Convert Any JPG or PNG to SVG

on your Mac or PC

 Free

A Command Line Tool For Mac.

First step is to open Terminal, which will bring up a window.


Now you need to see if you have Homebrew installed. It’s a fantastic utility that can help you a lot.
Simply type
$brew info
and if it’s installed, you will see it say so otherwise you will get the command failure.

Check for Homebrew installation. If you haven’t installed it already, then it won’t be there by default.

Everything you need to start is here. Open in your browser.

Copy the URL shown and paste it into you open Terminal shell.

Press enter and follow the prompts.

Once Homebrew is installed an the install program has exited… and it does take time so wait for it, you are ready for the next part. Watch for required prompts, but it’s very easy.

You only need to install Homebrew the once. After that just update it occasionally.

So to Install ImageMagick do this. Once Homebrew is installed do this…

$brew install ImageMagick

Wait for it to complete. It won’t take long.

The one dependency you will need to ImageMagick is

Potrace. The conversion won’t run without it so install it now.

$brew install potrace

That’s it.

I always like to start with a jpg image and then its as simple as typing


$magick ComicColouring.jpg ComicColouring.svg


I prefer to get my line art images from MidJourney.
Too easy just for test work.

I’m also on the Mac. ImageMagick is also available for the Windows platform.

No mess, no fuss. 

and most of all… FREE

As always, some files convert better than others. Caveat Utilitor

Last Updated on October 2, 2024 by @R_A_Chalmers

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