Image → SVG · DXF · EPS
PNG to SVG converter that checks the cut
Turn a logo, drawing or sticker design into a layered cut file sized for your machine. Tiny pieces removed, thin spots flagged, stencil bridges added. Your image never leaves this computer.
- Unlimited and free
- No account
- Nothing uploaded
See the difference
A trace is not a cut file
Every converter can turn pixels into paths. The problem starts on the mat: specks you can't weed, a hairline that tears, a letter whose middle falls out. Here is our sample badge traced twice, both at 3 inches wide.
Cleanup off
- Pieces 88
- Specks under 1.5 mm 81
- Thin spots checked No
- Path nodes 483
Makerfern, Cricut preset
- Pieces 7
- Specks under 1.5 mm 0
- Thin spots flagged 11
- Path nodes 313
Numbers come from running the engine on the sample when this page was built, not from a mock-up.
Drag to compare. The vector stays sharp at any size.
Why makers switch
Built around the cut, not the file
Measured in millimetres
Tell it how wide you'll cut, and every decision is made at that size: what counts as a speck, what is too thin to weed, how wide a stencil bridge needs to be.
Runs on your computer
No upload, no queue, no copy of your artwork on someone else's server. It works on a slow connection, and it works on designs you are not allowed to share.
Free without a counter
Other converters charge per image because every image costs them a server call. Ours costs nothing to run, so converting to SVG has no daily limit and no watermark.
The cut report
Four problems it catches before your blade does
Each check runs on every conversion and shows up on the preview, so you fix it on screen instead of on a sheet of vinyl.
Specks you can't weed
Pieces smaller than your minimum are merged into whatever surrounds them, so a stray anti-aliasing pixel doesn't become a cut.
Parts too thin to survive
Anything narrower than your limit is outlined in red on the preview, with its measured width, before it tears on the transfer tape.
Centers that fall out
In stencil mode, every enclosed island gets the shortest possible bridge to the rest of the sheet, at the width you choose.
Gaps between vinyl colors
Stacked layers run each color under the ones above it, so a slightly off layering job never shows a sliver of shirt.
Pricing
Free for SVG. Pro when you need the other formats.
No credits and no conversion counter on either plan.
Free
Everything you need for Cricut, Silhouette Designer Edition and web.
- Unlimited SVG conversions
- All six machine presets
- Cut report, stencil bridges, sticker borders
- 300 dpi PNG for print then cut
Pro
Or $36 a year, or $59 once. For laser, CNC and shops.
- DXF in millimetres or inches
- EPS for print shops
- One file per color layer
- Batch: up to 50 images into one zip
Files for every machine
Start from the preset for what you cut
SVG for Cricut
Stacked layers at the size you set, ready for Design Space.
Open preset →Silhouette cut files
SVG for Designer Edition, DXF for Basic.
Open preset →Laser and CNC
One clean outline in millimetres for LightBurn, xTool or CAM.
Open preset →Stencils
Automatic bridges so nothing drops out of the sheet.
Open preset →Print then cut stickers
A smooth offset border around the art.
Open preset →Layered vinyl
Color layers that overlap instead of leaving gaps.
Open preset →Also in your subscription
The rest of the job, not just the trace
Fill a page, print it, cut it
Lay stickers out at the exact size you want on Letter or A4. The printed page and the cut file come from one layout, so they line up instead of nearly lining up.
Make a sheet → Background removerArtwork to transparent PNG
Clear a plain backdrop off a logo, clipart or a product shot, keeping the soft edges that make a design sit properly on a new colour.
Clear a background → Print size checkerBig enough to print?
Pixels divided by inches, answered before you waste a sheet of vinyl. See the biggest size the file holds, and save it resized.
Check a size → Colour paletteWhat to buy, and how much
Every colour in a design with its share, and a real area at your finished size. The same colours the layered cut file will have.
Read a palette →Every tool runs on your own computer, so they stay free to use. One Pro plan unlocks the machine formats and bulk exports across all of them, including tools added later.
Guides
Fix it before it reaches the mat
Why your SVG has hundreds of tiny pieces
Where they come from, and how to set a minimum that suits the material.
StencilsStencil bridges: keep the middle of the O
How wide to make them, where to put them, and when you don't need them.
Layered vinylStacked or flat layers?
Two ways to build a multi-color decal, and which one hides a misaligned press.
Questions
Frequently asked
Is Makerfern really free?
Yes. Converting to SVG has no daily limit, no account and no watermark, and that includes every cleanup step and the cut report. It can stay free because the conversion runs on your own computer: there is no server doing the work and no per-image bill behind it. Pro adds DXF and EPS files, one file per color layer, and batch conversion.
Do you upload my image?
No. The image is read by your browser and traced by code running on this page. You can check it: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab and convert something. No request carries your image. That matters if you sell designs, or you are converting a client's logo you don't have the right to hand to a third party.
Will the SVG work in Cricut Design Space and Silhouette Studio?
The SVG is intentionally plain: one filled shape per color, closed paths, no clipping masks, patterns, strokes or embedded CSS. Those are the things that make cutting software merge layers or drop shapes. The file also states its width in real units, so it arrives at the size you set. Silhouette Studio Basic Edition does not open SVG files. Use a DXF there (Pro), or upgrade Studio.
What does "measured at the cut size" mean?
A speck that is 6 pixels wide might be 2 mm on a mug decal or 12 mm on a sign. Makerfern asks how wide you will cut the design, converts every limit to millimetres, and only then decides what is too small to weed or too thin to survive. Change the width and the cleanup changes with it.
Can it convert a photograph?
It can, and you should expect a poster-like result: a photo has thousands of tones, and a cut file can only have a handful of flat colors. Logos, clipart, lettering, line art and sticker designs are what it is built for. For a single-color cut from a photo, use the Stencil or Laser preset and set colors to 2.
What are the numbers in the presets based on?
They are Makerfern's starting points, not a machine manufacturer's specification. Vinyl, cardstock, blades and mats all behave differently, so every limit is shown next to the control that changes it. Do a test cut with a new material and adjust from there.
What actually happens when you convert an image
A PNG or JPG is a grid of colored squares. Nothing in it records that the squares form a circle or a letter, which is why enlarging one gives you bigger squares. An SVG stores the shapes themselves, so it holds its edge at any size. Converting between them isn't a format change. It's a rebuild.
Makerfern rebuilds in five passes. It finds the handful of real colors in the image and ignores the in-between shades that anti-aliasing leaves around every edge. It removes the background. It cleans up at your cut size, merging pieces below your minimum into their surroundings. It traces each color's outline along the pixel edges. Then it fits smooth curves to those outlines, keeping real corners sharp. The last step is why a circle comes out as four clean curves rather than hundreds of tiny steps.
Two things decide the result more than any setting. The first is source size: a logo around 1,000 pixels across traces far better than a 200-pixel thumbnail, because a blurry edge gets traced faithfully as a blurry edge (more on sizing). The second is color count: a cut file needs a few flat colors, so gradients and photos turn into bands.
What it deliberately doesn't do
It doesn't invent detail. There's no AI redrawing your art, so nothing appears that wasn't in the image. And it doesn't claim a file will cut perfectly on your material. The report tells you what it measured; a test cut tells you the rest.