Clean SVG, DXF or PDF for laser cutting and engraving — closed shapes, one layer per color.
Left: a compressed JPEG. Right: the clean SVG from Shapesoda. Drag to compare.
A laser can engrave a bitmap, but cutting needs vector outlines, and vector engraving of logos and lettering is faster and sharper than raster engraving. Shapesoda traces your PNG or JPG into closed filled shapes. Each color lands on its own layer, so in LightBurn, Glowforge or xTool software you can send one color to cut, another to score and another to fill engraving.
Photo engraving works best from the original bitmap with your laser software's dithering. Vector tracing suits photos only as a stylized effect: with two to four colors a photo becomes a bold stencil-like image that cuts and engraves cleanly.
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.
Yes. Every shape is a closed outline, which laser software needs for cutting and fill engraving.
SVG and DXF use image pixels as units. Set the final size in your laser software; the vector scales without losing quality.
Not to trace and edit. You sign in to download, and the first download for a new account is 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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