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Image to SVG for Laser Cutting

Image to SVG for Laser Cutting

Trace a high-contrast image into black-and-white SVG paths. The page opens in black and white with background removal on. Nothing is uploaded.

A plain PNG trace is on PNG to SVG. For vinyl and cardstock, use SVG for Cricut.

No image? Try a sample

Preset

Color

Detail

Drops the color that touches the outer edge. A transparent PNG stays transparent.

One image at a time, up to 8 MB. The long edge is scaled to 1024 pixels or less before tracing, and transparency is kept. This version has no photo preset. Text becomes paths.

How to prepare a laser SVG

  1. Add a bold drawing

    Drop a PNG, JPG, or WebP, or use a sample. One image, up to 8 MB. A dark drawing on a light or transparent background works best.

  2. Trace in black and white

    Tracing starts on its own. Black and white is the high-contrast setting: dark shapes stay, and the rest drops. Background removal starts on. Raise detail if thin shapes disappear.

  3. Import into laser software

    Download the SVG and open it in LightBurn, Glowforge software, or another program that imports SVG. This site does not connect to a laser.

Cut and engrave notes

Cut and engrave are set in your software

The file is filled shapes. It does not mark a path as cut or engrave, and it does not set power or speed. Assign that in LightBurn or Glowforge software.

Closed shapes, not hairlines

The tracer builds filled, closed shapes. An open centerline or a single-stroke font is not preserved. Use a bold drawing, or raise detail if thin parts vanish.

Kerf is not applied

The SVG has no kerf offset. If a joint must fit, offset the path in your laser software. This page does not know the material or the beam width.

Background and size

Remove background drops the color that touches the outer edge, so a white sheet is less likely to become a rectangle. The long edge is scaled to 1024 pixels before tracing. Set the job size in your laser software. That scale is not millimeters.

Questions

Does this upload my image?

No. Reading, tracing, and preview stay in the browser.

Is this a cut file or an engrave file?

Neither operation is assigned. The download is filled paths. You choose cut or engrave in the laser software. It is not an open centerline.

Will LightBurn or Glowforge import it?

Both can import SVG. This page is not those products and does not talk to the machine.

Are the paths closed?

Filled shapes from the tracer are closed. Hairlines and single-stroke fonts are not kept as open lines.

Do you compensate for kerf?

No. Offset the path in your laser software. This page has no material library and does not know the beam width.

Can I send the PDF to the laser?

No. Download PDF embeds a raster image. It is not a vector job. Use the SVG download.

Related tools

See PNG to SVG, JPG to SVG, the SVG converter, the SVG editor, SVG to PNG, SVG to PDF, and SVG for Cricut.

Image to SVG for laser cutting

This page traces one image into black-and-white SVG paths for laser software. It opens in black and white, which is the high-contrast setting, with background removal on. Tracing stays in the browser. The image is not uploaded.

LightBurn and Glowforge software can import a normal SVG. This page is not those products, and it does not connect to a laser. The download is filled, closed shapes. It does not mark a path as cut or engrave, and it does not set power, speed, or kerf.

When it fits

  • A bold drawing should become dark shapes a laser program can import
  • You want the outer background color dropped so a white sheet is less likely to become a rectangle
  • You will choose cut or engrave, and any kerf offset, in your own software

Photos and thin hairlines are a poor fit. For vinyl and cardstock, use SVG for Cricut. For a color trace, use PNG to SVG.

How it works

Laser prep is a two-color trace, not a photo cutout.

  1. Color quantization is black and white: dark pixels stay, and the rest drop.
  2. Region tracing turns the remaining dark pixels into filled regions. Background removal drops the color that touches the outer edge, which is usually the sheet around the drawing.
  3. Curve fitting uses VTracer. imagetracerjs is the fallback when VTracer does not start. Paths are closed fills, not open centerlines.

The long edge is scaled to 1024 pixels or less before tracing. Input is capped at 8 MB. PDF export paints a raster and caps that long edge at 4096 pixels. Kerf, power, and speed stay in your laser software.

Privacy

Files never leave your browser. The trace runs on this device. The SVG is not uploaded to LightBurn, Glowforge, or this site.

Limits

  • PNG, JPG, and WebP. One image at a time, up to 8 MB. The long edge is scaled to 1024 pixels or less before tracing. That scale is canvas pixels, not millimeters. See MDN's SVG guide.
  • Paths from the tracer are filled shapes. W3C SVG paths describes the path data. An open centerline is not preserved.
  • Kerf is the width a cut removes. This page does not offset for it.
  • Download PDF embeds a raster image and caps that long edge at 4096 pixels. It is not a vector job. Use the SVG. Tracing uses the 1024-pixel edge and an 8 MB file cap.

References

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