Convert PNG to SVG for Cricut — Free Cut File Maker
Turn any image into a layered SVG cut file for Cricut Design Space, Silhouette, Glowforge, and LightBurn. No sign-up, no watermark — your upload is encrypted and deleted right after conversion.
Drag an image here, or click to select
Supports PNG / JPG / WEBP / GIF / BMP, max 20MB
PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, or BMP up to 20MB. Tip: enable background removal so your cut file has no white box around it.
Why your PNG won't cut properly
A PNG is a grid of pixels. Cutting machines follow paths — the blade needs a line to trace. When you upload a PNG, Design Space treats it as a Print Then Cut image: it prints your artwork and cuts a single outline around it. Vectorizing first gives every color its own path, so each layer cuts on its own mat.
Before & After: Raster to Vector
Move your mouse across either image — a 4x magnifier appears on both sides.
At 4x magnification, the SVG is mathematically perfect — the raster reveals pixelation.
Pixel edges on the left become smooth, cuttable Bézier paths on the right.
Works with your machine
Cricut
Design Space reads SVG natively — upload and each color lands on its own layer.
Silhouette
Studio Business Edition opens SVG directly; the free edition can import via DXF.
Glowforge
Vector paths become cut or score lines; raster fills become engraves.
LightBurn
Imports SVG paths as cut layers you can assign power and speed to.
The two settings that decide your cut quality
1. Color count — keep it between 2 and 6
One color equals one material layer. A 4-color trace gives you four clean mats. A 32-color trace gives you hundreds of slivers no blade can physically cut, and a weeding job you will abandon halfway.
2. Smoothing — fewer nodes, happier machine
A trace that follows every pixel step creates thousands of nodes. Design Space lags, and the blade chatters along the jagged edge. Higher smoothing fits longer curves through the same outline, so the file is lighter and the cut is visibly cleaner.
Cuts beautifully
- Bold lettering and monograms
- Flat clip art and sticker designs
- Logos and silhouettes with solid fills
- Hand-drawn line art scanned at high contrast
Fights the blade
- Photographs and portraits (too many colors to cut)
- Soft gradients and airbrushed shading
- Thin hairline strokes below ~1mm at final size
- Low-resolution images pulled from the web
Frequently Asked Questions
Not as a true cut file. Design Space accepts a PNG only as a Print Then Cut image, so it prints the artwork and adds one cut line around the outside. To cut individual shapes and layer colors, you need an SVG with real vector paths — which is exactly what this converter produces.
Keep going with your cut files
Cut files for craft machines
Turn any PNG, JPG, or hand-drawn design into a clean SVG cut file for Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, Glowforge, or LightBurn — free, in your browser, with no sign-up.
Cutting machines don't read pixels. They follow paths. Veclify traces your image into real vector outlines, so Design Space sees a cuttable shape instead of a flat image it can only print.
Why Design Space rejects your PNG
When you upload a PNG, Cricut flattens it into a Print Then Cut image with a single outer cut line. Only a true SVG carries separate paths per color, which is what lets the machine cut each layer on its own mat. Vectorizing first is the difference between a printed sticker and a real layered cut.
Fewer colors, cleaner cuts
The single biggest quality lever is color count. A 4-color trace produces four tidy layers; a 32-color trace produces dozens of slivers your machine cannot physically cut. Start low and only raise the count if detail is genuinely missing.
Keep the node count sane
Design Space slows to a crawl when a path carries thousands of nodes. Veclify's smoothing produces fewer, longer Bézier curves instead of one node per pixel step, so files stay light and the blade tracks smoothly instead of chattering along a jagged edge.
Transparent background, no white box
Enable background removal before tracing so the result has no white rectangle behind it. A leftover background becomes an unwanted cut line around your whole design — the most common reason a first cut comes out wrong.