IMAGE → VECTOR
This page converts any common raster image into SVG paths in your browser: PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, and an existing SVG you want re-simplified. It is free and unlimited because the work happens on your device. The honest part is which images deserve to be traced — roughly half of the ones people try will not cut well.
Reviewed by the AISVG Pro editorial team · Updated 2026-10-24 · How these tools are tested
Drop a reference image
JPG, PNG, WebP or SVG · up to 10 MB
Logos, silhouettes and flat-colour art trace cleanly. Busy photos come back as hundreds of fragments.
THE TOOL, WITHOUT GUESSWORK
| Input | PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG |
|---|---|
| Max file | 10 MB |
| Working size | longest side capped at 1,400 px |
| Tracing engine | imagetracer (runs locally) |
| Output | SVG · DXF R12 (mm) · PNG |
| Cost | Free, unlimited |
Numbers above describe this implementation, not a generic promise. If a limit here disagrees with the tool, the tool is the bug — report it to [email protected].
Sort your image into one of four buckets before you start — the result is predictable from the bucket, not from the converter.
Logo or flat graphic with a handful of colours → converts well, usually on the first try
Silhouette or solid shape on a plain background → converts well; the cleaner the background, the better
Line art and handwriting → converts badly as lines; survives only if you thicken it first
Photograph → does not convert; a trace produces hundreds of blobs that only look like the photo from a distance
This is not a limitation of one tool. Any contour tracer, including Illustrator’s Image Trace and Inkscape’s Trace Bitmap, hits the same wall at the same place.
Two parameters move together: the colour count and the fragment floor.
1 colour: a two-colour trace of ink vs paper. Best for single-colour decals and stamps.
3 colours: the default for flat art. Keeps the main shapes, drops texture.
6 colours: for badges and characters with five or six flat inks.
Full colour (16): approximates gradients by banding them. Use only when the image genuinely needs it — each extra colour multiplies paths.
The floor rises as colours drop, which is why the 1-colour preset is the most forgiving and the 16-colour preset the noisiest.
The tracer works on a canvas capped at 1,400 px on the long side. A 6,000 px photo is downscaled before tracing, so converting a huge file does not give more detail — it only takes longer to load.
At the other end, images under about 400 px lose their corners to rounding: the tracer smooths a 3 px detail into nothing. If a small image is all you have, trace at 1 colour and treat the output as a silhouette.
All three come from the same geometry, so they cannot disagree with each other.
SVG: the editable vector file. Open it in Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, Illustrator or Inkscape.
DXF: the same contours as polylines in millimetres, for laser and CNC software such as LightBurn, LaserGRBL or AutoCAD.
PNG: a 2× raster of the preview, for mock-ups and print checks, not for cutting.
If the image you have is a photo, or a sketch too rough to trace, the fastest route is a description instead of a conversion. The AI path draws new flat vector artwork from an English sentence and returns closed paths, which is exactly what a cutter wants.
That path costs 100 credits per run (US$0.99 at the Starter rate) because the vector engine charges per generation. Failed runs are refunded to your balance. If the artwork already exists and is clean, tracing is free and exact — use that instead.