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Practical guides to editing, converting, and animating SVG in the browser: crop, recolour, optimize, vectorize images, and export to any format.

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How to Edit an SVG Online

Step-by-step guide to editing SVG files in the browser: open the file, fix paths and text, recolor, resize, and export clean SVG without installing software.

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How to Convert SVG to PNG

Convert SVG to PNG in the browser at any resolution, with transparent or solid backgrounds. Inspect and clean the source SVG before exporting.

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How to Animate SVG Files

Animate SVG files visually: add timeline tracks, keyframe transforms and path data, preview live, then export SMIL animated SVG, GIF, or video.

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How to Convert SVG to PDF

Convert SVG to print-ready vector PDF in the browser. Set page size, orientation, and margins, build multi-page PDFs, and keep the geometry as scalable vectors.

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How to Convert SVG to JPG

Convert SVG to JPG (JPEG) in the browser at the resolution and quality you need. Choose background color, image quality, and exact pixel size.

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How to Convert SVG to WebP

Convert SVG to WebP for smaller, web-optimized images with optional transparency. Set quality, resolution, and background handling in the browser.

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How to Open AI Files Without Illustrator

Open Adobe Illustrator .ai files in the browser without Illustrator, with layers, sublayers, editable text and gradients intact, then edit or export as SVG.

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How to Convert AI to SVG

Convert Adobe Illustrator .ai files to clean SVG in the browser or on the command line, with layers, gradients, masks and editable text preserved.

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How to Convert PDF to SVG

Convert PDF pages to editable SVG in the browser: vector paths, gradients, masks, images and text, with each page as a view and a report of what changed.

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How to Convert PNG to SVG

Vectorize PNG images to clean SVG paths in the browser. Trace bitmaps, simplify the result, fix stray nodes, and export production-ready vector art.

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How to Convert JPG to SVG

Vectorize JPG photos and graphics to SVG paths. Trace, simplify curves, clean colour noise, and export sharp scalable art, free in your browser.

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How to Optimize and Minify SVG

Optimize SVG files: run SVGO at export, round numeric precision, deduplicate gradients, and turn off pretty-printing for the smallest possible file.

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How to Resize an SVG

Resize SVG files in the browser without losing quality. Change dimensions, viewBox, and aspect ratio, or scale a single shape with the Geometry panel.

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How to Crop an SVG

Crop an SVG to a region by adjusting the viewBox, applying a clip path, or trimming geometry outside the visible bounds. Free, in the browser, no upload.

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How to Change SVG Color

Recolor SVG fills and strokes in the browser. Change one shape, bind a whole document to one color variable, or use currentColor for CSS theming.

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How to Make an SVG Background Transparent

Make an SVG transparent by removing the shape, root fill, or CSS rule that paints the backdrop. Export PNG or WebP with the alpha channel intact.

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How to Edit SVG Paths and Bezier Curves

Edit the d attribute of an SVG path: drag anchor nodes, pull Bezier handles, convert lines to curves, simplify, reverse direction, and join open paths.

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How to Use Boolean Operations on SVG Shapes

Combine SVG shapes with union, subtract, intersect, exclude, and divide. Build complex icons from primitives instead of drawing every node by hand.

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How to Convert SVG Text to Path

Convert SVG text to path outlines to preserve glyphs without the original font, run boolean operations on type, and render consistently across systems.

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How to Export SVG as a React Component

Export an SVG as a copy-paste-ready React component with camelCase JSX attributes from the editor, or generate typed TSX files with the SVGSketch CLI.

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How to Make an SVG Responsive

Make an SVG fluid with viewBox, preserveAspectRatio, and CSS sizing. Drop the fixed width and height, and set the right aspect-ratio behavior for any container.

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How to Embed SVG in HTML

Embed SVG in HTML four ways - inline, <img>, <object>, and CSS background. Compare CSS theming, accessibility, and animation support for each.

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How to Add Gradients to SVG

Add linear and radial gradients to SVG fills and strokes. Pick stops, control direction and falloff, and reuse gradients across multiple shapes.

Open your SVG in SVGSketch

Start with a blank canvas, import an SVG, or use the editor as a conversion and cleanup step.

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