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Vectorize any image, in your browser

Turn a PNG, JPG or WebP into a clean vector: smooth outlines, true colours and real gradients, ready to scale, print, edit or cut.

Drop a PNG or JPG to vectorize

Or paste one · PNG, JPG or WebP up to 30 MB · up to 30 at once

Choose an image

No image handy?

Cut files for Cricut & Silhouette
Real gradients
Crisp small text
Nothing is stored

San Francisco travel poster, zoomed in on the Golden Gate Bridge: soft pixels — Drag the line to compare · + / − or pinch to zoom

The same poster as an SVG, zoomed in: crisp bridge and cables — Drag the line to compare · + / − or pinch to zoom

Or click an example to try it

Original

SVG

Original · SVG

100% Scroll to zoom · drag to move · double-click: fit / zoom

Works best for logos, stickers, clip art, lettering and t-shirt graphics with clear edges. Photos, watercolours and soft shading won’t become clean vectors.

Type of image

Colours

Auto

Far left = Auto: the tool finds the main colours.

Colours

Click a colour, or use Pick from image and click the picture, to remove it everywhere. Click a crossed-out colour to bring it back.

Sticker border

Off

A white border around your design, for print-then-cut stickers. Remove the background first.

Smooth curves

No overlaps Every colour becomes its own piece and the pieces meet edge to edge, nothing hidden underneath. Good for cutting layered vinyl and for editing shapes one by one.

Smooth gradients Beta Each colour gradient becomes one shape with a real gradient fill instead of flat colour bands. Best for print; for cutting machines leave it off.

Smooth skies Beta Soft, curvy skies (a sunset, a glow behind a skyline) become a few see-through gradient layers, very close to the original. Works with Smooth gradients.

Sharp text Keeps small lettering crisp and readable. Only the text areas change; the rest of the design stays as clean.

Engine

Vectacle: sharp, connected edges that keep small details. Classic: VTracer, a simpler open-source tracer without the AI edge step.

Width in the SVG (inches, optional)

–shapes

–colours

–file size

How to vectorize an image

Drop your image above: PNG, JPG or WebP. Bigger and sharper gives a better vector; images under 1,000 pixels are enlarged with a small AI model first.
Pick a type. Auto works out the colours. Use Logo / 1 colour for a single-colour shape, Clip art / stickers for flat colours, or Line art for drawings.
Remove the background if the design sits on a plain box.
Zoom in and compare the original and the vector side by side.
Download the SVG, or a large PNG or a PDF.

Raster image vs vector: what changes?

Any size

A vector is redrawn from shapes at every size, so a logo stays sharp on a business card and on a banner.

Editable

Change a colour, move a shape or delete a background element in any vector app, without repainting pixels.

Cuttable

Cutting machines, engravers and vinyl plotters follow outlines. A vector gives them clean paths to follow.

Often smaller

A one-colour logo can be a single shape of a few kilobytes, smaller than the picture it came from.

What makes Vectacle’s vectors cleaner?

Edges first. A small AI model sharpens the edges before tracing, so blurry and small images trace smoother.

Real geometry. Straight lines, arcs and corners are fitted as true lines and curves, not wobbly chains of tiny steps.

Fewer, truer colours. The in-between shades that blur and JPEG compression create are grouped back into the real colours, so you don’t get slivers along every edge.

Real gradients. Smooth fades become SVG gradients instead of dozens of bands (gradient to SVG).

Vectorized with Vectacle

Paris sunset illustration, original — An illustration: the sky as real gradients, buildings as crisp shapes.

Paris sunset vectorized with gradient sky — An illustration: the sky as real gradients, buildings as crisp shapes.

Dream Big lettering, original — Script lettering: one 7 KB shape with smooth swashes.

Dream Big lettering vectorized as one shape — Script lettering: one 7 KB shape with smooth swashes.

PNG

SVG

A colour logo: 11 flat colours, background removed.

Vectorize for a specific job

Guides and articles

Tips

How big should an image be before you convert it to SVG?

Bigger is better, up to a point. How many pixels a logo, lettering or illustration needs for a clean SVG, with a real 220 px vs 1024 px test.

Tips

What does it mean to vectorize an image?

To vectorize an image is to redraw its pixels as shapes, so it stays sharp at any size. What that means, when it helps, when it doesn’t, and how to do it.

Questions

What does it mean to vectorize an image?

A normal picture is a grid of coloured pixels. Vectorizing traces that grid into shapes described by lines and curves (a vector file, usually SVG). The vector can be enlarged to any size without going blurry, recoloured, edited and cut by machines.

Which images vectorize best?

Logos, lettering, stickers, clip art, icons, line art and illustrations with clear edges. Photos and soft paintings can be vectorized, but they become many flat colour areas, so a high-resolution photo file is usually the better choice for those.

What file do I get?

An SVG, the standard vector format that opens in Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity, Figma, Canva, Cricut Design Space and browsers. You can also download a large PNG or a PDF.

Is the image vectorizer free?

Yes, free while Vectacle is new, with no sign-up.

Is my image stored?

No. It’s converted and then forgotten; Vectacle keeps no copy.