PNG to SVG Converter: Turn Raster Images Into Scalable Vector Graphics

A PNG file is made of a fixed grid of pixels, so stretching it beyond its original size quickly makes edges look blurry or blocky. An SVG file, by contrast, describes shapes with mathematical paths, which means it can be scaled up to any size — a business card or a billboard — without losing sharpness. Our PNG to SVG Converter takes a raster image and produces a genuine SVG file directly inside your browser, with no software installation, no account, and no image ever leaving your device to be processed on a remote server.

Two Conversion Modes for Two Different Jobs

Not every image should be converted the same way, so this tool offers two distinct modes. Vector Trace analyzes the colors and edges in your image and rebuilds it as a set of real, mathematical SVG paths — this works best on logos, icons, line art, and other graphics made of flat, well-defined color regions, and the result is a genuinely resizable, editable vector file. Embed Original instead wraps your original image inside a valid SVG container without altering a single pixel; this is the better choice for photographs and other detailed images where true vector tracing would either take too long or produce an unrecognizable result, while still giving you a file that opens correctly in any SVG-compatible application.

Fine-Tuning the Vector Trace

When Vector Trace is selected, you can adjust the Detail Level to control how closely the output follows the original image: Low produces the simplest, smallest shapes and is fastest, Medium offers a balanced result suitable for most logos and icons, and High preserves the most detail at the cost of a larger, more complex file. A Color Mode toggle is also available, letting you switch between a full-color trace and a simplified two-tone black-and-white trace, which is useful for stencils, engravings, or minimalist single-color logos.

See Both Versions Side by Side

After conversion, the original raster image and the new SVG output are displayed next to each other on a checkerboard background so transparency is easy to judge, along with basic details like pixel dimensions and file size for each version. This makes it simple to confirm the vector result actually looks the way you expect before you commit to downloading it.

Who This Tool Is For

Designers use it to quickly vectorize a hand-drawn or scanned logo sketch before refining it further in a dedicated vector editor. Web developers use it to convert simple raster icons into SVG so they can be resized and recolored with CSS instead of relying on multiple fixed-size image files. Print shops and sign makers use it to prepare simple graphics for large-format output where a raster image would otherwise look pixelated. Anyone who just needs a quick, no-cost way to get an SVG version of an existing image can use either mode depending on what the source image looks like.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will Vector Trace work well on any photo? Not usually. True vector tracing is designed for images with clear, flat color regions like logos and icons. Detailed photographs generally produce a messy or oversized result when traced, which is exactly why the Embed Original mode exists as the recommended option for photos.

Is Embed Original really a valid SVG file? Yes. It is a standards-compliant SVG document that contains your original image data inside it, so it opens correctly in browsers and SVG-compatible design software and scales as a container, even though the pixels themselves are not converted into vector shapes.

Is my image uploaded to a server? No. Both conversion modes run entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your image is never transmitted anywhere during conversion.

What image formats can I convert? PNG, JPG, and WEBP files up to 8 MB are supported as input. The output is always a standard .svg file.

Why did my vector trace take a few seconds to finish? Tracing analyzes every region of color in the image to build paths, which takes more processing than simply displaying a picture. Larger or highly detailed images naturally take longer; the High detail setting in particular trades speed for accuracy.

Is this tool free to use? Yes, completely free, with no watermark added to your downloaded file and no limit on how many images you can convert.

Start Converting

Drop an image above, choose the mode that fits it best, and download your finished SVG in seconds.