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Vectorize images · right in your browser

Pixels turn into paths.

Load an image, split black from white with three sliders and download a file a machine understands. Your browser does the maths, nothing gets uploaded.

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01 · The workflow

One image in. Five formats out.

No wizard, no tracing dialog with twenty technical terms. At every step you see exactly the shape that ends up in the file.

  1. Load the imageDrag a PNG, JPG or WEBP into the drop area. The image stays on your device.
  2. Split black from whiteThree sliders decide which tones belong to the shape and which disappear.
  3. Check the contoursThe vector view shows exactly the path that ends up in the file.
  4. Export a formatPDF, SVG, EPS, DXF or a cleaned PNG, downloaded straight away.
FREE TO USE PLAN

Completely free. No account.

02 · Free

Free here really means free.

There is nothing to unlock and nothing to sign up for. Every export click creates the file and downloads it right away, at full resolution and without a watermark.

0 accounts · 0 limits · 5 formats

  • All five export formats without a watermark
  • No account, no sign up, no mail address
  • No limit on image size or number of files
  • No tracking and therefore no cookie banner
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03 · Local first

Your image never leaves your device.

All processing happens inside your browser: binarization, contour tracing, curve fitting and the finished export. There is no service that receives your image and no database it could end up in.

Without an upload there is nothing to delete either. Close the tab and the image is gone from memory.

What is stored is listed in the privacy notice

04 · Use cases

One tool. Ten workshops.

The same four steps lead to very different files. Every guide explains what matters for that particular process.

All use cases and guides

05 · From the workshop

Born between the workbench and the screen.

It started with a recurring annoyance: the drawing is finished on the table, but the machine next to it wants a contour and not a photo file. Between the two sat an expensive program and a dialog full of jargon.

So the first version of this tool was one slider and a preview. The idea behind it stayed: whoever vectorizes a source wants to see what happens instead of guessing what an algorithm just decided.

A clean path is the difference between an idea and a file a machine understands.
  • EMBROIDERY
  • SCREEN
  • FLYER
  • MERCH
  • LASER

06 · Understanding vectors

Why vectorize at all?

A raster image is made of dots. Enlarge it and the dots grow while the edge frays. A vector path describes where the edge runs instead, as a sequence of curves. That description holds at any size.

What is created here are black paths with real cut outs. The inside of a letter is not a white patch on top but a hole in the path. That is why the shape sits correctly on a coloured ground and a cutting machine knows where to separate.

SVG
The web format. Opens in the browser and in every vector program.
PDF
The safe route to the print shop. Sizes and curves stay as they are.
EPS
The classic for older graphics programs and workshop software.
DXF
Closed polylines for lasers, mills and cutting plotters.
PNG
Not a vector, but the cleaned shape with a transparent background.

07 · Briefly translated

Three questions, three answers.

The same task goes by many names. What people mean is usually exactly what happens in the tool above.

FORMAT

Convert PNG to SVG

What is wanted are real paths instead of a pixel image in an SVG shell. That is what appears here, with a transparent background and open counters.

Read the guide
IMAGE

Vectorize a photo

A photo becomes a single colour silhouette. The three tonal sliders decide which part of the motif belongs to the shape and which one disappears.

Read the guide
FILE

Create a vector file

Workshops and print shops mean a file with curves instead of dots. Five formats are available, all carrying the same contour.

Read the guide

08 · Briefly answered

Briefly answered.

Does the tool cost anything?

No. All five export formats are free to use, without an account, without a limit and without a watermark.

Are my images uploaded or stored?

No. All processing runs locally in your browser. There is no server that could receive your image.

Is the white background removed?

Yes. Only the black shape becomes paths, everything else stays empty. In SVG, PDF and EPS the background is transparent.

Which format do I need for a plotter or a laser?

Start with SVG. If the machine software refuses the import, take DXF: there every contour sits as a closed polyline on its own layer.

What happens with multicolour logos?

The result is always single colour. For several colours, vectorize each area separately and stack the results afterwards.

Which files can I load?

PNG, JPG and WEBP. Very large images are scaled down to a working size internally, while the export stays high resolution.

Drag your image into the tool above.

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