FreeSVG Vectorizer
Trace an image to SVG
Turn a logo or line art into scalable vectors.
Drop an image here, or .
Free, no sign-up. Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
SVG Vectorizer: how to use it
- Drop in a logo, icon or piece of line art.
- Set Colours to the number of flat colours in the artwork, and Detail to how closely the shapes should follow the edges.
- Tick Drop the background colour for a transparent SVG, then download.
Tips
- Tracing works best on flat artwork with a few solid colours. Photos turn into thousands of shapes and a very large file.
- Start from the biggest, cleanest version of the logo you have. Blurry edges trace into wobbly lines.
- Run the result through the SVG Optimizer to make the file smaller.
SVG Vectorizer: what it does and when to use it
Vectorizing, or tracing, turns a grid of pixels into shapes described by curves. A traced logo can be scaled to any size, from a favicon to a banner, without blurring, and edited in any vector app. The tracer here first reduces the image to the number of flat colours you choose, then follows the outline of each colour region and writes the result as SVG.
It works well on flat artwork: logos, icons, signatures, stamps, simple illustrations and line drawings. Set Colours to the number of colours actually in the artwork, often two to six, and raise Detail if small corners are being rounded off. Dropping the background colour gives a transparent SVG that sits cleanly on any page.
Photographs are the wrong input. They contain thousands of subtle tones, so a trace either loses most of them or produces an enormous file of tiny shapes that is larger and slower than the photo. For a clean result, start from the largest, sharpest copy of the logo you have, and run the SVG through the SVG Optimizer afterwards.
SVG Vectorizer: frequently asked questions
Is the SVG Vectorizer free, and do I need to sign up?
Yes, the SVG Vectorizer is 100% free with no sign-up, no login and no account. The SVG Vectorizer runs in your browser, so it has no daily limit and no upload, and saves at full size with no watermark. See why it is free.
How do I convert a PNG or JPG logo to SVG?
Drop the logo here and it is traced into vector shapes you can scale to any size. It works best on flat, high-contrast artwork such as logos, icons, signatures and line drawings. Related guide: JPG vs PNG vs WebP vs AVIF: which should you use?.
Can I convert a photo to SVG?
You can, but the result is a stylised poster rather than a copy of the photo, and the file is large. SVG is for flat graphics; keep photos as JPG or WebP. Optimise any SVG afterwards with the SVG Optimizer.
Why does my traced logo look rough?
Tracing needs clean edges. Start from the largest, sharpest version of the logo you have, remove its background first, and avoid a blurry or heavily compressed JPG.