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# PNG to SVG Converter

Drop a PNG logo, icon or drawing and get it back as SVG paths. The preview is free; you only spend a credit when you download.

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

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

## How to convert PNG to SVG

1. **Drop your PNG**: Drag it onto the sheet above, paste it, or choose the file. The limit is 30 MB and 16 megapixels.
2. **Check the preview**: The original and the traced result sit side by side. Zoom in on the edges and change the color count if shapes merge or split.
3. **Download the SVG**: Sign up for 5 free credits and download. The same trace is also free as PDF, EPS, DXF or PNG.

## One credit, one image

Previews are free and watermarked. A download costs 1 credit, and every other format of that same trace is included.

[See pricing](https://svgmill.com/pricing/)

## What carries over from a PNG

A PNG is a grid of colored pixels. The tracer reads that grid and draws the shapes it describes.

- **Transparency stays empty**Transparent pixels are left out, so a logo on a clear background has no background shape in the SVG. Place it on any color.
- **Soft edges become one boundary**The half-colored pixels along an anti-aliased edge are read as where the shape ends. You get one clean edge, not a fringe of tinted slivers.
- **Flat colors become shapes**Each area of one color becomes a filled path. Similar shades are grouped by the color count you choose.

## Getting a clean trace

- **Export at the largest size you have.** A 64-pixel favicon gives the tracer very little to go on. If the logo exists at 1000 pixels or more, use that file.
- **Crop to the artwork.** Empty margins cost nothing, but stray marks near the edge become shapes too.
- **Start with Auto colors.** If two colors that should be separate merge, raise the count. If a flat color breaks into blotches, lower it.
- **Use black and white for one-color art.** Stencils, vinyl decals and engraving files want a single solid color. The black-and-white mode traces the image as one color and ignores shading.

### Color count and black and white

Auto picks the number of colors from the image. Choosing 2, 4, 8 or 16 fixes it: the tracer groups every pixel into that many colors before drawing shapes. Fewer colors means fewer, larger shapes, which cut and weed more easily. Each change makes a new free preview, so you can try a few before you download.

## PNG to SVG questions

### Will my transparent background stay transparent?

Yes. Transparent areas of the PNG are not traced, so the SVG has no background rectangle behind your artwork.

### My PNG is a screenshot of a logo. Will that work?

Usually, if the logo is large in the screenshot and the colors are flat. Crop to the logo first so nothing else on the screen gets traced.

### Is the SVG really vector, or a PNG wrapped in SVG?

It is real vector paths. Open the file in any editor and every shape is a path you can select, recolor and resize. No pixels are embedded.

### Can I convert a PNG with a photo in it?

You can, but a photo turns into a very large number of small shapes. SVGMill works best on logos, icons, stickers and line art with clear areas of color.

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