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JPG to SVG Converter

Vectorise a JPG photo, scan or sketch into scalable SVG paths you can edit by hand.

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Drag and drop, paste from the clipboard, or choose from your device. One file per conversion. Up to 50 MB each.

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Background

Fills transparent pixels. JPG has no alpha channel.

Resize

Leave empty to keep the original size. The ratio is preserved.

Rotation

Trace mode

Colour regions Flattens into flat colour shapes. Best for logos and flat artwork. Greyscale Two tones only. Good for scans, stamps and black and white art. Line art Traces edges into strokes. Best for sketches, maps and lettering.

Vectorising redraws the image as paths, so it approximates the source rather than reproducing it pixel for pixel. Logos and flat artwork trace cleanly; photographs posterise.

Colour regions 8 Detail 0.5 Lower merges nearby regions into simpler shapes. Smoothing 0.5 Higher rounds curves and cuts the point count.

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Add a file and the converted result is rendered before you download it.

SVG output has no browser-canvas preview. The traced drawing is rendered here as soon as the conversion finishes.

Frequently asked questions

Can a photo be turned into a vector?

It can be traced, but a photograph has continuous tone rather than flat regions. Expect a posterised result with many paths. For photographs a lossy raster format such as WebP or AVIF is almost always the better output.

Which trace mode should I pick for a scan?

Greyscale for black and white scans and documents. Colour regions for a scan that contains coloured stamps or handwriting.

How do I keep the file small?

Lower the colour count and raise smoothing. Both reduce the number of points per path, at the cost of fidelity.