JPG to SVG Converting Raster Illustrations or photos to Vector Graphics

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Scalable Vector Graphics — the SVG format — is fundamentally separate from JPG. JPG encodes pictures as a grid of pixels, SVG stores graphics as mathematical definitions of paths and colors. Meaning SVG files can be displayed at all sizes — from a 16x16 pixel favicon to a billboard — without loss of sharpness.

Changing JPG to SVG is a technique referred to as vectorization, and it is especially useful for logos and simple graphics.

Prior to converting JPG to SVG, it is necessary to realize how the process works. JPG files are a bitmap image — a static grid of dots. SVG files are a scalable image — a series of geometric shapes that applications displays as the graphic.

The conversion works great for clean images with distinct shapes and minimal colors — icons, logos, click here symbols and line art. It does not work for detailed photographs with thousands of colors.

For quality conversion, Illustrator's Image Trace function offers the most control. Load the image in Illustrator, click the image, access the Image Trace settings and choose an relevant setting.

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