What is image tracing?
A photo or PNG is made of pixels, so it blurs when you scale it up. Image tracing — also called vectorizing — detects the shapes and colour regions in your picture and redraws them as mathematical paths. The result is an SVG that stays razor-sharp at any size, from a favicon to a billboard, and can be edited in Illustrator, Figma, Inkscape or Canva.
Which preset should I use?
- Logo — flat brand marks and icons. Fewer colours, crisp corners, small files.
- Illustration — cartoons, clip art and drawings with several colours.
- Photo — creates a stylised, painterly vector from a photograph.
- Line art — sketches, signatures, tattoos and stencils in pure black and white.
- Pixel art — keeps every square pixel edge for retro graphics.
Getting a cleaner vector
- Start from the largest, sharpest version of the image you have.
- Remove a busy background first with the background remover, then trace the cutout.
- JPG artefacts create tiny specks — raise Remove specks until they disappear.
- Lower Colour detail for a flatter, poster-like look and a much smaller SVG.
JPG to vector, PNG to SVG — same tool
Whether you need to convert JPG to vector, PNG to SVG, or vectorize a WebP screenshot, the process is identical. Transparent PNGs keep their transparency, so traced logos drop straight onto any background.