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Vectorize a drawing
A scanned pencil or ink drawing arrives pixelated and full of paper grain. Imalyn rebuilds it as a vector of clean lines and flat colors you can scale, recolor and prepare for print or cutting.
5 free vectors a week · no card
Clean lines
The stroke is redrawn as smooth curves, without scan grain or noise.
Editable flat colors
If you colored the drawing, each color comes out as a layer to tweak as you like.
Ready to produce
Scale to any size and export to SVG, PDF or EPS for print and cutting.
From paper sketch to usable vector
A scanned drawing is a photo of pixels: it carries paper grain, shadows and lines that look blurry and jagged when enlarged. It’s fine to look at, but not to print big, print on fabric or cut.
Vectorizing it turns it into a drawing of clean lines and flat colors that scales without limit, can be recolored and is production-ready. It’s the step that takes your illustration from the sketchbook to a t-shirt, a print or a sticker.
How Imalyn vectorizes your drawing
Scan or photograph the drawing in good light and upload it. The engine separates the stroke (and the colors, if you colored it) from the paper background and rebuilds each shape as smooth curves. With the magic wand you can erase the background or smudges before vectorizing so it comes out clean.
Compare before and after, adjust the colors in the editor and download the SVG. All in the browser, nothing to install.
Line art, color or both
If your drawing is line only (ink), you’ll get a crisp vector stroke, perfect for coloring later digitally or for cutting. If you colored it with flat inks, each color comes out as its own layer, ready to adjust. Gradient shading is simplified to solid colors: for a flat comic- or sticker-style look, that’s exactly what you want.
If you only want the outline, in the editor you can keep the line and drop the fills.
For t-shirts, prints, stickers and cutting
With your drawing as an SVG you can print it on fabric (DTF, screen printing), print it as art at any size, turn it into a die-cut sticker or cut it in vinyl with Cricut or Silhouette. The vector guarantees clean edges across all those processes.
Free, you vectorize and download as SVG; with Pro you vectorize without limits and also export to PDF and EPS for professional print and cutting.
Three steps. Nothing to install.
Provide the image
Upload a PNG, JPG or WebP —or describe it and let AI generate it in a flat style—. Crop it if you only want a part.
Vectorize
The engine analyzes the strokes and rebuilds each shape as smooth curves, preserving intended peaks and corners.
Edit & export
Compare before/after, fine-tune and download as SVG, PDF or EPS. Scale to any size without pixelating.
— Frequently asked questions
Vectorize a drawing
Pencil or ink — which works better?
Ink or bold lines give a cleaner result. A very faint pencil is best reinforced or scanned with contrast.
Does it keep the drawing’s colors?
Yes, it rebuilds them as editable flat colors; you can adjust them after vectorizing.
Is it good for printing or cutting?
Yes. The scalable SVG (and PDF/EPS with Pro) is ideal for t-shirts, vinyl and prints.
Does it work with digital drawings?
Yes. Whether you scanned a hand drawing or exported one made in an app, Imalyn vectorizes it the same. With flat-color digital drawings the result is especially clean.
Does it keep fine stroke detail?
It keeps peaks, corners and bold lines. Very faint detail or pencil grain may be smoothed out: for maximum fidelity of fine lines, scan at good resolution and with contrast.
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