A clean vector with exact thread colors and no tiny specks — a good start for digitizing.
Left: a compressed JPEG. Right: the clean SVG from Shapesoda. Drag to compare.
Embroidery machines read stitch files (DST, PES, JEF and others), not images, so a logo has to be digitized first. Digitizing software such as Hatch, Wilcom, Embrilliance or the free Ink/Stitch for Inkscape works far better from a clean vector than from a blurry PNG: it can turn each shape into fill or satin stitches directly. Shapesoda gives you that vector, with the number of colors matching your threads and small specks removed. It does not create stitch files itself.
Ink/Stitch works with SVG directly. Hatch, Wilcom and Embrilliance import vector files such as SVG, EPS or PDF, depending on the edition. If you send the job to a digitizing service, EPS or PDF is the usual request.
Smooth Bézier curves with only the nodes the shape needs. Easy to edit and cut.
Color fades become real SVG gradients you can edit.
SVG, PDF, EPS, AI, DXF and PNG from one result.
Connect Shapesoda to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.
Recolor, draw, pick colors or remove shapes. No Illustrator needed.
Send a JPG or PNG, get an SVG back. Add vectorization to your app.
No. Shapesoda makes vector files (SVG, PDF, EPS, DXF). Stitch files are made from them in digitizing software or by a digitizing service.
You choose the colors. Set the exact number and pick each one from the image or enter your own, then match them to thread colors when digitizing.
Yes. Upload, trace and edit for free without an account. New accounts get their first download free.
Without a plan, one credit is one downloaded image, in any format. The Personal plan needs no credits on the website; the API plan adds credits every month. Re-downloading the same image — even in another format — is free for 30 days.
Not while your API plan is active: unused credits roll over, up to 5 months’ worth. When the plan ends, its credits expire. The free credit for new accounts does not expire.
Only when you need it. The editor keeps your image in memory only while you work, and an API request for a single format keeps nothing. When you ask the API for several formats, request storage, or use the MCP server, the image and the results are kept for 24 hours, encrypted with a key that only you receive (anyone with the result link can download it), then deleted automatically. We never use your images to train models. The list of recent images on the start screen lives only in your browser.
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.
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