Upload your PNG or JPG and download it as a vector: an SVG and two layered PDFs. No sign-up, no watermark.
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This is our logo as a heavily compressed JPEG of just 180 pixels. Once vectorized, the edges are clean and each colour is flat, so it can be enlarged without losing sharpness.
When a design mixes photos and logos, each part needs different treatment. The hybrid PDF separates them into layers: the photo keeps its real look and the graphics become curves.
Photo · 300 ppi
Logo and text · vector
Made with this tool's own settings, from a 1200 × 800 pixel JPEG. The photo is enlarged to twice its size to reach 300 ppi: it looks smoother, but doesn't gain detail that wasn't in the original. To print it larger, upload it at a higher resolution.
Vectorizing an image means converting its pixels into shapes defined by mathematical curves. A PNG or JPG loses sharpness when enlarged, while a vector looks just as crisp on a business card as on a banner several metres wide.
The most common vector format is SVG, an open standard from the W3C. Vectors are also used for cutting vinyl and stickers, embroidery, vehicle graphics and laser engraving.
The fastest way is an online tool: upload the image and download the vector, with nothing to install and no design skills needed.
Drop it into the tool on this page. PNG, JPG, WEBP, GIF, AVIF, BMP and TIFF all work.
AI finds the text, logos and photos, and the engine traces each layer. In our tests, a logo took 10 seconds, a poster 33 and a layout with photos 77.
Move the slider to see the original and the vector, and check that everything looks right.
Get the SVG, the vector PDF and the hybrid PDF. No watermark.
It depends on what you need: an online tool is the fastest, and manual tracing is the most precise.
| Method | Price | Difficulty | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| NovaGrafix online | Free, up to 3 a day | None | Getting a vector now, with nothing to install |
| Illustrator (Image Trace) | Paid | Medium | Fine-tuning the result |
| Inkscape (Trace Bitmap) | Free | Medium | Working on your computer with free software |
| Manual tracing with the pen tool | Depends on the software | High | Logos that must be perfect |
Inkscape has an official tracing tutorial.
Illustrator does it with Image Trace, in five steps:
Not really. Photoshop works with pixels and has no automatic trace like Illustrator's. You can turn a selection into a path with Make Work Path and export it with File > Export > Paths to Illustrator. It's only practical for simple, single-colour shapes.
It means redrawing it on top with the pen tool. It's the slowest and most precise method:
The key is to start from a good image:
Yes. You can vectorize up to 3 images a day with no sign-up and no card. We have that limit because each image takes a lot of computing power.
It's processed on our servers and sent to Anthropic (Claude) to find its elements. We delete the resulting files within 24 hours, and we don't publish or reuse your image.
You can change its colours and shapes but not rewrite it, because it becomes curves rather than text in a font.
Yes, especially the hybrid PDF. Files are in RGB with no bleed: if you print with us, we'll prepare them for you. For another printer, ask first what they need.
Very close, but not always identical. Logos and illustrations work best. Photos become many shapes of colour and lose some detail. A very low-resolution image can't recover what it doesn't have.
Because we trace hundreds of shapes of colour and check the result against your image. The more complex the image, the longer it takes.
Yes, although the result depends on what can be made out. Edges get cleaned up and colours unified, but text that's illegible in the original can't be recovered. For logos, look for the largest version you have.
Upload your image to this page: it's free, with no sign-up. AI finds the text, logos and photos so each gets its own treatment, then a tracing engine draws the shapes.
Yes, in two steps: open the SVG or vector PDF in Illustrator and save it as .ai. The tool doesn't create that format directly.
Yes, if the PNG has a transparent background. The vector keeps the white colour and the transparency.
It doesn't create DXF, but you can open the SVG in Inkscape and save it as DXF. Check the result before cutting, because machines need clean, closed paths.
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