat silhouette for vinyl: PNG to SVG example
A one-color sitting cat silhouette for a vinyl decal, traced with cutting mode.
- Scales to any size
- One file from a favicon to a poster
- Editable shapes
- 2
- Colors you can swap
- 2
- File size
- 13 KB SVG
The original PNG is 20 KB. To print it 4000 px wide as a PNG you would need a 442 KB file (33x the SVG), and it would still be an enlarged copy of the same pixels. The SVG stays this size at every size.
Each of the 2 colors in the file is a value you can change, so the whole image recolors instantly. A PNG can only be recolored by repainting it.
Same file, any size
The SVG is drawn fresh at every size. The PNG can only be stretched or squeezed, shown here without smoothing so you see its real pixels.
Favicon, 16 px
Card, 200 px
Poster, 4000 px wide
A window of the print at full size, around the same detail.
The numbers
| Input | PNG, 1000 × 1000 px, transparent |
|---|---|
| Original file | 20 KB |
| SVG file | 13 KB (66% of the original) |
| Paths | 2 |
| Anchor points | 384 |
| Solid colors | 2 |
| Gradients | 0 |
| Vectorizer mode | Cutting mode |
| Processing time | 12.3 s |
| PNG at 4000 px wide | 442 KB |
Processing time is the full request measured from the browser side, upload included. The SVG is published exactly as the vectorizer returned it.
What the vectorizer did
- The whole cat is 2 paths on a white background: about as simple as a cut file gets, and quick to weed.
- The eyes are cut-outs in the black shape (even-odd fill), so they cut as holes rather than as separate pieces.
- The outline is smooth, with no stair-stepping from the pixels of the source.
Working on something similar? Read more on the SVG cut files for Cricut page.
