SVG to PNG

How it works

Choose your SVG files, type the output width in pixels and press the button. The width you give is always applied; the height is worked out from the file's own aspect ratio, so nothing is stretched. If the file declares no size at all, the output is treated as square. Because the source is a vector there is no point where enlargement starts to hurt: at 4096 pixels the drawing is just as sharp, since it is recalculated from scratch rather than scaled up. The result is a PNG, and any transparent area in the drawing stays transparent. For safety the file is read as text before anything is drawn: if it contains a script tag, an embedded HTML region or a resource pulled from a web address, the conversion stops and you are told which of those was found.

This tool is also known as svg to png, convert svg to png, svg to png high resolution, export svg as png, vector to raster image.

What is SVG?

SVG, short for Scalable Vector Graphics, stores a picture as drawing instructions rather than pixels: inside the file are tags that mean run a line from here to there, fill this circle with that colour. Because of that the file opens in a text editor, sits sensibly in version control, and grows to any size without degrading, since it is redrawn every time. Logos, icons and diagrams live in this format for exactly those reasons; photographs cannot, because a photograph has no shapes to describe.

What is vector and raster?

A vector image is a description of shapes; a raster image is a grid of coloured dots. The difference shows up most when you enlarge: double a vector and the drawing is recalculated with the edges still crisp, double a raster and the existing dots simply get bigger, so edges turn into steps. In return, raster can hold anything — describing the millions of colour transitions in a photograph as vector shapes is not practical. This tool moves you from vector to raster, which is the direction that only goes one way.

What is the difference between SVG and PNG?

An SVG stores the recipe for a drawing, a PNG stores the finished drawing. You can blow an SVG up as far as you like, and its file size depends on how many shapes it holds rather than on dimensions. A PNG has its dimensions baked in: a logo saved 512 pixels wide goes soft when you stretch it to 2048. What PNG gives you in return is that everything opens it, while some older software, email clients and social networks refuse SVG outright. The working rule: keep the master as SVG and export a PNG at whatever size the destination needs.

How to choose the output width

The size written inside an SVG is a suggestion, not a limit — the decision is yours. Where the file is going decides the number: 512 for a logo on a web page, 1920 for a presentation cover, higher again for a sign that will be printed.

A large width raises the file size quickly, because PNG is lossless. A PNG produced wider than anything that will ever display it only slows your page down.

Why an SVG with a script is refused

An SVG looks like a picture but is really an XML document, and a script, an embedded HTML region or a resource fetched from a web address can be written inside it. That makes SVG the riskiest image format to open when you do not know where the file came from.

This tool scans the file as text before drawing it. If it finds a script tag, an embedded HTML region or a link that pulls in a remote resource, it stops and tells you why. When you get that warning, the safest route is to open the file in a vector editor and save a clean copy from there.

Fonts can change in the output

Text inside an SVG may be stored as nothing more than a font name. If that font is not installed on your device, the drawing falls back to another one and the PNG looks different from what the designer saw.

The permanent fix is to convert the text to outlines in a vector editor before saving: the letters become shapes, and shapes look the same everywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What does the output quality depend on?

Only the width you type. An SVG is a set of drawing instructions, so it is recalculated at every size and enlarging it never introduces blur.

Is the transparent background preserved?

Yes. The output is a PNG, so transparent areas stay clear. If you want a white backing instead, pass the PNG through the PNG to JPG tool, which fills transparency with white.

Can I convert a PNG back into an SVG?

Not with this tool. A PNG is made of pixels; turning it into a vector needs a tracing pass that redraws the shapes, and the result is never identical to a real original.

Can I pick several files at once?

Yes. Every SVG you choose downloads as its own PNG, and the same output width is applied to all of them.