![]() If you convert it to SVG, you can make it as big as you like and the quality won’t suffer. If you have a JPG that you need to manipulate, say to print out on a large poster or automatically scale on a website, that raster image is probably not going to look good. The biggest reason to convert a file from JPG to SVG is to make that image scalable. JPG files are raster images while SVG files are vector images. This is something raster images cannot do. ![]() Vector images, on the other hand, are infinitely scalable, meaning you can make them as large or small as you want without any change to the quality of the image. The main benefit of raster images is that they are much simpler and better for sharing on the internet. Software that can read vector files can then interpret this code and show an image. Instead, a vector image is a page of code that draws an image using points, lines, and curves. Meanwhile, a vector image doesn’t have pixels. Each pixel is filled in with one color and all the pixels create an image, kind of like a mosaic. A raster image is made up of a grid of pixels. SVG files are what’s used to generate PNG images.To understand JPG and SVG files, you need to first understand raster and vector images. This is sort of like trying to turn an omelette back into an egg - the order of operations is backwards. "A question commonly asked by newcomers is how they can use Inkscape to convert PNG to SVG format. You can be busy with your cricut every day for many years, without ever needing to make your own svg.Īnd, to discourage your further, let me quote Logos by Nick again. Read the entire article here - it's very informative. Since these formulas are far more dynamic than a series of static boxes, vector formats (like SVG) offer many more benefits, like being fully editable with vector graphics software, and having the ability to enlarge them infinitely without quality loss." Vector graphics (unlike raster graphics) are not made of pixels they’re made of mathematical formulas that dictate all of the properties of a graphic on an X and Y axis. The more you zoom in on them or try to enlarge them, the more visible the individual pixels become. Graphics made of pixels are static and set at a specific size. png are raster graphics, meaning they’re made entirely of individual colored boxes known as pixels. When you upload an svg, each color is it's own layer, and the software knows to cut each layer separately. When you tell it to cut, it only knows to cut around the outside. If you upload a jpg or png to design space, it will upload as a one layer image. It will come with each color as it's own "layer", and it can be made very large, or very small, without distorting. Select Colors/ Uncheck Smooth/Check Remove Background/Scan double the number of colors in image, but 8-10 scans is optimal.I suggest looking at a tutorial, but I made myself a cliff notes version to remember what to do: I have moderate experience with graphics software, as a photographer, but this is very different then what I am used to, and very much out of my comfort zone. It's a very popular option for cricut users. Inkscape is a program you download to your computer. To see how these all work, I'm going to attempt to convert both of the photos above using these sites, and software: (Photos in general will always be more difficult to convert then clipart - results will vary greatly) The flag is a super simple, clean, starting photo, the photo of Molly is complex low contrast and generally difficult. I purposefully chose a slightly more difficult photo to work with for these tests, for a better full comparison. ![]() At the same time, I wanted to try each option on an actual photograph, and I chose this one of my dog. It comes with an svg, but for this process, I want a png or jpg. I needed a png or jpg for this comparison, so I started with this free commercial use file. ![]()
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