Guides to tracing images into SVG
Practical articles on turning images into SVG, choosing settings, and making icons for websites and apps. Each guide lists its sources and dates.
How to describe a logo, icons or stickers so they trace cleanly
2026-10-05Name concrete things to draw, one idea per logo and one object per icon. Describe the style once, in a few plain words, and name at most three colors. Put words to be lettered in…
Read articleFrom a sketch or reference image to a finished logo
2026-10-05If the sketch is already the logo, trace it: photograph it flat and convert it with Line art / Stencil. If it is an idea that needs drawing properly, attach it to the AI logo…
Read articleHow to remove a background: transparent PNG or SVG
2026-10-05Upload the image to the background remover and choose a mode. Flat removes a plain backdrop exactly, from the edges inward, and keeps enclosed shapes such as white eyes or letter…
Read articleHow to recolor an SVG in the browser, layer by layer
2026-10-05Open the SVG in the editor. Every row of the Layers tab shows its colors: click one to recolor that layer, group or shape in one undo step. To change a color across the whole…
Read articleHEIC to SVG: convert iPhone photos and images to vector
2026-10-05Upload the HEIC as it is: the converter reads the main image of the file, applies its rotation, converts wide-gamut and HDR color to standard color, keeps transparency, and…
Read articleMake a sticker pack for Telegram and WhatsApp
2026-10-05Describe a character or list things, pick a style and a border, and the sticker maker draws the pack, cuts each sticker out and traces it into a vector. Downloads are prepared…
Read articleFrom an AI logo to app icon, favicon and brand kit
2026-10-05Describe the logo, pick one of four ideas and refine it in words. Vectorize it into an SVG, then make the app icons, the favicon package and the PWA icons from that one file, or…
Read articleWordmark, emblem, mascot or badge: choosing a logo style
2026-10-05A wordmark is the name drawn as the logo; an emblem or symbol is a mark without words; a monoline mark is drawn as one even line; a mascot is a character; a badge sets the name…
Read articleHow to make a matching icon set with AI, as SVG
2026-10-05List the icons you need, choose Line, Filled, Flat colour or the look of your own image, and describe the style in a few words. Every icon is drawn in one sheet, so stroke weight…
Read articleAchievement badges for apps and games: earned, locked, tiers
2026-10-05Give the badge maker a list of achievements and a bottom-line rule such as Level 1, 2, 3, and it draws a matching set with your words lettered on each badge. Every badge is…
Read articleSVG vs PNG vs ICO favicons
2026-09-29Link a multi-size favicon.ico, an SVG favicon when your mark is real vector artwork, a 180 px Apple touch icon and a web manifest. SVG favicons work in current Chrome, Edge…
Read articlePWA maskable icons: safe area and setup
2026-09-29Launchers crop app icons to their own shape. A maskable icon fills its whole square with a background and keeps everything important inside a centred circle whose radius is 40 %…
Read articleSVG or PNG for Xcode image assets?
2026-09-28Use a vector imageset for simple SVG artwork that should scale, or PNG variants for a raster source or supported rendered effects. The Xcode asset exporter writes the image files…
Read articleHow to convert SVG to Android XML
2026-09-28An Android VectorDrawable is XML containing drawing paths, not an SVG with a different extension. Convert simple SVG geometry, save the XML in res/drawable, then reference the…
Read articleAndroid and iOS app icons from one image
2026-09-28One image can supply both platforms, but their resource packages differ. Android needs density variants and adaptive layers; this tool also creates a monochrome silhouette. iOS…
Read articleImage to vector: vectorize a PNG, JPG or WebP
Workflow · 2026-09-26To turn an image into a vector, a tracer groups its pixels into a few flat colors and outlines each color as a closed path. png2svg.art does this for PNG, JPG and WebP files and…
Read articleHow to convert a PNG to SVG, step by step
2026-09-26To convert a PNG to SVG, trace it: a tracer outlines the image's colors as vector paths and saves them as an SVG. In png2svg.art, upload the PNG, pick a preset and a color count…
Read articleAI image to SVG: ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini
Workflow · 2026-09-26AI image generators such as ChatGPT, Midjourney and Gemini produce raster images: PNG, JPG or WebP files made of pixels, not SVG. To get an SVG, trace the image: png2svg.art…
Read articleWhy photos come out posterised when traced
2026-09-19A photograph has millions of subtly different colours and no hard edges. The tracer's first step is to reduce the image to at most 24 flat colours, so every smooth transition…
Read articleIs an SVG a vector file? Paths vs pixels
2026-09-19Usually, but not always: an SVG is a vector file when it draws the picture as paths, and a raster in disguise when it only wraps a PNG in an <image> element, which still blurs…
Read articleDoes PNG to SVG keep a transparent background?
2026-09-19Yes: transparent areas of a PNG or WebP stay transparent in the traced SVG, because the tracer only outlines pixels that are more than half opaque, so a cut-out logo becomes a…
Read articlePNG to SVG for Cricut and Silhouette
Workflow · 2026-09-19To make an SVG for Cricut or Silhouette from a PNG or JPG, trace it with the Cricut / Vinyl preset: it starts at 4 colors, removes the background and merges shapes or gaps too…
Read articleBest settings for tracing a flat logo
2026-09-19For a flat logo, start with the Standard preset, set the colour count to the number of colours you can actually see plus one for the background, keep Smooth curves on, and turn…
Read articleEditing paths after tracing
2026-09-19An unlocked trace opens in the built-in editor with each object as a layer and every shape inside it its own path, nested by what encloses it. You can recolour any shape, move…
Read articleCleaning up a low-resolution or JPEG logo before tracing
2026-09-19Tracing does not add resolution: a 200-pixel logo traced at any setting is still a 200-pixel design with guessed curves. What you can fix is noise — JPEG blocking, colour…
Read articleHow many colors should a traced SVG have?
2026-09-19Use the number of colors you can name, plus one for an opaque background. The count is a ceiling from 2 to 24: the tracer picks at most that many flat colors and outlines each…
Read articleStart with your own image
The fastest way to learn what tracing does to your artwork is to try it: previews are free and you see the complete result before spending a credit. Convert an image or read the about page for what the service does and does not do.