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Free raster to vector converter
PNG to SVG converter - real vectors, free
Upload a PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP and get it traced into true vector paths. Recolour it, scale it to a billboard, feed it to the rest of your brand kit - no signup, nothing stored.
Direct answer: tracing converts bitmap regions into SVG path geometry - perfect for logos and marks, not for photos.
Free tool - no account
Convert a raster image to SVG
Your PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP is traced into real vector paths - geometry you can recolour and scale to any size, not a bitmap wrapped in an SVG. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Trace mode
Switch mode after a trace to re-run it on the same image.
Advanced controls - optional, defaults shown
These are VTracer's classic controls. Touching any of them switches off the curated preset, which sets its own smoothing.
Discards blobs smaller than this many pixels. Raise it to clean up noise and JPEG artefacts.
Bits of colour kept per channel. Below 4 the image collapses into a few flat regions.
Colour distance between stacked layers. Raise it to merge close shades into fewer layers.
Angle below which a corner is smoothed into a curve. Lower is rounder, higher keeps sharp points.
Shortest path segment allowed. Raise it for fewer, longer curves and a much smaller file.
Angle at which adjacent curves are spliced into one. Raise it to simplify busy outlines.
Upload an image first.
Drop an image here, or click to browse
PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP · max 8 MB · traced locally on our servers · nothing stored
What raster to vector tracing can (and cannot) do
Tracing reconstructs geometry. The tracer clusters neighbouring pixels into colour regions, then fits smooth curves around them, emitting an SVG made of plain paths and fills. A flat logo comes out as a handful of clean, editable paths that scale to any size. It is not magic for photographs. A photo has effectively infinite colours; clustering collapses them into a posterised approximation with a much larger file. Honest rule of thumb: if a designer could redraw it as flat shapes, tracing works well; if it needs gradients and grain, keep it raster. Once your mark is an SVG, the favicon generator derives the full browser icon set from it.
Gallery
Mascots, marks, and complete brand boards
Trendy character logos - squishy food pals, pixel pets, space cats - plus classic geometric marks and brand systems. Live CSS motion on named SVG layers. Your brief drives the real kit.
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28 samples 12 mascots CSS motion Named layers
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What you get
Real vector paths, not a wrapper
Your bitmap is traced into <path> geometry with fills - recolourable, restylable, and crisp at any size.
Three trace modes
Logo for flat-colour marks, Illustration for looser colour work, Black & white for silhouettes.
Side-by-side proof
A comparison slider shows the traced SVG against your original before you download anything.
Free, instant, nothing stored
No account, no watermark. The trace runs on our servers in milliseconds and nothing is persisted.
FAQ
Is the PNG to SVG converter free? Do I need an account?
Yes, it is free and no account is required. Upload a PNG, JPG, GIF, or WebP (max 8 MB), trace it, and download the SVG. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Is my image really vectorised, or just embedded in an SVG?
Really vectorised. The tracer converts regions of your bitmap into <path> elements with fill colours - the output contains geometry, not a base64 bitmap inside an SVG envelope. That is why you can recolour it and scale it without any loss of sharpness.
Which images trace well?
Flat-colour logos, icons, lettering, and illustrations trace best - few colours, clean edges. Detailed or soft-gradient artwork gets simplified: the tracer clusters colours, so subtle shading becomes discrete colour regions.
Can I convert a photo to SVG?
Technically any raster can be traced, but a photo becomes a large posterised SVG that approximates the image with colour regions - it will not look like a hand-drawn illustration and file size grows fast. For logo and mark work, tracing is excellent; for photography, an SVG is usually the wrong format.
What is the difference between this and the favicon generator?
This tool converts a raster image into a downloadable SVG file. The favicon generator takes an SVG (or raster, which it traces the same way) and derives the full browser icon set - favicon.ico, Apple touch, PWA icons, and manifest - from it.
How do I convert a JPG to SVG?
The same way: JPG and JPEG files are accepted alongside PNG, GIF, and WebP. Pick the Logo mode for marks or Illustration for more colourful artwork, then download the traced SVG.
Does vectorizing cost credits?
No. Tracing is mechanical CPU work, not AI generation - the public tool is free, and importing a raster into the studio as the base mark of a brand project also costs 0 credits.
Can I edit the traced SVG afterwards?
Yes. The output is plain SVG markup with path elements and hex fills, so it opens in any vector editor. Very complex traces can contain many paths - the Logo mode keeps them tidy by capping the colour count.
Already have a mark? Trace it here, then generate the favicon set or generate a new logo from a brief.
Vectorize your logo in seconds
Free, no signup - traced into real vector paths with a side-by-side comparison before you download.
Product facts last reviewed by SVGnova engineering on .