Pixels in. Perfect paths out.
Turn customer logos and low-resolution artwork into clean, editable vectors for vinyl cutting, sign making, print and garment decoration. Separate colours, refine paths and export in minutes.
See PathSnapper in action
How it works
Four steps, and the vector follows every change you make.
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Open the image
Drop in a JPG, PNG or screenshot. Blurry or blocky files can go through AI clean-up first, on your own device.
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Check the colours
PathSnapper finds the real colours and ignores anti-aliasing. Merge shades, zap specks and leave the background out.
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Fix edges once
Move points and handles. Neighbouring colours share one boundary, so a correction never opens a gap.
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Export for the job
PDF, AI or EPS with CMYK and spot colours for print, DXF for cutters, SVG for the web.
One boundary. Two shapes. Perfectly in sync.
PathSnapper traces every boundary once and shares it between the shapes on either side. Move a point and both colours move with it: no hairline gaps, no overlaps, no slivers of background showing through.
Preserving shared boundaries means you don't have to spend your time repairing the artwork after editing.
It matters wherever colours meet edge to edge: cut-outs for vinyl and screen printing, and every logo you tidy by hand.
Made for your trade
Customer artwork in, production-ready vectors out, for the jobs that need clean shapes and matching edges.
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Vinyl and cutters
Flat colours, outlined shapes and cut-outs that never overlap. DXF with one layer per colour.
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Sign makers
Redraw blurry customer logos as clean vectors for cut vinyl, printed signs and routed letters.
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Print and screen print
CMYK values per colour and named spot inks, written as real separations in PDF, AI and EPS.
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Embroidery prep
Few colours and simple shapes, ready to import into your digitising software.
Built for logos, illustration and gradients
Flat colour or smooth shading, every step is yours to adjust, from the colours to the last node.
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Colours and gradients
Finds the real colours and ignores anti-aliasing. Smooth ramps become true gradients, and shaded areas keep their shading in PDF and AI.
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True geometry
Lines stay straight, circles stay round and corners stay sharp, with curves fitted to sub-pixel edges.
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Fix before you trace
Paint, fill and zap stray pixels on the colour map so the result is right first time.
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Node editing
Move points and handles, switch smooth and corner. Shapes share their edges, so editing never opens a gap. Delete a point and the curve refits.
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Every format
Export SVG for the web, PDF, AI and EPS for print and Illustrator, DXF for cutters and CNC.
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Saved projects
Pick up exactly where you left off, with your edits and settings intact.
From a customer's JPG to a production file
Customer artwork arrives as small JPGs, screenshots and photos of business cards. A quick auto-trace looks right at a glance and then falls apart in production. PathSnapper is built around the problems that cost time:
- Extra colours from anti-aliasing and JPEG noise. PathSnapper keeps the real colours and ignores the in-between shades, so a three-colour logo stays three colours: three screens, three inks or three vinyls.
- Wobbly circles and bent straight lines. Lines within 1.5° of horizontal or vertical are straightened, and circles, rectangles, polygons and stars are made exact.
- Gaps and overlaps after editing. Each boundary is traced once and shared by the colours on either side, so moving a point never leaves a hairline gap or a sliver of overlap.
- Too many points. Points sit at the extremes of each curve, where a designer would put them, and one slider trades detail for smoothness.
- Stair-stepped edges from enlarged images. The step size is measured and smoothed automatically.
- Files that don't suit the job. Made for sets the defaults: CMYK and spot colours for print, flat outlined shapes and a DXF with one layer per colour for cutting.
See how it fits vinyl cutting, sign making, print and screen printing, or read every output option explained.
Simple pricing
Pay for a day, a week, or go Pro. Every option includes everything.
PathSnapper Pro
£9.99 / month
or £7.42 a month billed yearly
Just need it once? A 24-hour pass is £3.99.
See plans and passesQuestions
What kind of images work best?
Logos, icons, lettering and illustrations, flat or shaded. Smooth colour ramps become real gradients, soft highlights become glows, and shaded areas keep their shading in PDF and AI. The Photo setting turns a photo into a poster-style illustration; for realistic photo detail a vector is the wrong format.
Is there a free trial?
You can preview any image free, with no account, on the Try it free page. To edit and export, a 24-hour pass gives you everything for a day, with no subscription.
Can I cancel?
Any time. You keep access until the end of the period you have paid for, and your projects are kept for 90 days.
Which files can I export?
SVG, PDF, AI (Illustrator), EPS and DXF (CAD, laser and CNC). PDF, AI and EPS can use CMYK and named spot colours.
Can I use it for vinyl cutting?
Yes. Choose Made for: Cutting and plotting and Shapes: Cut-outs: gradients become flat colours, thin lines become outlines and shapes never overlap. Export DXF (one layer per colour), SVG, PDF or EPS. See vinyl cutting.
Does it make embroidery files?
No. PathSnapper doesn't make stitch files such as DST or PES. It makes clean vector artwork with few colours to import into your digitising software. See embroidery prep.
What is the difference between cut-outs and stacked layers?
With cut-outs, shapes never overlap: a circle inside a square leaves a circular hole in the square, like pieces of a jigsaw. With stacked layers, a shape that sits completely inside another colour is drawn on top of it and the colour around it stays whole, which suits layered vinyl. Colours that meet side by side share their edge either way. See Shapes.