Image to SVG Converter

Six image formats in, clean SVG paths out. Built for logos, stickers and cut files, with a free preview before you pay.

Drop an image here Or paste it, or pick a file from your computer. Choose an image

Up to 30 MB and 16 megapixels. You see a watermarked preview before you spend anything.

How to make a cut file from an image

The same steps work for any of the six formats.

Upload the image PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP or TIFF, up to 30 MB.
Cut the color count Pick 2 or 4 colors, or black and white, so the design comes out in as few layers as it needs.
Download the SVG Sign up for 5 free credits, download, and import the file into your cutting software.

Files can be up to 30 MB and 16 megapixels. Here is what to know about each.

Format	What gets traced	Worth knowing
PNG	The whole image	Transparent areas are left empty. Usually the right choice for logos and icons.
JPG	The whole image	No transparency, and compression adds specks around edges. A fixed color count cleans them up.
WebP	The whole image	Lossless WebP traces like PNG. Lossy WebP has compression noise like JPG.
GIF	The first frame	Animated GIFs are traced from their first frame only. GIFs are limited to 256 colors, which suits flat art.
BMP	The whole image	Uncompressed, so no artifacts. Large files may hit the 30 MB limit before the pixel limit.
TIFF	The first page	Multi-page TIFFs from scanners are traced from page one.

Tracing turns areas of color into shapes. The fewer and flatter those areas, the cleaner the SVG.

Traces well: logos, icons, badges, stickers, cartoons, lettering, line art, stamps, and scans of ink drawings.
Traces with care: art with soft shadows or gradients. A gradient becomes bands of flat color; a lower color count makes fewer, wider bands.
Not a good fit: photographs of people, landscapes and products. They become a huge number of small shapes and look posterized.

Cutting machines follow the edges of shapes, so a cut file needs closed shapes and as few of them as the design allows.

Closed shapesEvery traced shape is a closed path, so the blade has a complete outline to follow and the piece lifts out cleanly.
Fewer colors, fewer layersEach color is usually a separate sheet of vinyl. Choosing 2 or 4 colors keeps the number of layers you cut and stack down.
One color for decalsBlack and white gives a single solid layer, which is quicker to weed for single-color decals and stencils.

Does the SVG work in Cricut Design Space?

Yes. The SVG is made of plain filled paths with no embedded pixels, which Design Space imports as cuttable shapes.

Can I upload HEIC photos from an iPhone?

Not directly. Export or share the photo as JPG or PNG first, then upload that file.

What happens to an animated GIF?

Only the first frame is traced. If you want a different frame, save it as a PNG and upload that.

How many colors will my SVG have?

With Auto, the tracer picks a count from the image. You can also fix it at 2, 4, 8 or 16, or trace in black and white for one color.