Vectorize an image online. Drop a PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF or BMP below and it is traced into vector paths. Your first conversion needs no account.
Drop an image here to vectorize it.
PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF or BMP, up to 20 MB
A raster image is a grid of pixels, and enlarging it makes the pixels show. Vectorizing traces the image into shapes instead. Each region of color becomes a path with a fill, and soft shading can become an SVG gradient. The result is one file that scales to any size.
The script lettering further down is a 12 KB SVG at any size. Enlarged to 4,000 px wide as a PNG, it is 870 KB, and still the same pixels made bigger.
Images made of shapes vectorize best: logos, icons, lettering, flat illustrations and line art. Photos work too, but they turn into many more shapes and a larger file.
Files under about 3 MB go to the converter as they are, except GIF and BMP, which are converted first.
Two of these were traced in General mode, and the other three in Cutting, Laser and Screen print, one each. All five started as PNG files in the examples gallery.
Script lettering in 3 colors: background, navy and red. Thin hairlines in the script stay connected, and the SVG has exactly the 3 colors of the original.
A busy illustration with glows and sparkles. The glow around the platform is traced as gradients, 65 in the whole file, and the parrot's feathers stay separate shapes. The SVG is still a bit smaller than the PNG.
A one-color silhouette for vinyl, traced in Cutting mode. It came back as 2 paths on a white background, and the eyes are holes in the black shape, made with an even-odd fill.
Line art for engraving, traced in Laser mode. It came back as 3 compound paths in 2 colors, two dark and one light, on a background rectangle. The petals and dots keep even line weights.
A tee design drawn for three inks, traced in Screen print mode. It returned 7 paths with 6 solid colors and 1 gradient: the inks and the background, plus 2 light tints along the sun rays and a faint gradient on one navy area. Merge the tints and fill the gradient area with a solid color before you separate.
Every conversion starts in General. To try another mode, pick it under Trace mode in the editor. A mode you haven't tried on this image traces it again and counts as a conversion; switching back to one you already tried does not. Mode traces take longer: in the gallery they took 12 to 41 seconds, against 1 to 4 seconds for General.
The editor opens with your image traced. Before you download, you can change it:
SVG is the traced file. PNG is rendered from it at 2,048 px wide. AI and PDF keep the vector paths; the AI file is PDF-based. DXF has outlines only, for laser and CNC software (see image to DXF). EPS holds a rendered image up to 1,024 px wide, so for print send PDF or AI (see image to PDF). Pro can download all six in one zip.
For more than a handful of images, use the API or the MCP server. Both are part of Pro and use the same monthly allowance as the site. POST /api/agent/vectorize converts one image and allows 10 requests a minute. POST /api/agent/batch traces up to 10 images in one request and returns a batch ID, and GET /api/agent/batch/{id} gives links to the finished SVGs. Each image costs one credit.
The MCP server gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients the same tools, including batch_vectorize and remove_background. See the developer docs and the MCP guide.
PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF or BMP, up to 20 MB. Choose a file to start the upload.