PNG to SVG converter: turn an image into a vector
Trace a logo, drawing or AI image into an SVG of clean shapes, and get a sharp PNG at print size.
or drop one here. It stays on your device: nothing is uploaded.
How to turn a PNG into an SVG
- 1Set the colorsTwo for a black-and-white logo, eight for most artwork, more for a detailed illustration.
- 2Add your pictureChoose or drop it. It is traced on your device, and again whenever you change the colors or the detail.
- 3Check itSwitch between Vector and Original, on a light and a dark background, to see that small parts survived.
- 4DownloadThe SVG for design programs and cutting machines, or a PNG drawn at print size for a shirt or poster.
Pixels and vectors
A PNG or JPG is a grid of colored squares: enlarge it and the squares show. An SVG stores shapes, each an outline and a color, and the program showing it draws them afresh at whatever size is asked for, so the edges stay crisp on a sticker and on a poster alike. Tracing finds the areas of each color in the picture and turns their edges into those outlines.
From a small logo to a full shirt front
Logos and AI images are often far too small to print large. Traced and drawn again from the vector, a 500 pixel logo becomes a 4500 pixel PNG with clean edges, which a printer can put across a whole shirt front. Check the size with the print size calculator, and the edges on a dark shirt with the transparent PNG checker. For a photo, where tracing would flatten it into posterized art, the AI upscaler keeps it a photo.
Nothing is uploaded
The tracing runs in your browser. The SVG holds only the traced shapes, with nothing from your original file.
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Questions people ask
How do I convert a PNG to SVG?
Choose the number of colors and the detail, then choose or drop your picture. It is traced on your device in a few seconds; look at it on a light or dark background, then press Download SVG. JPG, WEBP, AVIF and HEIC work too.
Which pictures convert well?
Logos, icons, lettering, drawings and flat illustrations, including most AI art made in a few colors. A photo comes out as posterized art in flat areas of color, not as a copy of the photo: that is how every vector tracer works.
How many colors should I choose?
Two for black-and-white logos, line art and stencils. Four to eight for most logos and flat artwork. Sixteen or thirty-two for detailed illustrations, which make a larger file with more shapes. A see-through background stays see-through.
Why use an SVG for printing?
An SVG is made of shapes, not pixels, so it stays sharp at any size. The PNG for print button draws it at 4500 pixels on its longest side, saved at 300 DPI: enough for a 15 inch wide shirt front, from a picture that may have been 500 pixels wide.
Is the SVG safe to open and share?
Yes. It is written from the traced shapes alone: filled paths and nothing else, with no scripts, links, fonts or hidden data from your file. It opens in Illustrator, Inkscape, Figma, Affinity and Cricut Design Space.
Is my image uploaded?
No. The tracing runs in your browser, on your own device, and your picture is never sent to SlapMake or anyone else.
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