Optracy

For print-on-demand and DTG sellers

JPG to SVG converter for shirt prints

Most shirt designs arrive as small JPGs with soft, noisy edges. Optracy redraws yours as clean vector shapes in flat colors, and the background can turn transparent in one click.

Download SVG, PDF, EPS or a 300 dpi print PNG (4500 × 5400 by default).

Drop your design here

or paste it with Ctrl+V

PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF or BMP · up to 30 MB

Drop to upload

Free to process and edit. Downloads need a free account: 5 images a day, every format included.

  • No watermark
  • Deleted after 24 hours
  • Not generative AI

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  • SVG
  • PDF
  • EPS
  • PNG 300 dpi
The same frog redrawn as vector shapes in flat colors Original shirt design as a JPEG: a cream frog among olive ferns and mushrooms on black
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Before
JPEG · 896 × 1200 px
After
5 colors · 4500 × 5400 px · 15 × 18 in · 300 dpi

Move over the image to compare the edges at 6×.Tap the image to move the loupe and compare the edges at 6×.

The frog sample on automatic settings. Nothing was retouched.

What goes wrong with a JPG on a shirt.

JPG makes files small by throwing detail away. On a phone screen you don't notice. On a 15 × 18 inch print, you do.

  1. JPEG noise around the frog's eye at 6×The clean redrawn edge of the same eye at 6×

    Noise around every edge

    JPEG compression leaves speckled, smudged pixels around letters and outlines. Enlarged 4.5 times to fill a print area, the noise gets printed too. Optracy redraws each edge as one clean line between flat colors.

  2. No transparency

    A JPG can't hold a transparent background, so a dark design on a black square prints as a black square. Press Remove background in Optracy, and the print PNG is transparent there.

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    Colors that drift

    Compression shifts colors slightly, so one flat color becomes dozens of near ones. Optracy brings them back to one color group, and you can set its exact hex value.

The Optracy editor with the frog design open and its color groups as bubbles

From a noisy JPG to a clean print file.

  • Clean edges instead of noiseEach color area comes out solid, with one smooth edge.
  • A transparent backgroundOne button hides the background color; vector files leave it out.
  • Exact colorsType a hex value for any group, so your color is the same on every shirt.

Real results on sample designs.

Automatic settings, nothing retouched.

A cream frog dancing among olive ferns and mushrooms on black, with the words "I must remain whimsical to survive the horror" The frog design redrawn in flat colors with clean edges

The frog

JPEG · 896 × 1200 px 5 colors · 4500 × 5400 px

Two beer mugs clinking under the word "Prost!", one wrapped in black, red and gold stripes, one in stars and stripes, with wheat and hops on black The beer mug design redrawn in flat colors, foam and lettering with clean edges

The beer mugs

JPEG · 896 × 1200 px 7 colors · 4500 × 5400 px

A goose in a nurse cap carrying a first aid kit and a bag of supplies, under the words "Off to do nurse things", in pastel pink, cream and blue on black The nurse goose design redrawn in flat pastel colors with clean outlines

The nurse goose

JPEG · 896 × 1200 px 9 colors · 4500 × 5400 px

Three steps from JPG to print file.

  1. Upload

    Drop, pick or paste an image. A picture over 3 megapixels gets a crop step first.

  2. Fix the colors

    Choose how many colors you want, then merge, split, recolor or hide any group.

  3. Download

    Pick a format and a print size. Sign in with a free account and the file is yours.

JPG questions, answered.

Still have a question?[email protected]We usually reply within one business day.
Can Optracy remove the white or black background of my JPG?

Yes. Press Remove background in the editor (or the Delete key) and the background color group is hidden: the print PNG is transparent there, and SVG, PDF and EPS leave it out. If it hides the wrong color, undo and hide the right group with its eye button.

Will it clean up JPEG noise?

On flat-color art, yes: each color area comes out as one solid color with a clean edge, so the speckles around edges don't come through as noise. Check fine text and small dots in the editor before you download.

My JPG is a photo. Will this work?

Not well. Optracy redraws images as flat colors, which is right for text, logos and illustrations, and wrong for photos and soft shading. For a photo, print a high-resolution PNG instead.

Which file should I download for my POD store?

The print PNG at 4500 × 5400 px and 300 dpi, the size Amazon Merch and Printify ask for on a standard t-shirt. Keep the SVG too, for edits and other sizes; downloading both counts once.

Sharp at shirt size.

Upload a design, fix the colors and download a print file at 4500 × 5400 px.