PNG to SVG Wrapper Tool

This tool does not vectorize your image. It takes your PNG exactly as it is and embeds it inside an SVG wrapper, either as inline Base64 data or as an external reference. The result is a valid .svg file, but the pixel content inside it is identical to your original PNG — enlarging it beyond its original dimensions will show the same pixelation a raster image always shows.

What this is actually useful for

Despite not being true vectorization, wrapping a PNG in SVG has a few legitimate, specific uses: Format compatibility. Some platforms, CMS upload fields, or icon systems only accept .svg as a file extension, even when what they really need is just an image. This tool satisfies that requirement without changing your actual image content. Single-file portability. With Inline Base64 embedding, the image data lives directly inside the SVG markup — no separate image file to keep track of, no broken references if a file gets moved. Useful for embedding an image directly into HTML, email templates, or any context where you want one self-contained file. Consistent viewBox scaling behavior. The Scalable ViewBox option lets the container element respect responsive CSS sizing rules the way other SVGs on a page do, which can simplify styling in some layouts — even though the image content itself still has a fixed native resolution underneath.

What this is not useful for

If your goal is a logo or icon that stays sharp when enlarged for print, a billboard, or a large display — the classic reason people look for “PNG to SVG” — this tool will not give you that. True vector conversion requires tracing the shapes in your image into paths, which is a fundamentally different process from wrapping a raster file. You’ll also notice, in your results, that the resulting SVG file is sometimes larger than the original PNG — this is expected. Base64 encoding adds roughly 33% overhead compared to the original binary file size, since it’s the same image data with no compression benefit and some added encoding weight.

Looking for true vector conversion instead?

Real PNG-to-vector conversion — tracing shapes and colors into scalable paths — is a separate, more involved process. It works best on simple, high-contrast images like logos and icons, and struggles with photographs or complex gradients. If that’s what you need, a dedicated tracing-based converter is the right tool, and it’s worth checking whether one is available separately on this site before assuming this wrapper tool covers that case.