Convert an Image to a Silhouette
Reduce a subject to a solid single-colour shape on a transparent background — the outline with everything inside filled flat.
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Drop an image with a clear subject
PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG — up to 20 MB
Drop several at once — you can edit them all together in the app.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your image is never uploaded.
What a silhouette keeps and what it discards
Three steps in one pass
The image is thresholded into two tones, the light half is made transparent, and what remains is filled with your chosen colour. The result is a flat shape carrying only the outline of the subject.
The cut-off does all the work
The cut-off decides what counts as subject. Set it too low and only the darkest parts survive, leaving a fragmented shape. Too high and the background joins the subject. It sits at 190 by default because most subjects are darker than their surroundings.
It needs contrast, not detail
A silhouette works when the subject is clearly darker or lighter than the background. A dark figure against a dark room has no cut-off that separates them. Photographs with a bright, plain background give the cleanest shapes.
Shapes read better than photos at small sizes
A silhouette carries information in its outline alone, which survives being scaled down to an icon, printed in one ink, or cut from vinyl. That is why signage and pictograms use them.
Silhouette versus one colour
A silhouette is completely flat: everything inside the outline becomes one value. The Logo to One Colour tool keeps the shading, so internal detail survives. Choose flat for cutting and signage, tonal for anything that will be looked at closely.
How to convert an image to a silhouette
Upload the image
Drop in a photo or graphic with a clear subject and a contrasting background.
Set the cut-off and colour
Drag the cut-off until the shape reads cleanly, then pick the fill colour.
Download
Take a free preview, or download the full-resolution transparent PNG with one credit.
Where silhouettes work
Vinyl cutting
Supply a flat shape a cutter can follow with no tonal guesswork.
Signage and pictograms
Produce a mark that survives one-ink print and small sizes.
Apparel graphics
Turn a photo into a single-colour shape for screen printing.
Decorative shapes
Build flat figures for posters, slides, and section dividers.
Or just ask
Describe the edit in your own words
Type what you want changed and the assistant does it on the canvas — each step lands as a layer you can reopen, so nothing it does is baked in.
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Make a silhouette
Upload, set the cut-off, and download a flat shape.