PNG to SVG

About converting PNG to SVG

A PNG is made of pixels. Make it bigger and the edges turn blurry and blocky. An SVG is made of shapes — lines, curves and fills — so it stays sharp at any size: on a business card, a T-shirt or a huge banner.

This tool traces your PNG: it finds the areas of each colour and draws them as smooth vector shapes. The result is a real SVG you can scale, edit in a vector program, or send to a cutting machine.

Everything happens in your browser. Your image is never uploaded.

Features

• Real vector output — shapes and curves, not a PNG wrapped in an SVG file
• Three starting points — logo or icon, line drawing, or detailed art
• Colours you choose — fewer colours give cleaner shapes
• Leave the background out — a white or flat background is dropped, for a transparent SVG
• Smoothing and detail — round off jagged edges, or keep small details
• Side by side — compare the PNG and the SVG before you download
• Download or copy — save the .svg file or copy the code

What PNG to SVG works best for

• Logos and icons with a few flat colours
• Line drawings, signatures and hand-drawn sketches
• Text and lettering for a cutting machine (vinyl, paper, stencils)
• Simple clip art and stickers

It does not work well for photos. A photo has millions of colours, so tracing gives thousands of small blobs — a huge file that is no sharper than the PNG.

Tips for a clean trace

• Start from the biggest, sharpest PNG you have. A tiny, blurry logo gives wobbly shapes.
• Pick Logo or icon and lower the number of colours to the real number in your logo.
• Tick Leave the background out for a logo on white, so the SVG is transparent.
• Zoom in on the SVG side to check the edges before you download.

How to use it

• Click Click to upload, or drag your PNG onto the box
• Pick what it is: Logo or icon, Line drawing or Detailed art
• Set the number of colours and tick Leave the background out if you need it
• Press Convert to SVG and compare the two pictures
• Click Download SVG, or Copy SVG code

Frequently asked questions

Is the SVG a real vector?

Yes. The tool traces the PNG into vector paths. You can scale the SVG to any size, change colours in a vector editor, and use it with a cutting machine.

Can I convert a transparent PNG to SVG?

Yes. Transparent areas stay empty in the SVG. For a PNG with a white background, tick Leave the background out to drop it.

Will it work for Cricut or other cutting machines?

Yes, for simple images: lettering, logos and line art. Use few colours and check the shapes. Cutting software then imports the .svg file.

Why is my SVG file so big?

The image has too much detail or too many colours — usually a photo. Lower the number of colours, or use a simpler image.

Related tools

• Image to SVG — the same tracer, for JPG, WebP and GIF too
• SVG to PNG — the other direction, an SVG back to a PNG
• SVG Color Changer — change the colours of your new SVG
• Remove Background — cut the background out first
• Stencil Maker — turn text or a picture into a cutting stencil