With Vector Magic, you just upload your image (you can even copy and paste it in) and it automatically just converts to an SVG format for you. I use a software tool called Vector Magic. Most graphic editing software like Adobe Illustration make you manually decide on those conversion settings which makes it really difficult to use if you’re not already familiar with Illustrator. This is an algorithm tricky conversion because there are lots of different ways to do it with varying degrees in quality. To turn a bitmap-based image into a vector-based image, you need special conversion software tools. Most cutting machines like the Cricut and Silhouette use SVG format images because the blade on the machine needs to know what direction (or path) to cut. Vector-based images store the image as a series of paths and nodes. SVG format images are part of a category of images that are vector-based. In other words, the image is captured with information about each dot in the image.

Most images you see on the web and other digital devices use a bitmap or pixel-based image storage format. It is a way to store digital information about an image. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to turn any image into an SVG format image without having to use any complicated graphics editing software.įirst, a quick primer on what is an SVG… SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. Interested in learning the easiest way to make your own SVG?

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