LOGO RESCUE
Convert a logo to SVG
The classic emergency: the client's "logo files" are one PNG from an old email, and the printer, embroiderer, or sign shop wants vector. This is the fix. Corner-preserving tracing rebuilds the logo as real geometry — and because it runs in your browser, a confidential brand mark never touches anyone's server.
PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP → clean SVG, right on your device
Rescuing a logo properly
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Hunt for the biggest source first
Five minutes searching for a higher-resolution copy (an old website header, a letterhead PDF, a social avatar at full size) pays off more than any slider — tracing can only work with the pixels it's given.
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Colors = the brand's palette count
Most logos use 1–4 colors. Set the Colors slider to that number and the trace snaps to clean brand shapes instead of inventing gradient bands.
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Verify corners at 8×
Logo marks live or die on their corners. Zoom the compare panes all the way in — the SVG side should show knife-sharp junctions where the pixel side shows staircase blur.
Questions, answered
The printer asked for a "vector logo" — does an SVG count?+
Yes, SVG is a vector format and most shops take it directly. If they insist on EPS or PDF, open the SVG in Inkscape (free) and Save As either format — the geometry is identical.
My only copy of the logo is small and blurry. Will this fix it?+
Honestly: tracing reconstructs shapes that exist in the pixels; it can't invent detail that was never there. It handles moderate softness well, but a 100px thumbnail won't become the original artwork. (An AI-assisted redraw for exactly this case is on our roadmap.)
Will my exact brand colors be preserved?+
Colors are quantized to the nearest traced region color, which lands on or extremely close to the original. For strict brand compliance, open the SVG and set each fill to the official hex — a ten-second edit anywhere.
Can I use the SVG for embroidery or engraving?+
SVG is the right starting point for both: embroidery digitizers and laser software (LightBurn, Glowforge) import it directly. Simple, few-color versions of the logo digitize best.