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# 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.

- PNG
- JPG
- WebP
- GIF
- BMP
- TIFF

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.

1. **Upload the image**: PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP or TIFF, up to 30 MB.
2. **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.
3. **Download the SVG**: Sign up for 5 free credits, download, and import the file into your cutting software.

## Every format you can upload

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. |

## Which images trace well

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.

## Image to SVG for Cricut and vinyl

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

- **Closed shapes**Every traced shape is a closed path, so the blade has a complete outline to follow and the piece lifts out cleanly.
- **Fewer colors, fewer layers**Each 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 decals**Black and white gives a single solid layer, which is quicker to weed for single-color decals and stencils.

## Image to SVG questions

### 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.

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