Supported File Formats

Aspose.SVG for .NET works with file formats in more than one way. An SVG or SVGZ file can be loaded as a document and edited through the API. The same document can be rendered to a fixed-layout document or raster image. Raster artwork can also be used as input for vectorization, producing a new SVG document.

The table below distinguishes these workflows so that “supported” does not imply the same operation for every format.

Format Support by Workflow

Format	Use as source content	Produce as output	Typical operation
SVG	Load, create, edit, or render	Save an SVG document	Work with editable vector graphics
SVGZ	Load compressed SVG content	Save compressed SVG output	Store or exchange GZIP-compressed SVG
PDF	–	Render SVG to PDF	Create portable document output
XPS	–	Render SVG to XPS	Create fixed-layout document output
PNG	Vectorize raster input	Render SVG to PNG	Produce transparent or lossless raster output
JPEG/JPG	Vectorize raster input	Render SVG to JPEG	Produce compact photographic-style output
BMP	Vectorize raster input	Render SVG to BMP	Produce bitmap output
TIFF	Vectorize raster input	Render SVG to TIFF	Produce image output for publishing or archiving workflows
GIF	Vectorize raster input	Render SVG to GIF	Produce palette-based raster output
WebP	–	Render SVG to WebP	Produce web-oriented raster output
ICO	Vectorize raster input	–	Trace icon artwork into SVG paths

Work with SVG and SVGZ Documents

SVG is the native document format of the API. Applications can create SVG content, load an existing document, modify its DOM, and save the updated SVG file. SVGZ contains the same SVG markup in compressed form; it is useful when an SVG document needs a smaller stored or transferred representation.

For document-level operations, start with Create, Load and Read SVG Files in C# and Save an SVG Document in C#. Dedicated guides show how to convert SVG to SVGZ and convert SVGZ to SVG.

Render SVG to Documents and Images

Rendering takes an SVG document and creates output intended for distribution, display, printing, or further processing. Aspose.SVG for .NET renders SVG to PDF and XPS, as well as raster images in PNG, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, and WebP formats. WebP output is represented by the ImageFormat.Webp value in the image rendering API.

See Convert SVG Files in C# for the conversion workflow and Convert SVG to Images in C# for image rendering settings. Output appearance may depend on fonts, effects, resources, and image options; SVG Rendering Quality and Output Consistency explains what to evaluate before deployment.

Vectorize Raster Images to SVG

Image vectorization is a different operation from rendering. It accepts raster input and traces visible content into SVG paths. Aspose.SVG for .NET supports vectorization workflows for PNG, JPEG/JPG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, and ICO images. The resulting SVG is most useful for logos, icons, diagrams, and artwork with clean shapes and a manageable number of colors.

Use Image and Text Vectorization for an overview, or begin with the focused Convert PNG to SVG in C# guide.