Guides
SVG and Vectorization Guides
Practical guides to vectorizing logos, choosing between SVG and PNG, building SVG favicons, picking a color count for tracing, and shrinking oversized SVG files.
Guide
How to vectorize a logo
A logo that only exists as a small JPG can be traced back into editable vector paths. Here is how to prepare the source, choose settings that suit flat artwork, and clean up the result afterwards.
Comparison
SVG vs PNG
The two formats solve different problems. SVG describes shapes with coordinates and curves; PNG stores a fixed grid of pixels. Here is how they compare on scaling, size, transparency, and editing — and a simple rule for picking one.
Guide
How to make an SVG favicon
One SVG can replace the stack of 16, 32, and 48-pixel bitmaps a favicon used to require. Here is how to design artwork that survives at 16 pixels, the markup to reference it, and the fallback still worth keeping.
Settings
Best color count for tracing
The color count is the single setting that most affects a traced result. It sets the palette size before any outlines are fitted, which decides how clean the paths are, how faithful the colors look, and how large the file ends up.
Troubleshooting
Why is my SVG so large?
An SVG that weighs more than the image it came from is a path-count problem, not a compression problem. Here is what inflates the path count, how to tell which cause you have, and what actually shrinks the file.
Where these fit
Every guide here is about a decision you make before or after a conversion: which format to ship, how much of the source detail to keep, what to do when the output is heavier than the input. The converters themselves live on their own pages — JPG to SVG, PNG to SVG, WebP to SVG, AVIF to SVG, ICO to SVG, Logo to SVG for brand marks, and Image to SVG for mixed batches.