Shapesoda

Turn drawings and sketches into vectors

Scan or photograph your line art and get clean, scalable vector lines — perfect for print, cutting and further editing.

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Ink drawings, pencil sketches, calligraphy and signatures are a perfect match for vectors: they are mostly one color on paper. Shapesoda separates the lines from the paper, smooths away the grain and keeps the character of each stroke, so a scanned or photographed drawing becomes a clean vector you can color, enlarge or cut.

How to vectorize a drawing

  1. Drop, paste or choose your scan or photo of the drawing file above. Tracing starts right away — no sign-up needed to see the result.
  2. Check the result in the split view. Adjust colors and detail in the panel on the right, or fix spots with the pencil, fill and remove-shape tools.
  3. Choose SVG, PDF or DXF in the export menu and download. Remove the paper shape if you want the lines alone on a transparent background.

Getting clean lines

  • Scan the drawing if you can, or photograph it flat in even daylight without shadows.
  • Choose Two colors for black-and-white line art; the paper becomes one shape and the lines another.
  • Raise the minimum shape size to drop dust, specks and paper texture.
  • Darken faint pencil lines before scanning, or increase contrast in any photo app first.

What the result is

Shapesoda traces the outline of each stroke, so lines become filled shapes that keep their varying thickness — the way a pen or brush drew them. It does not produce single center-line paths for engraving pens; for laser cutting and printing the filled outlines are usually what you want.

Everything a clean vector needs

Accurate curves and corners

Smooth Bézier curves where the artwork is round, sharp corners where it's pointed — no wobbly edges.

Color palettes

Automatic palette suggestions, or pick exact colors yourself. Merge near-identical shades in one click.

Editing tools

Pencil, fill, color picker and shape removal right in the browser, with full undo and redo.

Batch processing

Drop a whole folder of images and download all the vectors at once.

All the formats

SVG for the web, PDF and EPS for print, DXF for cutters and CAD, PNG at any scale.

Private by design

Images are processed in memory and never kept beyond short-lived temporary storage. Never used for training.

API and MCP for developers and AI agents

Vectorize from your code, or let Claude Code and Cursor do it for you. Create a key in the account menu; same credits as the website.

API docs →

Questions

Can I vectorize a signature?

Yes. Use Two colors, remove the background shape and download SVG or PDF with a transparent background.

Does it work with a phone photo?

Yes, if the lighting is even. Shadows and paper curvature may show up as extra shapes; raise the minimum shape size or remove them with the remove-shape tool.

Can I color the drawing afterwards?

Yes. Use the fill tool in Shapesoda, or open the SVG in any vector editor.

What is a credit?

One credit is one downloaded image, in any format. Re-downloading the same image — even in another format — is free for 30 days.

Do credits expire?

No. Credits from packs never expire and stay on your account until you use them.

Do you store my images?

No. Images are processed in memory on our servers and are never written to disk. The editor keeps your image only while you work; files sent through the API sit in short-lived temporary storage so you can download the result, then disappear automatically. We never use your images to train models. The list of recent images on the start screen lives only in your browser.

Who owns the vector files?

You do. You keep all rights to the images you upload and to the vectors made from them — we claim none. Please upload only images you have the right to use.