Sketch to SVG.
Drop a photo or scan of a drawing and get its lines as a clean SVG. The paper is removed, the strokes are smoothed, nothing is uploaded.
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How to convert sketch to SVG
- Drop your sketch. A scan or a straight-on photo of a pencil or ink drawing. Even light helps; the paper tone and shadows are measured and removed.
- Watch it trace. The strokes are separated from the paper, smoothed, and traced into one set of paths. The result is compared with your drawing and refined where it differs most.
- Download. You get an SVG with a transparent background and the lines in one ink colour. Open it in Figma, Illustrator, Inkscape, or send it to a plotter or cutter.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark, no download limit. The site is paid for by ads.
Are my images uploaded?
No. Conversion runs on your device, inside this page. Your image never leaves your browser, so it also works with confidential files.
Can I change the line colour?
The ink colour is taken from the drawing. The paths are plain fills, so you can set any colour afterwards with one change in an editor.
What happens to the paper and the shading?
The paper becomes transparent. Faint shading and paper grain are dropped on purpose: the output is line art, not a scan.
Why are some light strokes broken?
Very faint pencil strokes sit close to the paper tone. Drawing a little darker, or scanning with higher contrast, keeps them whole.
What does the match score mean?
It compares the rendered SVG with your image on colour, transparency and edges. 100% would be pixel identical. Flat artwork usually lands above 99%; photos trace into many shapes and score lower, because vectors are not made for photos.
What do the settings do?
Type picks what kind of image it is, which sets sensible defaults. Colours sets how many colours the image is split into (Auto picks them from the image and adds more where needed). Detail sets how closely curves follow the pixels: higher keeps small features, lower gives smoother shapes and smaller files.