Will my logo colors be kept?

No. The trace has one color: every area darker than mid-gray becomes black, and lighter colors are dropped. Recolor the shapes in a vector editor afterwards, or have a multi-color logo redrawn as a vector.

Why is part of my logo missing from the EPS?

Those parts were lighter than mid-gray, so they were treated as background. Yellow, light gray and pastel colors often are. Darken them in any photo editor and convert again.

Can I edit the EPS in Illustrator?

Yes. Illustrator, CorelDRAW and Affinity Designer open it as editable vector shapes you can recolor, resize or combine with other artwork.

Is EPS the same as AI or PDF?

They are related: all three can hold vector artwork, and most print shops accept any of them. EPS is a long-standing format almost every print shop accepts; if a printer asks for PDF instead, Illustrator or Affinity Designer can save the EPS as a PDF, and Illustrator can also save it as AI.

Why is the EPS of my white logo empty?

Transparent areas are filled with white before tracing, so a white or very light logo on a transparent background (the version made for dark backgrounds) has nothing darker than mid-gray left to trace. Use the dark version of the logo, or darken it in any photo editor first.

Can I convert a photo to EPS?

You can, but you get a black silhouette of the photo’s dark areas, not the picture. Tracing is for logos, icons, signatures and line art.

What happens to my files?

The PNG is uploaded over HTTPS, traced on our server and deleted automatically within 2 hours, along with the EPS. Up to 10 files at once, 50 MB each.

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Convert PNG to EPS Online

Turn a PNG logo, icon or signature into an EPS outline that print shops, sign makers and vinyl cutters can use.

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Up to 10 files · 50 MB each

How to Convert PNG to EPS

1
Upload the PNG
Choose the largest version of your logo or signature you have, up to 50 MB (up to 10 files at once).
2
It is traced into shapes
Every part darker than mid-gray becomes a smooth black shape; transparent and light areas are left out.
3
Download the EPS
Send it to the printer or sign maker, or open it in a vector editor to recolor it.

When someone asks for “the logo in EPS”

Print shops, embroidery services, sign makers and vinyl cutters work with vector files, because a vector outline stays sharp when it is scaled up to be cut, engraved or printed. If all you have is a PNG from a website or an email signature, this converter traces it into an EPS they can open.

It suits one-color jobs best: rubber stamps, vinyl lettering, laser engraving, screen-printing a single color, and embroidery outlines.

What your EPS will contain

The PNG is turned into grayscale, and everything darker than mid-gray becomes black filled shapes; transparent areas become background, so a logo on a transparent PNG traces as just its shapes. In our tests, a dark red circle and a dark blue square came out as the same black shapes, while yellow and light gray parts disappeared, and specks of a pixel or two were dropped.

A dark one-color logo: traces cleanly.
A multi-color logo: becomes a single black silhouette.
Pale yellow, light gray or pastel parts: vanish.
A photo: becomes a black silhouette of its dark areas.

Will the printer accept it?

For a one-color job, usually yes: the shapes are clean outlines a printer or cutter can scale. For full-color printing, a traced EPS is the wrong file: send the printer your PNG at the highest resolution you have, or ask them (or a designer) to redraw the logo as a proper multi-color vector.

Getting a clean trace from your PNG

Use the biggest PNG you can find: more pixels give smoother curves.
Dark artwork on a transparent or white background works best.
Darken any light-colored parts you want kept before uploading, in any photo editor.
Remove shadows, gradients and textured backgrounds: they turn into blobs.

Opening and recoloring the EPS

Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW and Affinity Designer open the EPS directly; select the shapes and change their fill to your brand color. Inkscape (free) opens EPS too once Ghostscript is installed, which its Windows version does not include. Web browsers cannot show EPS: to preview it, convert it on to PNG or SVG here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

: No. The trace has one color: every area darker than mid-gray becomes black, and lighter colors are dropped. Recolor the shapes in a vector editor afterwards, or have a multi-color logo redrawn as a vector.
: Those parts were lighter than mid-gray, so they were treated as background. Yellow, light gray and pastel colors often are. Darken them in any photo editor and convert again.
: Yes. Illustrator, CorelDRAW and Affinity Designer open it as editable vector shapes you can recolor, resize or combine with other artwork.
: They are related: all three can hold vector artwork, and most print shops accept any of them. EPS is a long-standing format almost every print shop accepts; if a printer asks for PDF instead, Illustrator or Affinity Designer can save the EPS as a PDF, and Illustrator can also save it as AI.
: Transparent areas are filled with white before tracing, so a white or very light logo on a transparent background (the version made for dark backgrounds) has nothing darker than mid-gray left to trace. Use the dark version of the logo, or darken it in any photo editor first.
: You can, but you get a black silhouette of the photo’s dark areas, not the picture. Tracing is for logos, icons, signatures and line art.
: The PNG is uploaded over HTTPS, traced on our server and deleted automatically within 2 hours, along with the EPS. Up to 10 files at once, 50 MB each.