Convert JPG to SVG

A JPG is made of pixels; an SVG is made of shapes: filled areas outlined with curves. So converting JPG to SVG is not a simple format swap. It is vectorizing, also called tracing: the tool reduces the image to a handful of colors, finds each solid area and draws curves around it. The result is an SVG you can scale to any size without it turning blocky.

To be honest about expectations: tracing works well on images with few, clearly separated colors, such as logos, icons, lettering, signatures and pen or marker drawings. A photo will also produce an SVG, but it looks posterized and blotchy and is often larger than the original JPG. Vectorizing does not recognize text either; letters become shapes, not editable type.

This page uses the same tracing engine as PNG to SVG, but JPG files bring two quirks:

• Compression noise. JPG leaves faint, discolored specks along edges. The tracer sees them as tiny areas and outlines them too. Fix it with the Smooth preset, which blurs noise first, or by raising speck removal.
• No transparency. A JPG always has a solid background, usually white, and that becomes a white shape in the SVG. If you need a transparent background, delete that shape in any vector editor.

If a PNG version of the logo exists, it usually traces cleaner.

Preset	Best for	What it does
Logo, icon	logos, icons, simple graphics	8 colors, sharp corners, straight lines
Black and white	signatures, line art, stamps	exactly 2 colors: black and white
Smooth	noisy JPGs, drawings	12 colors, blurs noise first
Poster	photos with a graphic look	4 colors, heavy smoothing
Detailed	complex illustrations	48 colors, more accurate, larger SVG

After picking a preset you can adjust:

• Number of colors (2–64), except in Black and white. For a logo, match the logo's color count, background included.
• Remove specks (0–40 px): smaller areas are dropped. Raise it to clean JPG noise; lower it if letter holes or thin lines vanish.
• Processing size: Fast (600 px), Normal (1000 px) or Precise (1600 px). Bigger is more accurate but slower and makes a larger SVG.

The preview shows the SVG file size and path count. If you get thousands of paths, the tool warns you; use fewer colors, the Logo or Poster preset, or stronger speck removal.

1. Sign a sheet of white paper with a black pen or marker, using a bold stroke. Photograph it straight on in daylight, without shadows.
2. Crop tightly around the signature with Crop image.
3. Drop the JPG here and choose Black and white, with the Precise processing size.
4. If gray specks from the paper texture remain, raise speck removal to 10–20 px and convert again.
5. Download the SVG. In this preset the white area is also a shape; delete it in a vector editor if you need a transparent background.

The SVG works well in document templates and on websites. For official paperwork, check which signature methods the organization accepts.

• Start large and sharp. A blurry 150 px JPG will not trace nicely; use the biggest version you can find.
• Gradients and shadows turn into bands. Tracing works with solid areas, so smooth blends become steps.
• Photos become posters. For a graphic effect, the Poster preset with 4 colors is fun, but expect a big file.
• Check before printing. Open the SVG in a vector editor before sending it to a print shop or engraver.

Tracing runs entirely in your browser and your image is never uploaded. The tool handles one image at a time so you can see each setting's effect in the live preview.