Convert TIFF to SVG and leave the scan noise behind.
Export a PNG preview and trace it below to see where auto-trace breaks, then let a human deliver a lean SVG redrawn from your TIFF, with clean closed shapes and none of the paper grain.
The short answer
A TIFF is usually a high-resolution scan or print master, and more pixels don't make it vector. The instant tracer reads PNG, JPG, HEIC and WebP, so you'd export the TIFF to PNG first, and a trace at that resolution follows every speck, paper fiber and soft ink edge. For an order you don't need to export anything: upload the TIFF itself and a designer redraws it as clean closed shapes, real fills and a minimal node count, delivered as SVG plus a PDF backup in 24 hours.
A bigger TIFF traces worse, not better.
TIFF is the format scanners and print workflows save: lossless pixels, LZW-compressed or not compressed at all, often CMYK, sometimes several pages in one file. All that resolution records the artwork exactly, and the paper along with it. Auto-trace can't tell ink from grain, so a 600 dpi scan of a hand-drawn logo comes back as a tangle of points around every fiber, and the soft edge where ink soaked into the paper becomes a lumpy outline instead of a clean curve.
We redraw from the artwork, not the paper: clean curves with the fewest nodes the form needs, closed fills rather than stroked outlines, no background shape, and a tidy group structure with a proper viewBox. SVG has no CMYK, so for a CMYK print master we set screen colors from your brand values if you send them, and the PDF backup can carry CMYK for print. You get the SVG plus that PDF.
Upload the TIFF
The scan or master file as it is. TIFF uploads straight to the order, no export needed.
We redraw the artwork
A designer rebuilds clean shapes from the ink, ignoring grain, dust and paper texture.
Clean SVG in 24h
A tidy SVG plus a PDF backup, with a 100% remake guarantee.
Same TIFF. Two very different SVGs.
| For a browser or vinyl cutter | Human redraw · VectorWiz | Instant auto-trace |
|---|---|---|
| Node economy | Minimal, hand-set | Hundreds of stray points |
| Fills | True closed fills | Stroked outlines |
| Colors | Clean flat fills | Phantom duplicates |
| Structure | Logical groups | Tangled transforms |
Before you trace the scan.
Can I convert TIFF to SVG myself?
For a preview, yes. Export the TIFF to PNG (Photoshop, GIMP or Preview on a Mac all do it) and drop it into the instant tracer, which reads PNG, JPG, HEIC and WebP. Inkscape can also import a TIFF and trace it with Path > Trace Bitmap. Both work for bold, high-contrast line art. On a scan with grain, speckle or soft ink edges, expect thousands of stray nodes, so for a logo or anything you'll cut or reuse, a hand redraw is the safer route.
What resolution should I scan at?
For line art and logos, 600 dpi captures clean edges without an enormous file, and 300 dpi is often enough for bold shapes. Scan the original flat with the lid closed, and skip any sharpening. A designer redraws from the scan rather than tracing it, so a slightly soft scan still works; a sharper one leaves fewer small details to confirm with you.
My TIFF has several pages. Which one do you use?
A multi-page TIFF stores each page as a separate image, and many apps show only the first. Tell us in the order notes which page holds the artwork, or save each page you need as its own TIFF and upload them together. Each artwork is redrawn on its own.
Will the colors match my CMYK file?
SVG stores color as RGB or hex, so a CMYK TIFF's colors have to be converted, and that conversion can shift them. Send your brand values (PMS, CMYK or hex) and we set the SVG colors from those instead of sampling the scan. If you need CMYK for print, say so and the PDF backup carries it.
The TIFF is too big to upload. What should I do?
Order uploads take files up to 50 MB each. Crop the TIFF to the artwork, flatten any layers, and save it with LZW compression, which is lossless, so nothing in the image changes. For black line art, saving as grayscale instead of CMYK makes the file much smaller too.
How fast is a TIFF to SVG redraw?
24 hours standard, 12-hour rush, or 3-business-day flex, with a 100% remake guarantee.
Where this converter links.
Get an SVG without the paper grain.
Send the TIFF as it is. A designer redraws the artwork as clean, closed shapes and has the SVG back in 24 hours, guaranteed.