Image to SVG Converter

Convert Image to SVG Online

This converter traces your image and rebuilds it as a true SVG — real vector paths and curves, not the original pixels wrapped inside an SVG file. It accepts a wide range of raster sources (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, HEIC, ICO, PSD, and common camera RAW formats among them) and runs the open-source vtracer engine on whatever you upload. Tracing produces clean, infinitely scalable output for logos, icons, line art, and flat high-contrast graphics; it does a poor job on photographs, which it approximates as posterized color blobs in a bloated file. If your source is a photo, keep it as a raster instead of vectorizing it.

How to Convert an Image to SVG

1. Upload Your Image File: Drag and drop your file onto the page, or click "+ Add Files" to browse. You can queue several images and trace them with the same setting.
2. Set Number Precision: Open Advanced Options and adjust the Number precision slider (1–10, default 6). This sets how many decimal places the traced path coordinates keep — lower shrinks the file, higher retains fine detail. A value of 4–6 suits most artwork.
3. Start From a Clean Source (Optional): Tracing follows exactly what is in the image. A sharp, high-contrast graphic with a small palette traces far more cleanly than a busy or photographic one.
4. Convert and Download: Click "Convert" and download your SVG. No sign-up, no watermark.

What Traces Well vs. Poorly

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this embed the image inside an SVG or actually vectorize it?

It vectorizes. The converter runs the open-source vtracer engine, which traces shapes and edges and rebuilds the image as real SVG paths and Bézier curves — it does not base64-encode the original pixels into an <image> tag. The output is genuinely resolution-independent for suitable artwork, rather than the same raster picture in a new container.

Which image formats can I convert to SVG here?

A broad set of raster formats, including PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, HEIC/HEIF, PSD, and many camera RAW types (NEF, CR2, CR3, ARW, DNG, RAF, and others). Whatever you upload is rasterized as needed and then traced into vector paths. For the cleanest trace, a lossless source like PNG beats a lossy JPG of the same artwork.

Will a photograph convert to a clean, scalable vector?

No. Photographs have continuous tones and millions of colors, so tracing approximates them as many flat color shapes — the result looks posterized and inaccurate, and the file is often far larger than the original. Tracing is designed for logos, icons, and line art with limited colors and clear edges. For a photo, keep a raster format such as Image to PNG.

What value should I use for Number precision?

For most artwork, 4–6 is the sweet spot — crisp paths at a reasonable file size. Drop toward 1–3 when you need the smallest possible file and can accept slightly rounded coordinates; only push toward 8–10 if you genuinely need sub-pixel accuracy, since beyond 6 the extra decimals usually add bytes without a visible change. Precision does not add detail the trace did not find — if the output looks blobby, the fix is a cleaner, higher-contrast source.

Can browsers and design apps open the resulting SVG?

Yes. SVG is a W3C XML-based standard supported by Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge — caniuse reports roughly 97% global browser support — and it imports into Illustrator, Inkscape, Figma, and most vector editors. In our testing, a flat two-color logo traced at precision 5 produced a compact SVG that opened identically in the browser and in Inkscape. If you later need a flat image back, the reverse SVG to PNG conversion rasterizes it cleanly.

Is my file kept private?

Yes. Your image is uploaded over an encrypted connection, traced on our servers, and deleted automatically a few hours after conversion — no sign-up, no watermark, and nothing is shared or made public.