Gradient shield icon: PNG to SVG example
A blue gradient shield with a green check mark, from the illustrations on this site.
- Scales to any size
- One file from a favicon to a poster
- Editable shapes
- 54
- Colors you can swap
- 12+ 14 gradients
- File size
- 61 KB SVG
The original PNG is 126 KB. To print it 4000 px wide as a PNG you would need a 1.74 MB file (29x 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 12 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, 1024 × 1024 px, transparent |
|---|---|
| Original file | 126 KB |
| SVG file | 61 KB (49% of the original) |
| Paths | 54 |
| Anchor points | 1,394 |
| Solid colors | 12 |
| Gradients | 14 |
| Vectorizer mode | Default |
| Processing time | 2.2 s |
| PNG at 4000 px wide | 1.74 MB |
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 blue to cyan shading on the shield came back as 14 SVG gradients instead of stepped color bands.
- The thin orange offset behind the check mark is kept as its own shape.
- The SVG is about half the size of the PNG.
Working on something similar? Read more on the PNG to SVG converter page.
