Is the image vectorizer free?

Yes. It's free with a Hiding Elephant account. Starter credits cover your first conversions and the same account unlocks the full design workspace.

What kinds of images work best?

Logos, icons, and high-contrast illustrations work best. Photos can be vectorized but will look posterized, for photos, try the background remover and upscaler first.

Can I recolor the SVG after?

Yes. The output is a standard SVG you can open in any vector tool. Or continue editing directly on the Hiding Elephant canvas with brand colors applied from your style guide.

Does the output scale to any size?

Yes. Vectors are resolution-independent, so the SVG stays sharp at any size, from favicons to billboards.

What if my PNG has a background?

Remove the background first with our Background Remover, then feed the transparent PNG into the vectorizer for cleaner paths and fewer stray nodes.

Free · PNG & JPG to SVG

Free Image Vectorizer: convert PNG & JPG to SVG

Turn logos, icons, and artwork into clean SVG vectors. Scale to any size, edit every path, no redrawing needed.

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Works best on simple, flat graphics

Logos, icons, badges, line art, and flat illustrations vectorize beautifully. Photos and richly detailed images will lose fidelity.

Click or drop up to 10 files here to start

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How it works

Convert raster to vector in three steps

The vectorizer traces real paths, not a 'save as SVG' wrapper around a bitmap.

Upload a raster image
Drop a PNG, JPEG, or WebP file. Works best on logos, icons, and high-contrast illustrations.
AI traces it into SVG paths
The vectorizer converts pixels into clean, editable vector paths, color or black-and-white, spline or polygon modes supported.
Download an SVG
Preview the vector result and download an SVG you can continue editing, recolor, resize, and layer it inside the Hiding Elephant canvas or any vector tool.

Supported files

What the vectorizer accepts and outputs

Inputs

PNG
JPEG
WebP

Outputs

SVG (scalable vector)

Color modes: Full color or black-and-white tracing
Path modes: Spline (curves) or polygon (straight)
Scalability: Resolution-independent, sharp at any size
Editable: Open in any vector tool or the HE canvas

Image vectorizer FAQ

Common questions

More you can do

Vectors love a real design workspace

Once it's a vector, you'll want to edit every path, try new colors, and stack it with AI, or reframe raster sources before you trace. Hiding Elephant does all of it in one place.

Remove backgrounds first

Remove backgrounds before vectorizing so the tracer focuses on the shapes that matter.

Open Background Remover

Upscale raster art first

Boost the resolution of raster art before vectorizing for cleaner paths and fewer stray nodes.

Open Image Upscaler

Resize, compress & convert

Shrink product photos before vectorizing, or convert raster exports to WebP/AVIF.

Open Image Optimizer

Reframe for any social ratio

Turn one photo into 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 16:9, and more, AI crops, uncrops, or expands the canvas so the subject stays intact.

Open Image Reframer

Edit every path on a real canvas

Pen, brush, booleans, layers, and masks, pro vector editing, not a download-only tool.

See the vector canvas

Vectors + the full workspace

Mix vectors with AI on one canvas

Hiding Elephant is a design workspace where vectors, AI generations, and live images sit side-by-side, with brand rules, templates, and workflows built in.

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