PNG to SVG converter

Turn an image into a clean, cuttable vector. Free, no signup, no watermark, and nothing you upload is stored.

Drop an image here, or click to choose onePNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP or AVIF · up to 12.0 MB · nothing is stored on our servers

What this converter is good at

Works beautifully for

· Black-and-white artwork, logos, and lettering
· Hand-drawn sketches photographed or scanned on white paper
· Silhouettes and stencils
· Clipart with a transparent background
· Anything you would cut from a single sheet of vinyl

Struggles with

· Full-color illustrations, which come back as one flat color
· Busy photographs, which trace into thousands of specks
· Soft gradients and drop shadows, which have no clean edge
· Very thin lines, which can break apart when cut
· Text below roughly 10pt, which loses its counters

This is a tracer, not a magic wand. It finds the boundary between light and dark in your image and draws a vector outline along it. Everything in the second column fails for the same underlying reason: there is no single boundary to find. If your image is a clear shape, you will get a clean cut file in about two seconds.

How to convert a PNG to an SVG for Cricut

Upload your image
Drag a PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, or AVIF file onto the converter, or click to pick one from your computer. Files up to 12 MB work.
Check the trace
The traced SVG appears next to your original. Transparent backgrounds are handled automatically, and light artwork on a dark background is detected and flipped for you.
Adjust threshold and despeckle
If detail is missing, turn off automatic threshold and raise it. If the trace looks speckled, raise despeckle. Corner smoothing controls how sharp or rounded the corners come out.
Download the SVG
Click Download SVG. The file is a single-color vector with no watermark, ready to upload to Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, or Glowforge.

Getting a cleaner trace

Start with the biggest version you have: A 200px logo traces with jagged edges no setting can fix. Find the original file rather than saving one off a web page.
Raise despeckle before you touch anything else: Nearly every noisy trace is fixed by despeckle alone. It removes specks smaller than the value you set and leaves the real shape untouched.
Use threshold to recover lost detail: If parts of your artwork vanish, turn off the automatic threshold and raise it until they reappear. Lower it if areas that should be open are filling in.
Watch the node count: It is shown under the preview. Two identical-looking traces can differ tenfold in nodes, and the lighter one will cut faster and more accurately.
Weld and check in your cutting software: After importing, run a weld on overlapping shapes and zoom in on any thin connectors before sending the job to the mat.

PNG to SVG, frequently asked

Is this PNG to SVG converter really free?: Yes. There is no account, no email, no watermark, and no limit on the number of files you download. CutFileVault makes money selling ready-made cut files, so the converter exists to be useful on its own terms.
Will the SVG cut properly on a Cricut?: Yes, provided the source artwork is a clear shape rather than a photograph. The converter outputs a single-color vector with closed paths, which is exactly what Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, and Glowforge expect. Check the node count shown under the preview: below a few thousand nodes cuts cleanly, and much higher than that will make Design Space sluggish and can cause the blade to chatter on fine detail.
Can I convert a photo to SVG?: You can, but the result is a black-and-white silhouette of the photo, not a full-color vector illustration. This tool traces one color. Photos with a clear subject against a plain background do reasonably well; busy photographs turn into an unusable mess of specks. Raising the despeckle value helps.
Does the converter keep the colors in my image?: No. The output is a single-color trace, which is what a cutting machine needs, since a blade cuts one outline at a time. If you need a multi-color layered design, trace each color separately or start from a design built in layers.
Do you store the images I upload?: No. Your image is converted in memory during the request and is never written to disk or to our storage. Nothing about the upload is retained after the SVG comes back.
Why does my transparent PNG come out as a solid rectangle elsewhere?: Most tracing tools ignore the alpha channel, so a transparent background is read as solid black and traced as a box. This converter flattens transparency onto the correct backdrop before tracing, which is why a transparent PNG works here without you editing it first.

Would rather skip the tracing? Grab a free cut file, describe what you want and let our AI generator draw it, or browse the full catalog of ready-to-cut designs. Every file includes a commercial-use license.

What this converter is good at

Works beautifully for

· Black-and-white artwork, logos, and lettering
· Hand-drawn sketches photographed or scanned on white paper
· Silhouettes and stencils
· Clipart with a transparent background
· Anything you would cut from a single sheet of vinyl

Struggles with

· Full-color illustrations, which come back as one flat color
· Busy photographs, which trace into thousands of specks
· Soft gradients and drop shadows, which have no clean edge
· Very thin lines, which can break apart when cut
· Text below roughly 10pt, which loses its counters

How to convert a PNG to an SVG for Cricut

Upload your image

Drag a PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, or AVIF file onto the converter, or click to pick one from your computer. Files up to 12 MB work.

Check the trace

The traced SVG appears next to your original. Transparent backgrounds are handled automatically, and light artwork on a dark background is detected and flipped for you.

Adjust threshold and despeckle

If detail is missing, turn off automatic threshold and raise it. If the trace looks speckled, raise despeckle. Corner smoothing controls how sharp or rounded the corners come out.

Download the SVG

Click Download SVG. The file is a single-color vector with no watermark, ready to upload to Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, or Glowforge.

Getting a cleaner trace

Start with the biggest version you have

A 200px logo traces with jagged edges no setting can fix. Find the original file rather than saving one off a web page.

Raise despeckle before you touch anything else

Nearly every noisy trace is fixed by despeckle alone. It removes specks smaller than the value you set and leaves the real shape untouched.

Use threshold to recover lost detail

If parts of your artwork vanish, turn off the automatic threshold and raise it until they reappear. Lower it if areas that should be open are filling in.

Watch the node count

It is shown under the preview. Two identical-looking traces can differ tenfold in nodes, and the lighter one will cut faster and more accurately.

Weld and check in your cutting software

After importing, run a weld on overlapping shapes and zoom in on any thin connectors before sending the job to the mat.

PNG to SVG, frequently asked

Is this PNG to SVG converter really free?

Yes. There is no account, no email, no watermark, and no limit on the number of files you download. CutFileVault makes money selling ready-made cut files, so the converter exists to be useful on its own terms.

Will the SVG cut properly on a Cricut?

Yes, provided the source artwork is a clear shape rather than a photograph. The converter outputs a single-color vector with closed paths, which is exactly what Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, and Glowforge expect. Check the node count shown under the preview: below a few thousand nodes cuts cleanly, and much higher than that will make Design Space sluggish and can cause the blade to chatter on fine detail.

Can I convert a photo to SVG?

You can, but the result is a black-and-white silhouette of the photo, not a full-color vector illustration. This tool traces one color. Photos with a clear subject against a plain background do reasonably well; busy photographs turn into an unusable mess of specks. Raising the despeckle value helps.

Does the converter keep the colors in my image?

No. The output is a single-color trace, which is what a cutting machine needs, since a blade cuts one outline at a time. If you need a multi-color layered design, trace each color separately or start from a design built in layers.

Do you store the images I upload?

No. Your image is converted in memory during the request and is never written to disk or to our storage. Nothing about the upload is retained after the SVG comes back.

Why does my transparent PNG come out as a solid rectangle elsewhere?

Most tracing tools ignore the alpha channel, so a transparent background is read as solid black and traced as a box. This converter flattens transparency onto the correct backdrop before tracing, which is why a transparent PNG works here without you editing it first.