Turn a PNG picture into a real vector SVG file in your browser, free and without sign-up. Your image never leaves your device.
A PNG is made of pixels. An SVG is made of paths: mathematical curves that a screen can redraw at any size without going blurry. That difference is why logos, icons and simple graphics belong in SVG form. This tool turns a PNG image into a real SVG file, right in your browser, with no sign-up and no upload to a server.
Be clear about what happens here, because many converters cheat. This tool does not just wrap your PNG inside an SVG shell. It traces the image into genuine vector paths, using a tracing engine that runs on your own device. The result is a file you can scale, recolour and edit like any other vector graphic.
How to use the converter
- Drop a PNG image onto the upload area, or click it to choose a file. Other common image files are accepted too.
- Choose Curves: Smooth for flowing shapes, or Sharp corners for blocky, geometric art.
- Choose Small spots: keep every tiny detail, or filter out small specks with the Normal or Strong setting.
- Choose Background: keep transparency, or place the image on white or black.
- Choose Output size, then click Convert to SVG.
- Preview the vector result next to your original, then click Download SVG or Copy SVG code.
Your image never leaves your device. The tracing runs in your browser, so the tool works on a phone, tablet or computer, but it does need an internet connection the first time it loads the tracing engine.
Worked example: a simple logo
Imagine a small business logo: a solid black circle with a white star cut out, on a transparent background, 400 pixels wide. As a PNG, it looks fine at 400 pixels. Blow it up to 4,000 pixels for a banner, and the edges turn soft and blocky, because the PNG only holds 400 pixels of information across.
Run it through this tool with Smooth curves, transparency kept, and size 1x. The tracer follows the edge of the circle and the points of the star and writes them as vector paths. The downloaded SVG now describes shapes, not pixels. Open it at 400 pixels or at 4,000 pixels and the edges stay perfectly sharp, because the screen redraws the same curves at whatever size you ask. The tool also reports how many paths it created and how large the SVG file is, so you can see at once whether the result is clean or over-detailed.
The same example shows the tool at its best and its limit. A flat logo with a few colours traces into a small, clean file. A photograph, with thousands of shades and soft gradients, traces into a stylised poster-style version instead. That is not a failure: it is what tracing means. Photographs are not meant to become vectors.
Where a PNG to SVG converter is useful
- Logos and branding: one SVG file serves a business card and a billboard.
- Icons and web graphics: crisp at every screen size, with small file sizes.
- Cutting and engraving: craft cutters and laser tools work from paths, not pixels.
- Print work: sharp output at any print size, without re-drawing the artwork.
- Editing old art: turning a flat scan of a simple drawing into shapes you can recolour.
Honest limitations
First, large images are reduced to 1,200 pixels on their longest side before tracing, so extreme detail is lost before tracing even starts. Second, gradients, shadows and photographic texture are approximated as flat colour regions, so photos come out stylised. Third, very busy images can produce huge SVG files with thousands of paths, which are slow to open and hard to edit. For those, choose the Strong small-spot filter, or simplify the image first.
Fourth, the tracing engine loads from a public code library over the internet, so if that library is unreachable, the conversion cannot start. And finally, an automatic trace is a starting point, not finished artwork: for a final logo, open the SVG in an editor such as Inkscape or Illustrator and tidy the paths by hand.
Frequently asked questions
Is the output a real vector file?
Yes. The tool traces edges into path shapes. It does not embed your PNG picture inside the SVG. You can open the file, select the shapes and change their colours.
Does it keep transparency?
Yes, if you leave Background set to Keep transparent. Transparent areas of your PNG stay transparent in the SVG. Choose White or Black only if you want a solid background added.
Can I edit the result in Inkscape or Illustrator?
Yes. The downloaded file is a standard SVG. Open it in any vector editor to move points, change colours or delete stray paths.
Why does my photo look like a poster?
Because tracing turns smooth photographic shading into flat colour regions. That stylised look is expected. For photos, a PNG or JPEG is usually the better format, and tracing is best kept for logos, icons and flat art.