Raster to vector conversion service, drawn by hand.

A raster file (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF) stores a fixed grid of colored pixels, so enlarging it enlarges the pixels and the edges go soft and jagged. A vector file (AI, EPS, SVG, PDF) stores shapes as anchor points and curves, so it can be scaled to any size and read by cutters, routers, engravers and print RIPs. Raster to vector conversion rebuilds the pixel image as those shapes.

JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP and HEIC phone photos upload directly, along with screenshots, scans of printed artwork and PDFs that only contain an embedded image. If a PDF, AI or EPS already holds real vector paths, the job is simpler — the estimator grades the source the moment you upload it and prices it accordingly.

Larger and sharper always helps, but there is no hard minimum, because the designer redraws the artwork instead of tracing the pixels. What matters is whether the shapes are readable. Where they are not — tiny text that has merged, details lost to compression — the designer will say so in the order thread and ask for a better source or the font name rather than guess.

A photo of a logo, sign, shirt print or business card — yes, that is routine. A photograph itself — a face, a product shot, a landscape — cannot become a vector that still looks like a photo, because vectors hold flat shapes, not continuous tone. It can be redrawn as a flat-color or line illustration, which is a new piece of artwork rather than the photo. We don't edit or retouch photographs; if an illustration is what you need, ask through the contact page before ordering.

For a crisp, high-contrast, one-color mark that will only be shown on screen, auto-trace can be good enough. On a typical raster logo it follows the pixels — stair-stepped edges, JPEG artifacts and anti-aliased color fringes — and produces hundreds of extra nodes, near-duplicate colors and blobbed text. That file then needs cleanup before any cutter, press or machine can use it. A hand redraw skips that step.

Per job, by complexity, across four tiers — $19 / $57 / $114 / $190. A clean one-color logo starts at $19; a shaded mascot or a rebuild from a damaged scan sits in the upper tiers. Upload the file and the price is shown before checkout. On a monthly plan the same jobs cost 5, 15, 30 or 50 credits.

Standard is 24 hours. Rush is 12 hours for 50% more, and Flex is 3 business days for 10% less. Revisions are free until the file is right.

Every order includes AI, EPS, SVG and PDF, with DXF on request for laser, CNC and plotter work. For embroidery we deliver clean vector paths for your digitizer — we don't produce DST, PES or other stitch files.