GIF to SVG
Free online GIF to SVG converter. Convert GIF to SVG and get clean vector paths that scale to any size, for Cricut, Silhouette, laser cutters, print and the web. Reads the GIF at full resolution, transparency kept. Runs in your browser: nothing uploaded, no sign-up.
Works with: Illustrator · Inkscape · Figma · Canva · web browsers
Drop several files at once to convert the whole folder in one pass. Got a different format? A PNG, JPG, HEIC, PDF, SVG or DXF still comes out as SVG.
× removes a colour and its shapes; click a swatch to change it. Every format follows.
- Runs in this tab
- No sign-up
- Full resolution out
Batch
Every file is traced on its own at its own resolution, with the settings in the panel. A file converted here comes out identical to the same file converted by itself.
Every format
Conversion settings
Trace settings
Full-colour trace for print and web.
Fine-tune
Raise it to clear dust, grain and stray dots; 0 keeps every mark.
Untick for pixel art: the outline then follows every pixel edge.
With Remove background: how close a colour must be to the background to go with it.
Machine output
Height follows the source aspect ratio.
Laser and Router follow the traced outlines. Engrave photo burns the picture itself, line by line, for photos and portraits.
Heat transfer vinyl is pressed face down, so it has to be cut mirrored. The second box is the overcut in millimetres: a drag knife starts each shape pointing the wrong way, and running past the start covers that stretch properly so the piece weeds out clean.
Beam or bit width. Left at zero the tool runs down the centre of the line, so a part finishes one tool width undersize. Set it and the path is offset by half, with holes offset the opposite way.
Holes before the part that holds them, so nothing comes loose while there is still cutting to do. Also shortens the travel between cuts.
See it on your product
Put this artwork on a 3D mug, tumbler, sign, phone case or canvas, turn it all the way round, or drop it onto a photograph of your own blank. The preview page has the product picker, the colours and the placement controls.
Open the preview and renderHow it works
Upload your image
Drag in a PNG, JPG or WebP. Nothing is uploaded, the trace runs in your browser.
We rebuild the shapes
The engine finds the edges and redraws them as real curves, not a bitmap in a wrapper.
Download the SVG
Scales cleanly at any size, on a business card or the side of a van.
GIF to SVG converter: free and online
Convert GIF to SVG in your browser: drop in a GIF file and download the SVG. The file is converted on your own device and never uploaded, so this gif to svg converter is safe for private and confidential files.
GIF is the old web format for simple graphics and short animations, limited to 256 colours. SVG is the vector format of the web and of cutting machines: shapes and curves that stay sharp at any size.
The picture is traced into real vector paths - curves and corners, not a bitmap wrapped in an SVG - so it scales to any size and cuts cleanly on a Cricut, a Silhouette or a laser.
More conversions from GIF: GIF to Lottie, GIF to DXF, GIF to EPS, GIF to PDF, GIF to G-code, GIF to STL.
Other conversions to SVG: PNG to SVG, JPG to SVG, JPEG to SVG, WEBP to SVG, BMP to SVG, HEIC to SVG.
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Why it matters
Real geometry, not a wrapper
Several popular converters base64-embed your original bitmap inside an SVG tag. That file does not scale, cut or separate. Open ours and there is no <image> tag anywhere in it.
Corners stay corners
Sharp angles are detected and kept sharp, while curves between them are smoothed. A logo comes back with its corners square.
Holes stay holes
Counters in lettering and enclosed shapes trace with opposite winding, so they render and cut as holes rather than filling in.
Nothing leaves your machine
No upload, no queue, and no copy of your artwork on someone else’s server.
Questions
How do I convert GIF to SVG?
Drop your GIF file on this page, check the preview, and press Download. The SVG is made in a few seconds, with no sign-up.
Is my GIF file uploaded anywhere?
No. The gif to svg conversion runs in your browser, on your own device. The file never leaves it.
How big should my image be?
Around 1000 pixels on the long edge is a comfortable floor for a logo. Below roughly 500 the edges are already soft, and the trace follows that softness faithfully because it cannot know the blur was not intended.
Can I convert a photograph?
You can, and it is worth knowing what you get: thousands of tonal transitions become flat vector shapes, which reads as a posterised rendering rather than a faithful copy. For logos, line art, icons and lettering it does exactly what you expect.
Is the original file better?
Always. If the vector original exists somewhere, it beats any trace, ours included.
Reading on SVG and machine files
GIF to SVG: here, by hand, or on a server
| Veconvert | Illustrator, by hand | A paid vectorizer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Free preview; one file for $3.49 as a guest ($3.99 for technical files), $6.50 in bulk | $23 a month | $8–15 a month |
| How long it takes | Seconds | 30–60 minutes by hand | Seconds |
| Skill needed | None. Drop the file | You have to be able to draw | None |
| Where your file goes | Nowhere. It stays in this tab | Stays on your machine | Uploaded to a server |
| SVG with real units | Yes | Yes, with setup | Usually pixels |
| Machine files too | DXF, G-code, PLT, STL from the same trace | Separate export each time | Rarely |
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