Raster to Vector Converter
The professional tool for converting raster images to clean, editable vector files. Built for designers, engineers, and manufacturers.
✦Drop an image here, or click to upload
JPG, PNG, WebP, or HEIC. Any size.
Open the converter3 free conversions. No card required.
See it in action
Real conversions from PhotoCAD. Drag the slider to compare the original photo and the vector output.
How it works
Upload a raster image
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC. Any size, any aspect ratio — we canonicalize to a working resolution automatically.
AI-powered vectorization
PhotoCAD extracts meaningful outlines and rebuilds them as precise vector geometry — not a brute-force auto-trace.
Download production-ready files
SVG, DXF, and PDF outputs from a single conversion. Ready for design, manufacturing, or print.
Why use PhotoCAD
AI-driven, not auto-trace
Traditional auto-tracers vectorize every pixel — including noise, texture, and unwanted background. PhotoCAD extracts only the meaningful geometry.
Clean polylines and curves
The output is real vector geometry — editable, scalable, and free of the path-density bloat that plagues legacy auto-tracers.
Designed for manufacturing
DXF output is the standard for CAD/CAM workflows. Files load cleanly into AutoCAD, Fusion 360, LightBurn, VCarve, and every industrial CNC controller.
No format lock-in
One conversion produces SVG, DXF, and PDF. Use the right format for the job — no need to convert again.
"Raster to vector" is the technical phrasing for one of the most common conversions in design and manufacturing. Raster images are pixels — they look fine at the resolution they were captured, and they fall apart everywhere else. Vectors are geometry — they look identical at any size, on any device, on any output medium.
PhotoCAD's AI extracts the subject from the source image and ignores the rest. The output is clean, editable vector geometry — typically a fraction of the path count you'd get from a brute-force auto-tracer, and ready to use in CAD or design software without manual cleanup.
PhotoCAD outputs SVG, DXF, and PDF from a single conversion. No conversion-of-conversions, no format degradation. Use whichever format the next step in your workflow expects.
What you can do with it
Design and illustration
Convert reference images into editable vector outlines for use in Illustrator, Inkscape, Affinity Designer, or Figma.
CAD and manufacturing
Turn photos, scans, or screenshots into DXF files ready for laser cutting, plasma cutting, CNC routing, or CAD refinement.
Architectural drafting
Convert site photos, sketches, or scanned drawings into vector references for an architectural CAD model.
Print and publishing
Vectorize images for print at any scale — pixel-free output regardless of how the file is reproduced.
Ready to try it?
Convert any raster image to a clean vector file in under two minutes.
Your first 3 conversions are free — no card required.