Practical logo guides
Make the format decision before you trust the file.
These guides use real Vectorize outputs and measured failures to explain what to trace, which format to keep and how to verify the result.
Start with pixels
Review the trace
Verify the SVG
Choose your question
Five guides, five different decisions.
Start with the decision you need to make. Each guide links back to the relevant converter or benchmark only where the tool helps.
File inspection
Is this a real SVG?
Check whether an SVG contains paths or hidden pixels.
Read the guide
Source recovery
Low-resolution logo
Recover what the source still proves—and know when to redraw.
Read the guide
Transparency
Transparent logo to SVG
Separate alpha, white backgrounds, white artwork and halos.
Read the guideHow these guides are written
Experience first, standards where they matter.
Product-specific advice comes from Vectorize outputs and its development benchmark. Technical format definitions link to the W3C specifications for PNG and SVG.
A guide states when an observation is measured, when it is a practical recommendation and when the source image simply does not contain enough information for an automatic trace.